US Immigration from Philippines

Hi! Sorry if this topic's in the wrong forum. I have a different concern regarding my last post about the medical exam, and I'd like to know if someone can confirm. My Medical was on March 31st, we did the eye test, weight test, height test, basically everything located on the 5th floor of SLEC, and also a blood test. Now, we got told to go to room N and that was when we got notified that we needed to schedule a Psych eval bc of self harm scars. Now the earliest date we could have scheduled (and did schedule) is on April 21st, 2025, and I'm assuming it'll also be the same day I'll be doing the rest of my medical exam. The problem is, my US embassy interview is on the 14th.

My concern is, will the Embassy still take me in for an interview? Will worst case scenario be they'll just delay the results of my medical exam, or worse- will they refuse me and tell me to reschedule? I'm a little worried as I keep reading different scenarios concerning this problem here on VJ huhuhu. Thanks for the help in advance.

THIS IS ABOUT A PROBATIONARY 13A, NOT A PERMANENT 13A VISA.

I obtained a Philippines probationary (1 year) 13A visa last year to facilitate my stay in the Philippines with my spousal until her US visa process was completed.

It has been many months, but we are finally approved and now are looking to cross our i's and dot our t's before leaving the Philippines for the US.

I do not intend to continue with my probationary 13A -> permanent 13A. The probationary 13A expires in 2/3 months by which time I will already been in the States. Does anyone know what happens at that point? Do I have to do something before going to the airport or is the ECC-A exit clearance enough? If I have to go somewhere before the airport, do I have to convert it to a 9A? Does anyone have any success stories or info?

Hi!
US Citizen here.
This is my first time filing taxes as married jointly, but my wife is still in the Philippines; she has yet to immigrate over.

Is it true that filing jointly would be a major green flag for CR1 couples when USCIS reviews our case?

Would their be any "down sides" to filing jointly even when my wife is a nonresident alien? For example, would it take longer for the IRS to view our taxes if filing jointly?

Would my monthly monetary gifts to her be counted as her income?

Would I need to wait for my wife to file her taxes in the Philippines before I file mine?

Any tips when filing jointly with a nonresident alien?

Thanks in advance.

HELLO!

Finally, after 11 years of waiting we received The NVC Welcome letter. After 2 days NVC emailed me about payments of AOS and IV Application Processing fees. I paid the AOS through CEAC and after 4 days the payment was received and shown as PAID. I am trying to pay the IV Application Processing fee but the CEAC doesn't allow me. I tried it again and again but I couldn't. This is the step 3 on the Immigrant Visa process is to pay the AOS and IV Processing fees.

Has anyone experienced how to pay the Immigration Visa Processing fee through CEAC?

Thank you once again VJ family for sharing your experiences and advice.

Hi. I'm sorry if the topic doesn't fit in the forum, but I've been restless for a while now. I'm sorry in advance if there will be a bit of dumping of my emotions here, too. But I wanted to know how the process would be like when undergoing a psych evaluation? I'm very scared of not getting my visa accepted because of this, as if my visa gets denied I will be sent away by my parents.

I had my medical exam on March 31 at St. Lukes Extension Clinic, it was all going good albeit the waiting times were long, but it wasn't much of a problem. Until we got to the physical exam. I noticed they were making us undress (all except underwear), and started panicking internally, searching up if they ask about self harm scars (Because I have a history of them, and a bunch of them, at that, all over my arm.) and they do. So when I walked into the dr's room, the tension was very cold and all I could do was Pray that it wouldn't be too bad.

But then I took off my clothes, and suddenly the doctor asks first thing to see my arms. Bad sign. She looked at me very disappointedly and I felt judged, but maybe that's just bc me being scared. She asked where I got them from, and I said I don't know, and she said to be honest. This is what I said: I started my self harm in September 2024 and stopped between December to February, then did one session recently this month (as it was obvious there were still healing wounds on my arm), and then she let me out. I thought it was going ok, until we went to the Room N thing and the person in there told us we had to be scheduled for a Psych Evaluation and pay extra 3.5k pesos to get it because of my scars. I wanted to cry that time.

Now, my interview at the US embassy is on April 14, but the psych evaluation is scheduled on April 21st since that's when they're available. They said it wouldn't be too much of a problem at the embassy, thankfully, but I'm still worried on the evaluation. My father has scheduled me an appointment on April 5 at a psychological service center that will hopefully provide me a medical certificate stating that I'm no longer a danger to myself or others, and he is mad at me, but I guess that's just what I deserve. Anyway, I read a bunch of threads on the same topic here, and I have the outline of the whole process, but of course I'm still anxious. My mother's the one who filled up the form given from Room N, and I heard they ask about family history and whatnot; however, I am not close at all with my mother's side of the family nor do I talk to or know the information of my 6 siblings because they all have their own lives. Will that affect things?