Habitaters

9 hours ago, Ludovic UK said:

Yesterday I finally married my lady! I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the help in this process and good luck to anyone still waiting. Hopefully I’ll see y’all in a future AOS group 😊

 

Congratulations! You two look absolutely stunning. Thank you for your help as well.

8 hours ago, Grant & Bri said:

Thank you, the 1st of June actually became available today so I rescheduled it for then just to be safe. 

Perfect!

Good luck... wishing you a successful interview.

35 minutes ago, Scotty23 said:

hello, i am wondering if anyone can help...

i am due to send out my aos package within the next couple of weeks and have my medical appointment at the end of this week.

the thing is i just found out i am pregnant. will this affect the medical in any way? will there be certain things i cant get done or will  i still be able to go ahead with the medical and send the paperwork away.

thanks in advance.

No wise advise from moi... just wanted to congratulate you! Best wishes on your pregnancy!

23 hours ago, Grant & Bri said:

I have booked my visa interview for the 8th June at the US embassy in London, but my deadline is the 4th of June is this going to be an issue do I need to contact the embassy?

What I know is that once the application is at the embassy, they will renew NOA2 for 3 months at a time while it's still being processed. But for your peace of mind, please contact your US embassy. Cheers.

42 minutes ago, Jessica829 said:

If it's "non immigrant" AP this time then that's a positive sign that the visa will be issued soon, seems like typically less than a week to turn to issued. Mine was only on NI AP for less than 2 hours, but every embassy processes at different speeds. 

Yes, it's Non-Immigrant Visa - AP

Thank you.

I just got off the long Administrative Processing and begun seeing progress in my case, but today I got sucked back in to Administrative Processing black hole. I don't get it.

Administrative Processing - 221 g since April 24 then May 9 I saw a positive change. Application changed from Immigrant to Non-Immigrant - I read many times here before that that's a good sign. Tracker advised to check again after two business days, so I have been checking everyday for the last 6 days. When I checked again just before noon today, my status was changed back to the dreadful Administrative Processing (??) Not sure what's going on. Tracker says" processing can take several weeks, or longer."  I know that's a general blurb but it's so disappointing to see that when I thought I only had to wait "2 business days" and now I feel like I am back in to the eternal black hole again.  Has anyone seem this happen to their case, or someone else's case?  I am trying to stay positive but I am really confused right now ...

I am so confused with the status of my case.  I am back to AP? Has anyone gone through this as well?

April 24 - Administrative Processing - 221 g

May 9 - Application changed from Immigrant to Non-Immigrant, New case created (NIV) and status changed to Application Received. Tracker Advised to check again after two business days
May 10 - Date was updated - status remained Application Received
May 12 - 3 business days had passed. Status is still Application Received
May 15 - Date was updated. In the morning, my status was still Application Received. Tracker Advised to check again after two business days
May 15 - just before noon, my status was changed back to the dreadful Administrative Processing (??) Not sure what's going on. Tracker says" processing can take several weeks, or longer."

I am so confused right now ...

On 4/11/2018 at 10:32 PM, Habitaters said:

P.S. Interviewer wanted Decree's Absolute with signature and stamp/seal. UK does not do that. My fiance explained that to USCIS, they understood and approved our case. I can't believe that we have to explain the very same thing again to the embassy. She won't take my word for it, she said she wants something in writing from UK's divorce registry  stating that they don't sign/seal Decree's Absolute.

I just wanted to correct myself in case someone's doing a research and stumbled upon this. Yes, they do stamp and seal decree absolute in UK. That's what my fiance sent to USCIS which later got approved and I sent the same to the consulate in Montreal. 

6 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

This April or last April? If it was this April then you are extremely lucky because that means they just fixed it because it was down previously before that. Hey @Hank look they must of fixed ecensus after me and you spent a month trying to sort everything out.

April 11, 2018  Yes, 2.5 weeks ago.

Wow! I am greatly astonished and grateful for such good luck!

31 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

You are lucky sir because ecensus is no longer accepting credit card payments through their system and they will NOT accept payment through BDO if you are trying to use your dollar account in BDO. So me and another poster in the Philippines subforum had to figure out a way to get it for my wife. The following is what we what had to do just to get a BC.

 

1. Order it on Ecensus

2. Send him money through paypal

3. He paid for it through his BDO peso account and it was sent to my SIL in Mindanao.

4. SIL got it about a week later.

5. SIL sent it out through DHL a day after receiving it.

5. We received about 4 days after she sent it out through DHL.

 

 

All in all it took 2 weeks to do it that way, but luckily we had it in time for a Consular Outreach they had here in NC.

So did I just make in time before they stopped accepting Credit Card Payments? If so, then I thank my lucky stars! LOL!  I ordered online on April 11, got my BC April 18.

