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My sister in law has received the F1 visa. Coming from Philippines she will be arriving in the U.S.. I belive she received some instructions about bringing proof of financial support to the Port of Entry when she arrives. Does that mean to just bring the I-20? Or does it mean to also bring bank statements? From what I understand it looks like she'll just need her Visa, Passport and I-20, but I want to make sure. 

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

No way would they ever waive a K-1 interview....under any circumstances.

Haha yeah it figures. Thought maybe with covid he could take the easy way out. But now it's actually the hardest ever way out.

8 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Nope 

Yeah figures. 

I'm asking for a friend. Wondering if he could get approved to wave the in person meeting requirement due to Covid. His fiance is in Philippines he's in U.S

I know the only thing that would allow a waiver is "extreme hardship". 

Wondering if Covid lock downs and quaranteen requirements would qualify as that. 

Economically it would cause it forsure, because of the extensive quaranteen requirements in Philippines, he would lose his job. But I think that's not what USCIS cares about when it comes to extreme hardship. 

Anyways, is there any way to wave the meeting requirement due to Covid? 

No she did not. Thats just the price for the university. It's a small school where they only have 3 different programs and MBA is one of them. It's very affordable. I learned about it because one of my co workers came here from Nigeria through that school and the same program.

On 8/7/2021 at 5:07 AM, arken said:

At least quote it properly. Anyway, if you don't like the answers here, you always have the choice to pay hundreds of dollars to lawyers just to have them say "yes she will need much more than 30-40K income." 

Well I've done some research and determined that 50k income would be the best for this situations. Coming from Philippines 50k a year is considered rich in the top 20% of earning families. If someone reports earning 80k per year in philippines, there would be red flags.

On 8/7/2021 at 8:37 AM, belinda63 said:

Not sure what program she is attending that is only $14,700 for an international student and not my business.

Schools usually require payment up front, a few do payment plans. She should be able to show she has the entire funds to pay for school, books, housing, and food for the entire program. I will assume she will live with you guys so she would need to show, IMO, at least $20,000 up front.

Thank you. Its an MBA program in California, total cost for entire program is $14,700. After doing more research i figure $20,000 and an Income of at least 50k is what is needed.

10 hours ago, arken said:

Looking for real answers from non pseudo intellectuals only please. 

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

Do you think it’s realistic for the US consulate to accept that half or two thirds her mom’s annual income is going to go to paying for college?

Hmm Great question! Do you think I would be asking if I knew? 

Inquiring for my sister in-law who is in Philippines, trying to get her F1 visa to U.S.

She's 23 years old. Cost of the entire program is $14,700 (University). Her I-20 shows $20,000 from the sponsor (her mother). What do you think the minimum annual income of her mother should be, in order for her to pass the financial part of the interview? Is $30K-$40k enough? Or will she need more? Thank you.

20 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

 

There are plenty of reasons why you should not make personal information available, like scams for one.

Thanks👍 gonna change it 

30 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

Is your user name your email? that's not a good idea

Why not?

10 minutes ago, eirinlinn said:

My husband had success with speaking to a USCIS representative on EMMA chat on the Uscis website. He asked for "live agent" and it connected him. Sometimes it doesn't let you but if you do it a few times eventually it'll put you on a chat queue and put you through to someone. 

 

 

Oh nice thanks for that. Will try 👍

We are in California. Our form was accepted on September 19, 2020. We kept checking and calling, no update. Then decided to just keep waiting. Yesterday I called again and they said we missed our appointment on February 9th. They said they sent the letter out. We didn't receive anything. Even on the my uscis website there is no update or alert about the appointment. Now they're saying send a letter to the Alexandria office in Virginia. We must include the original appointment letter. We don't have the original because we never received it. Now I'm back on the phone waiting for an hour again to talk to someone. 

Yesterday they told me an officer would call me. Never called. All the uscis offices have the same phone number as the main one everyone calls. 

Any suggestions?

4 minutes ago, GRANTMAN1987@GMAI said:

Yeah we have a lot of texts to support everything. For some odd reason the lady preferred to text rather than call which showed me she's not really serious, just trying to antagonize my wife. 

 

The lady advertised on Housekeeper. Com website for a full time nanny for $14hr. During the interview I believe they agreed again to $14hr, but I was not at the interview so I can't be sure. When my wife first received pay, it turned out to be $13hr. I didn't make a deal of it, I thought maybe just a misunderstanding. 

