Gunner49

@salishsea’s response made perfect sense to me. S/he’s saying that if your MIL is only planning on spending weeks in the US after entering on her IV before leaving again (as you suggested in Q 2) then she would risk losing her LPR status. 
 

Philippines has way too many 'rules' about marriage
As you will see most if not all giving opinions not nothing about them, I spent 3 years in Philippines
 
I would never do a "utah online marriage" throw that thought out the door
 
If you have time to burn then look at the CR1, if you don't want to travel to Philippines do the K1
 
They both have there advantages and disadvantages, you find the one that works best for you.
 
 

CR1 is not a wise choice for the Philippines, I would 100% disagree with you
 
Either way he would have to take a trip to Philippine, and if he did traditional marriage it could be a long stay
 
Utah Marriage has many loopholes as well, like having the marriage not recognized in the Philippines, or if he wants to apply for a residence in Philippines in the future the Online marriage may not work.
 
Best to do K1 and he can just chill out at home and wait for the process to take place. 

Via the miracle of the internet and technology.
 
She can write a statement, print it, sign it, and send it back to you as a pdf or whatever.

Personally I would call them and ask to removed their note in the system that she is a USC. I can see this biting them in the butt with AOS. They can be denied without even an interview if the computer flags this. 

Hi Kisseslaarni,Amhara is correct. Just follow the steps which I did because I received the Packet 3 email from the American Embassy in Kuwait by doing just these steps.
1) First, Fill in the DS 160 application and get the AA# number from it. (link: https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/)
2) Use that (read: AA#) in the email to the embassy along with the NVC case number and request for an interview date.
Email ID: kuwaitIV@state.gov
3) Receive the interview date along with other instructions (Such as getting the letter for the Kuwait PCC, Medicals)
4) Proceed to do medicals
5) Go for the interview on the scheduled date along with the documents required.
Like I said in the start of my thread, I wish to show how this process is to be carried out in Kuwait as each consulate is specific with its procedures. This way it will be a great help to the others who are in need of help down the road.
- According to Amhara suggestions, I proceeded to fill out my DS 160 form (use the link I've provided above) and I got my AA# case number for my DS 160 form.
- I completed the form on 11 September 2015 and I had emailed the American Embassy (email address provided above) with all the details that was required.
- My subject header was "K1 Visa Applicant - Packet 3 Request"
- You must include all the details such as:
(I) DS 160 (AA#) number
(II) NVC Case number# ( For Kuwait, it would start with KWT__________)
(III) Beneficiary Name & DOB
(IV) Petitioner Name & DOB
- I received a response from American Embassy, Kuwait on the 13 September 2015 with the date of my interview (2 Nov 2015).
I guess there isn't a Packet 4 out here and in this email, all the relevant details were provided.
- The email stated what documents I needed to bring along for the interview and yes, DS 160 or DS 260 completed application is needed as well.
- My suggestion is to go for DS 160 instead of DS 260 as it's way simpler and straightforward.
- The email did not state when I needed to do my medicals, but I will suggest going with Amhara's recommendation, which is to do it just 2-3 weeks prior to your interview, so I have scheduled it for the second week of October.
- In order to get your Kuwait PCC, you need to do the following (this is a copy-paste from my Packet 3 email)
KUWAIT POLICE CERTIFICATE: In order to obtain a Police Clearance from the Kuwaiti government, you will need to pick up a clearance request letter at the U.S. Embassy, Window #2, Sunday through Thursday, from 1 p.m. till 3 p.m. You will need a copy of your Case Notification from NVC or KCC (Diversity Visas) in order to pick up the letter. Please note that the Kuwaiti government will not issue police certificates without the Embassy letter.
- Medicals:
MEDICAL EXAMINATION: You must select a panel physician, approved by the U.S. Embassy, for a medical examination as soon as you receive your appointment letter. We encourage you to do your medical exam, as soon as possible, in order to have the results ready the date of your appointment; this will avoid delays in the process of your visa. The medical examination can be completed at one of the following two clinics in Kuwait and is required for each beneficiary, regardless of age:
Dr. Riyad Saud Al Nafisi
Medical Consultation Center
Maidan Hawalli, Opposite 4th Ring Road
Abdullah Al Fadalah St.
Tel: 2565-1544 or 2565-1455
Dr. Sulaiman F. Al-Ali
Commercial Medical Centre
Al-Jabriya Block 3A, St. # 104
Bldg. # 9, 2nd floor, clinic 6
Tel: 2533-8266 / 2533- 8277
Processing will take approximately one to two weeks. An authorized employee of the American Embassy will collect all medical reports. It is not necessary to call the Embassy to check on the arrival of your medical report. Your interview will be conducted even if the medical report has been not received.
- I went with Dr. Riyad and the total amount of this would be 38KWD.
- For the medicals, you need to bring the following documents as well:
a) Original Passport (Copy as well - just in case)
b) Civil ID (Copy as well - just in case)
c) 4 passport size photographs (Blue or white background)
d) NOA 2 form
e) Adresss in USA and in Kuwait
f) Packet 3
I hope all the information required has been provided for one to carry out the last stage of their K1 Application in Kuwait.
In the meantime, make sure your Petitioner gathers the other information and sends it to you which you need for the interview.
Such as the I-129F package, Updated letter of intent (Petitioner side), I-134 Affidavit of Support form w/ proof (Evidence of Support).
All the best for your K1 journey and may God bless you.

