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I would also like to say that I have a friend of mine who has worked in both Iraq and Somalia as a OFW, and now working back in Iraq. She has not been home since 2011 because she has an Iraqi and Afghanistan stamp in her passport. So accordingly to her and "something she has heard from the Filipino Grapevine" that she will not be allowed out of the Philippines because of those stamps in her passport. 

You did it right. In PA you can't even change your name on your marriage certificate (we did self uniting marriage, it's just your name, your spouses name and then the signatures of both and the best man/maid of honor), and I applied for AOS in my married name and got my SSN in my married name simply by showing my marriage certificate. Got an RFE for AOS but not because of my name (forgot to send W2) so it should be fine.

Huh?  This makes no sense at all.  Changing one's surname after marriage is entirely up to the person in question.

Well we had the same experience except they only interview me less than 5 mins and same to my husband and my kid was there too..it wasn't seems too serious interview to us hehe

What do you mean? 😅😅 

My ead got deny because of my green card.. its not like deny deny they just close it because they issue me a gc
 
So to all gc holders who dont have a ssn yet lets meet in SSA 😂😂😂

Is it an expedited EAD? Sorry im confuse.
 
USCIS didnt issue me a ssn they close my EAD application because i received my Green card i still need to visit SSA to apply for ssn.  Not in a hurry just curious on how you guys gonna get your ead. Sorry i dont have time to re-read the past post 😅😅

My ead got deny because of my green card.. its not like deny deny they just close it because they issue me a gc
 
So to all gc holders who dont have a ssn yet lets meet in SSA 😂😂😂

Paxibaya must be the philipinized version of my name. 

Yes, there are a couple countries where Philippine passport holders can not go which is primarily Somalia, Iraq, and Syria. 

Let us know if u have ssn in hand 

These days you must close your ears from lawyers..
 
Anyway. Some states base on what i read dont allow changing name via marriage but i dont hear much about it..if your state allow the name change through marriage then you'll be fine.
 
passport name can be changeable  once you have your gc and decide to renew your passport...
 
What i know you can get ssn with your maiden name/ before you get married or 2 weeks before I94 expired but some people are unlucky to get one including myself..
 
God bless
 

Why so much paperwork?   Documents for evidence don't take up that much space.    You need copies of your most recent tax return, W2 & I-134 (and the embassy most likely won't ask this stuff), you need relationship evidence - just a page or two from every month if you chatted, FB or whatever, then 4 -6 pictures of the two of you, CENOMAR, BIRTH CERTIFICATE, NBI (+foreign police certificate if you lived in a foreign country) .  That is about as exciting as it gets.  And of course a copy of your DS-160 confirmation and you original deposit receipt for the visa payment at BPI.     That is it... 
 
If you want to bring a rolling file cabinet I guess you can, just no electronics of any type.

Sigh... people.... 

1000 chat pages... good lord.... 😨

You misread that the OP did not say 250pages total but 250 pages for every month. 
 
Do away with the chat pages because they will not be looked at at all with even 45 pages. Pictures, receipts and maybe 5-10 pages of chats if you really want to bring them.

I'm bring in the regular stuff + Chats from 10/2017, 4/2018, 10/2018, and Feb 2018 (when ready)- Each month is about 250 pages.
 
I don't want to take any chances as this is my 3rd K1 and marriage. 

Since long I wanted to say to u .... u r a negative noob
i have seen all u post never ever motivating ppl. Don’t forget every one has different issues but the hard wait time is same for everyone may be not u because u r Canadian ( no offences )
 
now we are discussing real time issues here like ssn n all coz of the shutdown ssn which can be there in 2 days will take weeks and without ssn everything is vain
 
Now coming to u if it’s offends u , I will more than happy not to share my experience and info .... thanks all 
nice being in the forum

Just a reminder for you all expeditors....it's fine to celebrate but if you havent noticed everybody else has retracted from posting on this thread as you seem to have taken over with your celebrations. We ARE happy for you but keep your fellow filers in mind. You are an exception, the rest of us are not and are still waiting.

Yeah I know but it's ok. I like to joke with my wife saying that she is a Lola na and then I usually get hit lol. 

Damn i cant beat this age gap😂😂me 26 and husband 33..i was so proud that its not a huge gap and that i thought i made a big difference but i was wrong 😂😂

They just sent my approval notice on Jan 16 , no card being mailed out yet... Oh why oh why??? when when when...

You don't need a certificate from the Philippine embassy, simply carry a copy of your marriage certificate < this will show why there is a name change.
 
 

You don't even need a certificate from the Philippine embassy.  Your marriage certificate will be enough.

About 3:30pm Thursday,mailbox and nope no sign.