3 hours ago, John & Rose said:

Either did we.  I guess it is safe to assume that the other relationships had other challenges too.  We never considered breaking up and now that the K-1 is dead and we are going in the CR-1 direction, we are only getting stronger.  There is a lot of extra stress because we have to arrange a marriage that has to take place before Rose's son turns 18 in July.  I am flying to Manila on May 21 to do the pre-marriage seminar (required even for civil weddings) and to get my "Affidavit in Lieu of the Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage"... Then I get to go back sometime after the 10 day "cooling off" period to actually marry Rose.

10 day "cooling off"  - is that a requirement in the Philippines?

1 hour ago, John & Rose said:

Either did we.  I guess it is safe to assume that the other relationships had other challenges too.  We never considered breaking up and now that the K-1 is dead and we are going in the CR-1 direction, we are only getting stronger.  There is a lot of extra stress because we have to arrange a marriage that has to take place before Rose's son turns 18 in July.  I am flying to Manila on May 21 to do the pre-marriage seminar (required even for civil weddings) and to get my "Affidavit in Lieu of the Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage"... Then I get to go back sometime after the 10 day "cooling off" period to actually marry Rose.

Congrats and Best Wishes to you both!

4 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

How did you order it, and when did you order it? I got one for my wife and the whole process was convoluted at best but we got it within 2 weeks.

Are you asking about the birth certificate?

I did two things:

1. Ordered Online through https://ecensus.com.ph/default.aspx - paid $20 using my credit card and then I set up an account with FedEx. I emailed Ecensus my FedEx account. I received my BC all the way from the Philippines within 5 business days! I highly recommend this method, very efficient and Ecensus were very responsive.

2. The same day I ordered online, I also contacted an agency here in Toronto, it's called GINO. Paid $50. Mega Fail. I still have not received my BC from them.

On ‎4‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 7:02 PM, John & Rose said:

We did lose 5 or 6 June couples because of the stress of the wait.  Rose and I were always fine.  When I was weak, she was strong and when she was weak, I was strong.  We never once thought about breaking up during this journey.

 

Really? I never knew that? 5-6 couples eh? We're Junies too and still waiting but we never ever thought of breaking up.

8 hours ago, Martin3517 said:

Do i just say : " Hi, I would like to know my Fiance's NVC case number"?

 

Do yall have the specific phone number for it? or Do I go their website?

When you call them and after you had given them your WAC # and they started asking for your complete name, birthday, etc. etc. - you can bet your bottom dollar that they already have an NVC number for you!  Good luck!!!!

Good luck!!! ☺☺☺

On ‎4‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 10:11 PM, Habitaters said:

I am not sure if I half-won or half-lost the battle. Or maybe it's the same difference.

It was my interview in Montreal today.

Q&A went perfectly well - interviewer said she had no doubt that our relationship is genuine. All of the documents were fine, everything checked out, except for two things:

 

First: My ORIGINAL birth certificate from the Philippines is no longer valid according to her since Philippines revamped their system and birth certificates are now in a form of a card with watermark as opposed to my very old and yellowing paper document with actual ink signatures and seal. She said I need to get a new and original copy from the Philippines ... Of course I would like to argue that you can't get any more original than the document that I was holding in front of her, so old and original that it can disintegrate any moment    but I didn't want to be perceived as annoying and stubborn & jeopardize my chance. I wasn't aware of the change that took place in the Philippines since I've lived most of my life in Canada. Of course the first thing I did when I got out of the interview & back to my hotel, was order one on-line. I just hope that Philippines will act on my request quickly.

 

Second: The RFE on my Fiance's Decree's Absolute came up again. I mentioned to her that we've already satisfied the very same inquiry (RFE) at USCIS and thus got approved but she said she doesn't have a copy of what we sent to USCIS. I didn't even think of making a copy of my fiance's explanation why Decree's Absolute IS the divorce paper. Again, I tried to justify my case but didn't want to reach the point that she gets irked by my persistence.

 

So right now, I am not sure if I should celebrate for the smooth Q&A, or cry over the 2 documents that we still have to produce & present. Oh my gosh, the loonggg wait!  This is a real test for true love.

Got the Decree Absolute sorted out. Thank you, UK! Now it's just the birth certificate from Philippines. C'mon Philippines, I am counting on you  Almost there!!!  One day I am going to look back at this and just smile. Have a great weekend guys! We're expecting ice pellets and freezing rain here in Toronto this weekend.   

21 minutes ago, Habitaters said:

I am not sure if I half-won or half-lost the battle. Or maybe it's the same difference.

It was my interview in Montreal today.