Regards,
DJ
P.S.: Please excuse any grammatical errors or typos as this was composed on my iPad.

Original Ceremony Date: Mar 19 2020
Oath Ceremony De-scheduled Date: Mar 13 2020
Oath Ceremony Re-scheduled Date: Jun 08 2020
Field Office: Memphis, TN

It is FINISHED!! Oath ceremony complete. Husband was in and out in 15 mins. They must where a mask and no visitors can go in. He said they did 4 people at a time for the oath to practice social distancing. His appointment was at 2:00. There was also another ceremony that took place at 1:00.
Congratulations to all of you who are becoming citizens!! 

This will be very long, but if you want an insane amount of details about my oath ceremony I had on June 2nd, please continue to read:
 
On May 26th I got a notification to check my USCIS online account. I did and I noticed a status update which said I was scheduled for my oath ceremony. Naturally it wasn't in the documents tab, but unlike other times when it took 2 or so days, it showed up later the same day. I opened up the pdf and I was scheduled for June 2nd in Indianapolis. My original oath date was April 3rd in Elkhart, Indiana. I took it with a grain of salt with all the protesting and the USCIS location isn't that far from where protesting and property damage was taking place. I honestly expected it to be cancelled.
 
I received my confirmation of the appointment on Monday late afternoon via USPS. I kind of wonder if it was intentional or not to give such a short window of time as to catch people off guard if they don't use or have someone else managing their online USCIS account (like an interpreter, etc) Had I only relied on the letter, I would have had zero time to make plans to get my spouse or a friend to drive me there as I wanted to make 1000% sure I wouldn't somehow miss it.
 
So this Tuesday came along and I was told to come in 30 mins before my appointment. I went into the building and I got the feeling the entire building was closed for the day. Even google said USCIS was closed and by all measures they probably were to anything other than oath ceremonies. So I went to sign in at the lobby and I was turned away, I was told to come back in 15 minutes and then I could sign in and go up.  So I go up and then they had a social distancing lineup and markings on the floor. I waited maybe 10-12 minutes. I have never seen the amount of armed agents in the room, ever and I've been to this location multiple times.
 
I then went through security and set off the alarm. They took me to the side and used the wand on me, front and back and nothing happened. Then they said part of my clothing must have touched their equipment to set it off, I had to go through again and it didn't go off. I was then allowed to pick up my belongings and I was instructed to go into another line where you are supposed to bring your filled out letter. It took another 5-7 minutes to get to the front of the line (they took my green card at this point). From what I heard people saying near security as well as the woman setting up for the oath ceremony. In both cases I heard 8 people. The chairs had numbers on them up to 10,  two people per row, multiple seats between. We were given a large envelope with materials that explained everything from the oath to notifying the IRS to getting a passport, even a mini American flag was inside.
 
So I was sitting down with 3 other people. We waited awhile and I was expecting they were waiting on other people for our time slot, but no one showed up. Then a guy who identified himself as the one that would conduct the ceremony introduced himself to us and said something quite moving. He said that during these times are times we should celebrate with our friends and family but with everything that's going on in the world, we have to adapt and change to fit the situation. He then said, although you cannot see through my mask, I am smiling. It is my job to do oath ceremonies and it brings me great pleasure to do so. He then went into a quick run through of what was involved in the ceremony and told us to repeat it as best we can as his words would probably be muffled through the mask. We then were all asked to raise our right hands and repeat the oath with him. I must admit, English is my first language, the muffled words plus the him seemingly nervous, I can imagine people whose first language is not English would have struggled somewhat to repeat the entire oath.
 
