US Immigration from Philippines

Hello, all. Just had a question on something someone here might have already went through.

Correct me if I m wrong, but I can change my name through Social Security to whatever I want it to be (?). My K1 visa and CFO certificate is approved (yay!), and flight is nearing, and I ll eventually get to applying for my SSN soon.

I have two first names like many Filipinos. I really want to get rid of my first first name and only keep my second first name (Howard), but is that recommended to do? In general with immigration? Will it cause any problems for when I later on return to the Philippines and my name is different there, or when I give my birth certificate anywhere during the immigration process and they see the name is different there?

Hope someone has experience on this to share. Thank you.

I'm working to schedule K1 and K2 interviews for mid-June. I called SLEC to ask about the Covid vaccine and the representative told me the vaccines are not available in Philippines and I would need to call the Embassy to see how they handle this as it is required.

Does anyone have very recent experience with this and not having a covid vaccine for the interview?

1. Did not having it cause issues?

2. Is it really not possible to get the vaccines?

Hi everyone,

I recently scheduled my visa interview appointment, but I encountered an issue with my CGI profile. When I printed my appointment confirmation, I noticed that it has a different DS160 number from the one I originally submitted. As far as I recall, I didn't have to input my DS160 number during the application process. Now, I'm concerned about whether I can change this information and avoid having to pay the visa fee again.

Could someone please guide me on how to update my DS160 number on the CGI profile? Do I need to call US Embassy service hotline? Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your help.

In 1978 and 1979 I was arrested for DWI. Two different occasions. 44/45 years ago. So long I forgot about it. I filled out the application for a K-1 visa and didn't include this information. The application was sent to NVC. No RFE. When I thought about this I went to the court house and there's no record of it. I went to the police department and had a background check ran. Nothing. No records of anything. Should I be concerned. Should I tell someone before my gf has the interview? I'm so afraid my omissions will be cause for denial.

Hi. I just finished my visa interview. Everything went well aside from the NBI aka that they want me to submit because of misspelled names on a birth certificate even if it has a correction note by the court on the side. My question is how long after I mail the documents they asked will my case starts moving again and how long until I get issued a visa? Thank you