Apalis

hell yeah!!! U wont believe it but I have a countdown on my cellphone! 36days more to go for me to fly there... woohooo!!!! I started boxing my things up already.. I cant wait!! Aren't u?? =))

Yup can't wait also ). I also put a countdown widget on my phone . 38 days more to go .

Congrats! What time did it arrive to your house?

Congrats!!! you can start packing up already!! =)

Yup, working on it

@wbogard, they delivered it to my house at 4:00 PM .

Got my visa . I finally can get to leave this place and return home .

Hi Apalis! Me too! When is your flight? Im leaving for US on Sept 20... Yay! We cant be more exciteed... =)

My wife and I plan to fly out on the Sept 26th . We booked the ticket already. Can't wait to leave this place .

hi Apalis... yes, I told you before... Its better if you will go to the interview with her... They will allow you to come in... =)

Thanks , sorry I don't know why I forgot about it :">

its alright... I understand that we tend to keep asking ourselves over and over when we are anxious about something... Human nature, that is...we just wanna be 100% sure of what we do.. =) all the best!

wa wa wa... that would be telling !

i got email from embassy. they said I need a joint sponsor.

Sorry to hear that. You can tell your husband to find a joint sponsor in the US, could be his family member or his friend, filing out the I-864, attach tax transcript, employment letter, latest 6 month paycheck and express mail the whole things to the US Embassy. I am sure you can get this solved within 1 month if you hurry up.

Once again, sorry that it didn't work out for you . But you still have a chance, try your best !

yes, i have. hope to hear something soon.

Good luck !! Please let us know once they get back to you. Hope everything will go well for you.

..Maybe they heard something from your answer that made them ask for it... Just maybe.. =(

probably. my husband's current employer is new employer. just been for 5 months. that's what i think

I asked my joint sponsor in the US send me all the latest pay stubs and bank statements from the time we submitted the I-864 until now. Hopefully it will be enough. I will also print out all my bank statements (but not sure if it will matter though...).

i wish I can... it's suffocating!! But then I cant just leave work... As a nurse, we have overwhelming influx of patients because of the haze... I just cant ask for leave... =(

What's A&E ? Yeah, we just stay home since last week. Luckily I scheduled my wife's medical exam early so hopefully her lung will be clear. These haze definitely will affect anybody's lung if you get exposed for a long period.

A&E= Accident and Emergency... its emergency room.. =) Dont worry, even if she inhaled considerable amount of haze, it wont appear on her xray unless she is very sick with cough and fever.. =)

Ah thanks for the explanation. I feel relieved now.

So yeah ha ha, I guess we will endure this stupid haze for a while, sucks to be us I guess .... ((((

sucks to be in Singapore among all the other countries for now... =(

Good luck with your interview . Please kindly share the questions after your interview on your timeline pages for later interviewee like us .

goodluck! You can make it... And dont forget receipts of gift purchases if you have... =)

Ha ha we don't have those but we have the greeting cards and post cards. Hopefully it will be enough.

I think if you submitted your certified copies, then you need to bring originals. If you submitted originals, you need to bring a copies of what you submitted so that you can ask for them back at the end of the interviews. Based on what I have heard so far, you need to swap the copies with the originals so that they can put in your files.

I remember I sent them my certified true copy of our marriage cert and birth cert but then they gave it back to me during the interview.. They didnt ask for a copy from me.. Maybe they photocopied it there before they gave it to me... But during the interview, I brought a copy (just to be sure) and they didnt even ask for it.. They returned mine and thats all... =)

Wow that sounds super simple LOL. I was worrying so I prepared everything in case they ask for it.

Goodluck on July 19th! I know she can make it through easily because you'll gonna be there beside her... And knowing that you're beside her, she should not worry at all.. I wish my husband was beside me too during those significant moment...

Thank you for the good wishes . Don't worry, you will be by your husband's side soon ha ha .

I hope it will be soon..haha... Thanks Apalis..

good luck.. pls update us soon.. =)

Thanks Apalis and Memphis! I plan to post a youtube video about what happened during the interview... I will keep you updated here as well... =)

yup, better to just take all the vaccines from there to save you time from gathering separate proofs.. Though it hurts like ######, haha...

yeah that's what my wife and I have decided as well. She's prepared to be sick for like 1 week after the medical checkup ha ha ...

That's right! For two weeks I wasn't able to lie at my left side everynight I sleep because it's just too painful and I was cursing everybody that was tapping me on my Left arm for the same reason! Seriously, I dont know how painful all the other vaccines are, but that Tetanus is really something! ;D

Actually we have been looking around Singapore for some house to buy and it's crazily expensive. An old and dirty HDB can go for 400-500k. Gimme a break. For that money, I can buy a nice landed house in my city in US. Not to mention that recently Singapore has become so crowded. It's not as nice and it's used to be. The tipping point is that my house owner told me that my rent will increase by 200+ at the end of my contract (which will be the end of this September). That's so...

So yeah, that pretty sums up the reasons why we are moving back to the States ha ha. We plan on having a baby soon so our own house is our top priority right now.

Yeah I agree its very expensive to live here... especially if you're planning to have a baby, it's way better to have the baby born in the US than here.. That's what we are planning too.. Every year the rental costs just keep on goin' up...

wow!! congrats!!! Time to compile those proofs that you were keeping all these time! Goodluck! =)

Oh ####### , that sounds like a lot of work ha ha....

hell yeah, until now I haven't really finished printing some relevant pics that we have.. And sorting all the papers, receipts and letters is quite a task too..

Dont worry Apalis! its only your tenth day right? It will be out soon.. Wait let me help you track it down.. Will get back on messaging you once I have some news...

I got my interview scheduled !!!! Woo hoo !!!

Superlike!

when u already have your Packet 4, u can call them at 6491 1377 to book an appointment.. I suggest having the medical at least not less than a week before the interview.. =)

Ah thanks again Leizz for your help. That was pretty helpful . Can we have our medical examination like 3-4 weeks before the interview ? I just want to plan ahead just to be safe.

yes you can, provided that you have the packet 4 letter on hand... as soon as u received it, you can already book for medical exam the soonest you wanted.. =)

I think the Consulate in Singapore is not too bad. I have read the review and it's quite ok, not as strict as the one in HCM City or Manila though. Anyway, just be confident and answer all the questions and you should be ok .

I haven't received my interview schedule yet so I still haven't gotten around to doing interview mockup yet. I will probably do that a couple of weeks before the interview.

I hope it really is easier... Its gonna be our final step thru this process and everything will be fine.. goodluck to us both! =)

Yeah, let's cross our fingers for both of us ha ha .

Hi Apalis

Glad to hear that.