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4 hours ago, top_secret said:

 

The form looked like this.  I has their picture on the front page.  Good luck with CFO.  We made it through that pretty easily in a day and a half. Everything looks good to go now and they should be here Tuesday if nothing goes wrong.

 

She has them. Thanks again.

1 minute ago, top_secret said:

Your fiancée should have received a personal copy of the computer printout from Saint Luke's with all her ID and a complete list of all the vaccines.  Make sure she hangs on to that for school enrolment.

Thanks, I'll check with her. Hoping to have her visa today. Be here by next Friday if no glitches with the CFO. 

2 minutes ago, top_secret said:

 

 

I suspect probably 'most' adults, in the Philippines and probably even in the US and elsewhere are at least overdue for their boosters even if they did have vaccination records.  An adult applicant repeating a medical where they were already vaccinated the full course the first time around due to no records, would almost certainly be due for a second round of boosters to bring them current again by the time the new medical rolled around.  So it makes sense the Saint Luke’s would need to give them a whole other round of boosters on a repeat medical to meet US requirements that they be current on all vaccines.   I also suspect many if not most school aged kids in the Philippines may be behind on their boosters even if they did get vaccines early on.  As my wife was packing stuff for the trip here, she somewhat belatedly located her daughters baby book with vaccine records that she did not bring to Saint Luke's.  It looks like she got pretty much the full course of vaccines there for about the first 2 years of her life and then they kind of slacked off after that.  That baby book was a huge help getting her registered in California school but even with the rather extensive vaccinations the first two years of her life she was still past due for and needed all but one of the 6 shots she got at Saint Luke’s with no vaccination records at the time.  She could have skipped the Hep B since she already had a one-shot surplus there.  So now she has a 2 Hep B shot surplus.  She should be bulletproof for Hep B anyways. 😉   The remaining 5 shots she got were all still necessary to complete her California school enrollment requirements.  AFTER what she got at Saint Luke’s she is still short 1 Varicella shot to remain enrolled in school here but it’s not due for another 2 months.

So her 4 year old daugter got 5 or 6 shots. Will I be able to get a record of her vaccinations from St Lukes for when she enrolls in school? Will they giver he a copy in her visa pack or upon entry?

2 hours ago, brightfuture78 said:

That makes no sense. You're telling me if she presents all the records to them that THEY gave her the immunizations already, they will still make her do it again? I know SLEC is pretty negligent, but I'm still finding that hard to believe.

They had her records from the previous medical exam 18 months before and gave her shots again.

6 minutes ago, flicks1998 said:

Im thinking he meant to say, "they give all the shots again if you have no documentation on having received them in the past".  If the immunizations were done on the previous medical, SLEC would not be doing them again.  However, the fees remain the same.

They had her records from the previous medical exam 18 months before and gave her shots again

56 minutes ago, Pack88 said:

While Patiently waiting for our I-129-F to reach the embassy I have been assembling all the required documentation needed to make this a one visit journey to the Manilla Embassy, My lady told me that she does not have her childhood vaccination record, this prompts the question what does thye medical fols do- do they titer test to see if you need any, do they administer a whole new set and lastly is this an additional charge?  Thanks

They will vaccinate regardless. Before our interview was cancelled in March 2020, my fiancee had her medical and they vaccinated her. She had to redo the medical last month and they vaccinated her again. 

2 hours ago, BOKURAGAITA said:

So yesterday was my Medical at St. Lukes, no sign of illness, no fever, no cough just plain excited and of course Im negative in swabtest. 

I was surprised when they told me that I need to do a Sputum Test, at first im confused because my last Medical July 2020 im good. 

So, 3 days collection and today was my 1st. I have a hard time coughing since I dont have like bad cough and I gagged the entire time trying to spit and if i drink cold and eat sweets  thats when l get cold cough. My spit (sorry) was clear and im so confused how they concluded i have "something" in my lungs. 🤦‍♀️ they should have concluded after 2x attempt of xray and not just " they saw a line, something" once,

Oh Lord JESUS. 

This whole sputum thing is the worst, need to reschedule my interview. If im done in 2mos waiting how long the Embassy can reschedule my interview? 

