Leslie&Eugene

Thank you so much everyone! God Bless us all.

Hm, about to check fiance's DS-160z He said its asking for an interview date?

Thank you so much everyone! God Bless us all.

Hm, about to check fiance's DS-160z He said its asking for an interview date?

Hello everyone, so I was just curious if I can have my fiance fill out DS-160 and pay at BPI now that I have my MNL case #, or do I wait until my case has reached the US Embassy in Manila and my status is changed to "Ready" on the CEAC website?

I'm sorry, I'm so excited! I'm normally a very patient person but with my bad health lately, it would be a huge help to have my fiance here. Atleast I'll have someone with me in the ER all the time (: Our baby is also due in November and although I know I can handle labor pain and doing it alone, this pregnancy has been horrible for my asthma. Medications haven't really been working so its a bit of a problem. And just to be sure, I'd like my fiance here before I give birth. Just in case something happens to me, my baby will be taken care of. (:

Hello, just an update. Recieved my case number from the NVC. (: NOA2 Date is August 11. Goodluck everyone!

If anyone can answer, should I wait until my case is "Ready" on the CEAC website before my fiance fills out the DS-160 and schedules an interview?

I will also be asking this on the Philippines sub-forum as Greenbaum suggested. (:

If you have your MNL# then you can start the process from the Philippines. If you are waiting 30 days you are wasting time. Details are at my website located below in my signature at the twisting arrow. Every step of the way is outlined there for the USEM in the Philippines.

Keep in mind that a forum like this one is for initial bonding with others who are along the same timeline as you for initial processing. The initial application is the same no matter where in the world you are. But, having said that, once you get your approval (NOA2 text message or email), you should move over to your country's sub-forum to get a better understanding of the process for the Embassy that you will be interviewing with, and to get direct answers from those who have completed the steps you are about to at the US Embassy Philppines.

Im sorry if this is a stupid question but Is the case number from the NVC the same as the Manila Case Number?

If not, where do I get the Manila Case Number?

Tried calling NVC at 21st day, as expected case hasn't been recieved yet (:

He was very nice though and said to try again in a week but he said it will most likely take two more weeks.

Goodluck to everyone (:

Your K1 visa is going to be based on this. You as petitioner, USC will use your income to support the K1 Visa. If your income is not enough then you can use a co-sponsor but beware that not many get approved when using a co-sponsor. Having a family member is the best route to take and you indicated your dad will be the one. Of course, all your documentation you will indicate that you are a student. If you haven't completed the 129f and submitted it, you might want to consider this.

The two of you get married in the Phil, have your baby and then apply for a IR-1 visa which they would have to take your co-sponsor. Do a CRBA for the baby, who is half Filipino and half USC. Get a US passport and no visa is needed for the baby as the baby travels as a USC.

Others will pipe in with anything that needs to be updated on this plan.

oops, already filed I-129f. I was approved and i've been calling the NVC once a week. I know its been around 25-28 days lately though.

I did include my transcript in my evidence of meeting in person because my fiance and I met in nursing school. He was a year ahead of me though. And I made sure to include in our 34a explanation of meeting in person, that we were both nursing graduates and that I plan to get my RN license here in California.

Not sure if that helps. :/

Thats a good idea, I wish I had known it would have been easier that way but I'm now in the US and the doctor will no longer let me travel. My asthma also was worse in the Philippines because of the weather. I actually almost died last February because my lungs closed completely and they had to intubate me and put me in the ICU for a week.

Not sure how my lungs will react to giving birth either :/

Thanks alot for your advice, I wish i had asked sooner. Again, awesome website. I've read just about everything on the K1 visa there and I always go back while Im doing each step. I dont feel so lost.

I guess it all depends now on the US embassy interviewer and whether he or she decides to approve our case.

Oh about the CBRA, my cousin tried that for his son and there's a requirement for having stayed in the US, I think 2 years after the age of 14. He didnt meet that requirement so he wasnt able to get a US passport for his son.

Which visa are you chasing because your profile shows K-1 but you have already aged out of that visa since you are now older than 21. So I am confused of what you are trying to do. Once I know that help can be forthcoming.

I'm the petitioner for the fiance visa. Im the natural born US citizen.

My dad says that he's allowed to put me as a dependent on their tax forms because although I'm over 21, I was a full time college student until March 2015.

I am also unemployed because I'm not allowed to work while pregnant because it causes me to have

really bad asthma, like four asthma attacks a day and medicine doesnt really work for me. But its only during pregnancy so if I survive labor, I should have my RN license by then and I can work just fine.

I've also never been employed. I finished highschool at 16 and went straight to college as a full time nursing student.

I guess my situation is a bit different from everyone elses. so I'm not sure if the Philippine Embassy will approve my parents as co-sponsors. My dad makes about twice the 125% above poverty line amount for our household size, and my mom made three times as much last year. She has two jobs now so we expect her to make double what she made last year.

So, the income is big enough coming from them, it's just the fact that I don't have an income yet. But I am a Bachelor of Science graduate in Nursing and I'm applying for my California RN License tomorrow.

