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She could apply back and hopefully this time the consul would check her supporting documents. I remember last 5 years ago, it also happened to me. I was bringing original copy of real estates property documents (lots and buildings) all in my names, work employment certificate, bank passbook with good amount of deposits with very good cash flow, business license... all in my names.. and my passport shows that I had traveled to Australia, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Hongkong...all for visits -- but, the consul didn't even bother to see it. Just looking at me, still young and strong --- immediately denied me. Maybe they were thinking that I won't be coming back to the PI. I never had overstayed in all my previous trips and never intend to work illegally as I have a good stable job and same time managing my own business. I learned some women -- got approved without even bringing some supporting documents to show. They got approved sometimes because of age factor -- if they look quite old already --- although, not always the case. I just feel sometimes it is LUCK...or the MOOD of the consul during the interview -- so better try next time !

Early this year, I finally was able to visit the US thru K-1 visa. But, didn't get a good outcome -- I had to come back home before my 1-94 expires. I just felt not marrying at the moment because of not so good issues I experienced while as I was there. Of course, I thank God for having been in the US -- it was fun and enjoyable then-- thank God for all the blessings !

Good luck to your mom again -- just don't give up !

I mean we need to sent 2 copies cuz the other copy will kept in USCIS and the NVC so they have a copy. my husband he sent only 1 copy of I-130 and some evidence.

USCIS and NVC are two different offices. Only one set of original paperwork is needed upon filing to the USCIS. The requirements for NVC are sent once you have NOA2, that is expected after 6-8 months. Hopefully, he made extra copy for his file / reference. Hope you got me now

i mean 2 copies. like 2 copies of i-130 2 copies of g-1145 and 2 copies of g-325a then send to USCIS.. but he only make 1 copy of each. so idk now if they going to reject the papers cuz of that. and i know thats why they need a 2 copies cuz the other copy will be kept on USCIS then the other one going to NVC.

Hey girl! please understand, upon filing the application, only one copy of various forms and supporting papers are needed. Once your husband receives NOA2, that is the time he has to submit other requirements to the NVC. The normal processing time is about 6-8 months. So, while waiting for the approval, you may opt to start preparing other documents needed so that when time comes you are ready. To properly guide you, you may check the list of documents needed here in VJ. I suggest you do some research / readings in this very informative site -- all your questions / confusions could be properly address in the FAQ section and some related posts. God bless and hope this could help............

my husband he only sent one copy of I-130. and i remind him makes two copies then send but he told me he only sent one copy. makes me pissed off... so how i dont know if they going to contact me or they going to reject cuz its only one copy. its another waste of time and money..

I remember, only one copy of various forms and supporting documents are required when filing. But, it is best to keep another copy for reference / file. In case there is RFE, the USCIS will not contact you as beneficiary, instead, they will contact your husband since he is the petitioner. Good luck !

LMAO!!

Things are going extremely well here for myself, my fiancee and my soon-to-be stepson.

They're all settled in and having a grand time. No complaints of homesickness from either of them.

It's been fun and educational for all of us too. They both just about freaked out when, on their 1st day here, we went to Wal Mart and I picked up a soft drink, opened it and gulped a bit to quench my thirst. Something completely unheard of in the Philippines I guess.

We've decided NOT to have the garden wedding that we'd been planning. Instead, we're just going to "elope" down to the county courthouse and get married there. Turns out the logistics of getting my friends/family here from several areas around the country was an issue for the working folks. And getting started sooner on the AOS process will be a boon for us as well.

Anyway, for all who are waiting with bated breath and bitten nails... it's all worth it in the end!

And keep an eye out for those really short notice, low price airfares! We got really lucky in that regard. A low price popped up and 7 hours later my fiancee was in the airport waiting to board!

Congratulations and stay in love always ! normally, in few days or weeks, it is very enjoyable and fun to arrive in America -- very exciting as lots to be discovered and enjoyed ! But, mind you, homesickness naturally felt after 2 or 3 months. But, since she brought her son, then it would be very helpful to adjust, especially when you create a very supportive and loving environment. No need fancy thing, just your real sweet love ! Cheers ! happy for you and her ! God bless.....

