This may be out of category but letting everyone that I started the K-1 process back in July 2024. it took a while. She went to the American Embassy in Manila August 2025 for her interview. she was shot down because her name on her birth certificate did not match her passport, drivers lic etc. So she had to come home to have all that redone etc. It was done! She is here with me now here in Avondale Arizona and we got married Feb. 28th. All that took longer than I thought and I got scared, worried but Praise God it all went thru and I have the love of my life with me and my family. Now we have to take the next steps to allow her to work etc. I did everything myself and did not go thru a lawyer or third party. <Names Deleted>.....PS. I want to thank everyone who gave me info etc to help us along.

We received notice today of being DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED. Waiting on interview assignment Manila embassy.

I was married in 2025 to a Filpino

woman who has 2 children. She has never been married before other than to me. Her oldest son is her biological son, her second son is her cousins son who was given to her when he was 5 days old. The age differenece between the boys is about 3 weeks . The problem is the children are now 17 years old and she has NO paperwork at all on her cousins son. His mother died in childbirth and he was sent to my wife. We have applied thorugh the courts for guardianship over him so he can come to the US with my wife and his brother. He will be 18 in August and I am wondering what are our chances of his approval since my wife has cared for him since he was 5 days old? We have had so so many hurdles to cross such his mother's death certicate and other matters along that line. My question is will he be elible to immigrate under my wifes's guardianship papers?

Changes to work permits would reduce meritless applications, processing times, and backlog

WASHINGTON The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing a rule to reduce the incentive for aliens to file fraudulent asylum claims so they can obtain work authorizations.

For too long, a fraudulent asylum claim has been an easy path to working in the United States, overwhelming our immigration system with meritless applications, said a DHS Spokesperson. We are proposing an overhaul of the asylum system to enforce the rules and reduce the backlog we inherited from the prior administration. Aliens are not entitled to work while we process their asylum applications. The Trump administration is strengthening the vetting of asylum applicants and restoring integrity to the asylum and work authorization processes.

Applications for employment authorization based on a pending asylum application have reached a historic high, straining U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) resources. Nearly every illegal alien attempts to exploit the system by applying for asylum. USCIS currently has more than 1.4 million pending affirmative asylum claims, which is equal to the entire population of the state of New Hampshire.

This rule, if finalized, would reduce the incentive to file frivolous, fraudulent, or otherwise meritless asylum claims by changing filing and eligibility requirements for aliens requesting employment authorization based on a pending asylum application. The agency would focus more of its finite resources on reviewing pending asylum applications, including backlog cases and other pending applications and petitions, and allow our asylum system to prioritize those actually seeking refuge from danger.

The proposed rule supports President Trump s Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion.

For more information, please see the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register. The 60-day public comment period starts following publication of the Notice.

I need some human input here because gpt and gemini are saying two different things. One says to wait until April, the other says do it ASAP. I m leaning toward doing it now.

The usvisascheduling site finally let us book both the VAC and the Interview (previously it was only showing VAC). Our VAC is in March and the Interview is in April (really?) I guess I should be glad I checked the visa site I didn't get any notification and ceac hasn't updated. Embassy received peitition from nvc feb 10th but they need the physical file as well.

St. Luke s has much earlier availability than the Embassy. I've always been worried about sputum testing being ordered at this point I just want to get it over with. If it's ordered cool we have to wait anyway if not well it's good for 6 months I think.