 

The lady has very sociopathic tendencies.

We noticed every single week, she wouldn't pay the full check on time. She would say "I can pay $500 now and then 400 on Monday as I have maxed out with cashapp". 

 

One time in particular, my wife had to ask her for even the first initial payment on payday. The lady responded saying "I always pay on Fridays at 5pm." That threw me off guard and made me think maybe I didn't notice and maybe we're being too anxious or paranoid about the paycheck. The next following payday at 5pm, STILL no payment. Thats when I realized she's good at blaming others and making them feel guilty for her crimes. 

 

Here's the part where it really gets sketchy: 

 

It was during the last couple of weeks my wife worked with her. On a Friday, my wife was set to finish her shift. She had a dentist appointment scheduled right after. The lady then sent a text saying "Can you please cancel your appointment and stay longer to watch Lewi, because I have a crisis that I'm going through".

 

Lewi is her 5 year old son. He's an only child. And the lady says he's an artifical insemination child which is why he has no father. The kid loved my wife in that 7 months of working with his mother. 

My wife agreed to stay later as requested. 

 

It turned out something fowl may have happened between the kid and the lady's boyfriend. Maybe at the boyfriends house or a different location, but not at her home where my wife worked. 

 

The reason we found out is because the kid told my wife that "Ryan is bad now". And prior to that, the kid loved Ryan like a father. He then told my wife something along lines of the Ryan guy putting something in his rear end area. It even pains to type this. 

 

For even further validation, the lady had another nanny that worked at nights and weekends to relieve my wife. The other nanny textd my wife and said the kid told her the same thing. We still have the text messages. 

 

The following week after that whole incident, the lady said she was moving out. She then kept going to hotels just about every day as if she was trying to avoid being home. My wife was actually going to different hotels to work with her and basically entertain the kid. The hotels were fairly expensive, running between 200-400 per night. My wife said she found a mail letter in the lady's car from some type of child abuse agency regarding the kid Lewi.

 

So now we're up to the final week of working with her. My wife was the one packing up all of her things. On the final day, the lady was not home. She instructed my wife to just leave the keys in the apartment. My wife did that, and that was the last time we saw her. 

 

Shortly after is when we asked for the pay, and the lady said she's on a camping trip in the middle of the woods and that she doesn't have signal to send the payment. 

 

Very sketchy. 

 

Basically this whole conflict is over now I believe. Her last text messages, she threatened my wifes citizenship, then I brought up the fact that my wife was concerned about her son, and i told her to please leave us alone. Since then, the lady hasn't responded. 

 

So i believe the story is all done now but I have other text message screenshots i can post here if anyone wants to see them. 

 

 

 

 

Sorry I mixed the story a little bit. 

After she said she had a crisis, my wife continued to work with her in the hotels and such because we didn't know what the crisis was. 

It wasn't until the final week working with her that the kid told my wife that stuff about the boyfriend. And also finding that mail letter in the lady's car was during the final week. 

16 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

It's absolutely wage theft.  Lack of status, or contract, doesn't prevent that.  Seems that they have plenty of texts to support their claim.

 

Same way you can't just injure, assault, or kill, someone because they're out of status.

Yeah we have a lot of texts to support everything. For some odd reason the lady preferred to text rather than call which showed me she's not really serious, just trying to antagonize my wife. 

The lady advertised on Housekeeper. Com website for a full time nanny for $14hr. During the interview I believe they agreed again to $14hr, but I was not at the interview so I can't be sure. When my wife first received pay, it turned out to be $13hr. I didn't make a deal of it, I thought maybe just a misunderstanding. 

The lady has very sociopathic tendencies.

We noticed every single week, she wouldn't pay the full check on time. She would say "I can pay $500 now and then 400 on Monday as I have maxed out with cashapp". 

One time in particular, my wife had to ask her for even the first initial payment on payday. The lady responded saying "I always pay on Fridays at 5pm." That threw me off guard and made me think maybe I didn't notice and maybe we're being too anxious or paranoid about the paycheck. The next following payday at 5pm, STILL no payment. Thats when I realized she's good at blaming others and making them feel guilty for her crimes. 

Here's the part where it really gets sketchy: 

It was during the last couple of weeks my wife worked with her. On a Friday, my wife was set to finish her shift. She had a dentist appointment scheduled right after. The lady then sent a text saying "Can you please cancel your appointment and stay longer to watch Lewi, because I have a crisis that I'm going through".

