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October 19 - sent Aos application
Interview - January 11
GC - January 17(no need for ead for me because i  already received my gc)

They can be follow to join as k2 but.make sure to list them and and filled the area where it ask "if they are coming to the US with the parent or they gonna be follow to join.

To renew your passport in your married name yes you need to complete ROM.
 
(Duffy doesn't want to do ROM for a variety of reasons    )

October 19 - sent Aos application
Interview - January 11
GC - January 17(no need for ead for me because i  already received my gc)

I had the great opportunity to have dinner with a director of the VSC Saturday evening. A sit turns out his wife is Russian, came here on a K-1 and is now an aquaintance of Alla. So we had some great conversation. Our next step will be the I-751 and he has worked in his career as an IO who conducted AOS and lifting of conditions interviews and gave me lots of good information on evidence. Here are some things he likes to see and others which are "useless" in his words
Good stuff
Joint bank accounts, joint tax returns, joint ownership of property, cars. Joint leases. Joint insurance. Named as beneficiaries on life insurance and medical insurance. Joint credit cards. Any other joining of financial interests (the theory is that if one is willing to risk your property and money the relationship is more likely valid) Government documents showing common address, drivers lisence, etc. Photos are good, kind of expected, but NOT primary evidence.
Children?
Yes and no. If you just had a child together and the man is nothing more than a sperm donor...no. IF you have children, whether "together" or with a blended family and there is evidence that BOTH participate in the child's development and education, and care that is great! I told him I am listed on all of our son's school papers as parent, I am an emergency contact and I sign all the permission slips, etc. He is covered by my medical insurance. All good stuff. A birth certificate in itself ("Look we have a kid") does not prove a legitmate relationship. It is especially important that the school (an objective 3rd party) recognizes both people as "parents" and accepts this. Medical records for the child showing both people as parents. same reasoning. If a doctor will recognize and treat a child based on their knowledge of both being parents, that is pretty darn good evidence.
Useless or not so useful stuff
Magazine subscriptions together (WHAT??? "Yes, you would be surprised how many couples present a Sports Illustrated subscription as proof") Utilities, cards and letters from relatives, emails, chats etc. Theory? all of these can be easily faked and in themselves prove nothing. Utilities do not verify information before adding someone to an account and hey, it's the electric bill, you are going to pay the electric bill anyway. There is no financial risk involved, no commitment as in joint ownership. Affidavits from friends or family do not have a lot of weight. None of these things are BAD and in conjunction with other evidence are fine, but not enough to prove anything themselves.
This is probably not news to a lot of people, but it was good to hear it from the "horse's mouth" anyway.
Incidentally, I mentioned that we never had a question at any of our interviews and never were asked for any evidence and he said "Sometimes we can just tell. Whatever you did, whatever your body language or how you acted, the IO was immediately convinced you were legitimate" I cannot say what that was, unfortunately.
Another question I asked, actually Alla did since she did not change her name
Does it matter if the woman changes her name?: NO, not at all.
About citizenship (Alla also asked)
Can I be a dual citizen? Answer..."The United States does not recognize other citizenships. You are a US citizen or you are not a US citizen. Once you become a US citizen the United States does not consider you anything else. We will not take your passport from Ukraine and we will not tell Ukraine you are now a citizen of the US. If you want to keep your Ukraine passport and renew it in Ukraine when you are visiting, it is none of our concern"
So the US has no policy and does not recognize any such thing as "dual citizenship" per se, but has no prohibitions from a person being a citizen of another country also, for the US you will always be considered a US citizen
Can I use a Ukraine passport to enter Ukraine and a US passport to enter the US? Yes, no problem.
What about stamps in the passport from the US or Ukraine?: The officers at the POE will ask where you have been, they rarely will look through all your exit stamps and really don't care. They are admitting you to the US, they really don't care if the country you LEFT stamped your passport, the US does not stamp passports on exit.
I ask this because Ukraine does not allow dual citizenship and I do want to keep my Ukraine passport for ease of travel to Russia, etc, and also if we ever decided to return, we have property there, I could easily work, etc. I do not want to do anything wrong and get in trouble here. The US does not care about Ukrainian law regarding citizenship, that's between you and Ukraine, but WE won't tell. Unless there is some order from a court or something, we don't give out that information.

Interesting how Cebu has different ways than Manila ...   what is the saying?  Oh ya .. Welcome to the Philippines.    

wow pinoy also.. good luck kabayan..

It might come sooner than the expected delivery date like mine😊😊
 
Congrats 

Thank you.  Can't wait for us to be together.  
 
