US Immigration from Philippines

Well, the Journey is over. My wife became a US citizen on July 1st 2025.

I want to thank all the people here for the help along the way.

When we started this, I was just looking for information about the different visa options. And stumbled on to this site.

Little did I know, that I would actually find a "second" family of friends, helpful resources and people willing to actually help a Newby along the way.

We did all the paperwork from beginning to end ourselves; and yes some mistakes were made that costs time and money but it was learning experience and I hope that anyone reading our timeline, learns how to avoid them and make the right moves for their journey.

Special thanks to @Hank who hasn't been online in a couple years but I think was the most informed person here on anything about the Philippines and to all the ones that answered my questions no matter how simple they seemed to be.

Although we have made to the end of our rainbow, I will be checking in and hopefully get to use the things I have learned to help others along their Visa Journey.

Thank You again,

Michael and Angelica

Hello all,

My fiance completed her TB Treatment back on September 04, 2024. Slec has previously advised us to come back a year after. I already scheduled her next medical exam on September 8 2025.

My questions are:

1) Do I need to pay for the medical exam although we already paid for the 1st exam?

2) Is it ok to just schedule my next medical examination, as I stated above?

3) What do I do with K-1 Visa since it is expired?

4) Do I need to redo my D160?

5) What other things do we need to work on?

I truly appreciate your assistance with this.

With apprehensive optimism, we feel Dina's CFO Certificate is in the works. How does the certificate

evolve into a sticker??

My wife received her spouse visa which is only good for 90 days. She is now in the USA residing with me. I think she needs to file Form I-485 with in 90 days since the visa was issued. We filled out Form I-485 Application to Register Permanent or Adjust Status. We are ready to upload it to what web site?

Appreciate any help w/o the BS please.

Dan &Juliana

I m a US citizen and I m petitioning for a K1 visa on behalf of my Filipina fianc . We were delayed twice, once (May 20, 2025) for not having an original / certified copy of my divorce decree, and once (June 10) for having a typo / discrepancy between the DS 160 and the appointment receipt.

Each delay was devastating, yet we persevered and our visa application was finally approved at the Manila Embassy on June 24, 2025. However, the delays have cost us dearly. My fianc is pregnant, due September 13, and can t fly after the end of July for safety reasons, no airline will let her fly after the 35^th week of pregnancy, which lines up, more or less, with the last week in July.

So, we need to be on an airplane to the US by the last week of July at the latest. If not, we risk our visa expiring and having to start the entire process over again a very bad outcome. The consulate my fianc interviewed with said the visa would be ready for pickup in two weeks, but didn t offer any further guidance. Things I ve read online all say some variation of 5-10 business days, which would be July 1 (today) to July 9, accounting for the 4^th of July holiday. I ve also read that the speed of issuing the actual visa has a lot to do with the speed of the consulate that you interviewed with, and that no two cases are the same.

Assuming there are no other delays (a BIG assumption), does the community have any feeling on when we might get notice the visas are ready for pickup? I obviously can t buy plane tickets or plan anything until I know they ve been issued and the entire thing is quite stressful. Any guidance is greatly appreciated!