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Sorry for the confusion or lack of information . I am asking if there is a minimum amount of times they look for the two of us to have met in person. Financially i know that I won't be able to visit multiple times before the applying for the K-1 visa. Also, do they frown upon only having met in person once, or for couples who met online. I just am afraid that how we met will be looked down upon and may lead to rejection of our visa .

Hi Marisa,

It would be impossible to produce an exhaustive list of red flags and it may also be partially up to the immigration officials' personal judgment as well. However, here are some of the more common "red flags":

- The couple became engaged after only knowing each other for a short time.

- The couple only exchanged limited communications, or can only provide limited EVIDENCE of ongoing and regular communication.

- The couple has only had brief ”face to face” time together.

- The couple submitted their petition after only knowing each other for a short time.

- There is a significant age difference between the couple

- They cannot communicate fluently in a common language

Here are some additional red flags:

- The foreign fiancee is from a ‘Hi-risk’ country (where rate of visa fraud is higher than average)

- The couple’s affair started while one or the other was still married

- The foreign fiancee has been petitioned for by a different American sponsor

- The foreign fiancee has two or more previous marriages

- The foreign fiancee has a history of failed visa application attempts

- The American sponsor has petitioned for other foreign women.

- The American sponsor has two or more previous marriages.

- The American sponsor is female, and male fiance is much younger

- The couple were introduced by a relative of the foreign fiancee.

- The trip to meet was arranged, escorted and/or paid for by the fiancee’s relative

- The couple met using an online website specializing in introducing foreign women to American men

- The couple became engaged PRIOR to their first “face to face” meeting.

- The couple has not met “face to face” for an excessively long time

Please note that although the above are various potential red flags. Note that I said potential, as just because some of these red flags may exist in your application, they would probably not, by themselves, really be of significant concern. However, the more of these red flags you have, the more evidence I would probably try to provide that your relationship is bona fide relationship. I would say the with regards to your situation of having met online and only having met once. The more evidence you can produce to convince them that you have a genuine relationship, the better your chances will be.

Anyone here know if it is common for nursing education in the Philippines to be rejected in the US (specifically California). There seem to be a lot of small, random technical colleges in the Philippines, and I didn't know if the reputation of these programs are considered to be suspect here in the US. I am hoping that my fiancee who has a bachelors degree from the Philippines that allows her to sit for the Philippines nursing board will not have to redo her education from scratch so that she can sit for the NCLEX exam once she arrives in the US.

Just tickets / boarding passes alone technically circumstantial as it literally only proves you were in the country...not necessarily together. Could have just visited friends/family. Again just how much you want to alleviate any doubt and how much scrutiny ones Embassy/consulate has, and your comfort level on how much you want to have available upfront vs having to possibly retroactively provide. Try to take an objective view and if you were a 3rd party how would you look at something and try to deduce if sufficient if you didnt know yourself/fiance....was my perspective....It seems like you are already there w/ your front loading, lengthy relationship and due diligence. Just my take.

Agree with this. Having some photos to corroborate would be perfect. That would satisfy me anyway, and I am an auditor by trade

Thanks everyone for the responses. And thanks for the reminder about the photos of those specific visits. I would have forgotten to include them for this.

What exactly are they looking for with "timeline"? Just that the visits are documented by primary evidence, supported by photos and in order? (e.g. here is our visit in 2013, here is our visit in 2014?)

thanks again to everyone. I think I would have alredy lost my mind if this forum didn't exist.

You don't really need all that much info regarding a complete timeline, and I don't think they will ask for evidence of it. They will probably expect your fiance to know the key dates and that's it, such as when and how you first met, when you started your relationship, the most recent time you met, etc.

Their main requirement is that you have a bonafide relationship and that you have met within the last 2 years. Really, you could probably just provide them with evidence of your most recent meetup (boarding pass) and a photo and that would probably be sufficient as long as there are no other red flags. Though just to be safe, we often provide a little more (but not so much that it would overwhelm the reviewing officer).

I agree with the above posters that you have enough evidence, but that a few photos (not more than 5) would help corroborate.

Congratulations and best of luck!

Thank ya!

Congrats

To be honest, you are worrying way too much over nothing... believe me, day to day life in the Philippines is FAR more perilous than the Manila airport. And I don't understand your concern about the store in Singapore? SIngapore is many many times safer than even the safest city in America.

Awesome

Well its not really that hard/laborious to get a couple of those from your bank. Takes like a min to request and have them send it.

