Scott & Annie

If the form is asking for your asset, means all the asset that you own.
Why would you want to omit the information and if you have money in home acocunt why would you want to use the Food Stamps?

Well, getting the SSN was no problem at all. First one in my maiden name and after we got married we went to the SSA and had the name changed. My husband's health insurance accepted me on the day we got married. Driver license was easy. The only problem I had was with my husband's credit union. I wanted to open an account there and at that point I still had the social security card which says
valid for work only
with authorization of the DHS
The clerk checked this with her supervisor and she came back and said "Sorry, we can't give you an account cause you Social Security Card is for work only". I couldn't believe it. I tried to explain but she wouldn't understand . I was so embarrassed for these people, their ignorance was really painful. So we left and I got an account with another credit union. Honestly I didn't want these people to work with my money .

My Fiance/now wife arrived here in Texas in December, I called our provider (not HR) and had her on my insurance (United Health Care) the day we married, no SSN.
Pregnancy as a pre-existing condition is another Provider question. If the company is HIPAA regulated then pregnancy can't be considered pre-existing. My insurance card has an 800 number to call and ask questions. The HR department at my work is very often mis-informed regarding insurance.

I did the same thing with my wife not having a ssn. I ran into a couple of people that didn't know that a social security wasn't required for most benefits, but once they look into it, they find out that it's not required. I was able to get my wife on my health insurance, auto insurance, bank accounts, and credit cards without an ssn and without any major hassles. I also feel that by educating the people that were incorrectly insisting that my wife need an ssn, it will make it easier for the next person to get their benefits without an ssn, rather than just giving up and doing it their way.

Wasn't a futile argument with them in my case. They said they couldn't add her because we were waiting on the SSN yet. I said I'm pretty sure you can, you only use it as an identifier, can you look up alternative methods of identification and they said "wow, I didn't know we could do that". I ran into the identical issue at my bank. They said I couldn't add her to my accounts, I asked them to look it up, and they came back with "I learned something new". There wasn't an argument, I just asked them to look it up because I was positive there was a way to do it. Its over 6 months later and I still haven't had to give the health insurance company the SSN, although she had it shortly after. Yes they can go and get the SSN, provided her i-94 is not within two weeks of the expiration date, and they should hurry up and get it. But that doesn't mean they have to wait and risk not having insurance. It could be a month before she gets her card, and then the opening to enroll her on a life changing event might be closed at his employer. I also now know of two people that will not reject follow up people without the SSN yet because they know better now.

I should also mention, my wife and I ran into the same problem getting health insurance through my company right after we got married. I insisted she did not need one, that it was only an identifier used by the insurance company. I was right, the person at the insurance company saying we needed it was wrong, it was their own personal opinion and not insurance company policy. In fact the SSA says you don't need it for insurance, that insurance companies can use other means to identify an individual. You'll run into many people that will assume and say can't whenever faced with something they have not done before. You just need to work through it and insist they actually can, and to please look it up.

When we went to our interview. We arrive at 6:15 AM. Jump out the taxi and was on line waiting about 10 mins to get inside the embassy. Our total time from arriving at the embassy to end of interview. 3 hours. My dad spoke with a lady that was there waiting since 1:00 AM . If you want to play it safe get there at 5:00 - 5:30 AM.

I just find it funny reading posts and comments here sometimes. The American husbands talk like they are an expert on Filipino cultures especially when it comes to family, money, marriage and education.

The answer is whatever her legal name is. If she changed her name at marriage then she should have filed for AOS using her married name. Some people don't change their name at marriage.

