ohmymy

Hello all,
I wanted to share this site with you in case your spouse/fiance is here (or when they get here) and they need something to keep them occupied. Right now, we have about another two more months until my husband's classes will start, and probably about another three months until he will work. This site has many, many useful classes that can cover basic topics. While you can buy each class, I found that you can enroll for a year for a great price! It will be at least great exposure to topics, so they may be less foreign for our loved ones later. For example, they can cover the US government topic so the naturalization test in some years won't be so alien!
https://www.universalclass.com/index.htm

Congrats!!! Tim got here Monday and had a very easy time at LAX for POE. We are getting married on Wednesday. Good luck to everyone still work thru the process.

My fiancee and her daughter POE was Seattle this morning. The officer only explained what a K1 visa was and was very nice......... They will arrive here tonight

Just wanna share my happiness:❤K1 Visa Timeline❤
Service Center : California Service Center
Consulate : Philippines
I-129F Sent : 2015-03-10
I-129F NOA1 : 2015-03-12
RFE NOTICE : 2015-05-12
RFE RECEIPT: 2015-07-15
I-129F NOA2: 2015-07-23
CASE NUMBER: 2015-08-13
CASE SENT TO EMBASSY: 2015-08-14
EMBASSY RECEIVED: 2015-08-17
MCN READY: 2015-08-18
NVC LETTER: 2015-08-22
MEDICAL BOOKED: 2015-09-01/02
INTERVIEW DATE: 2015-09-21 APPROVED!
Happiness overload!

Hello. Allangrace is right. K1 applicants arent required to submit the i693 as long as their aos submission is within 1 year after their k1 visa medical exam. We just included the i693 for my peace of mind hehe. Note though that starting october the flu shot is required (flu season) so you might need to submit the aos packet before then. If not, the adjucator might give an rfe if your vaccine record doesnt have the flu shot in it (this is how i interpreted the guides/instructions and please let me know if i am wrong). Goodluck!

If you had the exam during flu season (Oct 1-Mar 31) then you need a the flu shot and an I-693 completed. Some have submitted during flu season without the I-693 with the flu shot annotated and passed others were RFE'd. Also, it doesn't matter that it's flu season now if the exam was before Oct 1 you don't need the I-693 if that is the case.

If you have a current DS-3025 visa exam vaccination sheet and it is less than a year old then you will submit it along with a printed copy of page 4 of the I-485 instructions, highlighting section 7c that states the vaccination record is all that is required for the K-1 and staple it to your copy of the DS-3025. There has been contact with USCIS regarding that some adjudicators requesting the I-693 where it is not needed. So unless you had a class A medical condition, no I-693 is required.
More information and procedures are located here.
Now the flu shot question - only if the exam was during flu season (Oct 1-Mar 31) Doesn't matter that it's flu season now if the exam was before Oct 1.

We got our visa! He got a call from the embassy to drop off his passport. I know I will wake up and tell him about this wonderful dream and he will need to listen about how I heard his voice so joyful, how I texted my friends that I am getting married and that I posted on VJ too. He will laugh and ask me why I started dreaming crazy things again since my exam. Or maybe I will wake up to his messages about when he is going to drop off the passport, what his brother said, and how he felt whispering the good news in his dad's comatose ear. This is a nice dream; maybe it will be reality when I wake up... Praise Jehovah God!

For the update: I passed the interview on July 28, and today my visa was issued! Yay that was quick. Will do cfo seminar next week and will fly on mid August

Congrats to all recent approvals.
Congrats to Sabrina and Chuck on expecting the new addition to their family. That is wonderful and made me smile.
Daisy, Jessica and I arrived on Tuesday after a list of delayed flights and missed connections, but all in all it wasn't too bad getting home 3 hours after the scheduled arrival.
POE in Guam was easy and relatively fast, going through Honolulu for customs sucked though. LOL
We are all settling in and having fun. Normal separation issues for a 5 year old child that isn't an english speaker but we are working with that and mixing the tagalog and english to help her along.
Tomorrow we are off to the social security office then on monday there again to get her SSN and then to the Nebraska state offices to get Daisy a State ID card.

Congrats to everyone getting approved, visas, and entry into America.
I have a question, Lhen has been here for 3 weeks now, she got her SSN card within a week of being here do you think we can get her a state ID Card as well? We are getting married around mid to end of September.

Hi everyone!! For the update: I passed my interview today! Whew! its a nerve wracking experience for me, I'm so nervous during the whole process coz of 2 things, 1. Having limited facetime with my fiance ( once and for 8days only) 2.having co-sponsor but Thank God everything went smoothly in the end, so I wanna thank u all guys here in vj who helped me, I learned a lot from this site. I'm soo happy right now Congrats to everyone who recently got approved too, and bon voyage to those with upcoming trip Cheers!!!

