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Do you mean we had a choice as to what US Embassy we were to use? I assumed that all Philippine applicants had to go through the Manila Embassy?

My Salve is in Taiwan working that is the only reason. I was told if she was in Philippines we may get an interview date in March 07.

Today I expressed mailed 16 lbs. of documents to my Salve. Including my I-134 and supporting documents. I am on a trip and hoping my letter from NVC is waiting on me when I return home Saturday. We have been so concern about the NOA2 that we forgot about everything else. Salve and I both are on cloud 9 praying we are together for Christmas. We will see if Taiwan is quicker than others. She has known other friends be in the states within 2 months of NOA2. Maybe it is just a dream.

We finally recieved NOA2 10/18/06 so what now continue waiting. I am putting my I-134 support package together and after it is complete I will be FedEx all orginials of 129-f petition or is sending the orginals nessary.Plus I am including a updated intention of marrying letter, copies of other needed documents my Salve may need at interview. We requested her interview be at the taiwan. Salve says other friends she works with it has only taken 4-6 weeks.CAN THIS BE TRUE??

We are so happy that our wait is gettung shoter and thank God he is with us in his journey..

JUST GOT MAIL WE ARE APPROVED AS 10/18/2006!!!!!!!!

MAYBE CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!!!!!!

NOA1 June,12 2006

touched Sept.22,2006

Email Sept. 30,2006(RFI)

Recieved RFI Oct. 6, 2006

Mailed Express Oct. 10,2006

Email Notification of RFI recieved Oct. 18,2006

touched Oct. 19,2006

NOA2 10/18/2006 no email noticfication!

We recievied our RFI email on Sept. 30, 2006., Recieved actual RFI in mail on October 6 and I EXPRESS MAILED Oct 7 2006. We pray for a swift NOA2.

NOA June 12, 2006 and our first touch. We are praying they are sending RFI so we can get moving in the process. GOD IS SO GREAT. I Love my Salve so much. We both have been smiling from ear to ear. Now back to the wait.

i am petitioning for my fiance. on the state report it even indicated where fbi had done a complete check on me due to my employment on a secure site many years ago. i am not trying to hide nothing . i have told my salve of my past th,is way the skeltons do not hit me in the rear one day. this was nothing involing a serious injury, just in calif. if one or both have a red spot you are going to be charged.

i am ..still trying to find out if i need to write a wavier for this or just submit everything i have. the way i read the law is they will give all the information to my finace at the interview so she will know my past. i beat them to it i already mailed her everything i have.

we started our ldr on honesty and we will finish that way.

We are still waiting for the long waited RFIn concerning the new 129 form.Almost 20 years ago I did have a domestic vilonece charge against me. I did go through a diversion program that cleared my record. Knowing that this will still show up on any criminal background check. I requested a criminal background on myself to get the dates and case number. I requested certified documents concerning this case. and after 8 weeks the court recorder call me and said because of the age of the case no records were found. She in turn sent me a certified letter from criminal court records stating all this.

My question is how do i write a wavier request? I will submitt the criminal background check which indicates the case was closed with the diverision but this is not certified and i was told the only way to get certified is by the criminal court documents they could not find. i will also send a copy of the background check and a letter giving all the details i can recall about this matter. Will this be enough information for them? Has anyone else encounter these things. 92 days since NOA1 and still no rfi anyway. I am going to call in morning to see what is happing.

My self I got tired of checking everyday and see that the California center just a week ago was working on petitions dated 3/6/2006 now they are working on petitions in FEBUARY, so I called my United States Senator. They were very friendly and asked for me to send information so they can look why my RFI has not been sent at least. This can make you sick when you see people with date same as mine already approved out of Vermont. I realized this is a waiting game and the luck of the draw if you get someone who is actually doing what we TAXPAYERS are paying them to do. My salve and I were hoping to be together for Christmas but that dream is slowly sliding away. I just may have to make another trip.

Same here zip, zero and nada. I guess it becomes a true test in how much I love and appreciate my fiance. The process is truly not for the faint of heart that is for sure.

I have notice that most of the people with NOA 1 dates in June that are moving forward are not a the Calif. Center. This must be where most of the problem lies.

We have NOA1 of 6/12/06. I have read where alot of others that submitted to the California Center already recieved RFI'S . I have not recieved any emails that indicated that RFI has been sent and only touched on 6/19/06. SHOULD I OR CAN I CALL THE SERVICE CENTER ABOUT THIS. I have had mailed delivered to other adrress's before?

NOA1 6/19/2006 no touches or rfi's. i talked to a para legal that does visa's he said just to sit back it will happen when we least expect. Salve and i want it to happen fast. I am the one who is checking every day . My baby says maybe soon honey. We will be together do not worry. I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHE IS MY ROCK DURING THIS STORM.

You could get approved without a single touch. I saw people getting approved before me without touches and I had about 15 touches since NOA1 before I got a NOA2, which came after an absence of touches for almost two weeks.

Hi! If she has the NBI clearance, it's valid for 1 year from date of issue. if she got it last Feb. 2006, then it is valid till Feb. 2007.

Hope that helps.

Oh, and i think she can also authorize a next of kin to renew if for her. She just needs to send the original personal copy of her latest NBI clearance and an authorization letter. I'll try to look for more info for the renewal.

Yes, one of her relatives can renew it for her. She can go to the Philippine embassy in whatever country she is in and fill out the form and get her fingerprints taken. She would then send that form to her relative to have the NBI renewed. My fiance just did this.