Well, I have probably about 10 accounts, some of them overseas. Even for the ones that are local, it would time out of my day to go to each one to make the request. In addition, I had read somewhere that depending on the financial institution it is not as simple as going into the bank and having them draft and sign off on a statement and that it could take up to 2 weeks to receive. As such, I would like to avoid this if it is unnecessary (and based on response from others to this post, it seems like it is).

These kinds of things are standard occurrences in the Philippines and other countries in the region. I would not worry about it as there are more scams day to day in the streets there than this bullet scam thing. Especially if you're a foreigner visitng there. Not that long ago, it was not even unheard of to be sitting at an outdoors table having lunch or a drink and a cop would throw drugs on you in broad daylight and you'd be forced to pay bribe. That is just the norm there.

My NOA2 has been approved and I know that one of the next things I will be asked for is an Affadavit of Support along with evidence that meet their 125% povery threshold requirements. Although I have only been in my current position for less than a year, my salary alone exceeds the 125% requirement many times over.

Given the salary level for my current permanent employment, can I just provide evidence of my employment, or do I still need to bother hunting around for other evidence from my financial institutions, etc? I have numerous assets but they are strewn across many different financial institutions and it will be a hassle to obtain those compared to simply getting a letter from my employer.

I am considering 2 options:

Option 1:

Only stating my salary, but not including details of my other assets. Provide a statement from my employer.

Option 2:

State my salary and other assets. Provide a statement from my employer. For all of the other bank accounts and other financial assets, pull down the bank statements for the past year from the websites but not bother to obtain an official statement from an officer of each financial institution. I am also thinking it would be good to include 3 years of tax returns.

What do you all think?

It is my understanding that to obtain a Singapore police clearance you need to submit an appeal and provide a photocopy of evidence that you require the clearance. My question is what is valid evidence? Is an approved NOA2 letter sufficient? Or do you need something from NVC saying that they are forwarding your documentation to the Manila embassy? Or do you need something actually from the embassy specifically asking for the police clearances in all countries resided?

I would like to submiit the CoC request at the earliest possible time to keep our application rolling along, but wasn't sure whether evidence of an approved NOA2 would be sufficient since it doesn't specifically ask for any police clearances in that document.

To everyone who responded that the link was a scam or or fake, I just received confirmation from USCIS that it is indeed valid and that they had sent it slightly prematurely. I just got confirmation yesterday that my I-129F had been approved and is on the way to NVA/ the Manila Consulate.

So going forward, if anyone is applying for a Filipina, a link from https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/ could be a good indication that your application is about to be approved, though you may or may not see it come in early. Bottom line is that it IS a legit link unlike what everyone on this thread has been trying to convince otherwise.

So recap on my timeline:

- Oct 1: I-129F sent

- Oct 7: NOA1 received

- Oct 26: Receive link to https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/

- Nov 3: NOA2 received

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My fiancee said that the officers at police clearance have said that their process is fairly quick now... a week to 10 days to get the PCC. Of course, you need to account for some time for the letter to reach you by post.

Do you have any friends in Singapore that can go over in person and submit your application?

It probably is quick if you are still in Singapore, but that's not an option for us. I read in other posts that it take a pretty long time when considering the time it takes to send the request over, have them complete the application, and send it back through snail mail (wish they just did it all over the internet)..

So it brings me back to my original question:

Would the delay from getting a 221g most likely be higher or lower than the delay of not scheduling the interview until I obtain the clearance from Singapore?

Me and my fiancee are no longer in SIngapore, and I heard that it could take a while just to get the documentation back. You have to submit the request via mail, then they take time to process it, then they have to mail it back to you. All in all, I heard that it could take some time on the turnaround.

You mentioned that not having it at the interview could result in a 221g and delay the visa. Would the delay from getting a 221g be higher than delay scheduling the interview until I obtain the clearance from Singapore? Either way it seems I'm going to get a little delayed, but I prefer to take the faster route.

Do they allow you to go in for an interview without first having the police clearance from Singapore?

I thought that we had already established this as a legit site? There is a ton of information out there on the site, and none point to it as being a fake site or scam.. and ALL have established it as legit. For those of you saying that the site is illegitimate, please, before spreading false information, do some research guys... I guarantee that if you do that you would arrive at a different conclusion.

Again, I work in cyber security.

Are you sure its actually 'coming' from the addresses you say? Albeit the url sounds legit getting before NOA2 doesn't really make sense. Seems like a phishing/spoofing scam.

