US Immigration from Philippines

is it possible to schedule the cfo session before doing the visa interview? for example, if you just got DQ and awaiting medical/visa interview, is that too early to schedule it? i've seen some people say you can get the cfo stuff done before the visa is on hand, but nobody specified how you go about doing so.

Hi Folks,

Looking to try to get some clarification on what is needed from the CFO to allow my fiance to travel to the US once her K1 Fianc VISA is approved. She has already gone through counseling & received a certificate from the CFO for completing the Overseas Filipino - CFO Online Registration System (OFCORS) for our trip to Costa Rica back in 2021. She initially reached out to her counselor once more to verify whether anything else needs to be done & she was told by her counselor that all she needed to do was to bring her VISA down to their office to get the sticker attached to it. We saw the notice that the CFO will forego stickers in favor of a digital certificate starting on May 1st. Since she will not receive her VISA until after May 1st, we have reached out once again to her counselor to see if she still needs or even will get a sticker for her VISA at this point or if she will receive a digital certificate instead. Her counselor has not yet responded.

My question is whether or not the certificate that she has is what is needed or if there is something else in addition that is required. I can't seem to access the CFO website directly from the US, so I can't seem to be able to verify this myself. A general Google search seems to indicate that she may also be required to acquire the Guidance & Counseling Certificate (GCC) as well as the CFO sticker (or digital certificate after May 1st). Can anyone shed some light on any of this?

Thanks!

Kawika

Hi April filers! started my petition for my Mom. Online application sent on 4/1/2023, and received receipt the same day.

Hi Everyone,

Been here awhile but just stumbled upon this forum. My fianc & I been together since June of 2020 and are now a few weeks away from her K1 Fiance VISA interview at the Manila embassy (May 4^th). If everything falls into place, we hope to have her travel to the US (Texas) the following Friday (May 12^th) if not shortly thereafter. We are making plans for our wedding in Hawai i so that my parents & the rest of my family can take part in it

If there are any other Filipinas who are in Texas or plan to move there in the future, please reach out to me as we are trying to create a network of Filipinas for support & potential get togethers.

Take care & good luck everyone!

Kawika

In June 2022, my fiance lost his USA-issued passport upon visiting me here in the Philippines. He filed for an affidavit of loss, and he received an emergency passport (to be used for him return to the States after his visit).

Now, we are using the affidavit of loss to explain the loss of earlier passport stamps on his visit in June 2022. My fiance is filing his I-129F petition.

However, this 2023, it is only coming to me that there is a clerical error on the affidavit: it mentions there that my fiance is "a holder of a USA passport, issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (PH)" instead of the Department of State (US).

Should I file for an affidavit of correction now, or will this error be excused by the USCIS officer?

Will this be grounds for an RFE, or am I being delusional?