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I'm really confused. The 8am-8pm schedule came from the official website of the Embassy. However, my fiancee's appointment was setup online through ustraveldocs. I hope I didn't get a jacked up schedule. Can anybody confirm what the current times for the embassy are?

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Wow! I am really thankful for the replies! I was just typing this then I saw your reply right after I posted it. Thank you so much!

I'm a little confused, our appointment time says 06:45 on September 15, 2011 (doesn't specify whether it's PM or AM so I'm assuming they're using a 24 hour clock). However, on the Manila US Embassy's website, it says there that the Embassy doesn't open until 8:00am and closes at 8:00pm.

The interview will be fine, It's the issuing of the visa that will be effect effected.

I figured they would scan it during the interview. Don't they approve or deny visas right there and then?

Anyway, it would probably be best to just email her a copy of my tax return statement. Although I believe I don't have a 1040 since I filed mine online during deployment. Thanks

I am an active duty military service member and I just mailed a package containing financial support documents (w-2, Leave Earning Statement/pay stubs, I-134)to my fiancee. I was not able to include a 1040 (income tax return) and a letter from my employer and no bank statements since I only have $1000 in my bank account (I also did not enclose my current savings amount in my I-134). I'm worried that I am missing vital documents here. Would this affect her interview?

Me and my family's passports have been renewed since we first came here to the US back in 2005. I have also been a US Citizen for almost a year now therefore I have no idea where my green card is (I think I might have surrendered it). It is a part of the form I-134, question #2. It's been a while and I can't remember when we first arrived here in the US. Is it necessary to have the exact date for this or would putting the closest date possible be acceptable?

I just recently discovered the term Military Expedite. I am a sailor serving in the US Navy and I am deploying later this year.

Do I qualify for a military expedite? If so, how do I request it and how long does it usually take?

Thank you soo much!

Just bumping my post for other people to notice.

Thanks for the reply, I can assure you that we're a legit couple, I met her through Friendster back in 2005 but we didn't really start noticing each other until 2006, and then I met up with her personally that same year. I could go on with our whole story, but it would take a while to write it down and I don't really want to put people to sleep by putting up an extremely long post here. Although, if you need me to, then I wouldn't say no.

I'm eager to marry my fiancee because it's the only thing I've ever wanted to do from the day we met and now that it's possible, I'm just trying to do my best to make it happen as soon as possible. This isn't exactly something I rushed into.

My fiancee's mother applied for an immigrant visa (including their whole family) for Australia 2 years ago. Now I was trying to apply for a K1 Visa for my fiancee when her family's visa application (going to Australia as immigrants) had been accepted and they just finished doing their medical a couple of days ago. Now I haven't submitted my petition for my fiancee yet, but...

if I were to push through, would this have any negative effect on her family's petition?

should we pull her out of her family's petition while it hasn't been approved yet? it's been "accepted" but it hasn't been approved yet, although they have already spent money on her and money's hard to come by for the middle class in the Philippines. would a last minute pull out have any negative effect on her family's petition compared to an early pull out?

(additional info: she was originally not supposed to be in her family's petition but since they have fought hard for her to be in it, she got accepted. If they pull her out of their petition, I'm afraid it might damage her family's credibility. I'm afraid the immigration might judge her family's character, from experience, I think impression's a huge factor when applying for Visas. My fiance lives in Philippines by the way and so does her family. I originally wanted to pull her out of their petition and just have her wait in the P.I. for our petition but since we're all afraid it would have a negative effect on her family's petition, her family and I have decided to just push through with our petition (K-1), and not pull her out of their Visa application until our petition gets approved)

what about if they fly into Australia before our petition gets approved, since my petition would have to be addressed to her Philippine home address, would it be alright if she comes back to the Philippines to follow up on our petition? or would I have to file a whole new petition once she arrives in Australia as an immigrant?

would her immigrant status in Australia have any negative effect in our petition?

please let me know what other possible scenarios might happen (both good, and bad) if she were to stay in the Philippines to wait for my petition or proceed with her family

and last but not the least, we're planning to use her uncle's shop for a mailing address since they might leave before our petition gets accepted leaving their house to be empty, how do we do this? the form I-129f doesn't specify anything about a mailing address and neither does the other form that contains her bio I'm assuming they're going to use the most current home address that we put in the petition to send her the notice of acceptance/approval?

By the way, I love your website! It's been very helpful! Thank you sooo much!