US Immigration from Philippines

Yes this belongs in the Philippines thread, as my fianc /Wife is Filipina living in the Philippines. It's the first time either one of us had ever been to Costa Rica. Why Costa Rica? Well it's on a very short list of countries that at this time will concurrently accept both US and Philippine travelers, and has extremely easy requirements for the marriage of non-resident foreigners. Plus Costa Rica is just a really awesome county for a honeymoon.

So in the midst of all this madness my fianc /Wife and I managed to get married in Costa Rica 2 weeks ago. So 2020 wasn't all bad . Government offices in Costa Rica are shut for the holidays so I'm told it will likely be late January to get the official certified marriage certificate and then we will file an I-130 and hopefully 2021 (Ok, probably 2022 ) will be even better. Scratch the K-1 idea, CR--1 will hopefully be a better choice for us.

If anyone is trying to pull off a marriage, to a Filipina or probably many other nationalities, in the middle of all of this chaos and facing challenges due to travel bans and such, Costa Rica is an easy and good choice.

I'm sure this has been asked many times but I am not sure what it will mean for me. I went to visit my girlfriend who is now my fianc e in the Philippines for 2 weeks back in July of 2019. My k1 visa petition is still at the nvc along with many others. July of 2021 will have been 2 years since I have been able to visit her. I would have gone earlier this past year but of course the covid 19 epidemic kept that from happening. My question is if nothing is able to be done through no fault of my own, will I have to file a new petition or does the US embassy in the philippines waive that issue because of the pandemic? My petition has been at the nvc since around mid June of this year and of course everyone knows the story there. I just wonder if I will have to refile the petition or not worry about it.

May we all be with our fiancee's and wives next year for those who have not made it here yet.

Soo is the proclamation finish...?!!!

did it get extended or no...?!

Hi all,

I wanna know your thoughts on my dad s case petitioning for his wife. We are preparing the AOS form now. He will be making roughly $25,000++ based on his last pay check for 2020. He is a lawful permanent resident who immigrated here Oct 2019. He started working Jan 2020. We re thinking of filing his taxes early in Jan 2021 so we can use it for the AOS but his income will just be a little bit over the required income of $21.5k for a household size of 2 (just him and his wife).

Do you think his 2020 tax will be enough? or should I just co sponsor since he does not have the 3 year work history here to back him up?

Thanks in advance.