As long as you marry within 90 days period, you are fine. But, don't ever take the risk. If you are sure of marrying, don't ever wait for last minute. You never know what could happen -- Best wishes !

Thats Australia... in the US its not theft till you step out the doors. Its fine to have a drink while shopping or snack for a cranky child. In the US you have rights.

This is one thing I love Walmart. When we there, my 8-year old daughter used to open immediately the soft drink while I was still shopping. She couldn't wait...and there was never a point we got embarrased. We pay all times though --sometimes with half empty bottle lol This thing is not allowed in the Philippines.

Yes, just answer honestly in the form. Don't worry the consul won't bring that up in the interview. It happened to me -- got approved !

My fiancee has a BSN, bachelors of science in nursing from a college in the Philippines. Will this be accepted in the U.S. for employment in health care? She has not passed the philippines national nursing exam yet. She barely missed on the first try and had to start working (in another field) to help her family.

Will her degree be accepted to work in the health care field? She is hoping to at least be employed here in California as a medical assistant. Does anyone know what the requirements are to become a medical assistant in California? Surely someone with a BSN would qualify. If anyone is familiar with this please let me know.

Thanks!

Philippine nurses could work in the US as a nurse or in any related health care job. To become a US Registered Nurse, she needs to pass the NCLEX state board exam. She could take it while in the Philippines or in the US. Good luck !

hello..., when filing the K-1 my fiancee send them already a hard copy of his divorced paper with stamp.. my question is should i need to bring also a hard copy of his divorced paper on my interview or just a photo copy?

you need to bring a copy of the certificate of finality.. not sure if it has to be authenticated...whatever you think it is best to bring, just in case, just bring them so you won't be sorry..... Good luck !

i just cant wait the N0A1. how many days before i received that we sent my I-130 July 23 2012. i asked that cuz i dont want to stay at home doing nothing i need to work also

NOA1 comes in 2-weeks or a month time. Over-all processing time for CR1 takes about 8 months to a year, depends on various factors, like money, RFE, interview schedules, etc. It can go further based on other real experiences. Just prepare yourself on some other requirements needed. Good luck and God bless !

I think you are Ok. I have heard some successful K-1 applicants who visited only once and they still got approved. Important is you have an authentic relationship. I admire your reason for not visiting more, because you need to save some money for house purchase. That is very practicable. Hope everything will work out when you and her are already living in one roof. There are always adjustment period -- there are things that you only discover it when you truly share same place 24/7. But, just do your best...give love to the fullest-- stand FIRM for the relationship, and most, let God do the rest. God bless !

Sorry to hear about your situation. Your stories about him...sounds so bad. It's awful, if he threatened to kill you. If he is really abusive, then, you need to make a decision -- to be with him or leave him. His character won't change that easily. The only way he would change if he would allow God to take in control of him. Thank God that you have known his character before you both stay in same roof together. Consider it as a blessing ! God loves you, Sis.I know it would be hard, but, you need to face realities. You need to love yourself and know your self-worth. You deserve better ones. Be strong and never settle for less. Remember, regret always comes in the end. God bless and take care of yourself !

Honestly, i just want peace in my marriage...whatever properties there may be, i see

them as such, just properties. My marriage is important to me but at this point it

is really rough.

hi! I just hope, still, everything would work out for you and your husband. As this point, you just need to be more patient -- I really feel for you girl. But, try not to give up -- look at the positive things in life. Just talk to your husband in a nice way -- try not be annoying, though. Hopefully this is just a test or trial that you need to overcome. Learn to appreciate your blessings --- be thankful to God, for still you are able to pay off your bills, though I know it is quite hard. Please pray to God for strength and proper guidance -- hopefully, your husband would cooperate and do his share, in time. God bless you and your family.:0 Be strong !

