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Looks like you waited too long to file. Can't be more than 2years between meeting and filing, even if you spent a month together. If it's been more than 2 years since your last face to face, you're gonna have to make another visit and refile, I don't think you can just add a new trip to your current case, it will probably be denied.

Sorry.

hi..i am divorced here in philippines through sharia court. i am applying for marriage visa to germany and i need to submit the CEMAR with a remarks DIVORCED. is anybody here able to obtained the said documents. what dis you do? need your help. i have already an annotated marriage certificate from PSA but the embassy requires me to submit the CEMAR..thanks

Greenbaum is the resident expert on this. Sure he will be along shortly. If not just do a search of his past posts, he has written this topic up before.

A visitor visa is based on the one wanting to visit the us, nothing is needed from you, in fact, it could hurt her case.

She would need to show ties to her home country and reasons for having to return home.

Oh, please tell me this is not one of those I need my mom to come help with the kids threads....., I'm not gonna start, it gets hairy around here at times on that subject.

A foreign dl is good for 90 days, or was when I was there.

I didn't have to leave my passport, and if they wanted to keep it, I'd find someplace else to rent from. I did have to leave a hefty deposit though.

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Driving in the rual areas, smaller towns is easier than some places(ahm, Manila), if you're going to a big city, might be better off hiring a driver you can trust, at least for a few days, till you can observe for yourself how things work there, if you've not seen it before, as traffic in some places makes even some of the best drivers say, "nope".

I said k2. Allready got k1, question was about a ph number

Oh, guess I was half asleep. My bad.

The numbers are listed on the website. There is a ph number, as well as a us number that will forward to the embassy if I remember right.

From the stories I've heard, and seeing what a friend went through, I'd vote for having a kid born in the us. Getting Filipino citizenship and passport is simple compared to the hoops you have to jump through to get the crba.

Friend ended up having to wait, like 3 months if I'm right, to get the NSO birth certificate that was required to do the crba. And she had already been in the Philippines for 4-5 months. She ended up leaving her kid with family and coming back to the us, waiting 2-3 months for the paperwork to be ready, then finally being able to go back to get her baby.

Not saying it can't be done quicker, but if you don't have the time/ don't want to be away from the loved ones, I'd vote to push em out here in the us.

Is there a chance he is getting hit with the obamacare penalty? Should be exempt from that as he is not yet living in the states.

Side note, the k-3 is essentially dead. Better off looking at the cr-1 or k-1.

I was able to print my transcripts directly from the irs website. I did so in the Philippines.

Is this functionality no longer available?

Yeah, in theory that's all you would need. Might as well start with that.

If you were born in the Philippines and your parents did a CRBA and got you a US passport back then, then in theory you should be ok just getting your Philippines passport to be able to exit without a huge fine.

I'm curious though, how did your parents get you out of the Philippines at 15 yo without paying a massive overstay at that time? Have the rules/fees changed since that then?

You could certainly try, but the way I understand it, you must have your dual citizenship first.

I'm no expert, but depending on if/when your mother applied for dual citizenship, there is a chance you may have acquired it from her. Something to look into.

Did you have a Philippines passport when you moved out of the Philippines at 15 yo? Might just be a case of renewing it.

I'm not sure how long it will take you to get the dual citizenship taken care of. It is mentioned in the thread I linked to, read through that and you should have the answers you need. From what I gathered, it could take a couple months or more.

As for needing the passport or dual citizenship, if I understand it right, you can't get your passport without the dual citizenship.

Yeah, the two are basically the same thing, the difference, as mentioned, is how long you have been married at POE.

Even if granted a CR-1, if your 2 year marriage anniversary passes before the visa holder enters the country, they get an IR-1, automatic 10 year GC, and as also mentioned, no ROC is necessary.

There was a post quite a while back, where they had that happen, but CBP was not paying attention so stamped them for a CR-1. They were able to go back and have the stamp and paperwork corrected so they got the IR-1.

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Oh yeah, my point- If you have your CR-1 in hand, but have time to wait till after your 2nd wedding anniversary, assuming it's not too far away, to enter the US, it would probably be worth it.

Hello. I was just wondering if it's possible to get married in the USA using esta (then leaving after the wedding to file cr1) after withdrawing k1 visa. We withdrew prior noa2 because one of my relatives was very sick so we decided to get married in my country. My relative died shortly after prior the wedding. Now we would like to get married in the USA so everyone can attend. Is that possible?

Sorry, I'm confused. Did you get married? If so, no need to get married again. File for CR-1.

If you did not get married, yes, it's fine to come over on VWP, get married, then go back and file for the CR-1.

