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Hi tomorrow is my oath ceremony in Detroit 9:30am 9/9/19. Is there’s anyone here apply passport, update their social security after their oath ceremony? How much is the cost for expedited process of the passport? Thank you in advance for the answers 

On 5/2/2019 at 1:27 PM, Emily18 said:

I passed my interview on Tuesday and it's a combo interview due to my pending I 751. My online case status changes to oath ceremony will be scheduled (estimated waiting time is 5 months).  I live in the Upper Peninsula, which typically only have two oath ceremonies per year. I was wondering if anybody has the experience or knowledge about the schedule of oath ceremony in UP.

Hi do you already have schedule for your oath ceremony?

2 minutes ago, Given2Fly said:

I assumed you were in Michigan since this is a Detroit thread But there are different areas in Michigan, and as I said, depending on where you live, your oath might be later or earlier. If you live in the west or north of Michigan you might get a later oath because they don't hold as many ceremonies. A woman in this thread here told her story of how she waited for her oath, just go a couple of pages back. I hope you hear something soon. And me too, with my rescheduled oath.

I think everyone who lives in Michigan will be  interview & the oath ceremony is in Detroit Michigan & biometric is in Grand Rapids. Like all of my immigrants neighbors & friends that I know who lives in Michigan, I’m not sure if there’s other places where they have a oath ceremony for people who lives in Michigan. 

1 minute ago, Given2Fly said:

Where are you located? Someone in this discussion here said that if you are on the west side or in the north of the state, your ceremony will not be in Detroit and it might take longer to be scheduled because there are less oath ceremonies in those areas.

I’m located in Michigan, my friend naturalization interviewed was last May 13, 2019 and her oath ceremony was last June 10, 2019 we live in the same area & I got interviewed last May 9, I’m still waiting for my oath ceremony schedule I just emailed uscis few minutes ago to follow up.. 

I had my naturalization interview last May 9, in Detroit mi and I’m still waiting for my oath ceremony  my friend interview May 13 & had oath ceremony last June 10, 2019. Last week i emailed the uscis to asked when is my oath ceremony schedule they replied after 24hours that  I’m still in the system for schedule once schedule slot available they will notify me thru mail & Online 😔 I’m so sad. They say it only takes 2-3 weeks after interview then oath ceremony 🙁

We got rfe because I mention in the letter 'how we met' that me and my fiance met in Filipino cupid. we reply that filipinocupid is not imb, hope we got approved soon

Online dating website is a crime in the Philippines???

PH proposes anti-mail order bride bill

By omeroscar | Posted May 12, 2015 | Manila, Philippines 0

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THE House of Representatives in Manila has approved on second reading a bill that seeks to protect Filipino men and women against unlawful matchmaking activities and similar schemes using the postal service and the Internet.

Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica (4th District, Bulacan), chairperson of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality, on Tuesday said once approved and signed into law, House Bill 5572 shall repeal Republic Act 6955, also known as the Anti-mail Order Bride Law, which was enacted in 1990.

"Towards the approval of the measure, the State shall prevent the exploitation of Filipinos, male and female, and protect them from unlawful practices, businesses, and schemes which offer Filipinos for marriage to unscrupulous foreign nationals and expose them to abuse, exploitation, prostitution, and violent situations," Villarica said.

RA 6955 outlawed mail-order bride services in the Philippines, banning the practice of matching specifically Filipino women for marriage to foreign nationals using mail, advertisement, publication, printing or distribution of brochures, fliers and other propaganda materials.

Under the law, violators shall suffer an imprisonment of not less than six years and one day but not more than eight years and a fine of not less than P8,000 but not more than P20,000.

With House Bill 5572, to be known as the Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act, it shall be unlawful to match both Filipino men and women for marriage or common law partnership to foreign nationals using the postal service and the Internet.

The measure substituted House Bills 222 and 2892 authored by Reps. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales (Party List, CIBAC) and Alfredo Vargas III (5th District, Quezon City), respectively.

Cruz-Gonzales said the measure aims to protect not only Filipino women but Filipino men as well against unscrupulous individuals who operate unlawful matchmaking activities and similar schemes through media, particularly the Internet.

According to Cruz-Gonzales, with the mail-order bride services outlawed in the Philippines under RA 6955, companies devoted to matching men with Filipinas have just moved into cyberspace.

"With the advent of the internet, online matchmaking websites have proliferated and largely replaced traditional paper-based classifieds," Cruz-Gonzales said.

By strengthening the law, Cruz-Gonzales was confident that the government would be able to better protect Filipino men and women from what some sectors described as "the new era's professional prostitution or high end pornography through the web."

Vargas noted that RA 6955 has failed to curb the perils of women trafficking and failed to anticipate the proliferation of the mail-order bride industry in the Internet.

"At present, it has also been a trend for Filipino men to be engaged in mail-order spouse schemes and RA 6955 does not protect them from falling prey to exploitation," Vargas said.

The proposed "Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act" prohibits any business or activity, including those matchmaking websites, which offer membership whether for free or with a fee and have for their purpose the matching of Filipinos for marriage or common law partnership to foreign nationals on a mail-order basis, through personal introduction or through emails or websites in the Internet.

Under the measure, it is unlawful to exhibit, advertise, publish, print or distribute, or cause the exhibition, advertisement, publication, printing or distribution of any brochure, flier or any propaganda material, including those distributed and made available through the internet, which are calculated to promote the prohibited acts in the measure.

The measure prohibits any solicitation, enlistment or in any manner attract or induce any Filipino to become a member in any club or association whose objective is to match Filipinos for marriage or common law partnership to foreign nationals on mail-order basis, through personal introduction or through emails or websites in the internet whether for free or with a fee.

It is also unlawful for the administrator, manager, publisher, editor-in-chief or officer-in-charge or advertising manager of any newspaper, magazine, television or radio station, of other media including internet websites and other schemes made available through the worldwide web, or of an advertising agency, printing company or other similar entities, to allow or consent to the acts prohibited by the proposed act.

Violators will be penalized with imprisonment of 15 years and a fine of not less than P500,000 but not more than P1,000,000.

If the violator is a foreigner, the offender shall be immediately deported and barred forever from entering the country after service of sentence and payment of a fine.

When the crime is committed by a syndicate or in a large scale, any person found guilty shall suffer the penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of not less than P2,000,000 but not more than P5,000,000.

Co-authors of the bill are Reps. Xavier Jesus Romualdo (Lone District, Camiguin), Erlinda Santiago (Party List, SAGIP), Luzviminda Ilagan (Party List, GABRIELA), Emmi de Jesus (Party List, GABRIELA), Marie Anne Pernes (Lone District, Siquijor), Josephine Veronique Lacson-Noel (Lone District, Malabon), and Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo (3rd District, Camarines Sur).

We are in the 40days of waiting for noa2