UPDATE:
Melanie's visa application is now in Administrative processing. So, on the 3rd business day after it is now in AP with this message on the CEAC website:
"Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. Please follow any instructions provided by the Consular Officer at the time of your interview. If further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved after administrative processing, your passport will be delivered by our contracted courier to the address you specified when you booked your interview."
This is normal - so far. All applications go through AP prior to issuance. Note the "undergoing necessary administrative processing" statement. So no need to panic. However, the "This processing can take several weeks" statement is a little scary (especially after having a 6-week delay for an RFE) and the reason one should not book airline tickets until visa is in hand.
It seems AP times until issuance vary. The Manila embassy seems to be at about 2-3 business days from observing other cases here in this post.

Daisy ordered her dress Sunday to be delivered to her mom on the 25th, so it's looking like the 28th to come to the US for us. I'm almost ready to book tickets myself.

Melanie has medical Tuesday and Wednesday. She's on her way from Sinacaban to Manila right now. She will also be recieving nearly 4 pounds of documents by FedEx (about $150 to send!) for her interview. Mostly documents that include I-134 stuff and proof of relationship. When you are self employed, you need more proof than just a pay stub and two years tax returns. I had to submit bank statements for 2015 and all of 2014, tax returns for 2014, 2013 and profit loss statements. Gets heavy. Then add in about 30-40 pages of chat logs showing a three year relationship and you get four pounds of paper.
Mel has medical issues that are non-contagious. She has a cyst on her thyroid that will need attention soon after she gets on my medical plan. I am hoping that this is not an issue as my understanding is that their buggest concern is TB, STD's, Hepatitis and any other serious diseases that would create a major health concern to the remainder of the US population.
She is OK with the embassy interview. We talked about it and I told her just to be confident and answer the questions honestly, candidly and not just "yes" and "no" answers. If she answers questions with a little conversation about our relationship, they will have much less doubt. Less nervous = less suspicion.
I actually am more nervous about the medical than the embassy interview.

Thank you for pointing that out!!! LOL! I must have been in a timeline-twilight zone! Just spaced out!!

My fiancé did his medical on June 29th and 30th. He presented the docs as required at Slec.ph. He has some vaccines done at other hospitals so he didn't have to do all the vaccines at SLEC. All that he needed to show was proof of having had the vaccines ( See SLEC.ph for other documents required). He got his passport stamped by SLEC, a cd, and an envelop which says DO NOT OPEN.
He stayed at Bocobo Hotel. A walk away from the hospital and it cost around 1500 pesos a day ( $35/day) . They have a restaurant which serves "ok" food. just ok, not great, LOL
He will have his interview on the 3rd/4th week of July. He will be staying at one of the hotels just across the street of the US Embassy. I usually stay in one of those hotels and the closest to the US Embassy is Bayview Hotel. It cost about 2500 pesos a day ($55-60/day)
By the the way, these are rainy season hotel rates ( it is now!) or if you have membership. Otherwise, double that amount.
Thanks again to all. The people in this forum has really helped us tremendously especially Gtessier who started this forum.
Ill post my updates!
God Bless everyone!
ohmymy

We have been approved. !!!

I rescheduled it for an earlier day. I did it through the ustraveldocs website. There is an option to reschedule an appointment.

Medical is complete!!!!!! No problems, vaccinations are done.... Interview date changed to June 29.

Yup, Jessica is 100% clear. We are just waiting on Daisy's bloodwork. But, I'm not concerned about that. So medical should be complete Thursday.

erm you don't need to pay to fill out the ds160 its the visa fee which is the one you need to pay. it would be best for you to hop to the regional discussion as each country / usem has different process during this stage goodluck!

I am not saying much here as i am not logged in all the time but i share the happiness and tears of joy with you guys. Looking back,,, sometime March and April... i was like, what to do, what to do now.. what to do next. And i found this post...
With a group of positive people like you all.... i couldn't be more grateful.
ohmymy

Yay! Just received an email saying our case was approved, Omg noa2!!! Gosh! My heart beats so hard while I'm opening the msg, I'm worried and nervous that it might be another rfe haha.. thank God its not I suddenly feel very energized and full of eagerness to tackle our next step of this journey. Bte good luck to everyone who has upcoming interview

Just an update:
Medical was finished today.
NBI and a Police Clearance are all done
Everything is all set, just waiting on the interview June 24th.
I hope everyone is doing well and soon we will be with our love ones.