To barcardi101, thank you for thinking that I am at self-actualization, but I do not think that. Maslow's Hierarchy, may help to explain some of it, which I alluded to early in my original post. It's just that I did not put a label to it, as you did.

To all, some of you may recognize the famous Napoleon Hill quote, "What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve". One reason I asked my fiancee about her goals and dreams, is first just to see if she has already conceived goals and dreams, and if not, to help her begin conceiving some realistic goals and dreams. I agree that I need to be patient, and I will be more patient. I also agree that her current environment and circumstances may not be supportive enough, welcoming enough, and encouraging enough, for her to feel safe to dream her dreams, and that I am better off waiting until she gets to my environment, when not only will I encourage her to have realistic dreams and goals, but I will be happy to help her believe it, and then finally achieve it, just like Napoleon stated.

You are very right -- at least, you are very matured enough to handle your relationship. Good luck and God bless to you and your fiancee ! Stay in love forever

To all, first allow me to apologize for using the term, "Typical" in the title of my posting, as it can and have resulted in some generalizations on this thread, that simply do not enlighten, but can inflame others, who may not agree with such generalizations. The other problem with using the term, "Typical" is that it can result in an unintended comparison, between what is "Typical" and what is "Atypical". That was not my intent, so please look past my poor word choice.

To John and Mari, I wish my fiancee saw my actions, of wanting to find out her dreams and goals, like you do,as a true selfless act of love. My purpose is very simple – to ask and find out her dreams and goals, not to assume her dreams and goals are the same as mine, and if realistic and within my abilities, I will do what I can to help her achieve it.

You raised a very good point....commendable ! you would be a good husband ! Keep it up !

Confuse: Great and I am saying great advice you gave here. Thanks for sharing. I my Fiancee and I share our log in here on VJ. I will have her read this as well. I know as well how hard adjusting in other countries are as I worked in your country and lived for 5 years. God Bless..

You are welcome! Glad that you find my post helpful. God bless you and your fiancee.

I hope this time it would work out. You have written a very heartfelt letter. Now, it's time to ACT-- show her that you really mean it -- Good luck and God bless to both of you ! Glad that you made some realizations Don't give up !

Operator. The condescending tone of your reply is unwarranted and your statements are incorrect. It is clear you did not read my last question or just failed to understand what I was asking. Perhaps my replies next to each of your last comments will make it a little easier for you to comprehend exactly what I was asking.

You are looking for someone to give you confidence to do the right thing? Wrong, I know what the right thing to do is. I am looking for someone who has already been through the same situation, and exactly what the end result was. Did they get denied, delayed or admitted anyway?

You have been given the facts several times in this thread. Wrong again. I have been redirected to the same guidelines and documents that I have already seen and reviewed several times, and individual interpretations of those documents. I have also been given a speech on the moral and legal issues of telling the truth as opposed to lying. We got past that several posts ago.

1. If your your wife knows she has a sexually transmitted disease then she must mark the form YES. There simply is no other correct answer. Waiting for someone to share a similar experience will not change this answer. It has already been established that YES is the correct answer. Looking for someone who has had a similar experience and been through this already let's us know with facts, what we are to expect.

2. There is a clear list of health related reasons for inadmissibility. Communicable diseases of public health significance can be found in 42 CFR 34.2 Check it out it's the LAW. Ok yeah no kidding. There was never any questions as to weather or not it was the law. The question again was can anyone that has been through a similar experience confirm that a YES with HSV2 listed as the STD, cause a denial.Has anyone else been through the exact same thing? I can't find any other simpler way to ask this same question in a manner that you might understand Operator.

These my friend are THE FACTS! Oh Really? So you have been in the same situation and know exactly what the result was? The Facts can only be stated by someone who has already been through the exact same scenario, or as I asked in my last post a Doctor that does medical exams for immigration or a legal professional hat maybe has had clients in the same situation in the past. Are you either of these that would qualify you to be in a position to state THE FACTS? If you qualify as any of the previous, I would like to speak to you more for the most accurate answer. If you are not, then you are speaking without the benefit of definitive knowledge, otherwise know as opinion, and I would not care to hear any more of yours. Thank you anyway.

