Kysie & Niall

Congratulations....very soon you will be together. As you may have seen on my other post my fiancée arrived from Manila at Los Angeles, California airport last night, August 25. WOW finally and now we are so happy.

She was fortunate to get her Visa 4 days after interview even though she lived in Zamboanga City, Mindanao. She received a text from 2Go saying the Visa was at the office for pickup. She was in line at CFO for seminar during the storms and the people standing in line in the rain starting at 1am in the morning.

Best wishes to all of you

Take care

Kysie and Niall

_{Congratulations it is always worth the wait. I sure all of us on Visa journey must be the most patient people on earth!}

_{My fiancée Kysie arrived last night in Los Angeles, California from Manila. You both can now look forward to that next BIG step if being together.}

_{Take care always}

_{Kysie & Niall}

I forgot to mention the I-134 which is Evidence of Financial support for your fiancée when in the USA. That needs to be signed and sent to your fiancée in Canada it cannot be a copy or fax I believe. Please check instructions on that also. They Embassy staff will ask for and take your last years IRS Tax forms, W2, and letter of employment.

Again, I will say this is our experience. Always use the list from the Embassy and ask them directly for all requirements.

Take care,

I assume the forms for Canadians is same for Philippines. But be sure to look at the list on the US Embassy website in Vancouver. You will probably NOT receive a packet, only a hardcopy letter which does not say much more than your NOAA 2 with Case Number.

The forms are probably the same everywhere: I-156, I-156K, and I-157, Please look at the Embassy website. You can download those forms from the website or US State Dept website.

If you ever have a question about requirements DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT EMBASSY BY PHONE. They are very helpful. They will tell you which are the correct documents and how to complete the forms. There are instructions that can be downloaded also, read those carefully.

I was born in Victoria, BC, Canada, 1953!!!!, became US Citizen age 7. Now I am waiting for my Filipina fiancée to arrive in California tomorrow night, Monday. Wow finally together.

I wish you both the best always.

Niall

Best of luck. I know the waiting for everyone is the Big trial we face to be with our love one. But after the Interview it all goes pretty fast. August 13 my fiancée had her interview in Manila, took 2 hours, then a Philippine government seminar and interview after waiting 4 days for passport with visa. Tomorrow, Monday in USA she will arrive at night in California. So 13 days after the interview she will be here!

I think late night TV must have been developed for those of us just waiting.

Take care

Yes, I don't think it is a packet per se. You will receive a 1 page hardcopy letter in the mail from the US Embassy repeating your Case Number. You will or have received the Interview confirmation by email. For some reason I received the mailed letter (after 2 weeks) in California and my fiancée received the email confirmation.

Take copes of the Confirmation with you and all the other things they list.

All the vaccines you will get at St Lukes is included in the fee you will pay them in Pesos.

Best of luck always

Kysie & Niall

Always be Honest and complete with your answers on all documents. I agree with your view that you include time as a student and also identify when not employed. Always include everything and be consistent with all your documents. If they see differences in the documents they will ask you and cause delays or even deny.

I am sure you are doing it all correctly. Evidence of a relationship is what they really want of course.

Best of luck.

My fiancée arrives in Los Angeles CA Monday night, Aug 26. We are super excited.

take care always

I agree with the other responses. We even received an RFE on the I-129f but I still did not send WU or bank transfer statements. Showing the strength of the relationship such as being together in person and having evidence of that is most important.

For the Embassy interview take everything you have. Like the others said, our WUs and records of emails etc were never requested. They did want and keep my letter from my company stating I had a job.

We were also Approved after my fiancée in Embassy for 2 hours and Visa Released the next day.

Best of luck always, take care

Also, I had my fiancée go to a private doctor for some vaccines and then also the local Medical center which are less money. but it is City Health Office that gives the health certificates listing all the vaccines and medical history. At least for Zamboanga City that is how it worked for us.

the health certificate is the official medical document listing all your vaccines that you already had say as a child or recently. City Health in your area should give you that. You need an official certificate showing what vaccines you have had not just a written list. I highly recommend getting all the vaccines before you go to St Lukes you have enough time before your appointment.

Congratulations!!! My fiancée is flying to Los Angeles, California from Manila on Monday, August 26. She was fortunate with her visa, Interview August 13, she received it August 17 in Zamboanga City no less.

I put her on a Philippines Airline direct flight so she doesn't have to change planes, sorry she cannot fly with you but I cannot wait any longer for us to be together.