Either way, married or not, it will be important to bring ties to home country, as having filed a K-1, or being married to a US citizen, will make it harder to overcome the immigration intent when using the VWP.

Got your Philippines passport? Just show that one when you leave, no fine for staying in the country of your citizenship.

If you don't have a Philippines passport, go get one, problem solved.

Was a recent thread dealing with the same situation, this was the consensus reached.

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Ok, just re-read the original post.

Yeah. If you have not applied for/gotten your dual citizenship, go do that. Like I said, there was a recent post on this same topic, BI is where you need to start the process to get your dual citizenship.

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The thread I referenced- http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/601831-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/

Fb messanger, texting(free to send international texts on most us plans now, get a promo on the Phil side to reply), Skype, I used the globe duo and vonage while she was still over there.

We were actually contacted by a company that has something similar to the globe duo, but it's through smart/pldt. Called directo. Unlimited calls, like, 30 a month. They send a sim to the Philippines party, and give you a us number to call. They put load on the smart sim each month, so no worries about keeping it active. The calls go through a computer so you can only call the party in the Philippines from one phone, but it works for us. You can get plans that allow for more than one us number to call, but it does cost a little more. The calls are limited to 60 mins, but like anything else you can call right back. I like that directo has an automated voice that informs you you have reached 60 mins, if you wish to continue hang up and call again. Rather than just keep talking for 5 mins, then figure out your talking to yourself.

DCF is by far more simple because the nvc it taken out of the process.

You will submit the papers that nvc would require at the interview. All you have to do now, as mentioned, is to schedule your interview and medical, and gather the papers to take with you.

DCF moves really fast, if you stay on top of it, and are ready, the process from I-130 submission to visa in hand could be about a month- or just a little less.

LCR- local civil registrar.

That's the office where they record all the local stats, births, deaths, marriages, and forward the info to the NSO/PSA(?). The application will have to be done at the one where she is living.

In theory the affidavit would be good as long as a cenomar, usually 6 months for the embassy at least anyway. That's the easy part, just go in, fill out the form, and wait. That's the longest part of the process. Less than a hour, two tops. Does require appearance in person, so not much they can do from a distance.

Keep researching, and remember to breathe. It's easier than it seems.

We tried to file for the license before we flew to Manila to get the legal capacity paper, so we could get the clock started, so to speak, but the lcr would not allow it. Had to have all required papers first.

Just another instance of how everything is open to the interpretation of the person in charge in the Philippines.

Short version: it can be done, if you plan ahead and line up your ducks beforehand. I arrived in the Philippines on July 11th, and we were married on the 29th. And that's with flying back to Manila to go to the embassy.

Longer version: It is possible to get a wedding done in that amount of time, if you plan it right. First stop would be the embassy to get your affidavit in lieu of legal capacity to marry, , a morning trip for that. Then to the local civil registrar with your lady, with all the requirements (have her go and get a list, there are some lists out there online, but some lcr's like to tweak the list a little), then wait out your ten days, taking in your counseling session while you wait (assuming the lcr's has a session available in this time). Then go get married.

This is a really simplified version, but it's the way it worked for us more or less.

Also of note, this is for a civil wedding, if you're going to do the whole Catholic/Church wedding thing, well, I don't know about that, but I do believe there are a few more hoops to jump through.

Yep, as myself and others can testify, being in the Philippines for 6 months on a visitor visa, and associated extensions, will qualify you for DCF. They just care that you have been legally residing, not that you are a permanent legal resident.

Since you left, as mentioned, your previous stay will not count, sorry. There was some one that was able to file after taking a trip out of the country for business(if I remember right), but they were still residing in the Philippines.

Edit: if you line all the ducks up, and stay on top of it, the DCF process can be done in about a month, from filing the petition to visa in hand. So if you don't mind spending some time there again, it could be significantly faster than filing state side.

My second trip there, and my wife and I coming back 14 months later was on asiana. Much better than United the first trip. Customer service was awesome, all around a great airline. And 2 checked bags were included in the ticket each. On the way there the agent was nice enough to even check my 3rd bag I was going to carry on for free.

Even if it was not the cheapest I would still spend a few extra bucks to fly with them again. And Inchon airport in S. Korea was awesome.

With cfo it's hard to tell sometimes, but being confident is key. Hank has lots of good info on this if you've not read it yet.

Flight, booked, in the same sentence before you have the visa in hand? Risky.

There are aftermarket tpms setups out there that can be added to vehicles.

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http://www.tpms.com/SCH_HRK_4C_20257_p/SCH-HRK-4C.htm

$199 for this kit. Any competent mechanic should be able to install it.

Just be sure to leave the required signed documents needed for the interview or you'll have to pay to ship them back.