Highmystic
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Hi Everyone! Been awhile!
My filipina wife and I are approaching our 5th anniversary. We had applied for her US Citizenship. We are talking about retiring in the Philippines, on some farm land in a year or two. I've been researching
all the paperwork needed for spousal immigrant Visa because I want to be ahead of the curve before (and when) with filing on time. She says because I am a spouse I can have my name as co owner of the property. Doesn't matter to me one way or the other. My question is.. What is the situation if my wife passes before me? Do I need to leave at the end of the immigrant visa? Is there actually an expiration date for the immigrant visa? Just want to get my ducks in a row. Thanks for reading!
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Just wanted to say how excited we were that the wife got her 10 yr card (about 10 months) today and surprised that we didn't even know it was sent, or who the package from from! No interview, nor bio's, no notice that it's been approved or even sent. Was a mystery! Onward and upward! I'll have some questions to ask in the forums about things in the coming weeks I guess! Best of luck to everyone! I thought we'd have to wait for another year, according to the timetable of approval estimates...
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1/2 an hour to mail 751, just now noticed one should not highlight anything on the form,, Now, is this JUST the I-751 form or ANYTHING
SUBMITTED as evidence! I made a lot of copies of things, and highlighted things to make it "easier" for USCIS. Do I need to re do all the paperwork without highlights?
I didn't highlight anything on the I-751
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19 hours ago, Sego said:
Hi everyone,
I am not sure if anyone felt the same way after moving or if you can share how you managed to recreate a social circle and rebuilt a life from scratch after you move on a K1.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Most, if not all, have a hard time adjusting to things. My wife was a K1, and the wait (both for the visa and again for her work card) were long and trying. But we managed and just passed our 3rd anniversary! If you want, check out meetup.com , your area should have dozens of interesting activities, gatherings, etc that you would be interested in. My wife made a LOT of jewelry! Now she is on to the plants and our house is full of them! Happy wife, happy life.. As long as you both love each other you can get through anything. This only makes you stronger!
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Well, time snuck up and time to file ROC. Actually Nothing hardly changed. Same work, same address, same vehicles, same LLC, same banks, etc.
We saved in folders all the stuff we submitted (and took to interview,), so pretty much just make fresh copies. Wife's Passport expired, but she has an appointment in LA for renewal. I guess send a copy of the expired one, and her new one will be here a year before our appointment. 😆 About the only thing we can add is pictures of us with my family and hers, and her birthday cards from my sister to her. Yeah, some people still mail cards.. Nice. About all I need to do is fill out the forms, and write a check, bundle and ship.
I don't get on here often, as we have a busy life, but I do pop in on occasion just to read the hot topics!
Cheers Ya'll!
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On 2/15/2021 at 7:14 PM, Highmystic said:
Wife's Passport expired in Sept 2020. Due to "Covid" consulate was shut down. Now, they open up for appointments for March and April. Knowing they have a faulty system, they recommend hitting refresh all day and maybe you can get on line. The better part of 10 hours spent refreshing. We did make it to the April calendar but would not load. Some said they actually made it to the captcha before freezing. Our last attempt got us the welcome screen from Wordpress. I can't believe a gov org is running their website on WordPress? FB is on fire with complaints. Oh well, Maybe in April we can get her an appointment for May or June. I read that there are over 1.2 million Filipinos in SoCal, SoNev, and Az.. We will be filing her ROC here in a month or so, perhaps she will eventually get a US Passport long before a Philippine Renewal. I thank God everything is ok that she does not have to travel anywhere. (Ok, Rant mode off!) LOL
So, my wife actually did get an appointment in LA consulate! She did get a "check your email for confirmation" but never got one. I emailed then, and a few days later they asked for her name, BD, her email, and her appointment. Then we didn't here anything, A few days later they sent me a link, 78 pages of appointments for March and April. IF you were trying to get an appointment, and got to the end, check here in this link if your name appears! She did get an email a few hours later from their post what she needs to do. Follow the link.
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On 2/18/2021 at 6:37 PM, payxibka said:
Actually any Philippines consulate worldwide
Not when the passport expired due to them being closed for months, and months. I think she will have a US passport sooner than the PH.
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28 minutes ago, Lyv&Chelle said:
I'm living in Portland Oregon. Would anyone know where I can go to renew my Philippines passport or is traveling to the embassy in San Francisco my only option?
Thank you.
I think SF is your closest place. It could be very difficult to get an appointment. I am in AZ, and wife and I spent 2 days hitting refresh on their crashed system for appointments.. The consulate in LA is for SoCal, Az and SoNv. about 1.3 million Filipinos, and the consulate only handles 1,500 passports a month. Maybe it won't be so bad there, but SF has about 30 percent Filipinos living there.
Best of Luck!
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Wife's Passport expired in Sept 2020. Due to "Covid" consulate was shut down. Now, they open up for appointments for March and April. Knowing they have a faulty system, they recommend hitting refresh all day and maybe you can get on line. The better part of 10 hours spent refreshing. We did make it to the April calendar but would not load. Some said they actually made it to the captcha before freezing. Our last attempt got us the welcome screen from Wordpress. I can't believe a gov org is running their website on WordPress? FB is on fire with complaints. Oh well, Maybe in April we can get her an appointment for May or June. I read that there are over 1.2 million Filipinos in SoCal, SoNev, and Az.. We will be filing her ROC here in a month or so, perhaps she will eventually get a US Passport long before a Philippine Renewal. I thank God everything is ok that she does not have to travel anywhere. (Ok, Rant mode off!) LOL
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11 hours ago, Chancy said:
That would be FBAR. It's actually a requirement of the US Treasury, not IRS. Filing is now done online, not with the tax return -- https://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/NoRegFBARFiler.html
Thanks for the Clarification, and the link! Appreciated!