My fiance is already an RN in the Philippines. Not sure if that makes a difference. I heard nurses usually get denied for US tourist visas, but I don't know with K1 visas.

Hello everyone. I wasn't sure which forms and support documents to send for the US Embassy in Manila so I sent both i-134 and i-864 to my fiance.

My parents are my co-sponsors. I'm still listed under their tax forms because I was a full time student until March 2015.

So we sent both of my parents pay stubs, employer letters, Photocopies of their passports and drivers liscence ( to show we all have the same address), i even sent a copy of my moms naturlization certificate and my dads BC,.

i sent tax forms 1040 and their W2's, from 2012-2014. Im listed on all three years since Im 22 and was a fulltime nursing student for 5 years.

even though my parents meet the income requirements alone, we still included the mortgages for both houses and bank statements.

my mom also put her retirement funds.

I only have a couple hundred dollars in the bank and in bonds so I put a photocopy of my college fund. I still have about 50,000$ left so enough perhaps for a masters in nursing.

Called the NVC for the first time today. It's been exactly 14 days since my NOA2 notice date so I expected the answer I got, which is that its not in the system and it usually takes 35 days. I think my next call will be next week on the 21st day. Then again on 25 days after my notice date.

I was ready to wait 30min to over an hour but suprisingly I got through in about 20 minutes.

My fiance went in for his interview and they questioned him so much on how we met. We met on facebook, and they questioned so much about that.

They looked at some of his documents, but just kept questioning everything about facebook and how I got the money to go see him.

Then after everything, they handed him back his passport and gave him a white slip and the white slip told him to go back to the interview at 2pm.

That is in 2 hours.

I am really hoping he gets approved. I don't know what I'm going to do if he doesn't...... We are going to have a baby in December and I really need him here..

hope he gets it. i know how you feel. im due in november...

cried a bit last night ( I blame the pregnancy hormones) because it seemed my fiance wouldn't get here in time for my delivery.

but God myst have heard my prayers last night because we just got Approved!!!!

how exciting. my NOA1 notice date was the 24th so hopefully I'll get the NOA2 soon.

Right, Packet 3 is a checklist of documents that the beneficiary signs to affirm that they have all the required docs ready to bring to the interview. As part of this the beneficiary also complete the DS-160, which is the online visa application. After the embassy receives Packet 3 from you, then they will send Packet 4, which includes information on scheduling the interview and getting the medical exam done. Hope this helps!

Huge help! Thanks!

I guess the Manila office works differently. The letter is available online so you get the documents ready and then schedule your interview as soon as your case is ready at the Embassy. And there's only one clinic where you can do your medical and all you do is go in and follow the steps. You do your medical before your interview and beingb the results in a sealed envelope.

I'm a bit confused on what Packet 3 and Packet 4 are. Could anyone tell me what each contain?

From what I understand, in the Philipines, the packet either takes very long or doesnt come at all however te letter is available online.

I don't think you mail anything to the Embassy either but rdther you just bring it all to your interview.

Thats what I understand from everythig I've been readig about the Manila US Embassy.

I think what he did wrong was that he didn't send the I-129F "application" fee which is $325, instead he sent "visa" application fee. I'm not sure why he didn't send $325 though as the petition instruction sheet clearly indicates that the application fee is $325. Most likely USCIS rejected the application and send the packet to the US address if it was there in the application.

Yep thats pretty much it.

I think he used a Philippine address so the USCIS completely ignored it. It states somewhere on their website that you have to be a domicile or have a residence in the US.

It also didnt have the required money order/check inside so I think it also made the entire packet invalid.

He mentioned inquirinng at thr US Embassy so someone there told him to pay the visa fee. So there was a misunderstanding somewhere. I believe they are redoing the entire packet and having someone in the US send it from their address in the US.

noticed your baby is due in Nov. Just out of curiosity, what happens if your baby is out after visa gets approved? Can you still come with the baby?

I'm the U.S. Citizen (:

That's a good question though, because I don't think you can list an unborn baby on the K-2. Hypothetically speaking, if I was the beneficiary and he was the petitioner. The baby would still be a US citizen and I would have to report her birth at the US Embassy then she could aquire a passport since one of the parents is a US citizen. It would probably make the process take longer.

Evening everyone!!

We received an email yesterday confirming NOA2. Yay!! Off to the NVC!!

I was wondering if anyone knew exactly what the remaining fees will be. I have been looking online and it just leaves me confused. I want to make sure we have enough to cover everything.

Good Luck Everyone!!

When did you send and when is the notice date on your NOA1 ? (: Congrats

I think it varies by country but in the Philippines you pay the medical fee which is about 245$. Then the K1 visa fee is $265.

Hi there, I received the text/email on the 23rd around 6pm, and the hardcopy the following Monday; the Notice Date on that was also July 23.

I'm wondering what our notice date will be for the NOA2, since I got the email this morning, but it says that it was approved Aug 6.

