US Immigration from Philippines

Hello everyone!

We are about to start the process of filing for the K1 visa. My partner is in the Philippines and will be coming over to me in the US. However my fiancee has lost her medical records, save for her Hepatitis B shot. The bad news is that on this record she only has the first two shots for the hepatitis B. What can we do about this and what can we do about her missing vaccination records? We're both very new to this and worrying over this. Thank you so much for any help you can provide!

Hello everyone again this is Michelle from US and thank you for answering my question the last time I ask about getting a tourist visa for my daughters and YES we got it so far and they paid the MRV fee Yesterday there ( Philippines) Sept 4, 2024 10 am, and after 4 hrs we try to get a appointment for interview ( ustraveldocs) but it said in the website NOt found the number , and we check all numbers and reciept it's all match in our rcbc reciept.. is this normal to wait longer?

Thank you in advance for your responce whoever ever expirence this.

Respectfully

Michelle from GA USA

First things first, my green card (2 year conditional at the moment) holding wife cheated on me repeatedly and we are now separated. I am not "one of those guys" trying to be spiteful by attempting to get her deported. I've read through the threads here and understand that cheating alone is not grounds for me to remove my sponsorship of her. I have seen that the advice in most cases is just divorce and move on. What I would like to know is if written evidence (data dump from a social media app) where my wife said "I'm only staying with him until I'm a citizen and as soon as I get my citizenship I can leave so we can be together openly" is enough to say she did not enter the marriage in good faith/committed immigration fraud? Though she did not meet the other guy until a few years into our marriage, is this enough for USCIS to prove that she was secretly looking for another option from day one? Im am wondering if it is worth me sending a letter to USCIS to withdraw my sponsorship of her. Here's a brief overview of where things stand:

1. We married in 2/2020

2. She met the other guy and started affair in 4/2023

3. Filed for removal of conditions on her 2 year green card in 9/2023

4. We have been separated since 1/2024

I needed time to let the dust settle and comprehend all that happened and decide how to move forward. Should I send USCIS the letter and see what happens? Or should I not waste the time and just move on straight to filing divorce? Thank you all in advance for any advice you can offer.

Hello Everyone!

It s been a long journey and I m finally a naturalized citizen.
Filed for my naturalization in May 2024 and now I am finally done but my young dependent is not and I need to file for N-600 for her but there is a fee again? I thought they get it automatically at no cost I don t qualify for any waiver fee last time I checked.

Soooo .I was going to post how efficient and responsive some of the PI government offices were to my panicked emails (Bureau of Immigration and Bureau of Animal Immigration) and they were. Everything went smoothly with our cat (aside from the extra $400.00 to Philippine Airlines).

and then we got here on Sunday with a holiday on Monday. Gave my passport and the sealed packet (I applied for the 13A in America) to immigration on entrance and was told to go to the Bureau of Immigration in Intramuros about 1 1/2 hours from our home and P5000 for the car/driver within 7 days (remember, Monday was a holiday). Thank goodness we started on Tuesday. We got there and were told that everything was in order and they directed us to the Bureau of Quarantine to have my passport stamped. It was nearby so we stopped by. Turns out that I needed to be screened by one of their doctors even though I had all the tests done in Hawai i but they were fully booked and were unsympathetic about our travel time and expense. Sooo .back we go at 6 on Wednesday morning to get the first appointment. They checked all my documents and everything was good except that I did not have a blood test done for Syphilis! Took the blood test and 1 hour later learned that I do not have syphilis! Whew! I was really scared there for a while I also needed a polio vaccine booster! WHAT?? Got the stamp in my passport and we were ready to go back to Immigration except they CLOSED BECAUSE IT RAINED LAST NIGHT and was drizzling that morning! We hired the guy to drive us back AGAIN on Friday because this needed to get done and we had furniture scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. I kept checking the weather reports in panic all day on Thursday. The heavy rain predicted never came and the forecast was better for Friday oh did I mention that Friday was declared a no work holiday for parts of Manila and the Philippines, so I really did not know if the BOI would even be open! Anyway, Joan and I were awakened by torrential rain about 1 in the morning! So much for sleep that night! Friday morning turned out to be a very pleasant day and the office was open. My ACR-I was finally approved after the usual "go here go there stuff" but we need to call (land line only) and then go back AGAIN to pick up the card in about ten days. P20,000 later! Here are my take-aways:

Remember that the 13A visa is just that: a visa.It allows a 59 day stay. It does not provide residence status. The ACR-I card does (think of it as a green card in America).

Save yourself some heartache and travel/expenses: you will need to have a medical screening and review of your documents even if everything was completed in the US (be sure to include a syphilis test in your blood tests!) Schedule your screening for early in the morning, do what you need to do, get your passport stamped THEN go over to the Bureau of Immigration! Bring your marriage certificate and your spouse s passport. You will need to make photocopies of five things including the stamp, last entry date and visa from your passport. Copies at the Bureau cost P25 each. OH! Cash is ok at immigration but not the Bureau of Quarantine so load up on Gcash. You can also create an online account and pay by credit card.

and that is the saga so far!