After the oath, he went over and picked up our naturalization certificates and asked us to check for errors and or if we had any questions before leaving. We were also offered selfie pictures in front of the American flag area they set up in another part of the office. All 4 of us had no questions so we just left. The entire oath ceremony from the introduction to walking out the door was very fast, maybe 8-10 minutes.
 
The following are my own observations of the entire experience from the parking lot to coming back out, you can skip it unless you want to go through as fast as possible or not slow things down for others.
 
After I was told to come back in 15 minutes, I went out the door and a few other people were about to go in, I asked if they had the same time I had and they said yes, so I told them that we all had to wait outside for another 15 minutes. (The oath documentation said 30 minutes)
 
Too many people came unprepared, I wondered if anyone bothered reading the documents. It said wear a mask and bring a black pen with you. More than once people came into the lobby with an entire entourage of friends and family. I watched as the guy first explained that friends could not attend and then family could not attend, only the person taking the oath.This was stated in the pdf and the mailing.  Next, applicants really need to stop bringing everything with them. Don't bother wearing a belt, it just adds more time and you'll get no benefit to the entire process, leave it in the car or with a friend. You also do not need to have a huge purse full of stuff that slows you down going through security. Although the document does say to dress for the occasion, but don't go all out, wear normal shoes, don't wear multiple layers of clothing to look fashionable, no one can come with you and all this effort is for nothing because no pictures are being taken unless you want a selfie picture with the American flag.
 
The woman that was in front of me was asked to take her shoes off. She had such high heels on that when she took off the first shoe, and then she immediately fell on the floor. The guy at security said that so many people were falling on the floor like that today, and what was up with that (you do not need high heels, you have to take them off and put them back on).
 
Help speed things up, went the person in front of you is going through security, save some time. Take off your shoes, your belt, and everything else in hand so you can quickly put it into the tray instead of falling or dropping or fumbling to get everything off while the guy is waiting on you.
 
You should try to fill out the document beforehand, in the car or just before you come in and sign it in the car. I was one of the only people who did this, again, not doing this will waste even more time for the people that are processing your oath documents. I watched as person after person did not have any of it filled out and the woman had to take their letter and ask them each question and have them sign it.
 
Also, do not even try to fib or lie to security. One person who didn't fill out the oath documentation asked the person sitting behind them to come up. Immediately a security person came over and started asking questions. He asked the person who was coming in for the oath if this person was their interpreter.  He replied with he is my friend and speaks better english than I do. Again, he was asked, is this person your interpreter, he said no. Then unhappily he said that his friend should have not been allowed through security, that speaking better english wasn't a good reason, and they took him away, I didn't see where and I didn't see this person again as I left.
 
Don't even try to bring family or friends or think that an agent or security will let all these people you brought with you through.  It says on the oath documentation that the only people allowed are the applicant and if applicable, their interpreter. No friends, No Family, No Spouse. When they do allow it, they will say in the oath documentation they send you.
 
The USCIS office looked like a bare-bones operation except the large amounts of security. They were only processing oaths. There was only one line open, masks and social distancing is enforced. Even half the lights were off.
 
At one point there were quite a few people between security and the line and out of nowhere someone in the office asks all of us how we felt and if we thought if we were ever going to get our ceremonies. Everyone said that they didn't think they would have their ceremony any time soon, or at all due to the current situations of corona virus and the protesting & looting. Then the person reassured us we were getting our ceremonies.
 
The USCIS office was only a few blocks away from all the damage from the previous night's protesting. The county our oath ceremony was in even had a curfew. My phone went off a couple of times before and after my oath about the hours of the curfew.
 
I think that's about it. I'm overjoyed that I won't have to wait any longer or worry. I'm also happy I'll probably never have to come into a USCIS building again. I've been there enough times over the last year. I really wish I could say I was happy going through the process, but looking back, it was very depressing. I remember going in for my interview and saw so many people failing their interview and crying. Waiting so many months between each step. Then getting all excited for my oath ceremony then getting it cancelled 3 weeks before April 3rd. The oath ceremony I had on Tuesday felt more like going down for a quick visit to the department of motor vehicles. I must admit, I wish there was an option out there for those of us that don't get the full oath experience. I would have loved to have had family and friends with me celebrating my oath ceremony and having video of it to save and share with those who couldn't attend.  There isn't much you can do with several minutes of oath ceremonies, mask wearing and social distancing. It would have been nice to share my parents the official oath ceremony over the internet as they couldn't attend.
 
