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    Eva Air

    in Philippines

    Posted · Edited by Will&Christine

    Funny how this topic show up when I am seriously thinking of booking round trip Eva air to Philippines this May. I was on the fence first flying Eva air but thanks to replies I'm not. Lol. Either this or China airline but it have extra 11 hours layover on return trip. So I picked Eva air.

    Philippines Immunization Record? Additional Vaccines?

    in Philippines

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    3 hours ago, top_secret said:

    Saint Lukes will send a K1 through without COVID vaccine saying she can just do it in the US but they will give her an "incomplete" medical.  So, when she is in the US adjusting status she would probably have to re-do the entire medical since you probably can't find a Civil Surgeon that would be willing to sign it off as complete with only the COVID vaccine.  Way easier to get the COVID vaccine in the Philippines before Saint Lukes.

    No covid vaccine available anywhere in Philippines. My wife tried to get one recently and they told her no more vaccine available.

    It's been 7 months since DQ for my wife's I-130, still no interview date from NVC. Is this normal?

    in Philippines

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    On 1/12/2024 at 11:59 PM, Walter94 said:

    Our case has been documentarily qualified at the NVC since May of last year, but we still have not been contacted for an interview date. It was my understanding that the embassy in Manila didn't have much of a backlog for processing spousal visa cases. Any idea what's going on here? Is there a way to request an expedite, or to at least request more info on the status of our case?

     

    Thanks

    Is your case still at NVC? I heard NVC is getting huge backlog. I have been looking at timelines of IR/CR here and I noticed last nvc left case is last June 29. Nothing after that but plenty of nvc received since then. Little concerned here because I got DQ on my case couple weeks ago

    Does marrying online voids fiance visa if we didn't meet after?

    in Philippines

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    1 hour ago, AnnamaeRobert said:

    We were on the same boat. We waited almost two years for our K1 and then we ended up getting married online through Utah. A month after we were married and before I went to go visit her, we got an email that our K1 was being transferred to the embassy (AHHHHHH!!!).

     

    I asked around if we could still go back to the K1 because I didn't want to wait for the whole CR1 process, but we figured it was going to be too risky so we stuck it out. 

     

    Our CR1 process has been fast. We applied for it on January 2, 2022 and we are one week away from potentially being DQed from the NVC and transferred to the Manila Embassy. 

     

    Yes. we had to wait longer but it helped that I was able to visit her, and that when she gets here she will be able to start working immediately. 

    It's encouraging that it doesn't take very long for spouse visa to process. Able to work immediately is a nice bonus.

    Does marrying online voids fiance visa if we didn't meet after?

    in Philippines

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    1 hour ago, Adventine said:

    @Mike E thanks for the linked timeline in that 2010 thread. That was an interesting read.

     

    I still doubt how the answer "Immediately" can be truthful if they've already married. But those are semantics. 

     

    Continuing with the existing K1 visa is still too risky for my taste, although if OP wants to try it, I hope they come back and report on their experience.

     

    Plus the one crucial aspect for the plan to work: they cannot see each other until the K1 beneficiary lands in the States. We don't know how long they've been separated. For some couples, still not being able to see each other even if the Philippines is open for US tourists would be way too difficult (emotionally). 

    Last time we were together is January 2020 my third trip to Philippines. So 2 and half years.

    Does marrying online voids fiance visa if we didn't meet after?

    in Philippines

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    Thank you for all the replies. My wife and I have been debating and now leading towards going for spouse visa. I plan to go to Philippines in few months and stay there with her until we get spouse visa. We felt fiance visa seems risky especially on AOS part. We'll keep an eye on other couple's progress. At least with spouse visa she can get a green card within couple weeks and no paying around 1200 for AOS filing.

    Is there currently any way for an unvaccinated foreigner to enter the Philippines?

    in Philippines

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    I also heard the news about Cebu governor letting unvaccinated in starting March 1 but they have to quarantine 5 days then a negative test. There's an article explaining about it. It looks like only in Cebu province area but there's International airport in Lapu-lapu.

