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Your wife's situation is completely different from an unemployed 19 years old girlfriend that lives with her parents.

You are married with a kid, and you provided proof that you had a job in India to go to. That helped out your wife.

Apples and oranges.

I've worked in SE Asia for 10 years now and have known a few people to get tourist visa's for their girlfriends. These are the same people that told me to try for a B2 when people here told me it was impossible because of the whole intent thing.

My point is if you have $160 to blow go ahead and try.

Speak english !

Your complaining about English on an immigration web site. Knock it off.

Your a Philippines beneficiary. Your already expedited.

I got told the same stuff. I applied for the tourist visa for the wife in Vietnam and got it. All you have to loose is $160 for the application fee. Just tell her to be completely truthful at the interview and it might help if you go to the interview. You won't be allowed into the embassy for a B2 but if the staff wants to speak to you they can send your girl out with an invite for you to come in and speak on him behalf. That's what happened in my case.

My wife's I-130 has been approved.

express mail or regular post ?

is it worth the extra buck ? and by sending express mail to the lockbox do you think they process the paper works faster then regular post ?

Some will tell you express mail. I sent mine regular post and it took two days.

When it gets to the NVC I'll use overnight just so I'm not spending a week in the mail.

Good Luck.

I've been reading a lot of stories on this forum about visa scammers men/women. Some of these stories are quite sad and horrific. But I've also noticed that most of the ppl complaining about their scammer spouses/fiancees don't have photos on their avatar. Why not change their avatar to a photo of the scamming spouse/fiancee and OUT these evil scammers so future potential mates will know who to be wary of?

Didn't California just create a law against revenge photo posting.

Why is it assumed intimate means sex. I sent a photo of the wife kissing during our wedding; is this not intimate.

If the OP means actual sex shots then no don't send those.

Just out of curiosity how many people here applied for a tourist visa for their spouse? I applied for the wife and she was approved. We had a baby so maybe that helped. At least she can hang out in the US until were past the NVC.

Is the Philippines different with scheduling the CRBA interview at the US citizens services section than other countries? In Vietnam the entire CRBA process was 14 days from the time I requested the appointment online to the time I got my son's passport in the mail. It wasn't a big deal.

The airline reported your departure to CPB but didn't update there system after you cancelled the flight. I've read a few of these now but they were from people who never cancelled the return. The fact that you cancelled the return puts you in a good space.

Give them a call on Monday and send in a copies of all your passport pages and flight cancelation with a short and to the point letter explaining your actions. That should clear the RFE.

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In respect to PI filers it has been automatic since the typhoon. You should just need to file.

I went to the consulate for a CRBA and they took all the translations, they did want them. In Vietnam you can get a document translated for $5 or less. It's a cheap piece of mind plus I won't hand over any document I can't read; that's just me.

I think you'll be fine with the divorce certificate. Vietnam is a pain in the a-- with the single status record. If she has had more than one house book (residence) you need to go to each town for a record from that time period. It was the only thorn I had in getting married in Vietnam. Her first residence wouldn't provide the record without coffee money; tiny farming village. For the purposes of the K-1 I'm sure they would only require the last residence but the divorce certificate should be enough.

If you have further questions shoot the embassy in HCMC an e-mail. They have always answered my questions in one business day.

I can't figure out why they would stop him, my best guess is that it is Texas and "walking" is strange behavior (which sickens me), or that it was an area known to be a place where drug deals happen.

Either way, whatever they were thinking, it is not illegal to walk, and it was improper for them to ask for ID just because they wanted it. This is a federal law, recently upheld in the supreme court.

It seems Hypnos is following up on the matter, he mentions getting "redress," and it is very good he is doing so. I also hope he got the officers names and ID numbers. I know officers have quotas, but they should be looking for real crime instead bothering people on a walk. If they thought he was loitering or something (which isn't illegal on public property), they could have told him leave the area. There was no need to check his ID.

Half wrong information!

The Supreme Court knocked down NYC's stop and frisk policy and requirement to carry ID but not stop and identify. Two times the Supreme Court has denied hearing cases for stop and identify. Federal district courts have ruled that identifying yourself is not unreasonable search and seizure. In NYC if you don't identify when asked your under arrest; simple as that.

Your all giving dangerous advice to newly arrived immigrants. Just produce your ID and be done. Why are you telling these people to escalate the situation when your immigration status could be on the line.

Got much to hide? You didn't win; you lost!

There are 24 states that require you to identify or you'll be arrested called Terry Stops. There is no law that requires you carry ID but you are required to identify yourself. If a cop asks just give him your ID. Playing the civil rights card is going to piss off the cop and he is going to see it anyway.

Only guilty people refuse to identify. Hence the officer already has reasonable suspicion and the officer is not required to tell you what it is until your under arrest. It's a catch-22 by design.

Doing the right thing is not always doing the right thing. Anyone with a little street smarts knows this. Also this advice only works if your white and I mean really white. If your a darker immigrant and act like this it won't end the same way and the lawyers, media won't care. You're a darker immigrant with no money. It's the reason a missing white child is national news while a missing black child is not.

Go on and be a civics' hero; I'll surrender my ID and be on my way.

I've been transferred to California. Can someone update the list?

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated".

I'm familiar with Terry Stops. That's a battle you won't win. The one thing I've learned in my travels is you are never smarter than a cop. Be a d!ck and they will find a way to screw you.

I was a d!ck to a cop in Angola asking for ID. When I finally gave him my passport he ripped out my biometrics page and handed it back saying your free to go with a laugh. Luckily I gave him my secondary passport.

So your telling me if you let them run your ID you'd be on your way a lot sooner. If they called a second car you looked like someone with a warrant.

National Visa Center. Look it up in the Guides

1. I don't know if one is required for US stays.

2. You will both need the divorce certificates with translation if not in English.

3. Justice record check is done where ever your house book is from and is good for 1 year. Also this will need to be translated.

I would just skip the bank statement. It's France, not Nigeria. Having a child together is all the relationship evidence you need to go with evidence of time spent together. All that stuff is optional and over and above what's required anyway.

I agree. I don't believe in excessive evidence.

Your going to be at 39 weeks to fly. It sounds like you made up your mind. I just opted to stay put and wait for the baby to come.

Why is it the majority of these cases I see come from the Philippines?

OP this depends a lot on what you want to do. If your heart is set on marriage before coming to the US than get married. The CR1/IR1 is currently taking 7-8 months for approval if you apply now and seems to be getting faster. You'll have another 2-8 weeks to get threw the NVC. Some people on the ball can get threw the NVC in 2 weeks; the NVC depends on how quick you can get a case # and if you've done your research. The consular interview will take 1-3 months to schedule. So it will be about 1 year before you can travel.

It is important to note that not all K-1 visa's are approved. The approval rates are higher for the CR1/IR1 especially in high fraud countries.

You can travel to the US married with a B2 visa with an I-130 filed. Many will tell you it's impossible to get the B2 in this case but I ignored them applied for it and got it so a B2 is possible but there is no guarantee you will get the B2 if you do apply.