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1 hour ago, Adventine said:
@Highmystic If you don't mind, please update us after you send the W-9 to BPI, especially if they ask for additional documents or raise other issues. It would help others (like me) plan ahead, because I plan to retain my PH bank accounts even after relocating to the States. I already understand that I need to include my interest and investment income in my future US tax filings, but it helps to learn about others' PH-specific experiences.
Hi, I'll keep that in mind. I think her bank is HSBC, or something like that. I don't concern myself with her info in the PH if I don't need to. We also found out about having to file a notice with taxes if she has any accumulated amounts of $10,000 USD in the PH.'s It's all have to do with things like money laundering or hiding money to avoid taxes on it, but her money has been sitting there for years as savings.
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1 hour ago, Chancy said:
If she has bank accounts in the Philippines, then not all of her income is from work. Interest from bank accounts (including foreign accounts) is also considered as income that must be reported to IRS. Hence the requirement for W-9 or W-8BEN.
Interest is very small. But why does she need to submit a W-9 to her PH bank and not the IRS? Normally a W-9 is issued FROM an Employer to someone who did work for them. Since she did not work for the bank in the PH, I wonder why she has to submit a W-9 to the bank in PH.. I understand adding interest in our 1040.
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Hi all! Just a question.
My K1 wife of nearly 3 years got an email from one of her banks in the Philippines, and they said to comply with international laws,
she needs to submit a W-9 or a W-8BEN form by the end of the month. I assume it's a check for people in the US hiding money in foreign banks.
Her PH banks, one in PHP and one in Dollars. She had these for a long time, long before we met. Anyways, all of her income derived in US is from work, including payroll deductions, and a W-2. We file jointly.
Any ideas of what needs to be done?
Thanks people!
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Will Boundless charge additional fees for any "errors" they made, such as submitting forms from an expired form date, etc? For submitting forms again? Lawyers are not perfect, and mostly their staff does all the work. For my wife and I, we did the paperwork ourselves, and the AOS process. next is ROC and N-400.
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39 minutes ago, markwebb said:
Did anyone who got their GC in 2020 apply for stimulus check by IRS and got it as well ?
my wife got her GC in March 2020 and we’re not sure if we should apply for stimulus check for her.
If you and her filed a joint Federal tax forms, even without the GC, she would be elegible with her SS# . You would have to had filed for the year 2019 jointly. I don't know of any way to apply for it. For us, it was automatically.
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46 minutes ago, Ferrero said:
Hello everyone,
Has anyone had any luck getting their Green Card interview scheduled ever since the pandemic happened?
Our green card interview has been ready to be scheduled since March of 2020 and we are just getting a bit worried.
Field Office of Detroit, Michigan.
I'm not Michigan, but ours was a 15 month wait, and that was pre-covid! "Ready to Schedule" is just that. There is no date, it's just that they will proceed when they proceed. Be it 6 months or 18 months. All you can do is enjoy life and check off and on for changes in status. We had Text and Emails turned on, didn't want to miss an update!
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I will be interesting if, found guilty of all charges, he gets stripped of Citizenship and Deported.
"Dunbar was charged with faking a marriage to illegally obtain US citizenship
and theft and embezzlement from a previous job with a major bank."
And yet, Philly hires him as the City Treasurer
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22 hours ago, bsoraya said:
Hello guys,
i have a zoom appointent with an immigration attorney tomorrow regarding a K-1 visa. i want to know what are the questions my fiancé and i should ask if you can help me with suggestions.
Thank you
I agree with the others on pro or con for a K1 lawyer. I don't read any, who said their lawyer was the greatest, but there are quite a number of lawyer horror stories. Keep in mind also, it's normally not the lawyer who does the work, his staff puts it all together from the info and forms YOU provide. Lost papers, missed filings, wrong date on a form. Suddenly everyone is an Immigration expert. We did our own. And if you were to get married first and file spouse, the money saved over the K1 might pay a big chunk of the legal fees charged to you.
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2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:
Thread title is edited to match the cited article.
Thread is moved from the Work Visas forum to the Current Events forum.
Thanks for fixing this. was not positive on which area to post. !!
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Wang is charged with visa fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). If convicted, he faces a maximum statutory penalty of ten years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
SAN FRANCISCO – Xin Wang, a scientific researcher and officer with the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) was arrested in LA as he was exiting the US. Most likely a LOT more going on here then just plain old visa fraud, but on multiple false statements on (at least one) Visa.
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45 minutes ago, Jade13 said:
My husband and I are ready to file my AOS so I called my local office this morning to enquire on something , and was told that I can mail my packet in but don't expect anything to be done about it as they are in deep trouble financially and are about to be without half the workforce, confirmed bin the article below, so I'm now very worried about sending my packet in if it's just gonna sit there because they are understaffed?? Anyone else concerned ???
Thanks Trump 😠
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/immigration-system-budget-cuts
I don't know if it will help, but keep a copy of the mailing, that it was indeed mailed to the gov, and receipt that it was at least delivered. If you get in trouble that you are out of status, at least you have something to show you are trying. I think if you are not stopped for anything, or questioned, you will get by until they send you your receipt.
Retire in the Philippines?
in Philippines
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Yes, I am the USC and my wife the Filipino Citizen, she has her 10 yr card, and already filed the N-400. She arrived in Jan 2018 and we have been in the US all this time. Just looking in to retiring in the Philippines in a simple rural area.