 

Thank you. 

When we had to rescdule ours recently (for a different reason) it took 2 months. Then they only gave us 1 week notice.

29 minutes ago, brightfuture78 said:

Thanks for the info. My fiancé actually fully completed the medical at SLEC a year ago - so, she got all of her immunization shots from them. I'm hoping that'll make the process much faster this time around.  

They give all the shots again

38 minutes ago, brightfuture78 said:

So... they finally sent us an interview date. However, for some reason, they expedited it. It's scheduled for November 4th, which is 2 weeks from now. The issue with this is as follows:

 

- My fiancé is scheduled to get her second pfizer vaccine shot on the 29th of October... I suppose she can take a flight to Manila the next day or two after that.

- My fiancé says November 1-2 is a Philippines holiday. I'm guessing St. Luke's will be closed on those 2 days? Which would mean we only have one day (November 3) in which to complete the medical exam.

 

This is a really tight timeline. Does this seem feasible or is it pushing things? I really don't want to reschedule as I have no idea how far back that would put us in the queue again.

It's going to be tight. My fiancee completed the medical in one day. Schedule the earliest appointment. Congratulations on the interview. They only gave us 1 weeks notice. 

5 minutes ago, top_secret said:

No,  Ours never worked by passport number.  It's the UID number from https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ or https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/

Thanks! Its there

Just now, top_secret said:

 

Ours showed up on 2GO's tracking late afternoon the second day after "issued".

That should be tomorrow. You just put in the passport #?

Just now, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Do you mean from "approved" to "issued"?

 

According to your timeline, 15 days?  So sometime this week.

 

Congratulations.))

Thanks. It was released yesterday. The delivery part is more of a Philippines thing. 

Just Curious

14 minutes ago, Oregontripper said:

So, Plan B, a one - way itinerary to Mexico City, that might cause suspicion? LOL

 

 

 

Appreciate the inputs.

 

Mexico generally does not let Filipinos in. There have been some posts here of Filipinos not being admitted and turned around. 

10 hours ago, D&D&Dk1 said:

 

Prior to broad based Philippines government covid restrictions it was fairly easy for a filipina to travel abroad. CFO wasn't required most of the time. I traveled with my fiancee and our child abroad quite a few times. These days they are making it much harder to leave as well as travel to the Philippines. 

 

The whole CFO thing was meant to cut down on human trafficking but the reality is if you look at the statistics most human trafficking in the Philippines is done through the multitude of shady placement agencies run behind the scenes by powerful people.

 

You travelled with her. Filipinos traveling alone is much different, and as TopSecret said without travel history and other arbitraty requirements, they make it extremely difficult to leave. 

My friend can book with award miles and charge me .01 cents a mile which is $750 for two tickets from Manila. Thats more than a 50% savings. The tickets will show purchased by him. Is that going to be a problem?

The K2 still shows Administrative Processing? How long after it shows Issued can I track with ToGo?

Status changed from Ready to Administrative Processing.  We are really trying to get them here before the vaccine mandate. She does not want to be vaccinated there and neither do I. 

Just checking how long for status to change to "Issued". 

48 minutes ago, Joy S. said:

Congratulations!!! When did you file your k1 visa? 

July 2019. Had interview in March 2020, but got cancelled due to Covid. Then again on August 2021, but got cancelled due to lockdown. Now October 7,  she passed.

Just now, BJ&V said:

I also had an interview yesterday at the US embassy; and I was approved. My status at CEAC still shows 'Ready and has not changed.

The 01 says Ready but the 02 for her daughter says refused

Does she need to do anything with the CFO for her 4 year old daughter?

16 minutes ago, AlaMike said:

Finally, Some good news.

You all deserve this. 

Thanks, they asked her daughter (4) more questions than my fiancee. lol 

9 hours ago, Ed&Midori1031 said:

That's truly amazing.  806 days, not a lot of couples can do that.  Congrats!

It made us so much stronger. Eventhough we had our times, we always kept sight that we were not the cause of this delay, so many other people are going through the same thing, and the fight is out there, not between us.