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Hello! Question. Do I still need to go to CFO Office here in Cebu at 8am for registration? I have already scheduled my appointment online. But when I printed out Cebu Online Appointment form it says on the bottom: "You must be at the CFO Cebu office at exactly 8:00 AM for the registration procedure."
What's the point going there twice (morning & afternoon) when they already have implemented the online appointment system.

Just wanted to clarify.

Thanks!

Hi Everyone!

Here's our situation:

We had our interview 2 weeks ago for K1/K2. Consul asked few questions about the petitioner and said everything looks good BUT we have to check my kid's citizenship cos his father is an USC and is on the birth certificate. I told the consul that the father never claimed my kid's citizenship and we don't have the paperwork to prove it. Nada! But she insisted that we really have to check with the ACS (at 2nd floor of USEM Manila) and wait for their advise. Cos chances are my kid won't be issued a visa but must travel on a U.S. Passport. I even asked the consul "what will happen if I can't get the documents for my son's citizenship from the biological father?", but she just shrug it off and told me to check with ACS first but re-affirmed that my visa was approved and handed me that white pamphlet with information in case I encounter any domestic violence in the US.

Long story short, I was called at window 72 for the last step and was given 2 sheets of paper the (1) 2go courier submission letter; (2) referral for citizenship determination. And I was told to go upstairs at ACS section and both our passports were returned together with my kid's NSO birth certificate.

At the ACS Section, I talked to a young Filiino guy and asked if I have any of the biological father's document a copy of his passport or birth certificate so he can set me up an appointment right away. I have none, so he handed me the CRBA checklist with instructions that I have to comply every documents listed and send everything via Air21. Before I left I asked the guy few questions - (1) what will happen if the father won't cooperate? (2) Can my kid travel with a visa instead of a U.S. Passport? (3) Is there a way that

the ACS email or mail the bio-father that they needed these documents? You can tell by this guy's reaction that he wasn't pleased at all with my questions cos he honestly doesn't know the answers to my questions and everytime he excuse himself and ask for advise from someone he'd come back looking frustrated. Before we left he handed me a sticky note with the embassy's address and contact number.

We left the embassy disappointed cos none of their staff - American or Filipino can give me a straight answers to my questions regarding my kid's CRBA.

So I decided to share with you guys our situation and maybe someone here can enlighten me of what we really need to do.

Questions:

1. Why was the guy at Window 72 returned my passport when the consul told me that I approved for K1 Visa? What's the deal?

I have other identification to submit for his CRBA so my passport won't be needed and understood I needed the BC to submit when processing the CRBA, and keep my kid's passport.

2. The biological father is not willing to cooperate to get me all the documents needed for my kid's CRBA. What will happen, will they allow my kid to travel on a K2 visa?

I don't have any copies of the bio-father's proof of identification, tax records and everything else. I've done eveything I can to contact him about these documents and reached out to his family in the US, but I got nothing. But I have all the paperwork to prove that he was here prior to conception, all itineraries, ultrasound record and pictures. I have everything ready on my end.

3. Say for example the biological father changes his mind (I'm praying for miracle to happen, but I doubt) and I got all documents needed from his end to process CRBA. Can we submit these documents and have a meeting with Consular Officer in Cebu instead of Manila? Flying to Manila from Mindanao could get really expensive. And knowing Cebu caters to walk-in applicants, no appointment needed.

That's about it for now. And I am really hoping someone here could shed me some light about our situation. Thank you all in advance and God Bless.

-Kats

Hi Everyone!

Here's our situation:

We had our interview 2 weeks ago for K1/K2. Consul asked few questions about the petitioner and said everything looks good BUT we have to check my kid's citizenship cos his father is an USC and is on the birth certificate. I told the consul that the father never claimed my kid's citizenship and we don't have the paperwork to prove it. Nada! But she insisted that we really have to check with the ACS (at 2nd floor of USEM Manila) and wait for their advise. Cos chances are my kid won't be issued a visa but must travel on a U.S. Passport. I even asked the consul "what will happen if I can't get the documents for my son's citizenship from the biological father?", but she just shrug it off and told me to check with ACS first but re-affirmed that my visa was approved and handed me that white pamphlet with information in case I encounter any domestic violence in the US.

Long story short, I was called at window 72 for the last step and was given 2 sheets of paper the (1) 2go courier submission letter; (2) referral for citizenship determination. And I was told to go upstairs at ACS section and both our passports were returned together with my kid's NSO birth certificate.

At the ACS Section, I talked to a young Filiino guy and asked if I have any of the biological father's document a copy of his passport or birth certificate so he can set me up an appointment right away. I have none, so he handed me the CRBA checklist with instructions that I have to comply every documents listed and send everything via Air21. Before I left I asked the guy few questions - (1) what will happen if the father won't cooperate? (2) Can my kid travel with a visa instead of a U.S. Passport? (3) Is there a way that

the ACS email or mail the bio-father that they needed these documents? You can tell by this guy's reaction that he wasn't pleased at all with my questions cos he honestly doesn't know the answers to my questions and everytime he excuse himself and ask for advise from someone he'd come back looking frustrated. Before we left he handed me a sticky note with the embassy's address and contact number.

We left the embassy disappointed cos none of their staff - American or Filipino can give me a straight answers to my questions regarding my kid's CRBA.

So I decided to share with you guys our situation and maybe someone here can enlighten me of what we really need to do.

Questions:

1. Why was the guy at Window 72 returned my passport when the consul told me that I approved for K1 Visa? What's the deal?

I have other identification to submit for his CRBA so my passport won't be needed and understood I needed the BC to submit when processing the CRBA, and keep my kid's passport.

2. The biological father is not willing to cooperate to get me all the documents needed for my kid's CRBA. What will happen, will they allow my kid to travel on a K2 visa?

I don't have any copies of the bio-father's proof of identification, tax records and everything else. I've done eveything I can to contact him about these documents and reached out to his family in the US, but I got nothing. But I have all the paperwork to prove that he was here prior to conception, all itineraries, ultrasound record and pictures. I have everything ready on my end.

3. Say for example the biological father changes his mind (I'm praying for miracle to happen, but I doubt) and I got all documents needed from his end to process CRBA. Can we submit these documents and have a meeting with Consular Officer in Cebu instead of Manila? Flying to Manila from Mindanao could get really expensive. And knowing Cebu caters to walk-in applicants, no appointment needed.

That's about it for now. And I am really hoping someone here could shed me some light about our situation. Thank you all in advance and God Bless.

-Kats

Looks like case status landing page the whole web interface has been updated - https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

WOW!!! that was fast!!! congrats!!! hope the rest of us gets our NOA2 soon too.

I hoping for you too! Now we are patiently waiting for NVC to get all the papers from USCIS so we can start the whole process and we can spend our first Christmas together.

Hello all! We are also August Filers, 8/27 to be exact and CSC Service Center. We received NOA 1 on September 3rd and our petition got approved on October 3rd. Received hard copy of NOA 2 on Oct 6. And last Friday we called NVC to check if we already have our case # for USEM-Manila but they said it will take 30 days for them to get it from USCIS. Mind you, it took me 2 hours and 45 minutes to talk to someone. I got hunged up 2 times! And today, we called NVC again and said it will take 5 to 6 weeks till they get the files from USCIS. I guess, we'll just have to wait.