grinnil

Hello, read your overview a couple months ago and was wanting to read it again before we go to the embassy to file petition next week. But the overview isn't showing, it just says dcf.jpg.

Why would it be any different than when old men petition for little 20-25 year old girls?

I do have my own thread on the dcf forum, no one even looked at it and there are several other people who posted there that didn't even get one view.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/618488-notarized-lease/

Its is the direct consular file forum, most people's post don't even get viewed. Not sure if there is something wrong because I find it hard to believe that no one even looks at it.

Does anyone even look at the dcf forum anymore? I noticed a lot of post don't even get viewed. Are there any other sites like this where people actually help?

Hello, just wondering if we need to print out our facebook messages for CFO, or do they have wifi there?

Hello, does anyone know if a lease needs to be notarized to be accepted as proof of residence in the Philippines? I have read several post from people that filed DCF in the Philippines, some specified that their lease was notarized, some just said they brought a lease.

Not for certain, but I think anything that falls under the Adam Walsh Act, which are sex crimes mainly against minors. I think domestic violence makes it difficult. I haven't filed yet so I don't know for sure, but I have an aggravated assault charge on my record so gonna find out. I have asked about that before on here, some say it will be a problem, some say it won't. Apparently no one on here has any crimes on their record, that or they are to embarrassed/ashamed to admit it. Also, you can google Adam Walsh to find out for sure what those are.

Does a rental lease need to be notarized? And I have lived at a couple different places and have the leases for both of them and the address on my acr card is the address for the first place I stayed, will that be a problem? And we just got a lease for the place we are staying at now after asking for one for four months and the address is different than the address the guard told us and my wife and I already got id's with that address. So I have two id's with different addresses and a lease with a different address from any of the id's.

Thanks for all the info Damara. For a little more detail of the crimes, when I was 17, my sister's friend stole her dad's checkbook and I used a check to buy some gas, that was the second degree forgery, a felony. When I was 20 I had a warrant out for me for not paying fines and a cop tried to pull me over and being young and stupid I decided to drive a mile to my parents house so my car wouldn't get impounded and a cop got in my lane coming at me head on and I kept going and made him get back in his lane, they charged me with aggravated assault for that and fleeing for driving to my parents house. As far as misdemeanors, there was minor consumption of alcohol, marijuana possession, criminal mischief, probation for the second degree forgery was revoked because I never saw my probation officer, disorderly conduct, and I think there is a couple more, but nothing sexual, violent or anything that would be fraud related. Yes, going to be filing dcf since I have been living in the Philippines. And my wife knows everything about my past, will probably still get a copy of my police record to take to the interview so the CO will see that my wife knows all about it.

Been planning to file dcf for a while now but since the philippines takes a very long time to do anything we are still waiting for my wife's ID so we can get the cfo so we can get her passport. My question is, I was convicted of some felonies a long time ago, one of them being aggravated assault, is that going to cause the visa to be denied? We are already married and been living together for almost a year. I was 20 years old at the time and now I'm 35, how can they hold something over my head from when I was young and stupid? I didn't even hit anyone, had a warrant out for me for not paying fines and a cop tried to pull me over so I drove one mile to my parents house so my car wouldn't get impounded and along the way a cop got in my lane and I kept going and they charged me with aggravated assault for that. Will it be a waste of money to apply, or should I just plan to live in the philippines the rest of my life?

Yes

When you say yes, you mean there is no point in even filing?

I was convicted of second degree forgery in 1999 and aggravated assault and fleeing in 2002, all where felonies. In 2004 I was convicted of a misdemeanor marijuana charge, and also before 2004, so many other misdemeanors I can't even remember them all. I'm gonna be filing for CR-1, my wife knows everything about me, we have been living together for almost a year. Do yall think this will be a problem since the aggravated assault is considered a violent crime?

Thanks for the help, will just get a few from the beginning and some around the middle, we only messaged each other for 3 months and been living together for 11 months but don't have any proof of that.

Hello, wasn't sure where to post this. For part of proof of relationship, do I need to print out all 70,000+ messages? And is there an easier way to do it other than copy/paste a few messages at a time to Notepad? Thank you for any replies.

Just got married the other day, waiting on the NSO wedding certificate then filing DCF. A bit worried about proof of relationship. We have been living together for 11 months but the lease only has my name on it and the bills are in the apartment owner's name. We did get her to write both our names on the receipts. Will this be a problem? We do have pictures and we have messages from before I got here.

Thank you very much for all the info.

Would my wife and stepson need their passports when I file I-130's for them? Want to file it before the fees go up.

Did they give your husband any problems about only having tourist visa?

The Philippines love to rip people off here and the US encourages it, so I'm gonna say yes. I had to get a CENOMAR when I applied for a marriage license even though I'm not in their database.

No, I'm not working here, just living on a tight budget, one reason why I was hoping to avoid spending $500 for the visa since I have my wife and stepson's visas to pay for, money will be tight.

Thanks for the information, guess I will be getting permanent resident visa then.

I emailed them asking if a lease was enough, they replied saying it was one of the things they accept and had a list of things they accept. So I emailed again asking if it would be enough alone, and they replied saying they already sent a list, but they didn't say if I need everything on the list or just some of the things. I too don't want to invest too much in living here cause I am more than ready to go back to the US.

Do I need a permanent resident visa to file DCF? I have been living here for ten months, but all I have is the lease from the first place I lived and receipts from the place I live now. The internet bill is in my wife's name and the water/electric is in the apartment owner's name.

Thank you, I'm sure I will have plenty of questions even though I've read all the post from people filing DCF in Manila several times already.