I do appreciate many of the comments that several others have posted so far, which have been helpful in general.

Hi there ! I really understand your feelings and how you want things to be CERTAIN. I guess, so far, no one of the VJ members who responded to this thread, had similar or exact actual experience. I think most of us here tried our best to help you by giving some FACTS and useful information. For now, I think what you need is to try talk to the US embassy, ask them in particular. But, I'm sure they would still not give you DEFINITE answer to your question, since they need to study first your situation, as each case is treated independently. I guess, even if you consult an immigration lawyer, they still couldn't give you a DEFINITE answer. The lawyers could only tell you with some possibilities, but, not really the exact answer to your question.

As most of us mentioned here, just answer YES.... if ever, she would have to undergo medical treatment, just be open to it, it may delay the process a little while, or IF NOT, then, be thankful to God, that means she is heading soon there with you after the interview, since having STDs IS NOT GROUND FOR VISA DENIAL.

Instead of worrying too much, just do what you can to help your spouse, but, it is important to pray and have confidence in GOD -- He knows best for you and your wife. If God would really bring the two of you together, then no matter how hard it is, God finds way. Always remember, God ways are higher than our ways - so, if you feel very exhausted and stressed out, please calm down and let God do the rest. He is an able and magnificent God. I'm sure things would be fine for you and your wife. Don't worry too much. Take care and God bless you !

Does anyone know the best answers to the following. PLEASE HELP! My wife will soon be getting her Visa interview appointment date to be able to come to the USA. She has genital herpes and I need to know the best answer to these questions

1.) On the Medical exam questionnaire it asks if you have any STD's. If she marks NO and is not having any flareups or visible sores during the medical exam, will they still find it through the blood test and deny her Visa because she marked NO. If they do find it can she claim she didn't even know she had it as it is a fact that 50% of people with Herpes don't even know they have it.

2.) If she marks YES to the STD question and states she has genital herpes will she fail the medical exam and/or be denied the visa? We are both suffering tremendous stress about this after enduring 9 months of waiting to get through the process, her appointment date will be given any day now and it will destroy our lives if she does not get approved. We have been married for 2.5 years now.

If anyone reads this post and has an accurate answer, I beg of you to please take a moment and reply. Thank you.

Hello Sir, your wife has to be honest in answering to all questions needed in medical examination and interview at the USEM.

When I had my medical exam, the doctor checked almost every parts of my body including private ones -- I was naked inside the room. They got sample of my blood, urine, etc... So, it is best to declare the truth, so when they found it out, she doesn't have to explain so much. She maybe put under medication for a while. And, that is a blessing for her, so she would get rid off from genital herpes as it is a sexually transmitted disease, thus, very contagious also for you.

I am not so sure, but, I think she won't be scheduled for interview yet at the US embassy, since she need to maybe get well first with her condition.

I don't think the USEM will deny her with visa -- after having medication. I have read they don't deny applicants with STDs. Other medical problems like Hepatitis B, etc... they are very strict on this.

For accurate answer, please log on to St. Luke Medical Center or the US Embassy websites.

Good luck and don't stress out too much, I'm sure everything will turn out well for both of you. Just don't give up, do what you need to do, pray ! -- and let God do the rest!

Can she still get money from me if we are divorced?

Hello ! Your question says a lot. Why so worried about her getting your money ? I don't think this woman would still be interested to get money from you, knowing and experiencing your present economic situation -- you said that money is tight and you find it hard to provide her with what she likes when she was still there. Just move on with your life and stop thinking about her getting your money. If you have extra money, just in case, it won't hurt that you give her little amount, after all she is your wife. She maybe just want to have start a new life without you. I could figure out something that she was so tired living with you and your kids -- probably, she didn't expect this thing to happen. Probably, prior her arrival she had even very limited knowledge of the situation or arrangement in your house and children. I am sorry, but, we need to face realities of life and keep trusting God. Just move forward and may God bless you !