Q&A went perfectly well - interviewer said she had no doubt that our relationship is genuine. All of the documents were fine, everything checked out, except for two things:

 

First: My ORIGINAL birth certificate from the Philippines is no longer valid according to her since Philippines revamped their system and birth certificates are now in a form of a card with watermark as opposed to my very old and yellowing paper document with actual ink signatures and seal. She said I need to get a new and original copy from the Philippines ... Of course I would like to argue that you can't get any more original than the document that I was holding in front of her, so old and original that it can disintegrate any moment    but I didn't want to be perceived as annoying and stubborn & jeopardize my chance. I wasn't aware of the change that took place in the Philippines since I've lived most of my life in Canada. Of course the first thing I did when I got out of the interview & back to my hotel, was order one on-line. I just hope that Philippines will act on my request quickly.

 

Second: The RFE on my Fiance's Decree's Absolute came up again. I mentioned to her that we've already satisfied the very same inquiry (RFE) at USCIS and thus got approved but she said she doesn't have a copy of what we sent to USCIS. I didn't even think of making a copy of my fiance's explanation why Decree's Absolute IS the divorce paper. Again, I tried to justify my case but didn't want to reach the point that she gets irked by my persistence.

 

So right now, I am not sure if I should celebrate for the smooth Q&A, or cry over the 2 documents that we still have to produce & present. Oh my gosh, the loonggg wait!  This is a real test for true love.

P.S. Interviewer wanted Decree's Absolute with signature and stamp/seal. UK does not do that. My fiance explained that to USCIS, they understood and approved our case. I can't believe that we have to explain the very same thing again to the embassy. She won't take my word for it, she said she wants something in writing from UK's divorce registry  stating that they don't sign/seal Decree's Absolute.

I am not sure if I half-won or half-lost the battle. Or maybe it's the same difference.

It was my interview in Montreal today.

Q&A went perfectly well - interviewer said she had no doubt that our relationship is genuine. All of the documents were fine, everything checked out, except for two things:

First: My ORIGINAL birth certificate from the Philippines is no longer valid according to her since Philippines revamped their system and birth certificates are now in a form of a card with watermark as opposed to my very old and yellowing paper document with actual ink signatures and seal. She said I need to get a new and original copy from the Philippines ... Of course I would like to argue that you can't get any more original than the document that I was holding in front of her, so old and original that it can disintegrate any moment    but I didn't want to be perceived as annoying and stubborn & jeopardize my chance. I wasn't aware of the change that took place in the Philippines since I've lived most of my life in Canada. Of course the first thing I did when I got out of the interview & back to my hotel, was order one on-line. I just hope that Philippines will act on my request quickly.

Second: The RFE on my Fiance's Decree's Absolute came up again. I mentioned to her that we've already satisfied the very same inquiry (RFE) at USCIS and thus got approved but she said she doesn't have a copy of what we sent to USCIS. I didn't even think of making a copy of my fiance's explanation why Decree's Absolute IS the divorce paper. Again, I tried to justify my case but didn't want to reach the point that she gets irked by my persistence.

So right now, I am not sure if I should celebrate for the smooth Q&A, or cry over the 2 documents that we still have to produce & present. Oh my gosh, the loonggg wait!  This is a real test for true love.

7 minutes ago, George & Roth said:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?trim=no&cty=&cnty=Canada&page=1&dfilter=5&topic=

For all you Canada-folk!

 

I saw someone said they are told 2 weeks but have it in a few days. 

 

If you have not read peoples interview experiences, I recommend it to put you at ease and know what to expect. 

Thanks for the link...

On ‎4‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 1:36 PM, A & C 1 said:

If all goes well with interview and VOH then yes, May 16 POE is the plan.

Same. Hoping for successful interview & quick VOH - hopefully, POE week of May 14.

Is it safe to assume that one month is enough wait time from passing the interview to VOH?

My interview is in Montreal.

What is the average wait time everywhere else?

7 minutes ago, feutl said:

I have been waiting about 2 months to hear from the Montreal embassy regarding an interview date, is this normal? It looks like other people have received theirs in about three weeks?

 

Thanks!

Have you received your Packet 4 already? If so, you can just go ahead and schedule an interview yourself using their web app. Or you can call 514-398-9695 & ask to be scheduled. They are open 8:30AM TO 11:00AM (Monday to Friday, except holidays)

6 minutes ago, Justmel said:

@Habitaters our interview is the same date too. I have seen a lot of people on here with April 11th interview date.

Maybe we should rent a bus! LOL! Good luck to all of us! Almost there!

32 minutes ago, Justmel said:

For anyone that's interested. I just had my medical exam done in Toronto and all he did was check my height, weight, blood pressure, then sent me for xray and labs. He was a very nice doctor and the staff was fairly friendly.

I was just there yesterday.