Our receipt number's last 4 starts with 3xxx... but this VJ guide says that the last 4 of the receipt numbers starts over each day, so I'm not sure how helpful this whole receipt number tracking business is

http://www.visajourney.com/content/uscis-receipt-number

For fun I plugged in a few different numbers similar to mine this morning (just changing the last 4) and it came up with all kinds of different petition types (EADs, APs, AOSes, but no I-129Fs), all showing "received" around the 20th-21st of July. So who knows how it all works! All we can really do is sit back and wait it out, or if you're like me, check your own case number obsessively

Alright, so hopefully we get ours by Monday or Tuesday (:

I've been checking out case #'s as well and noticed the same. But I guess it's the best I can do is to check random numbers ahead of and after mine. Haha

My email came in on 7/26 and my text on 7/27 and the notice date was on 7/24. Perhaps they wait a few days before sending all the email/text notices. And you happened to be approved on the same day they were sending notices. just a guess since I have no idea how their system works. (:

anywho, good luck on the rest of your processing, hope you get your NVC # and interview quickly. I think after two weeks you can start calling to get your # from the NVC.

OK people! We just got email notification of our NOA2! Approved August 6.

I-129F was mailed 7/18, received 7/21, NOA1 was 7/23.

WAAAAY faster than we expected

For the record, we had not been dating more than 2 years; we met in September of 2014.

Now off to the NVC! Best wishes to everyone still waiting.

Congratulations!

Did you get the email/text notification on July 23 or is that thr notice date on the Hard Copy ?

I'm so excited, my notice date was on July 24! Hopefully we're next!

The last 4 numbers of my receipt # was 5358. anywhere near yours by any chance?

I read online that I should use the I-134 for the K-1 visa and then then I-864 for the adjustment of status.

But we're doing both and sending it to my fiance via fed-ex.

I'm not sure if it helps, but since I have no employment history or assets, I'm going to attach my dad's tax return to my affidavit of support. I might attach my transcript as well as a photocopy of my application for my RN license.

Just to show that I'm still in the process of getting a good paying job.

I think it would help though. They pretty much want to know that the immigrant won't become a burden to the government and I guess the form I-134 isn't legally binding like the I-864 so they do deny co-sponsors who don't have strong family ties. Because there's a big chance they could decide not to sponsor once the immigrant was in the U.S.

So if you could get your dad to send you copies of tax returna where you were listed as a dependent for the past three years, you could attach it to your form I-134 and it might help to show you've been a student and someones been supporting you.

I've also heard it's good to have a sponsor who lives in the same house as you. So I'll be sending photocopies of me and my parent's driver's licenses, because we have the same address.

Ohhh, alright (: I just noticed that others were scheduling 2-3 months after getting their MNL case #'s and I was curious if it would take that long.

Because if it did take 3 months, my fiance would probably not make it in time for our daughter's birth.

But if its 30 days, there's a bit of hope (:

Thankyou so much for that info.

And the site is ALOT of help. My fiance now feels better about going to Manila, getting the medical, interview and CFO stuff done, after reading your website (: he's never even been in Manila.

You can schedule an appointment once you have your MNL#. You pay the visa fee and then go online and schedule your appointment. The complete steps are here if you would like some help.

You don't need the NOA2 at this stage. Only really need it for AOS which is after you arrive in the US and marry.

Sorry I guess my question didnt really make sense. I don't have a MNL case #

what I meant to ask though was when an appointment is usually available.

Like if I were to schedule today the soonest appointment would be in few days, or a few weeks, or a month.

Love your site btw. I printed out pretty much everything on it.

Thankyou!

My case was received yesterday by the embassy, things are looking great! I'm happy everyone is making progress, RUSH you will see that NOA2 soon....

So really from here on out there really isn't much to wait for. The only reason for me not scheduling my appointment right away is because I'm waiting for her passport to arrive in the mail. It will any day.

Hello! I'm also filing at the Manila Embassy. If you could update on here once your able to schedule an appointment for an interview, it'd be really awesome.

Has your fiance done the medical at St. Luke's Clinic yet?

I'm curious to know how soon you can schedule an appointment in Manila once you have a Manila case #.

When I checked online, on June 27th, it said the next available appointment would be on June 31st I think.

I don't have an NOA2 yet but I'm hoping it'll be in the next two weeks.

Anyways I'm trying to plan ahead, to see if my fiance will be able to get here before I give birth to our daughter.

I think it'd be useful to everyone else to know an estimate of how available appointments are at the embassy. Especially for those who live far from Manila because Manila is pretty expensive.

Hello! We have pretty much the same situation, however sorry to say I'm still waiting for the NOA2 so I can't give you much advise. I do know that it varies between U.S. Embassies from country to country on whether they approve on co-sponsors.

Most countries I believe either allow it, or some approve them on case-to-case basis.

Are you listed as a dependent on your parent's tax returns?

I'm 22 but since I was a full-time student, my dad has been putting me as a dependent on his taxes.

I'm using both my mom and dad as co-sponsors.

I know a girl personally here, who was able to do the same but her fiance was from the Philippines and she was also pregnant at the time.

Anyways, she used her parents as co-sponsors and her fiance is already here and they're married.