I think you will like Arizona. I lived in Tucson, Arizona for 2 years. It is hot in summer, but not hot and humid like Philippines.

Take care always and good luck

Kysie and Niall

Do not forget the Health Certificate with previous vaccinations. Philippine City Health is a good place to get updated certificate that is accepted by ST Lukes. Also, try to get all the vaccines before you go to St Lukes to really save time and not have to return to St Lukes since they will only give a few vaccines at one time. Look at the US Embassy site for the Long list of vaccinations, Ouch.

Best of luck and get to St Lukes early.

My fiancée in Zamboanga City, Mindanao had the following experience:

USEM Interview Tuesday, August 13: 7:30 am. Finished interview at 9:40 am and they told her she passed and to go home and wait for Visa to arrive

CEAC showed "ISSUED" on Wednesday, August 14 end of the day

Fiancee received text message on Saturday morning about 9am, August 17 saying her Passport and Visa documents at 2GO in Zamboanga City. She picked up the Passport and Visa 2 hours later

Now we are worried about the CFO seminar and interview to get sticker to allow her to leave the country. Lately many Filipinas not getting approved there even after having US Visa in hand

Good luck to you and everyone

I recommend he send you an original with signature and with the colored official stamps etc. I had to get my registered copy from Colombia South America and it was on Legal size paper 8 1/2 x 14 inches so not easy to scan and copy.

Best of luck. Fortunately, you do not need to have it translated into English!!!!

Some years ago when I was already applying for a K3 for my Colombian wife we tried to apply for a Tourist Visa but it was denied, but again this was after we had applied for K3. Now the Embassy and USCIS will say that the two visas are "independent." However, the K3 shows intent to emigrate to the USA, so the Tourist visa "appears" to them as an attempt to take a short cut which is not permitted no matter how much you state they will return and continue with the K3 process even if you have work, family including children in their home country. Also, by-the-way, if they believe you have obtained a Tourist Visa and then you apply for K1 or other visa leading to immigration, they could potentially see that as a fraudulent action and one or both of you could be given a very hard time including a fine or prison sentence and of course no chance in the future for the K1, so please be very careful about this. Talk with a lawyer maybe. I asked a lawyer about our case and they told me the Tourist Visa would be denied and he was right.

Best of luck on your journey I know it is very difficult to be apart

Congratulations. I know the patience waiting for Visa will be a good skill for all your life..

Take care always

In July we were also advised by the kind and experienced people on VJ that after we had our NVC letter that included our case # then 1) pay our K1 application fee at BPI, 2) wait 24 hours and make Interview appointment which I did by phone since I had a problem with the US Embassy online interview webpages, and 3) go and get the Medical exam at St Lukes.

Also, I had my fiancée get all the additional vaccines she need before going to St Lukes which save her a lot of time.

My fiancée was just approved last Monday, August 13....so now the wait for the Visa....and of course the CFO seminar and interview a Philippine government requirement.

Best of luck on your journey and always be patient.

I hope someone with direct experience in having Interview and submitting forms and documents will also help you:

But for Evidence of Financial Support when your fiancée arrives in USA the Instructions for the I-134 give a list of those documents.

I sent my fiancée the following for her interview which she passed last Monday at the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines:

Taxes for 2012, 2011, 2010. The embassy kept 2012

W2 forms associated with 2012 taxes as evidence of income

Scanned copies of my 2013 pay receipts for January through July

Original and signed letter from the Vice President of my company stating I am current employee and how long I have been with the company and what my job is, this is an original with signature and needs to be mailed and not sent as a copy

I-134 and original Signed document with all boxes filled in. In Philippines we were informed if there is no information needed or does not apply fill in "None", but check with US Embassy in China for that specifically

I also supplied information on a house I part own with my sister which further shows financial evidence.

Be sure your Birth certificate information is all correct on the I-134 forms.

I also sent 6 months of my bank statements showing current available cash in my bank accounts.

Again, look at the Instructions on I - 134 for other types of evidence.

Good luck always, take care

I hope this is processed quickly for you. My fiancée was just approved at US Embassy Manila Monday, but I keep seeing posts like your that it goes to AP for who knows how long.

Please post something when you find out what is going

Take care always

Hi all, Just for clarification from those that have gone through this and just were posting here. My fiancée just passed her Interview yesterday, but the CFO website says she needs here visa so they can put in a stamp directly into the visa which is required before leaving the airport. Second point, I wanted to buy my fiancée a plane ticket on Philippine airlines but they required her Visa number in order to purchase the ticket.