Lewi is her 5 year old son. He's an only child. And the lady says he's an artifical insemination child which is why he has no father. The kid loved my wife in that 7 months of working with his mother. 

My wife agreed to stay later as requested. 

It turned out something fowl may have happened between the kid and the lady's boyfriend. Maybe at the boyfriends house or a different location, but not at her home where my wife worked. 

The reason we found out is because the kid told my wife that "Ryan is bad now". And prior to that, the kid loved Ryan like a father. He then told my wife something along lines of the Ryan guy putting something in his rear end area. It even pains to type this. 

For even further validation, the lady had another nanny that worked at nights and weekends to relieve my wife. The other nanny textd my wife and said the kid told her the same thing. We still have the text messages. 

The following week after that whole incident, the lady said she was moving out. She then kept going to hotels just about every day as if she was trying to avoid being home. My wife was actually going to different hotels to work with her and basically entertain the kid. The hotels were fairly expensive, running between 200-400 per night. My wife said she found a mail letter in the lady's car from some type of child abuse agency regarding the kid Lewi.

So now we're up to the final week of working with her. My wife was the one packing up all of her things. On the final day, the lady was not home. She instructed my wife to just leave the keys in the apartment. My wife did that, and that was the last time we saw her. 

Shortly after is when we asked for the pay, and the lady said she's on a camping trip in the middle of the woods and that she doesn't have signal to send the payment. 

Very sketchy. 

Basically this whole conflict is over now I believe. Her last text messages, she threatened my wifes citizenship, then I brought up the fact that my wife was concerned about her son, and i told her to please leave us alone. Since then, the lady hasn't responded. 

So i believe the story is all done now but I have other text message screenshots i can post here if anyone wants to see them. 

1 hour ago, aaron2020 said:

Please don't do this.  It's not a great idea if the placeholder number is an actual SSN belonging to someone and this person actually reports the income.  You potentially are creating a problem for someone else.  In addition, using a fake SSN could lead to unintended consequences such as identity theft if the number actually belongs to someone.  If you pursue this, then it seems that $1500 is worth more BS.  

Cut your losses and be done.  

Yeah good points. I don't think the lady would pay anyways. The SSN is just her excuse to not pay. If I give her one there will be another excuse 

7 minutes ago, payxibka said:

I'd be tempted to provide a "placeholder" ssn just to see if she pays up.

Oh wow thats a good idea lol cant believe i didn't think about that 👍 i just might try that thanks lol 

7 minutes ago, NandV said:

I think she's trying to scare you. Do not trust her with any personal information. Also, if she paid taxes on what she paid your wife (that is if she even reports it), doesn't she also have to give your wife other benefits?

Exactly. She would have to pay 1.5 overtime for all of the extra hours my wife worked, and every single week was overtime. Plus unemployment insurance and social security. 

She tried to avoid that by saying my wife agreed to be an independent contractor which is false. There was no written agreement or documents signed. Plus under the work conditions according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, that work situation classifies as employee, not independent contractor. Thanks for reading

2 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

1.  Your wife can not be deported for working under the table.  Illegal work is ignored for the spouse of a USC.

 

2.  BS on having any attorney on retainer.  

 

3.  I wouldn't give this lady any personal information; especially SSN.  The chances for identity fraud and opening financial accounts are high.

4.  Let it go.  No one has clean hands.  Your wife was working illegally.  This lady took advantage of that.  Just let it go and ignore her.  Is $1500 worth more BS?

I agree completely thanks. $1500 definitely not worth more BS

2 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Spouses of US citizens are forgiven for unauthorized work. So don’t pay attention to the empty threats.

 

however, is it really worth going through filing a complaint with the labor board? Yes, it’s unfair how she didn’t pay your wife but your wife shouldn’t have been working in the first place. Just a food for thought.

Exactly no one is clean in this situation. I'll just let it go

My wife came in to the USA on K1. Her work permit has not come in yet. She worked for a lady as a nanny for about 7 months. The lady turned out to be crazy and sketchy.

At the end of the 7 months, the lady was in the process of moving out of her apartment because of some crisis as she says. My wife did all of the packing, worked over 80 hours. The lady did not pay my wife. Still owes her over $1500.

When my wife asked for the pay, the lady said "Oh sorry i knew i was forgetting something, I will send cashapp". Hours later, no payment, my wife texted her again. She then said "Im in the middle of the woods on a camping trip and there's not enough signal to send the money. I will have to send it when i return"

All of this is documented through text messages. 

