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Happy new year folks. ?

Ema got her EAD/AP combo card on Saturday the 22nd. She was so happy because it was one day before her birthday. What a nice birthday gift!

Welcome letter received in the mail today Still awaiting the GC but on the good side I start working tomorrow! Yay Freedom!!

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Yehey.. Congratulations!
Will update tracker tomorrow

I just checked the USCIS website and my EAD has jumped to "My card was ordered to be produced" and AP has been approved! Woohoo I'm so happy!!

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I got bored so I collected data from our posts.

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I have both Netflix and Huluplus. Shows I have watched as far as I can remember:
CSI
Bones
Law and Order
House
Monk
Desperate Housewives
New Girl
Grey's Anatomy
Once Upon A Time
Longmire
Weeds
Breaking Bad
Revenge
Scandal
Parenthood
The Good Wife
The Newsroom
Battlestar Galactica
Gilmore Girls
Supernatural
Grimm
Penny Dreadful
Clone Wars
The Walking Dead
Skyfall
Merlin
A lot more I can't remember.
And a lot of Korean Dramas

You already have one, the little green arrow bottom right.

Wow! Congrats. That's so quick. Less worry time, less stress.

Oh yeah that too, forgot to write it.

Highlight of my interview
Consul: What do you plan to do when you get to the US?
Me: Get a marriage license and get married.
Consul: What I mean is from the airport
Me: Go to their house and eat chili that his dad is making for me
(Consul's eyes lights up and he smiles)
Me: Is the chili in the US kinda the same with the chili con carne that Wendy's sells here in the Philippines? I haven't had just the chili before (lol.. didn't know that chili con carne is just called chili in the US.. silly me)
Consul: Yes, basically it's the same. There are just variations.
(Talks to people behind him and the lady consul beside him then laughs)
Consul: I don't mean to brag, but I got an award here in the embassy for making really good chili
Other questions asked:
How did you meet? (Facebook)
How/Why did you add each other on Facebook? (I was friends with his sister)
How did you become friends with his sister? (His sister is my cousin's wife)
How did you start our relationship? (Messaged him first because I asked him to take pictures of his sister's 3rd son... then we chatted regularly)
(Then the chili conversation)
Consul: You know what my parents advised me when I got married, live far away from family after marriage (thousand miles away)
Me: We plan to move to Texas after a few years.
Consul: Why Texas?
Me: Because the cost of living is much cheaper than New York.
Consul: That is a very good answer.
It was a really good interview. They didn't ask me for the other documents/pictures... and I had a lot of them in my bag (I drained 1 black and 1 colored cartridge when I printed more facebook screenshots, emails, viber, skype stuff). All I submitted were the following: DS160, Visa Receipt (I paid online using my ATM so I just printed the confirmation page), NSO Birth Certificate, NSO Certificate of No Marriage, NBI Clearance, 1040, W2 & passport.

I just finished m CFO last week. I suggest you also bring a photocopy of your fiance's birth certificate. Almost everyone from my the class I attended were asked that because they want to make sure they have the right maiden name of your fiance's mom. And bring pictures of you and him with your family as well. Yes and bring ITR, coz I think it proves that he is single. You can just ask him to scan all the documents you need and email it to you and just have it printed.

Yeah they could ask for anything. I even brought with me all our paperwork coz I am from another island and it's a hassle to go back just for a document that they could possibly ask. The counselor said she has around 2 feet stack of CFO counseling forms on hold because the applicants weren't able to provide documents she required. She also wants everyone to pay attention during the seminar. If you looked like you weren't listening attentively and you ask questions about topics she has already thoroughly discussed then she could ask you more questions which leads to more documents required.
When she asked me to verify the maiden name of my fiance's mom I just showed her a copy of my fiance's birth certificate. She said they need it because sometimes there are several people with the same first name and last name. Some of these people are on their black list (e.g. pedophiles, abusers) so the mother's maiden name is proof that your fiance is not the person on their black list.
One more thing I remember during my CFO seminar is if your fiance is divorced you need to bring the divorce decree and make sure you read it. They ask why was he divorced. Then you need to know the nationality of your fiance's ex-wife (or ex-wives) and number of children per ex-wife.
She also explained that they need a landline number (your fiance's landline number, or his/her parent's landline number, relative's landline number, neighbor's landline number).
Some of the questions I remember are:
* Are you marrying for love or are practicality? Are you sure?
* Why do you love him? Why does he love you?
* Where/How did you meet your fiance?
* How long have you known him?
* Did your family meet him already? Do you have pictures?
* What's your fiance's job?
Heard from other applicant's interview:
* How can you say he is mabait?
* (Also asked details about pictures like who is this, where was this)

Passed the medical exam today. Soooooo happy and relieved!!!!
Will attend CFO seminar tomorrow (Philippine beneficiaries only)
Then interview on February 27th

Hi December filers!
(wave)
I am still contemplating if I should go have my medical exam 3 weeks before the interview or 7-10 days before the interview. It has been a roller coaster of emotions. Some days I'm super happy. Some days I'm sad. Some days I'm nervous. I haven't been able to sleep well for the last few nights. It started when I got my NVC case number. Hahaha... I am so excited to be with my fiance but also anxious about the medical exam and the interview. Bottom line is I just want my K1 visa sooner so I can finally have a good night sleep. Pray for me! I scheduled February 27 for my interview (the sooner I am done with it, the better). I am hoping for the interview to go smoothly. By the time I get interviewed, me and my fiance will be of the same age. Both of us were never married before. We both don't have kids. He has a job, and brings home more than 125% of the poverty guideline. We have been together for a year now. There has never been a day that we didn't talk or message each other. He came to visit me here in the Philippines last September, bought a ring, and asked my mom if he could marry me. I am making myself think I am ready for the interview (but I am actually not).
(deep breaths)
I can do this!
(pause)
We all can do this!!!
By the way don't forget to update your status here. Hoping and praying for everyone to get their NOA2s and NVC case numbers sooner than soon!
I hope I could meet some of you in the future!
Aciel

Probably will. See you both there. By the way Ema needs her passport for the CFO. So I suggest doing the CFO seminar before the interview or when they give them back her passport with the visa.I'm still deciding when I'll have my medical exam at St Lukes. I'll go to CFO seminar the day after my medical exam is done.

Congrats!

We just got our case number a few minutes ago. My fiance had to try calling a lot of times before finally being able to get through. I guess a lot of people are calling them. I am so happy right now.

Yup NOA2. Congratulations! We got our's in the mail Jan 14.