BadAmmoWitch

You're awesome, thank you very much.

Can I ask a quick question here? What purpose does the ROM serve? Are there any benefits?

Thanks for the response. Can the child have both USA and Philippines passports? Would that make her a dual citizen?

Hi all. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I'm a US citizen. My wife is a Philippines citizen, is US permanent resident. Our daughter (toddler) is a US citizen. We're all visiting the Philippines later this year together, and we're thinking about having my wife and daughter stay there for 3-4 months, while I would return to US after only 1 month. After 3-4 months, I would return to the Philippines and we all travel back to US together. Does my daughter need some kind of visa to stay in the Philippines for 3-4 months? Anything else I need to consider?

In 2022, flying from Manila to USA, the luggage-scanner people planted two 9mm bullets in my wife's suitcase. It was an almost brand new bag that had never come into contact with any guns or ammo. I had read about this scam before. I argued a lot. They took us to the on-site police officer, who asked us a bunch of questions and then let us go. The whole ordeal lasted about 45 minutes. I think they intended to plant the bullets in my bag, an American, rather than my Filipina wife's bag, so they could threaten me with jail time and extort me for money. I saw other people there that had their luggage shrink-wrapped prior to placing it on the conveyor belt for scanning. I will always do this in the future. Also, Grab is good, but not as good as Uber or Lyft or whatever here in USA. Definitely use it, but I've had trouble sometimes finding a driver, even in Manila.

Wow, you might be the biggest goods importer in the province. What kind of goods do you send? How do you handle labeling the items on the packing slip?

I can totally see my wife's family going through this. When we had her despedida/engagement party, it seemed like the entire town showed up.

This is great info, thank you very much. Yeah, I guess that's one of the downsides. Understood. Thank you for your response.

Hello everyone. Has anyone sent a balikbayan box to the Philippines recently? My wife and I are preparing to send our first balikbayan box to her family. At LBC, the lady said that we can have maximum 12 of each item. We have, for example, 15 bags of assorted chocolate (Snickers, Twix, etc). We also have 24 new Old Navy shirts of various styles and colors. Can we really only ship 12 of these bags of chocolate? Only 12 shirts? Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer. *edit for the mods: I tried to post this in the Philippines area, but I couldn't figure it out. Could you please move it there?

Found it! Thank you.

This is wise advice. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that to me! I will submit the additional forms with the I-485.

Thanks for the info! I'll check that guide now. But to be sure, the I-765 is for work authorization, and the I-131 is for travel? If my wife does not intend to work or travel any time soon, then I don't need those forms. I'm submitting I-485, I-864, and G-1145.

Hello everyone. A big thank you to anyone who can offer some advice. My wife entered with a K1 in June 2022, and we were married in the US later that same month. For various reasons, we did not file AOS paperwork, but we are ready to do it now. -Aside from the I-485, do we need to file any additional documents due to my wife's unauthorized stay? -Please confirm: we do NOT need to file I-130, correct? -Throughout the I-485, there are fields to enter my wife's A number, but I don't see this anywhere in our documents. Am I missing it? -I-485 item 22 asks for her non-immigrant visa number. Her K1 visa has two numbers that look like possibilities to me; what are the criteria for this number? Should I just list both? -I-485 item 4 asks for receipt number of underlying petition. Is this the WAC number from the K1 petition, or the MNL number from the Manila embassy? -Filing fees are $1140 for the I-485 and $85 for biometrics. Do I submit separate checks, or a single check for $1225? -I was under the impression that we needed to submit lots of evidence of continued relationship, but the I-485 instructions don't mention any of that. Should I submit evidence anyway? Again, thank you thank you thank you to anyone who can help us with this information. Have a great day!

Aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle. It was probably attempted murder and he plead down to this. He was shooting at someone in a car. OP, either way, in order for a K1 to be filed, you must have met in person within 2 years prior to submitting the application, so you'll have to wait until then.

