Joui

You mean you said no to the drug question in the AOS even if you admitted YES to the civil surgeon???

Have you got your green card now?

We have tge same trend. I said NO to ds160, YES to the surgeon. And i plan to say YES to the aos question.

Hi yuri!

Yeah i got my visa too last august! But im still here in Manila. My flight is next week, January 7. I just had to spend the xmas and new year with family. Next week is a different life as i will be married with the love of my life!

Thanks for the tips, will be honest come AOS! Will say yes on the drug thing and and explain that it was purely experimental. I bet the USEM would have denied me in the first place if they thought that i wont be able to pass future tests.

It will be dont worry. Good luck! And its true that look to the co in the eye. Sincerity is what they are after.

My thread was about past drug use FOR the interview only. I nust updated it with what to do come adjustment of status.

My post here is about asking stacy what happened. Anything wrong with that???

Im not sure in your case. My psych just said that we are finished. And come back the other day for the vaccination.

I was just fortunate that a friend of mine works at st lukes thats why she was able to peek on the database and saw the impression of the psych.

Interview with the consul was super casual. She never asked me about thos things. But i know that she browsed thru everything including the psychs evaluation.

Make sure you create a good impression from the psychiatrist and be honest because psychologists have indicators if a person is lying. And if he catches you, the negative evaluation can be taken against you come interview time.

I will say yes and just provide an explanation. I know that the evaluation of the psychologist was good because i have a friend who works at st lukes and has access to every patients database. Accdg to her, evaluation was "Applicants use of cannabis does not fit the criteria of substance disorder"

But still i admitted of puffing once and that is enough to be considered a drug offense. I bet yes is the best answer and provide an explanation (explain what happened). I know USCIS has my medical files so they can verify the psychs evaluation.

Im just really hoping for the best. I really dont want to lie coz thats good as suicide.

I know. But is admission of trying marijuana once in my entire life to the civil surgeon tantamount to a DRUG RELATED OFFENSE? Or are there any other qualifications to be considered as one.

If yes, then I should say yes to that question.

Hi everyone? Any update with this stacy?? Did everything go well?

Im in the same situation... I admitted trying marijuana when i was younger but only once and passed my psychological evaluation.. Question is should i say yes to the question in the AOS form? And if yes, should i really hire a lawyer??

What did you do and how did it fare? Hope to hear from you soon. Happy new year!

For everyones reference. Here is the question in the form.

Have you ever inside or outside the US knowingly committed any crime of moral turpitude or a DRUG RELATED OFFENSE for which you have not been arrested?

Should i say yes or no if i admitted to st lukes that yes i have tried puffing once in my entire life.

Happy new year everyone!! My flight is next week.. Excited! Just want to ask something. So after we get married, next step is the change of status (green card). I believe the question about drugs will come out again in the change if status form and other future application forms. Should i say yes again and jeopardize my residency all over again?? Or can i say no now because the st lukes doctor just asked if "have you ever tried drugs" vs the forms "offense due to drug use".

I said yes to st lukes because its true i tried ONCE! But i passed my psychological exam and did not fall under class A. I just dont want to give them the impression that i am lying if i say no now to the future forms that i will fill up. Hope someone can help.

Hi guys! Hope all is well with everyone. My flight is on January 7, 2015. I would just like to confirm if i will be good to enter the US if my passport will expire on July 26, 2015 without any issues? Im good to go. Already attended the cfo seminar with the stamp on mu passport.

Hi Everyone,

I would like to express my deepest thanks to all who gave their advise and words of encouragement. It has been a tough journey for me and my fiance. But finally, I have already finished the last step ( to attend the cfo seminar) last friday and have booked my flight already in January! again, thank you all so much!

Hi guys,

So im scheduled for the cfo seminar on September5.

Are these the docs needed to be presented to the immigration officer here in manila and port of entry

1. Passport with visa and cfo seal

2. Packet given by the US embassy

3. CD and vaccination record given by st lukes

Also, There should be at least 6 months left before passport expiration to leave the philippines right?

Next step is the cfo seminar. Can anyone post a link about its procedures?

Got my visa yesterday! Thanks for everyones help. I was about to lose hope when I admitted past drug use but i think CO now has been lenient nowadays. Just be truthful to the psychiatrist if anyone goes to the path i took. Everything will be fine.

As of today, August 18, 2014, passport still with the embassy/consulate.

My timeline:

August 13 - Interview

August 15 - Status changed to ISSUED

August 16&17 - No action (weekend)

August 18 - Checked location of passport and it is still with the embassy/consulate

Is this timeline normal still?

I cant see the red link. Im using my mobile phone. Anyway, i tried to track my passport thru http://cdn.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-passportretrieve.asp#trackingoptions . It says that its still with the us embassy/consulate

So my status is now ISSUED! That was fast! Is my visa in tramsit already to 2go? Can somebody guve me the tracking site?

Thanks! So i should expect that there will be no status change over the weekend.

So as of today, status is now administrative processing. Updated date is 8/15/2014 manila time. It says "this can take up to several weeks blahblahblah". I hope it wont take that long. Is that what it says on your administrative processing status as well?

Can you explain it further hank?is it complicated? My fiance have renewed her passport before in the us when her passport expired. She said it took her a month. But she has not mentioned anything about appearing to a consulate. She just said she sent her passport to Washington dc

I will just renew it when it expires. Since i can still leave with my existing passport whose expiration is July 26, 2015. Since ik leaving first week of January

Thanks Yuri. Mine is still READY. Is 2 days the real minimum before it changes status?