US Immigration from Philippines

I can't find any info on this so ill ask, we had a baby while waiting for the CR-1, last year my income was below what is need for the extra family member, this year it is above, i think its like 6500 extra a person, we got DQed and are waiting for the interview. My question is: without a sponsor can i show then the updated taxes if accepted in February or do i have to wait until April 15 for them to become valid

Well here goes the story:

My vacation to the Philippines was supposed to be from October 9th through the 25th. The first part of the journey went as expected. A Delta flight from Atlanta to San Francisco. I had only been in San Fran once before coming home from the Philippines last year. I arrived around 9:30pm and found my gate first thing. I looked at the time and I seen that I had at least two hours before my flight takes off at 11:55pm. I was hungry so I searched for food. By the time I made it back to the gate, I read a message on the monitor concerning the weight of my personal bag and my carry on bag. 7kg for one and 2kg for the other. I bought my scale with me so I weighed each and one was 7kg and the other was 5kg. 10:30pm. I have an hour to lighten the load. I went to the bathroom and changed footwear and took a few things out of my bags. I was still overweight. I remember the message saying that it will cost $200.00 for being overweight. I thought screw it, Ill pay the fine. When I got back it was 10:50 and I read the message on the monitor again and it actually said that I could avoid the $200.00 fee by checking one of my bag. So I went up to the desk to check in one of my carry on bags and they told me that I could not board the plane. I asked them why and they told me that I did not check in so my seat was given to someone else. I could not believe it. I told them that I purchased this seat back in March and asked how they could sell a seat that was already purchased. On my last flight to the Philippines last year, I did not have to "check in" so I did not think that I had to do this here. The next flight to the Philippines would be tomorrow at the same time. With nowhere to stay and looking at my immediate future, I opted to catch a flight back to where I came from and think about what I should do next.

Bottom line is that I learned a lesson from this experience and that is to check in at the desk at the gate prior to doing any roaming around the airport. I will be heading back to the Philippines next month during the week of Thanksgiving. At least thats the plan.

Hello!

I am petitioning my parents. We got the Documentarily Qualified email from NVC on 9/20. Just want to see how long to expect for their interview to be scheduled. Has anybody here went through the process recently?

Thank you!

Hi All,

My fianc and I ended up having to schedule the medical exam 1 before the interview. I was just wondering if anyone else scheduled it a week out or so and if they had any problems in Manila. I saw a post from 2023 where they did not, but wanted to just check back in.

Hello! Are there any IR-5 applicants here who have not received their interview letter from the U.S. Embassy in Manila and were instructed to schedule their own interview? My parents were DQ d in June 2025. I called the embassy s hotline and spoke with several representatives, all of whom gave me the same instructions. I was able to schedule an interview, but I m just a bit worried they might ask for the interview letter at the VAC or during the medical appointments.