At San Franciso port of entry, I went with my fiancee through the "non-US-citizen" area of immigration. We even went together when the agent called for the next in line. I just said something like "I'm a US citizen, she has a visa, I just want to make sure she gets where she needs to go". It was fine.

Log onto Tiktok and find the USCIS official account (named Ibrahim24853642). Pay 100,000 Nigerian Naira and they will expedite everything. I'm joking, don't do that.

Thanks. We filed right before Covid, December 2019. So about 2.5 years. Your experience should go a lot quicker.

That cover letter will be an automatic denial. Just kidding, looks good. My fiancee just arrived here in USA yesterday. Be patient and organized, read a lot and ask questions here. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Coincidence. "BadAmmoWitch" is an anagram for my name.

Hey everyone. My fiancee got her K1 visa and we successfully made it home to the USA last night, but we had some scares along the way. Our flight out of Manila was Sunday morning at 9:30 am. About 6am, we took the elevator down to check out of the Airbnb and get a taxi to NAIA. The elevator then got stuck and powered down on the 5th floor. This is somewhat of a nightmare for me, and I was picturing us missing our flight. I was already sweating, now stuck in this tiny, hot elevator for who knows how long? I can't imagine the elevator techs in the Philippines are going to be easy to conjure at 6am on a Sunday. I sounded the alarm from inside the elevator, and finally one of the residents on the 5th floor woke up and got security, who opened the door from the outside. We were only stuck for about 30 mins. We made it to the airport and proceeded to go through the initial security checkpoint with all our bags. The security officer noticed something in the scan of my fiancee's bag, and pulled us aside to investigate. One officer started filming everything on his phone, which scared me a bit. They emptied and searched the bag, but came up with nothing. Then they re-scanned the empty bag and now noticed a second suspicious item. In the liner (!!!) of the bag, accessible via zipper that she or I had never opened, the security officer found two 9mm bullets right in front of my eyes. I bought this bag, a typical medium-sized piece of luggage, in the Philippines for my fiancee in 2019, and it was never out of her possession. I read stories online about airport security planting bullets and then extorting money to let the traveler go. Airport security involved a police officer, who grilled us for about 30 minutes. They ultimately believed us and let us go. We know that someone planted those bullets, but we can't figure out who or when. We made our flight with a little time to spare, but I got a few gray hairs out of it. Everything else went smoothly, and hallelujah, we made it home.

You were right of course. We made it home s couple hours ago. Getting settled in.

Thank you both. Big thanks to you Hank, whose information helped me immensely through this process.

Hello everyone. I don't remember how this works. Any info is much appreciated. My fiancee just got her K1 visa, CFO completed, and we are flying together on June 5. Manila to Tokyo to LA to Sacramento. So the first point of entry will be at LAX, with plenty of time to make our connecting flight to Sacramento. Last time I visited the Philippines in 2019, I'm pretty sure my checked luggage went all the way through to Sacramento when I returned. I'm reading some general information that a non-citizen has to get their luggage before going through Customs/Immigration. So how does this work for us? We land together at LAX, and my fiancee's checked luggage will be on the carousel at baggage claim? She picks up her luggage, goes through Customs/Immigration, then re-checks her luggage with the airline? What about my luggage, will that still go all the way to Sacramento? Does the initial check-in airline somehow designate my fiancee's luggage differently than mine, based on her US immigrant status?

Our visa is showing as "Issued" on CEAC website. Since we're traveling around for a while, we chose against home delivery and picked an LBC location for delivery. Do they give any indication when the visa is actually delivered, or do we just call LBC every day until they receive it and it's ready for pickup? Thanks in advance.

Yes- the roads to the Airbnb are really steep. We haven't been in the town yet, but I prefer to let the grab/taxi drivers do the driving for me while in a heavy traffic area. The Wigo has been great, and ultimately it did the trick, even here in Baguio.