US Immigration from Philippines

Hey Folks,

I am starting to fill out the I-134 Affidavit of Support form while we are waiting for our application to be processed. I have a question about Questions 12-17 in Part 2. My fianc is planning to leave her children behind for the first year of our marriage in the US. We plan to petition for them in the future once we have established our marriage & are on solid footing. In any case, should her children be listed here? It seems to be a question asking about who will be accompanying the beneficiary. I am leaning towards not listing them here, but I wanted to get some additional opinions.

Thanks!

Kawika

Hello, my fianc and I are planning on getting married next month using the Utah County virtual marriage ceremony and then traveling to Thailand for a month to complete the meeting requirement.

However, before I started anything, I want to make sure I have the right information that I have gathered from various topics on the forum.

Thank you all for any help

My wife received her GC on the 9th of October. 3 days later we applied for a SSAN at the office. I was really surprised they couldn't just print one out there. Ok, so they'll mail it. Fine.

A couple days later we get a notice that it might be a month. WTFO?

Then Friday a notice for maybe 2 more weeks.

How long does it normally take? Although my wife has started work and was able to (with no small difficulty) get a bank account so she could get direct deposit, there are several other issues jammed up because we don't have that number.

It was an interesting journey. It does work though. There are a few things I've learned that I would like to share.

My quarantine is 7 days because they do not accept the CDC card from US citizens. I got my shots done at Walmart because they offer a QR code so the vaccinations are verifiable. They didnt care. My wife had the same card and it was accepted. Her quarantine is 5 days, mine is 7. She said she will stay with me anyway. That may be because the Hotel is nice and our view is of the US Embassy compound and Manila Bay.

I forgot our Marriage certificate so they were refusing to allow me to board in Guam. There was another American former Philippine citizen who was also stopped because he didnt bring his naturalization certificate he got over 30 years ago. He also didnt have his old passport. Not sure what happened with him. Last we saw he was told to find a hotel and try to get the paperwork. Now back to us, luckily I had my laptop with me on this trip since I will be working remotely. I had a photo of the certificate on it and we found it 4 minutes before the plane pushed off. We were the last to board but we made it.

It was as to be expected at the airport but it was obvious they are trying to make it all flow better. One interesting thing was they gave all passengers face shields in Guam before boarding. We were told to wear them always in the Philippines. The first thing that happens when you get off the plane is you walk by the temperature scanners and they require that the shields be removed. So that was the last time we had them on. Many of the Coast Guard and Red Cross have face shields on but just on their heads not over their faces. The vast majority didnt wear them at all.

They never checked our marriage license at NAIA and entry was smooth. The fact that CDC was fine for her and not me is just another indication that they have some work to do on their process.

She forgot her ROC NOA1 to extend her green card but my son sent a scan of it. I assume it wont be a problem as the pending removal should show up when they check her green card at arrival.

BOQ can allow delivery of food to the quarantine hotel if you send a letter to the front desk requesting it for allergy or health reasons. It has to be approved by the Hotel and the Coast Guard.

After almost 2.5 years from filing. This part of our journey is over and our new one begins. JAL upgraded them to business class from Tokyo to Dallas. Eventhough it's 75 which is a blessing in November, they are cold lol. Everybody needs a long rest now.