From what I just read in some of your posts you went to CFO seminar without Visa and passport and you also bought plane tickets.

Can you please confirm that.
thanks very much for your time and effort and best of luck to you all

_{The issue of letter is not so much parental consent as it is support which is evidence of a relationship. Also, what DRafael is referring to is in Philippines and other Asian and some Latin countries there is a High Risk for super young brides 16-18 years old. with fiancés 60-80 years old, seriously. In Canada, Europe and USA this is not considered an issue. The letter of parental support would need to be shown at the Interview stage not in the K1 application I 1-29f.}

_{Best of luck to all of you just starting on your journey.}

Hi DRafael,

I do not think any of those require notarizations but do not hesitate to contact the USCIS California Service Center to get the official information. I believe what you mean is letter of Intent for K1 visa. This is a letter with original signature for both you and separate letter from your fiancée stating you Intend to marry within 90 days of her arrival in USA.

My fiancée is 21 years old and though not required, I had her parents each prepare letters which were then translated into English and submitted along with the I -129f petition. So if your fiancée is young then I would recommend the letters just to cover all the bases.

My fiancée just passed her US Embassy Interview yesterday and she will be here in California, just up the road from you in Suisun City in early September and we are very happy.

Best of luck, and yes VIsajourney website has many resources to help you at all steps but do not hesitate to contact USCIS directly or before your medical and interview call the US Embassy in Manila and check their website they are extremely helpful

Hi Jayann & Jay,

My Filipina fiancée just had her K1 interview yesterday, August 13, and passed and was out of the embassy in 2 hours. She was asked 3 questions: 1) have you ever been outside Philippines, 2) when is your wedding date, 3) when do you plan to travel to USA.

I could not be with my fiancée either due to cost and my vacation time that I wan to use when she arrives in California.

YESSSS I was very nervous and she was also nervous, that is perfectly normal. If you feel confident about having all your documents and they are up-to-date and you have all the information the embassy requested then She will not have any problems.

My fiancée found all the people at the US Embassy very nice and smiling and helpful.

Your fiancée will do great and yes you will both feel nervous. But when she calls you to say she passed and will get her visa you will feel GREAT!!!

Take care and best of luck to both of you

Niall

Congratulations and as the other replies said this is your APPROVAL for the Petition of K1 Visa. As they said, you should receive a 1 page letter stating it is forwarded to the National Visa Center (NVC) to determine which consulate will process your visa application. It is in NVC for just a couple weeks then you get a letter saying "shortly the information with be sent to the appropriate embassy" and it will indicate "MANILA" in the letter. But then you will have a CASE NUMBER and you can have your fiancé(e) go online and pay the visa application fee at the bank, go to the St Lukes for 2 days of medical exams. You can even go online or call the embassy to set up your interview date about 24 hours after you pay the fee at the bank. I am sue you know this from reading other posts.

I do recommend fiancé(e) getting the vaccines that they do not have at the local PhilHealth and get the updated certificate there to save a lot of time at St Lukes.

My fiancée has her Interview next week August 13. We are really excited now as it will only be a few weeks until she comes to California.

Take care and best of luck always

Hi and welcome to the forum. A god question. I can only provide some input on the free to marry issue. I was previously married to a Catholic Colombian woman. At least in my case our Catholic marriage there and also in Philippines and probably other countries there are two parts: 1) the civil or government recognized marriage and 2) the religious ie Catholic marriage. My ex and I had a Catholic church marriage which was then registered with the government as the civil part. Follow a very brief marriage I then asked for a divorce. I did not even ask my ex I just got a lawyer and processed it, a fast process in Colombia. However, I was still married in the eyes of the Catholic church. So now I am getting an annulment which while be completed in a total of 8-9 months. The point is I am free to marry NOW because I have divorce papers. BUT I cannot have a Catholic marriage until I have the annulment.

I do intend to have another Catholic marriage with my Catholic fiancée in the Philippines and she, her family, and the local legal vicar are aware I am in the process of getting the annulment but this is not preventing us from getting the K1 Fiancee visa before the annulment. We will, in fact, have a civil marriage in California in October 2013, then after the annulment and fiancée has her green card we will return to Philippines for our Catholic church marriage. I should point out the circumstances of my request were very compelling to the church for the annulment due to things associated with my ex prior to marriage and which I was unaware at the time.

Good luck to you.