I hope this helps others. You should check your online  MyUSCIS account on a regular basis. I hope not too many people are waiting for their letter in the mail and end up with it being delivered the same day as the oath. It gives you way more time to make plans. Imagine if I hadn't checked my online account, I would have had less than a day to drop everything without warning to travel to the nearest office which is almost 2 hours away by highway.
 
Have everything ready before you go. The faster we can make the process for ourselves, the more confident USCIS might feel in increasing how many oaths they process in a day, especially with them running out of money at the end of this summer. Wasted time really adds up fast when the majority of people have done little to no preparation.  Please, pleaaaase, stop wearing super high heel shoes. I've seen so many women fall to the floor after the first shoe comes off. So has security, you don't need to wear high heels to a USCIS office if you're going through security.
 
Thanks to everyone on this forum that helped me since day 1. I don't think I would be where I am without visajourney's community.
 
 

Original Ceremony Date: Mar 19 2020
Oath Ceremony De-scheduled Date: Mar 13 2020
Oath Ceremony Re-scheduled Date: Jun 08 2020
Field Office: Memphis, TN

I'm not worried about it (the virus). 
 
Just worried about potential impact on citizenship process!

Just got notified that my oath ceremony has been scheduled for the next month in Nashville, TN.
The final step in this arduous immigration journey is finally coming to a graceful end. 
God is good!
 
Good luck to everyone else on this thread and I'm positive the wait will be over soon!

 
 

Don’t quit.  Vote.

Awesome!! Congrats!

Just wanted to update my case. 
. 
My appt was @ 1045. I checked in at 1040. 
Was called in at 1045. 
 
My interview took about 10-15mins. 
 
The officer that interviewed me didn't care about my traffic citation. 
 
She asked me if I was available for the oath ceremony on 10/31/2019. 
I said yes. 
 
I guess that's it. 
 

Just got an update on 'myUSCIS' account and apparently I've been scheduled an interview on the 9th Nov 2019 at the Memphis office.
Did not see that one coming given that my local office is in Nashville, TN!
 
In any case, I need to start preparing for the civics test!!!
😣😋
 
My time-line:
Applied Via Mail: 7/29/2019
Biometrics Completed: 8/26/2019
Interview Scheduled: 10/03/2019
Interview Date: 11/07/2019
 

Just got an update on 'myUSCIS' account and apparently I've been scheduled an interview on the 9th Nov 2019 at the Memphis office.
Did not see that one coming given that my local office is in Nashville, TN!
 
In any case, I need to start preparing for the civics test!!!
😣😋
 
My time-line:
Applied Via Mail: 7/29/2019
Biometrics Completed: 8/26/2019
Interview Scheduled: 10/03/2019
Interview Date: 11/07/2019
 

Hitting the "like" button will be sufficient...Thanks....

Since the timeline for K1 visas appears to be about 4 months faster, would divorcing and remarrying be an option? I certainly don't like that option, but if it saves me 4 months then I might have to think about it. I have not filed anything in the US. Could we just have another ceremony there? Since her ID shows her being married, I am assuming the answer would be no on that one. 

First of all, congratulations!!
 
Well, don't forget a toothbrush, some underwear is always helpful as well.

Hey Sam, just created an account to thank you. 
I have been following this forum for a while, and I'm tired of seeing so many people scaring others with made up information.
To others, U.S. won't revoke your citizenship just because you didn't mention a minor traffic ticket. This country is not a ridiculous dystopia, don't be scared of your government.

That's so odd. Assuming your love your spouse, you'd rather stay separately than move in and help her pay off her debt? Love these days...

Followed by post of "have you given any thought to the notion that you might be the problem, and not them?"

Visa Journey needs a sticky post that just says "Cheating does not equal fraud" and "Taking away a greencard and uprooting your ex should not be your first instinct to a breakup". 

If the marriage was bona fide at the time of marriage, it doesn’t matter what happens past that. Sometimes things don't work out, it sucks, but it happens.
 
if you marry a US guy and it doesn’t work out and he has a slide fling, you divorce and move on. Probably will still live in the same city, potentially will see each other in the future. 
 
It’s amazing that if you marry an international guy and it doesn’t work out, you divorce and want him out of the country.
 
i get the “investment” but it was all your choice and again, you said it was a legit marriage.