Check the email headers

http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-find-out-where-an-email-really-came-from-1190061668

Yes, I am sure the urls, email addresses, etc. are as stated. I work in cyber security at a very security-focused company.

I have not seen this happen that is a very quick turn around to be booking an interview date. depending what office you sent your petition to, texas could be months before you get your Noa2 and californin 1-2 months. And Never received an email from this site. and then it can take another 4 weeks in the NVC. Although it is a legit site, for future use, you cannot even really register your profile on their without the proper #'s that you get from the next notice. I would be very leary at this point with that site.

also, the NVC does not always send a letter. if you have received your notice stating your petition has been approved it is then at that point on its way to the nvc. wait a few weeks and call to get status of case and get new Case # it is not the same as what is on the NOA1 or 2...

I hope this helps. I know this process causes great anxiety for all parties ...but being patient is all you can do.

Hi Franconia,

Agreed. My application is at the CSC and I am not expecting a response until next week for the NOA2. I was also a bit surprised that they would send me that site already, though I'm sure the email I received was legit. Based on the response from everyone here, it seems that this is atypical and as such is probably an oversight on their end (someone at the service or visa center probably clicked a wrong button somewhere).

Will let you all know what happens.

Further evidence that the site is legit:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/443855-is-this-a-legit-site-to-schedule-an-interview-for-cr1-not-k-visa/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/531886-scheduling-the-interview/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/381792-how-long-it-takes-to-schedule-an-interview/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/438166-totally-confused-as-how-to-schedule-my-fiancees-interview/

This is a small sample of the overall posts about this.

I have not been asked to pay anything yet, nor have they sent any context around the email. This is what the body of the email says:

Dear New Portal User:
Your US Travel Documents Customer Portal username and password information is below.
To access the online system, enter your username and password into the log-in page. Be sure to enter the two CAPTCHA words exactly as they appear on the screen to validate your information.
Thank you,
US Travel Documents Customer Support
https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/

If you do a google search of the website you will see numerous comments confirming the validity of the site, so I am 100% it is not a scam at this point. I fully expect that this will soon be followed up with further instructions (though it is odd that I have not yet received any after 12 hours of receiving the account setup notification). If you go to the site and try to setup a visa appointment the following message pops up:

If you meet any of the following conditions, do not schedule an immigrant visa interview appointment:
- You have been interviewed and informed by a consular officer that you are ineligible to receive an immigrant or a K visa.
- You are the principal beneficiary and have failed to reschedule your visa interview appointment within a year from the original appointment date.
- You are the principal beneficiary and have failed to contact or communicate with the Embassy for more than a year from the time you were informed that your case is ready for final processing.
- You are a K2 derivative applicant and have failed to apply for a visa within a year from the time of the principal beneficiary’s visa issuance.
- Your case is not current for processing based on the current cut-off dates. This includes retrogressed cases.
- Your case is still with the National Visa Center (NVC).
- You have not received instructions from the Embassy or NVC that you may schedule an interview.
- Aged-out FTJ children applying for the first time under CSPA.
- FTJ cases (spouse or children) whose principal applicant adjusted status in the U.S.
- If you wish to apply for Returning Resident status.
- If you are an SB1 visa applicant without a case number.
If your case falls under any of the above conditions, you may send an email to the Embassy atIVManilaReplies@state.gov to confirm the status of your visa petition.

Again, seems legit to me.

However, no one has yet to answer my original question, which is whether this is an indication that my NOA2 is soon to be approved if not already approved, but just waiting to be formally communicated to me?

Where is the email coming from?

The email is coming from no-reply@ustraveldocs.com, which I think is a legitimate government site as mentioned by others. However, no one has answered my other question regarding whether or not this is a positive indication that I am on the verge of receiving my NOA2? I figure they would probably not be setting this up if I were not approved?

Hi everyone,

I submitted my K1 Visa petition on September 30th and received my NOA1 on October 5th. I have been checking the USCIS status page daily to see if it updates with NOA2, but thus far have not seen any updates beyond the NOA1. However, tonight I received a strange email telling me to setup an account at the following site:

https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/

The heading of the site only states "Apply for a US VISA in Philippines"

I have not yet received any other instructions regarding this site, however, based on a google search, it seems that this is the site that we use to schedule interviews at the US embassy in Manila.

Has anyone else experienced this and can I basically take this to indicate that my petition was approved by CSC and the NOA2 is on the way given that they are already setting up my account for the interview?

Thanks!