US Immigration from Philippines

Welcome and Congratulations on your approval!

This thread was created for those who are waiting for their NOA2 K-1 case assignment from NVC and then tracking your case onwards to your Embassy.

A few helpful NVC links:

NVC phone number is (603)334-0888

Please note: They are currently NOT answering queries over the phone!

They are answering through the below email :

NVCinquiry@state.gov

Once you ve received your NVC case number you can track your case online using the following link, until it is sent to your embassy:

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=IV

If you need to submit an inquiry, change an address , or need to update your info in anyway NVC also has a public inquiry form where you can submit your request as well as other requests:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

Also, inside the attached PDF below are a few tips, tricks and hacks to help you along the way.

These are items that everyone asks for, so they have been very helpfully put together by senior VJ Member Greenbaum for you to refer to when necessary. If you are new to this thread, please read these first as these are the most asked questions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfin98c33IEpB0T0FlURERriblYmlm5O/view?usp=sharing

NVC sends petitions to the embassy every two weeks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. A FB group has created a shipping chart for 2023 that you can use to track when the next shipment date will be. It seems to line up with all the dates I ve seen so far so I think it s accurate and will include it below.

I copied this from the May thread. Kudos to @JojoandThomas.

Hello, everyone. I m currently on a j1 visa right now and I met someone in the military and we re planning to get married. I noticed something on my visa.

I am subjected to 212(E) but I wasn t under any special skill list on my country nor received government funding to go here in US.
The only option I m looking into is the advisory opinion because my country (Philippines) does not do waiver.
Is there any other option that I might be missing other than the advisory opinion?

Thank you so much!

My wife met a lady in Manila at her immigrant seminar, She was a K 1 visa immigrant applicant. Both are in Oregon. Later, after her arrival, she discovered he is not the man of her dreams. He is an alcoholic and a mean vicious drunk. As far as we know, so far only verbally abusive. She did not want to get married but to go home. He convinced her she had to marry because they had a pre ceremony wing vow. Now we find out extensive criminal record. She seems afraid to ask for help. Is this something I should contact USCIS about

Long story short, we uploaded our documents to CEAC back in January prior to the 2022 tax deadlines so it used the years 2019-2021. Now we need to bring I864s updated with 2022. Should we bring both versions or is only the updated I864 necessary?

Good news - my wife's parents and brother miraculously received 10-year multiple entry tourist visas, so they're coming from Philippines to the USA to visit!

My concern is medical insurance for them while visiting, due to the obscene cost of medical care in the USA. I have been exploring different companies, quotes, etc. and there are a plethora of different plans covering (and excluding) things I never thought of and some things I never even knew existed.

Does anybody out there have any experience with travelers' medical insurance for visiting the US, particularly with claims. Many of these policies offer "reimbursement" for medical expenses (evacuation. etc.) and I would not want to pay six figures for some expense and then the company denies it, or other problems like that. Also, many hospitals mark up the bill by a tremendous amount if you're not in an insurance network. Denials due to anything deemed "preexisting," and so on, and so on... the possibilities are endless for being financially trapped and/or ruined by the US medical system. My wife's parents are elderly (late 60s/early 70s) and are relatively healthy but who knows, anything could happen.

I am willing and able to pay for good insurance, and I'm looking for a company that pays claims directly and doesn't unreasonably stall or deny claims. Can anybody recommend which companies are good, and/or which ones to stay away from?

I realize this topic has been addressed before but I am hoping to get information on specific companies, what to look for and what to watch out for. Thanks in advance!