 
 

Yea im a Filipino and I hate how people in Philippines view/beliefs to american or any foreigners.. they dont have common sense.. they always think that foreigners are rich they never think that foreigners also needed to work for living. 
 
True horror story in Philippines.. me and my husband call them "scammers" 😂😂

Check what those initial says about..the big CHECK that its complete is means complete.
 
You will be fine.
 
If you ever do want to have another vaccine in the state like MMR,hepaA make sure to bring your the vaccination sheet so that they can compare if your fiance need another vaccine and not .

That make sense..i did receive some mails from embassy too..those are a hard copy of their email instructions on how to proceed to the next step but i received those after my interview and already had my passport with visa.. 
 
Things seems clear now. Good luck on your upcoming interview God bless

No need for the I-130 if adjusting after entry via a K-1....fire that attorney....

After i pick up my kiddo from school we decided to go to doughnuts place nearby and also we went to the asian store next door.. While walking in the store i heard an old person talking on his phone in"tagalog"so i know he is a Filipino.. I followed what other members here (who has a Filipino spouse)advice about talking first lol Usually most filipino i seen in other store they have this"masungit" attitude luckily this guy was smiling ..well most costumer in that store always smile(maybe because there are so many asian people?) 😂😂I talk to the guy first asking him what he was looking for and he was like Wow you are my kababayan i thought you are Japanese 😂😂
And the conversation start and it was a small world he knows the only Filipina that my husband used to work with..
 
This is part of my life here in america.
Meeting a person who speak your original language is like a gift of god and you were like wow for the first time in my 5 months in america i get to talk to a person from my home country hahah
 
Just sharing with excitement 😂😂

We dont have to criticize the OP..we are here to help and im sure they are aware of the future circumstances. He already mentioned it.
 
OP is just confuse about the payments,opening a bank account which bank seems threatened them that they will get denied if they dont open one lol
 
I still want to know about the p3 that OP mention though.. i never heard about the p3 in k1 maybe it's new? I dunno
 
 

@payxibka the thing is i live in remote province in the Philippines and when i was gathering my documents there for my k1 application my god government workers and church staff are just made me angry they suggest things that is not necessary that is why i learn to process most things online on my own..
 
But i think i know what to do with the church thing..i have a brothen in-law who works in our local church and know some priest i will ask him later..its actually its not just a renewal of vows for us but also a baptism of my nephew lol we will just gonna celebrate those 2 things at once, my sister cant afford the baptism so i guess priest will always be involve 😅😅
 
Thanks guys!!

If approved it usually take 1 week or less to 1 1/2 months.
 
Well at least base on what other member timelines here.
 
If youre approved and expecting a gc later after the interview they wont issue you an ead or ap anymore.

Yea im a Filipino and I hate how people in Philippines view/beliefs to american or any foreigners.. they dont have common sense.. they always think that foreigners are rich they never think that foreigners also needed to work for living. 
 
True horror story in Philippines.. me and my husband call them "scammers" 😂😂

We dont have to criticize the OP..we are here to help and im sure they are aware of the future circumstances. He already mentioned it.
 
OP is just confuse about the payments,opening a bank account which bank seems threatened them that they will get denied if they dont open one lol
 
I still want to know about the p3 that OP mention though.. i never heard about the p3 in k1 maybe it's new? I dunno
 
 

Thank you for the kind reply.  
The P3 was probably a mis-understanding on my part.  I'll update when I find out.
 

Thats normal..they usually charge an extra but not too much. It could just be a dollar or two.
 
Were so confuse here..so you guys already scheduled the interview?
 
What is this p3 about?
 
If youre just asking about the visa fee and the extra charge thats completely normal.
 
And your fiance might just misunderstood the teller.. bank in pinas usually offer people who who go to their branch to open a bank account and they do/say everything they can so you will open an account with them. 
 
If you have your interview scheduled and already paid the visa application fee then you guys are ok.. ignore the bpi they are not an immigration officer to deny your visa 😂😂
 
If theres a mail coming then just wait for it and see what it would say.
 
Good luck!

You need to visit the Philippines regional forum for understanding the Manila process better 

Todays market rate is 52.61/$1.00
 

2018 ITRs aren't due until tax day. They aren't even accepting them yet for 2018.

If @payxibka is right and thats what your fiance received then its completely normal. 
 
Question is: why did your fiance go to bpi and knows about this fees without reading the instructions on how to pay her visa application in bpi?
Take note: it called MRV slip that she needs to download and print before she could go to bpi and pay for visa application.
 
I hope she didn't ask one of her neighbor about this process because usually neighbors are smart ### they know everything but to ruin things.