US Immigration from Philippines

Hello VJ. Looking at your graph about processing times. Noa1 to noa2 @CSC
For apr is at 200 days, now is at 400 + days. My noa1 is apr. is the 200 days still applies to me or I m now on August waiting times?

curious George

My fiance and I got engaged on May 31, 2022. We've been together for 3.5 years already. We are planning to apply for K-1 visa but we are not sure anymore since the Philippine US Embassy has so many backlogs. Based on what we saw from the timelines here in visajourney, it would take about 1.5 to 2 years before we can be together. So, we are contemplating if the K-1 visa is better or should we just try the CR1 visa because it was said that this visa is given more priority by the US Embassy. But at the same time, CR1 visa is a difficult process and my fiance does not have a lot of break from his full time work to be able to go through the marriage process and everything.

I hope you can share your opinions as to what is the best for us. Thank you.

(Our story: I am 23 Filipina and my fiance is 22 US citizen. We have been together for 3.5 years and have met 3 times (May 2019, Dec 2019, & May 2022). My fiance works as a full time manufacturing engineer and he is still completing his degree of Mechanical Engineering. His salary is above the poverty guideline for 2 person household. We do not have previous marriages, no children of our own and no criminal record.)

My fiance and I got engaged on May 31, 2022. We've been together for 3.5 years already. We are planning to apply for K-1 visa but we are not sure about the financial documents needed. My fiance is still in college but he was offered a full time work just this June 2022. His salary is above the poverty guideline for 2 person household. Although he did work for the same company for over a year already, he was working as an intern (salary still above the poverty guideline) which does is not considered as stable income. So, we are contemplating whether his recent income tax transcript is accepted or not?

Additionally, I have researched on numerous sites and testimonials as well as the USCIS site, whether tax return transcript should be included when submitting the I-129F packet. The USCIS website did not include the IRS tax return in the list of documents to be submitted with the I-129F packet. But some other articles says that it should be included. We are thinking we can apply for the Visa if the IRS tax return is required only on my interview date. Because by then, it will be after a few months or over a year and he will be able to file a recent tax return with his full time job. We are really confused about this, I hope someone can help me clarify this confusion. Thank you so much.

The first I looked at the USCIS website, I ran into DS 160. This is a form that is to be filled out by my fiance in the Philippines. She can hardly understand English. How is this done?

To answer my own question, the only way is for me to fill it out while she is online. Is this how it is done? Has anyone done this?

Hello,

So we are ready to begin the process of applying for a B2 visa, starting with the MRV payment.

1. The MRV fee deposit slip specifies the visa fee is valid for only one year. Book your appointments as early as possible.

yet..

2. The US website states that the appointment wait time for visitors visas at the Manila embassy is 409 calendar days.

Does #1 mean that we have up to a year to get online or call and schedule the appointment date. Or does it mean the actual appointment date also needs to be within a year from MRV payment?

In other words, if I pay the MRV on August 31, 2022 can I get online on August 30, 2023 and schedule an appointment for, say, October 2024 and be all good?

Or does the actual appointment need to be on a date before August 30, 2023 as well? If so, doesn t the 409 day wait make this impossible?

Second question: How far out is the current scheduling calendar (i.e. are we actually able to schedule an interview 409 days from now?)?