Thank you for that info. If we see that the date will expire she has many sisters that will help us.

I just read where police clearances are only good for 3 months is that correct? Salve obtain her Philippine clearance(her home country)in Feb. 2006 the day before she return to Tawian to her work. We have requested Tawian be her place for interview since she is on contract till 2007. If she has her visa stamped leaving Philppines and entring ROC Tawian the day after her clearance, why would this not be valid. We realize she also needs one from Tawin ROC.

Do we need to prepare ourselves to get another? If so how can this be done without her present in the Philippines?

We are now 60 days after NOA1 no touches or RFI which I know will come. We are trying to be so prepared to keep from getting the dreaded AR.

Since I am waiting on my RFI concerning new 129f form, I am trying to obtain the documents to send with my I-134. I have several questions; #1 When is this require ?Do I send to service center or my fiance'?

I have been on Workers Comp since January 2006 and only worked like 2 weeks this year. My previous years of income earning has been above average since 1980. This can be documented at least with the last 3 years tax returns and the document the Social Security sends out each year stating my earnings for every year I have paid Socal Security Tax.

The bank letter should contain what kind of information? Can this be in form of bank statement?Concerning my life insurance policies do I submit the actual policies or just names of companies and amounts? The same concerning my investment accounts, I do not recieve paper statements on online statements.

This is a BIG QUESTION. What will happen if when I return back to my work which is construction if I am no longer able to do my present job. My doctor said if I am not able they will up me on permanant disability. Should I prepare a Co-sponsor just in case. My only co-sponsor could be my mother in her late 70's and living on a comfortable pension herself.

The letter from my employer, I am a member of a construction union so my employers change. I have had a very good work history not changing employers very often but it happens. Can a letter from my union business agent work as well? I do not think my last employer(who I filed a claim against) is going to do me any favors.

I know I am asking alot of questions but I am tring to be prepared form upcoming events in ou quest to be together.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

I have been reading where people have been recieving RFI's about the new 129F Forms. I realize alot of cases are ahead of us but can I ammend my 129f with the new form without certified court records of a convicition back in 1987. I put my request for these right after my NOA1 but the court house told me these records from 1987 could take 4-8 weeks if they were not destory or lost. I had a Department of Justice criminal background check done just to get the dates and case numbers but this only give basic information and not certified and says it is not to be used for immirigation purposes.

Should i be worried I have had nothing happing since 7/22/06. i am expecting rfi concerning new 129f form.

I have an old convicition from 1987 and it is not easy getting this information required by the new law. I had the Justice Dept. of Calif run a background check on me just to get the needed information concerning the court doucements. Then I sent request to court for documents but I was told very frank that it will take 2-8 weeks to find the court records if they can be found. (Really the court clerks are not being in any hurry.

WOW recieved my NOA_1 and now I know I will recieve a RFI concerning the new I-129f petition. I went ahead and requested a criminal background form from Calif. and recieved it also. On the instructions it says it is not to be used for immigration or visa and states a penal law concerning this. The only

reason I did this is to see if a problem I had 20 years ago is on my record. I called the local police in Modesto, Ca. where all this occur and the police clerk did a quick check for me just being nice and only came up with my only DUI and not the other assault that I know happen. I went thru a diverision program which I understand was if I completed all requirements and went thru a probation period this would not be a conviction on my record. Once I recieve the criminal background check from the Jusitice Dept. of Calif and nothing comes back except the one DUI should I even mention it on the RFI petition when they send it back. My reason for asking is the local police clerk and the county court clerk told me that most files get purge from their system after 10 years and they will not even have a record of it.

I have not been in any other type of trouble since and seperated myself from that type of life a very long time ago.

I have disclose all my past problems to my baby so she knows who I am. I do not want to lie about nothing but if a convicition is not on my record am I required to disclose this anyway?

I just got back from my local police station trying to request my record background. First the local police will only do one for this city. They told me to call Dept. Of Justice in Sac. CA. I called them got to talk to comupter answering service. 1-2 weeks for them to mail the form then 2-8 weeks to process for only $25.00. I will then have to go to local court where I had problem 20 years ago and request a certified copy of my court record.

What do you think should I just go to the place where all this took affect and get this info or go ahead and let dept of Justice do it also. I had a FBI background check about the same time for a high security place I was working at that time and it took almost 2 years for them to do. These guys actually visited places I worked and lived during my entire life. If our government is going to do this for every person that was arrested or convicted for a crime , then maybe Salve and I may be able to get married in 2-3 years or I just retire and move to Philippines marry her and wait all this ####### out.

First off, Hello to everyone I am new to your forum and this is my first post. I just submitted our 129F petition last week to the Ca. center. They will probably be sending back to me or request information concerning the new law. First is Cherry Blossoms fall under International Mail Order Bride Site? Second, back 20 years ago I had a really bad year. I recieved a DUI the day my grandmother past away then a few weeks later I walked in on my live in girl (not wife) and a fight broke out. I ended up going thru a diverision program which I think was to keep this out of my record.

Tomorrow I am going to our local police to get them to run a crimnal back ground check on me. If this does not show up do I have to report it? If it does what is going to happen? That was twenty years ag. I am not even close to being that man. Will they deny our petition for a mistake made 20 years ago? That really is not fair. I know the Lord has forgiven me but now I have to see if Home Land Security will.