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Thanks for the info .......going to do it today ............... Send it there get it signed than mail it to the NVC.

The snow bank I lept off wasn't that big to start with.

Thank You for the help.

After throwing my self off a large snowbank and making a couple small snow angels .................. I have one more question ...........I swear .............

Starting at question 19 Fathers family name ....... Is that the mother in laws fathers name ? Or the wifes father ,after thinking I think it should be mother in laws fathers name,since this application is for the mother in law.

Thanks for bailing me out with the help tho.

Sorry it took so long with more questions ( I know you have been waiting )

So she ( The Mother in Law ) fills out the forms,signs part 1 and gathers all the required documents and sends them to us here in the U.S.. Can they be scanned and sent as e mail or do they need to be sent another way? Then we mail them to the NVC ?

God I am so confused

O.K. well that all seems good ......... as I have read the that link all is sent in and paid for the I-130 and the I-864,but this form in part says non immigrant visa and it is my confused understanding she will be a citizen and we will fill out the DS-156,is she still considered a nonimmigrant till she applys for citizenship is that correct ?

And where do I send this form DS-156

Here I can again ............ been away for so long, now I feel like a newbie. Bringing Mother In Law over from the Philippines and are confused on the paper work of course.

Wrote to the NVC and ask if I had did all the forms and they sent me an e mail back

Dear Sir/Madam:

Your inquiry has been received at the National Visa Center (NVC).

We received the Immigrant Visa Processing Fee Payment(s) for this case. You must now download and complete the Immigrant Visa Application for the principal applicant and each derivative applicant that will accompany him/her to the United States. Please visit the following website for instructions on how to obtain and submit the Immigrant Visa Application:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html

Couple of questions are .............. Which form ? the 156 or the 1648

Check U.S. Embassy instructions where you will apply ? ......... what am I checking for ?

and where do I send this form ......... whichever form I use

and what is a Preference Category: IR5

and the last one I hope Your Priority Date: 22Apr2011

Any help would be a blessing as having my Mother Law Living with me is going to be well ......lets just say different

Thank You Sir

Of the required documents in the Philippines what will my mother-in-law need ............. some may be hard to obtain

Birth certificate

Marriage ( father-in-law died years ago)

And for the medical exam all the vaccinations are they needed or proof of them ?

I thought when the wife came over we got most of them here.

Anyone ?

Never buy the ticket early man ....... Better safe than sorry ........heard of too many snags there ........ she will get it all but sometimes s@#t happens.

She will be here before ya know it

Is there a special Affidavit of Support form if we need to file jointly ......... cause just the wifes yearly pay just misses the 125% guidelines, the one I see looks like one person filling it out and like I said she just misses it, so it looks like I will have to help out there .

Bringing the ML over is going to be soooooooo nice

Same here ........ lots of emails and chat logs ........... I just printed a few out and went thru them to make sure they were " The Good Ones" and sent those.

balikbayan box is the way to go....... we use http://www.forexworld.us/BalikbayanBoxes.aspx look at this web site they have agents all over ......... they will even pick box up for you ....... stuff as much as you can in .....takes like 2 months cost depending on where you ship to. We ship to Bacolod and it cost like $90.00 ??? When we send stuff we put a thick plastic bag in the box and overfill it than use the shop vac to compress it down.

Hope this helps

AS you can see by our time line .............. it was about 5 months for the from filing to oath ............... heard she might get the form saying she is a citizen right there .... than you can apply for the passport ,not sure how long that takes .......... poof than you can resister to vote ................ BUT this is only what I think .........and things can change.

I know it will be a interesting time over the supper table discussing politics

Since we go to the Twin Cities (Bloomington ) for the Naturalization Oath Ceremony ............... March 2nd 2011

Anybody got some good leads on some food stores like H Mart or something alone that line.

The way to a pinoys heart is good food

:thumbs:Sounds so very kool ........can't wait for the wifes to be done and over

ahhhhh........ thanks again ........ she just passed her citizenship test and waiting for swearing in than the documents that follow .......... than her Mom ............. gotta see what she thinks of the U.S. gonna be kind of interesting .......... seeing her turn on a stove to cook or doing laundry in one of those high tech wash machcines instead of on the rocks

Than we will have to see about insurance for her ............ anybody have any ideas ?

Thank You very much ............... She is from Bacolod ............ how many times will she have to fly to Manila ( she says birds have wings I don't ) Looks like about two times ............. Once for the medical and once for the interview ?

Thanks so much for any and all help.

Hopes she gets here in the warmer weather 19 below 0 here this a.m.

I should of said she will be a citizen soon ........................ just trying to get my ducks in order

Can someone from the Philippines sorta give me a step by step of the process after we file the I-130 for the mother-in-law,we will have to help her thru this whole thing,( as she says " I'm from the mountains") We need to know what paper work she will need like passport ,police clearance,physical ???

So it will go something like this

Step 1 File I-30

Step 2

3

and so on ......... just really want to be prepared so we don't run into any problems on the way.

And as always thanks for any help

Thats what I thought but ............ always wanna check ............ sometimes they scare me over there

Thats what I thought but ............ always wanna check ............ sometimes they scare me over there

One more question ........... well there will be more I assume When the MIL gets thats visa how long does it last ......... don't wanna buy a plane ticket before she gets it and don't wanna pay a mega amount for a rush plane flight ?

YUP ...they just ask for pics ............... none of ours had the dates on them ............ they just want to see you two

So thats it ?

Well maybe my headache is gone now ........at least till she gets here ...........

Wife is almost a citizen now and I thought the journey was almost over ............... but we have decided to bring her mother over

I understand what we have to do on this side,file the I-130 and the rest ........... But how does the process go on the Philippine side ?

A step by step answer would be nice so we can sorta make a game plan on this side with cost,time,airlines etc.

THANKS

P.S. gettin' a headache just thinking about it ........... hate the paper work