That is the Filipino culture. Tyey raise their children, sacrifice for their education all the way through college and the children put back into the household when they get a job. It is unreasonable for you to think that a person marrying a Filipina should not do anything for the family. We are taking one of their bread winners from them that they have sacrificed a lot for. A set amount should be agreed upon with no miscellaneous expenses popping up on a frequent basis. Yes the Filipina wife could work and send money home to help her family since she can make a lot more here in the U.S. even working at a fast food chain, but should also contibute to her household here in the U.S.. When you make statements, just be aware that their culture may be different form yours. I wan to marry a Filipina and I know what comes with it. I didn't go into it with my eyes closed.
Now as how much I send to my Fiancée and her family, it is $330.00 a month. That is because I choose to give her and her family a support allowance of $250.00 a month and the rest is for internet and cable TV that I offered to pay for. She or her family have never approached me and asked me for any money. I make a good salary, got a 12% salary increase for my recent promotion in August 2011, so what I send does not hurt me. I was blessed with a good promotion and it came at the right time for a reason. What I send to her and her family is a small price to pay for my happiness and her peace of mind that I love and care for her family and they are taken care of. When she comes to the U.S. and we marry, she will not work as we are trying to have children soon and I informed her that she did not have to work and I would send the allowance to her family. My fiancée’s family is not lazy. Her father is a police officer who will retire in the next two years and makes roughly 17,000PHP, which is roughly $405.00 a month. She has four younger siblings, an older sister and her mother doesn't work because she is raising the children while papa is at work and they are responsible for paying on her and her sister’s student loans and board certification for her older sisters accounting tests that she had to take 3 times before finally passing and the ongoing education expenses for her younger siblings. The average working Filipino is lucky to make 400PHP ($8.00 USD) a day. So I don't have a problem with my financial responsibility if it will help support her family and make their life a little easier. Living in the Philippines for most Filipinos who are not educated or do not have skill sets to get a good paying job, is very hard. Some families are lucky just to have rice, small bananas and salted fish to eat to stay alive. Now granted some families will take advantage when their daughter is married to a foreigner because they look at us be rich. Most of us aren't but we have a better lifestyle than most Filipinos who are poor. One thing I will say in conclusion is that even though a lot of Filipino families are poor, they are happy with what they have and would even offer you the last food they have if you visited them. I am proud that my wife is Filipina, I love her family and I will retire in the Philippines as soon as I reach retirement age. I guess I just love the Philippines, their culture and family values. I am american, but I consider mysely pinoy also. Just my two cents worth.

Great post Crashed...
My Wife is exactly that and she just happens to be from the Philippines. I've had a hard time with some of the posts discussing Filipinas as they're children. The patterns almost always is something like:
Older white guy with a failed marriage or 3 hunts a child bride in the Philippines (usually because he believes he can control her or something like that).
He treats her like a spoiled child through-out the K-1 process and throws every extra cent he can scrape together at her.
Once she arrives in the US he either expects her to instantly be the perfect wife and shed the childish mannerisms that he had previously encouraged or he gets upset because she expresses an opinion of her own.
When things fall apart it's because she scammed him!
I'll admit my wife is 27 and I'm 42. I'll admit that she has at times acted immature. But I've never treated her like a child and I've always expected her to be my partner in our marriage and life together.
I do think at least one of the persons here using the term "Filipina Unit" does it tongue in cheek and that doesn't offend me.

I just wanted to share my experience with you all. I just returned home from a week long trip to the PI. My Fiancee met me in Manila and we then journeyed 9 hours from Manila to her Province in Bicol by bus. Spent 4 days there meeting her parents and family, sought their blessings, bonded with relatives, and just to take in the experience of her home. Being outside of Metro Manila was also a change of pace I really enjoyed. Great trip. Wonderful family as I expected, Fantastic food, and memories for a lifetime.
Thanks for all the advice I got here on VJ prior to my trip. The Pasalubong ideas were great, even though the extra suitcase fee cost me more than some of the gifts I brought. Damn airline merger (talking about the largest airline in the world based in Chicago). Anyway, here's what I learned that might help you...

Long bus rides generally don't make many stops for CR
Bring 5 Peso coins with you for the use of CRs at the Sari Saris you do stop for
Towns in the Provinces are generally cash only with few ATMs (if any)
Chocolates are always appreciated. Hard candies for kids
Little to no water pressure can be expected. Shower with a pail is often the means or pumping your own water
Do not refuse food offered and never show you don't like what you've just tried
Trikes are small! At 5'10" I could barely fit in the side car
Power/Water outages are not uncommon
Have a night out or two with Titas and Titos and foot the bills

Most of all...