     

    https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1921361/cebu/local-news/gwen-its-the-iatf-that-allowed-entry-of-unvaccinated-travelers

    Re Marry with out annulment is that possible?

    in Philippines

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    I believe divorce is not possible in Philippines. Only annulment but it's expensive and takes years to complete. I'm also curious how she get into USA. Certainly not fiance or spouse visa. Did she file report of Marriage to Philippines? I believe that's a requirement after marrying in USA. Philippines government would notice she's already married if they received ROM filing and tip it off to USA government.

    Utah County Proxy (Zoom) wedding

    in Philippines

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    9 hours ago, John & Rose said:

    It doesn't matter what country the beneficiary is in.  You will have to physically meet after the wedding to legally file the spousal visa.  If you cannot meet, you can get married online and continue with the K-1.  Do not meet before the interview and you can complete the K-1 even after online marriage.  It is a little tricky but you are not "officially" married until you consummate the marriage in the eyes of immigration.  Once the K-1 is approved, the beneficiary can enter the US where your marriage will be officially recognized.  

    Wait, are you saying marrying online doesn't void K1 application if we don't meet in person after marriage? Not until after interview and attaining K1 visa? So if we marry online then I get 9a visa to go meet her after interview and K1 visa is still good?

    Expedite case - typhoon destroyed fiancée family home

    in Philippines

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    2 hours ago, flicks1998 said:

    Out of curiosity which city/town is she in?  I ask because we also have family that we have not been able to contact for several days now.  They were around Maasin at the time which is less than 60 miles from Surigao which was the eye of the first landfall.  Reports have the death rate low, but the destruction is still unclear. 

     

    My son and his mother were just south of Tacloban in 2013 when Yolanda came through and pretty much wiped out all of northern Leyte.  I was able to get on a humanitarian flight to Tacloban a few days later and the destruction was incomprehensible.  I dont know what the final death total was but I thought it was around 7 or 8000.

    My fiance's brother and his wife and one year old son are also in Maasin. Unfortunately she haven't heard from them. By looking at Odette's path it does look like it passed by very close. It was Super typhoon strength at the time. Not good. I heard people lost their homes in Bohol and Cebu. My fiance is in the Cebu city. They got hit hard. Widespread power blackouts. She never heard winds like that and she went through Yolanda.

    4% of Population is Vaccinated - Really Pathetic

    in Philippines

    Posted

    1 hour ago, AKteacher said:

    Gee, 1.5% sounds so low... let's do the math. 110,000,000 people x 1.5% = 1,650,000 deaths, perhaps somewhat lower. Potentially a million and a half deaths, and many more people that don't die but are sickened and some never fully recover.  Do you think most people would consider that to be insignificant?

     

    Hoax? You seem to be saying that the consensus of virtually all (except a fringe minority) of doctors and scientists that say otherwise is all just some sort of hoax? Sounds pretty crazy to me.

     

    Now, it is debatable whether the lockdowns are on balance beneficial, or the extent to which lockdowns, masking, and vaccines are worth the trouble. But please spare us the misleading statistics, and the paranoid crazy-talk that this is all just a hoax.

    That death rate is calculated from confirmed cases. Not everyone gets tested for covid. In 2018-2019 flu season CDC estimated 35 million Americans got it. Note they said estimated because not everyone gets tested for flu. So who knows how many people got covid. It is believed death rate is a lot lower than that for majority of population except for frail and elderly people. You're assuming covid will infect every single individual in Philippines. I never heard of a virus with 100% infection rate. 35 million Americans got flu. That's like 11% of USA population. For sake of argument covid is more contagious and infects 25% of Philippines population instead of 11%. So 27,500,000 people eventually caught covid. That 412,000 deaths using 1.5% death rate based on confirmed cases. Covid have been here for over 18 months and 37k deaths so far. That's around flu or tuberculosis like severity. You could say it's because of lockdown but the country is under lockdown for 18 months and nothing to show for it. Covid is still spreading and daily cases are getting higher despite vaccines, mask and strict lockdown.

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