I find it really great that your epiphany and time coincided to your great benefit!

Unfortunately, we don't all have our epiphanies on USCIS's time clock, and some of us end up in worse situations (assuming / not pointing).

I have much more I could share, but I'm uncomfortable posting it here (not eluding to the statement above. Rather, this statement replaces the paragraph I had after this.)

Anyway, I think my wife and I are going to get through this.

I guess, according to the logic that basically the petitioner(s) should entertain their beneficiary(ies) for the first three months in order to build a solid foundation on which the relationship will stand, is very common to the first few years of a child's life relating to their cognitive development. Here's a great link that I found to a PDF file that describes four stages of adaptation:

http://www.caseybarnes.org/TxP2PStages.pdf

I think that we have to allow our beneficiaries to at least get to the settling-in stage (of the four stages in the PDF above), within our means of control, because it can make a difference.

:thumbs: Thanks for sharing !

Confuse 30,I love your post.thank u for sharing it to us!!

You are welcome ! Thank you too for reading. God bless !

Hi there! I am so sorry reading your story. I think you just need to move on with your life and kids. You could divorce her as well, so you would be free in the future. You may be telling true stories, but, right now, it's just hard to judge your wife. I'm sure, she also has valid reasons why she left. We all know nobody here at VJ exactly knows what happened between you and her. I'm just saying this, because, I too....had to come back home after I've seen and experienced how I was badly treated by one member of the family of my Fiance - which really affected our relationship. Things didn't turn out good as expected, as I felt everyday, I was living on hell or in the darkest side of the earth. It was very good that I had enough money when I went there so I did eat and enjoy America well.

I honestly tried my best to get along and understand their situation knowing what we went through a lot of hardships with the paper works and immigration expense, but, it's just hard to continue staying with selfish one, especially that it was not a genuine care.

To lessen damages and avoid conflicts, I decided not to marry and come back home before my 90 days expire. Let the future holds for us -- marriage shouldn't be taken for granted, therefore, if it wasn't right -- don't ever continue -- it's a sign that I have to slow down.

I like America - the place is nice and clean, but, still requires me with lots of hardships and sacrifices to have the life we all envisioned for. I was hoping that there had been a positive and inspiring atmosphere / environment in the house so it could greatly help adjust my life in the US, thus, sharing harmonious life with them. Instead of making things easy for me, they make it so difficult. I wasn't expecting all material things to be ready -- I was hoping to see genuine care and sharing. They maybe have thought that I have a hidden agenda in coming to the US. Trust is very important to me, so I could bring out the best in me and in the relationship. I think it was a blessing then because now I am back home and work happily. I had so much risks in getting to the US (leaving my home, family, friends, nice and secured job, and important of all -- ability and freedom to make decisions on my own). Now, I realized how good is God to me - enjoying normal life here with peace of mind.

I have no regrets in coming home -- at least, I tried to give out the best in the name of love !

My advice to the poster -- just move on ! Maybe it's not meant to be.

To other petitioners -- if possible, please create a positive and supportive environment when your Fiance / Fiancee arrives. It is very important as he / she is a total stranger in America -- especially at the start when she arrives (first 3 months is very crucial) -- because, after seeing America -- if she / he is not treated well, definitely he / she would want to go back home, feeling lonely and homesick, especially if he / she has a lot of good things left in his / her home country. Please give love to the fullest ! That's all we need --

Hope this serves as good input in avoiding your fiance / fiancee coming back home. Thank you all --- have a blessed day everyone !

Hi everyone! I'm preparing for my CFO seminar on Monday. I'm completing my requirements now. I have already all the documentary requirements.................. except !

Could anyone explain to me this one ? I checked this in the CFO website, it's one of the requirements.

Photocopy of Immigrant Data Summary for USA-bound emigrant (must not be detached from visa packet)---

Is this the one I just completed "Information Sheet for Filipino Emmigrants" ? I downloaded this form in their website.

If not or different, then where can I download it ? or do I still need it ?

Thank you very much.

I think the form can be downloaded in the CFO website.