Later we found out she was lying the whole time. She then started saying she needs my wife's information so that she can file taxes, and she will send the payment when my wife sends her W-9 information. Ofcourse its BS, but we decided to ignore it and take the loss. 

Months later the lady texted my wife again saying she's going to complete taxes and needs my wife's information, and she will take legal action agaisnt my wife, if my wife doesn't turn over her social security number and W-9 form. 

She says she has multiple attornies on retainer and she will consult one of them, so my wife will be responsible for all legal expensses. 

I replied to the lady "You still owe my wife $1500+ for over 80hrs of work that you have not paid correct?"

Her reply was "Yes that is correct and I will gladly send the payment when she sends the info requested. I am asking her to abide by the law"

I'm not affraid of this lady as I researched labor laws. She's is trying to classify my wife as an independent contractor to avoid her tax obligations, but the work conditions with my wife clearly distinguished my wife as an individual household employee, not an Independent contractor. 

Well the big info here is that she started threatening my wife with citizenship status. She says "This will not be good for her citizenship and her as a foreigner should be concerned with following the law"

My question is, can my wife be deported for working under the table without a work permit?

And final question is should I file a complaint with the labor board for all of the work violations this lady committed? Or should i just drop everything and let it go since we all have dirty hands?

Thanks for reading. 

3 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

OP, if you wish for this thread to be closed (100% up to you), please "report" it with that request.

Ok thank you 

5 minutes ago, JFH said:

If there is a genuine case of domestic abuse here, then there are resources available to her. As has been stated above, the non-emergency line for the police is a good place to start. 
 

Does she not have any friends closer to Michigan than you? 
 

Have to say, at the moment all you have is hearsay that this is happening. And some of the things you have mentioned are not really abusive by the way you describe. He wants her to take care of his kids whilst he works? What exactly did she expect would happen when she agreed to become the stepmother to these children whose father works outside the home? Such things as childcare arrangements and whether she would work or be a SAHM are usually discussed before a couple gets married and one of them moves halfway round the world to be with the other. Likewise not letting her send money home - he’s the breadwinner and he has children to feed and clothe. If she’s not working what makes her think her family in the Philippines is his financial responsibility? Where is the money supposed to come from? It sounds like the communication between them is poor and they need to be clear with each other what they expect, want and need from the relationship. You talked about a woman who went missing, probably feared dead. I think this case is a long way from that.  

And he said he “only brought her from the Philippines to take care of his children”. Well she wanted to come, no one forced her. And that sounds like something that was said in the heat of the moment and was probably instantly regretted. We have all said stupid things in domestic arguments that we later regret.

 

Have they tried counseling? 

Yeah I think you are very accurate. She did say he wouldn't let her work, but other than that everything you said seems legit. I just posted an update. And it sounds like it's their own drama that they both choose to be into. Thanks for the help

My wife's friend is from Philippines and lives with her husband in Michigan who is a cop there. They went through k1 process and I believe the girl has been here for 1 year. Over the last few months, my wife told me how the girl kept mentioning issues with the husband being too controlling; not letting her work or send money to her family back home, or go outside, and forcing her to stay home to take care of his 2 kids, and she believes he also is still intimate with his ex wife. 

Well about a week and a half ago, she called my wife early in the morning while in tears. She was crying because her and the husband had a fight.  She said the husband admitted that he only brought her from Philippines to take care of his kids and that he's willing to get a divorce. I told my wife to tell her friend that we will help her if needed, and she could come and stay with us in California to get back on her feet. The friend seemed to be interested in the offer, but ever since that day we haven't heard from her.

My wife says her friend is usually online every day posting things but for the past week and a half she has gone M.I.A. My wife talked to her friend's sister in Philippines, and neither the sister nor family has heard from the girl. Wife also called her phone multiple times and it goes straight to voice-mail as if the phone is off. But one night, maybe a couple nights ago, the phone rung. No answer. The next day, wife called again and it was back to straight voice-mail. 

We're a little concerned because we know of a story in Colorado where another k1 fiance from Philippines went missing over a domestic dispute maybe a year ago. Her name was Jepsy Amaga Kallungi and till this day she has never been found. 

At this pont, what could our course of action be? I'm reluctant to call the police, because if she's with the hubsand it might cause more trouble for the girl. Mind you the husband is a cop.