Be courteous and respectful
Don't act like the foreigner who's there to own the town
Talk and plan things through with your Fiancee to see if your intended actions are acceptable
Don't go around flaunting you have money. It's disrespectful and could probably get you into trouble quick

For those of you VJers who have not visited their Fiance(e)'s province/home town, you are missing out on the opportunity for the family to meet you and get to know you. Most especially it gives them an opportunity to ask questions to you and for them to understand the whole K1/K2 Visa process. I had the impression that my fiancee's family thought she would never return home to the Philippines (which I dispelled). Going there was a win win situation and it turned out to be fantastic. I really want to go back again soon. That's how much I enjoyed it.

NBC is where they all go. It is in Missouri (your case number has MSC on it). Your EAD and AP and background checks will be done there, and the I-485 (alone) either will be sent to a local office for interview or to CSC for no interview.

I think New York specifically has suffered tremendously from Muslim terrorist, so I'm glad they are doing their job now.

You, nor your father, can claim your Fiance on your tax returns. A Fiance is not a dependent and there is no legal relationship between you, or your father, and your fiance.
After you're married, YOU will both file together, typically as "Married Filing Jointly", or maybe "Married Filing Separately". But you both have to file as husband and wife under one of those statuses.
Your father will never be able to claim her on his taxes.
PS: A "Wife" is not a dependent. She will have an exemption on your taxes, same as you will, but wives are not dependents.

Where are you from? There's also a CFO office in Cebu City.
And besides, you dont need to bring your 6 year old child for the CFO seminar but you need to bring her passport and the necessary documents for her to have a sticker on her passport.

They are submitting for AOS (I-485), not I-129f petition. Only the non-US citizen needs to fill out the G-325 for AOS.

St. Luke's will not honor any word or self-reported vaccination, as stated in their website (http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml#required-docs). Check the website for more detailed information. But the payment(medical fee) you made will include all the vaccinations that you may need. Just make sure to bring any records of vaccination that you may have in hand. Good Luck.

In general Tim/Mav jusdging from his comments gets pleasure from stating ridiculous untrue things just to get people worried or mislead. I see this over and over again.

This is the most ridiculous statement I heard. If she was honest she probably disclosed that she has boyfriend or a close friend in US. This alone will prompt them to deny. If she did not lie on the application (which she probably did not) this case has not problem at all. Unlike most of your usual groundless statements, I have first hand experience. My wife (then fiancee) applied for B1/B2 after we met but before we got engaged. She did disclose that she will be staying with me (her boyfriend) and was outright denied which is understandable. She got K1 without a single problem or delay. And please, stop making statements about things that you have no idea about.

You show me yours first, Tim. You may think there SHOULD be such a requirement and I would agree, but you will not be able to show me any such requirement. It's absence, is all that's needed to prove my point. You do not serve the members well when you make up stuff.
Unless the visa denials were for some reason that would also make the applicant ineligible for the visa they now seek, they are mostly meaningless. They can be interpreted to mean that getting to the USA is more important than the relationship but good relationship evidence usually overcomes that concern.

You need 6. People have gotten RFEs for not enough photos.

Send one for each form, even if it seems redundant. They get mailed together but they are processed separately, which is why you also need the 2 passport photos(total of 6) for each form.

"To Whom It Concerns:"
(It will concern USCIS and your consulate, so the above handles all.)

I am ready to concede surrender and stop using the Politics and Religion forum. It has decayed to the point that the ONLY threads left are bait posts by Arab sympathizers to irritate Israeli sympathizers OR bait posts by Israeli sympathizers to irritate Arab sympathizers OR posts by atheists to irritate Christians OR posts by Christians to irritate athiests
Can we please have a seperate "religion forum" and get this off to the side so some of the others can have discussions without being shoved off the page by copied post after copied post for some religious nonsense? OR move it back to Off topic where it was. The prblem is that some people actually think religion IS politics and unless it is clearly delineated these 3 or 4 people who think anyone else really gives a rat's @ss will simply come and dominate another forum.
Then those 3 or 4 members can take their never ending copied and pasted religious nonsense someplace all by themselves.