US Immigration from Philippines

I filed for k1 visa on March 3, 2020. My fiance is in the Philippines and I'm in the US. On September 21, they sent me an RFE. I replied to RFE on October 16. Havent recieved a response as of yet, so I will request update on December 15 (60 days after). The RFE was for evidence of bonafide relationship and I provided everything they requested in excess.

Now, I am curious about getting married online while we are still separated by travel restrictions. The Philippines won't let me travel there because we are not married. I just read about getting married online as being legitimate and I have vacation planned for January that is use or lose. I would love to be able to go over there and wish now that we had gotten married while I was there in January/February.

I'm pretty sure I understand that it would kill the k1 visa and I would have to start the process again as a spousal visa. Also, I'm going to wait for a response from USCIS before proceeding with this idea.

I would appreciate feedback as to if this is a good idea or not. I work full time and cant quit and move over there just yet, but I get 5 weeks vacation a year. I really do want to see her, but this would mean potentially more time separated as would need spousal visa instead.

Hi! I already submitted all the paperwork for my parents. Per the email, they said that they will get a letter as to when will they have their interview? My mom also did not receive the first welcome letter notifying her that hers was approved and my dad received his. Is that letter as significant as the letter that contains the interview date? How can we request for the first letter my mom did not get? Thank you.

Hello. New here.

Background. My bride arrived nearly 12 years ago from the Philippines and is a US citizen. My mother in law came 6 years ago in August, is a green card holder and my wife's youngest sister came 4.5 years ago and is working on her citizenship. My mother in law petitioned the middle sister in Sept of 2014. She's prolly three years away yet according to several that posted on my other post. My father in law hasn't been petitioned yet. He's wheel chair bound due to a stroke in 09. I know there's no way to match any petition and visa up in time frame exactly, but roughly how long approximately would it take to petition and approve my father in law to get his visa? It's best if he comes around when the middle sister comes due to his needs there and once he's here. He's not an invalid, but does require extra help.

Also, who is best to petition him? Would that be my wife?

Thank you

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since I was last here. The last thread I posted was about how my fianc was in the final stages of the K1 Visa process, attended her medical exam at St. Luke's and was ultimately sentenced to 18 months of TB treatment. Yes, you read that right... 18 months of going to St. Luke's, every single day that they were open for business.

Anyhow, in early November of 2020 she completed this treatment. On the final day, St. Luke's scheduled her to come back in on December 28-29, 2020 to re-take her medical. This is not by our request - they just went ahead and scheduled it for her and handed her a piece of paper with the time, date, and required fee.

At first, I took this as good news that this nightmare would soon be over. We re-paid the visa application fee (the consulate didn't give a rat's *** when I wrote them an email explaining that it expired through no fault of our own). However, when I went to the website after paying the fee to see if we'd be able to schedule an interview within the next 3 months, all I found was a message informing me that "There are currently no interviews available."

That's when I came here and found out that apparently they are not allowing anyone to schedule their own interviews due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and are instead issuing interview dates at some point after their case is forwarded to the Consulate in Manila. Am I understanding that correctly? If so, I have no idea where that leaves my fianc whose case has been in limbo since well-before these COVID-19 protocols started.

I have written to US Consulate Manila several times explaining our unusual circumstances, asking for instructions on what to do, and each time they've replied with a canned response, citing articles that don't specifically address our situation. I can't get anyone there to converse with me like a human being. I even requested an expedited interview due to the fact we have been in this process with St. Luke's for nearly 2 years already, and are desperately trying to avoid having to start all over again if her medical results expire. They seemingly denied my request (replied with a list of conditions that qualify for expedited interview - none of which specifically applied to us).

I have no idea if St. Luke's is going to request an expedited interview on her behalf after she passes her medical. I have no idea whether the Consulate would actually approve the request even if St. Luke's did. My fianc says St. Luke's didn't say anything to her about it other than mentioning that an interview needing to be scheduled within the 30 day timeframe in which the medical exam results would be valid.

I feel like after everything we've been through with this already, we're stuck between a rock & a hard place and no one at the consulate seems to give a ****. I'm lost as to what to do and have zero confidence that it's all just going to work itself out if we wait and see how this plays out.

Any advice/recommendations?

Thanks.

Hello guys!

I was scheduled for my oath taking on Dec 18 however I got a notice that it will be rescheduled. I was wondering if this happened to anyone else? Especially for those in Phoenix, AZ