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    Times have changed. From some time in early 2023 pretty much all I-751's are scanned and get IOE numbers. They upload some or all of the dingy grey and white scanned pages to your online account so that you can see they did a pretty poor job scanning them.
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    Keep in mind that whatever packet you send will immediately be disassembled and fed through their giant industrial scanner so it can be given an IOE number for electronic processing. Anything that might jam up an automatic document feeder will have to be removed and discarded. Punched holes are useless but probably not harmful. Clips, binders, fasteners, tabs, etc will all have to be removed by the scanning crew.
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    I cannot say for sure if a SPA is definitely required for all those things or if a US notarized document would suffice, but as a general rule any SPA executed overseas to be used in the Philippines must be notarized at a Philippine Consulate. If you are in Las Vegas, the honorary consulate there should definitlly be able to handle that. https://losangelespcg.org/philippine-honorary-consulate-in-las-vegas/
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    Overseas medicals are recorded on form DS7794 or Form DS2054 and are signed by a panel physician rather than a civil surgeon.
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    CFO will give her a hard time and hassle her if she hasn't filed a ROM. However, they still have to let her leave. If you filed a ROM now you would probably have the consulate certified copy back in 4-6 weeks and that would make CFO happy.
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    If they have any questions, you have legitimate filed amended returns you can show them. More than likely they wont have questions other than, have you always paid all your taxes. If asked, I assume the answer is "yes".
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    Unfortunately, this is the second recent occurrence of EXACTLY the same problem from US Embassy Manila. Probably the same consul? @Jason and May are dealing with exactly the same 221g right now. It might be worthwhile to compare notes.
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    The ROM is merely to satisfy Philippine laws. It doesn't really have any relevance to the US or at the embassy. It sounds like it is late in the game to accomplish any name change before the visa and green card are issued in her maiden name. CFO will give her a hard time and hassle her if there is no ROM filed at all but it's not a showstopper. If you have no objection to filing the ROM, file it now and you would probably have the consulate certified copy in time for CFO and that would be enough to make them happy. Don't spend any time worrying about it as far as the embassy is concerned.
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    Basically she should have all the docs you submitted to NVC plus the CENOMAR or Advisory on Marriages. If her NBI Clearance expired (over 1 year old) she needs to update that. The NBI Clearance needs to include your surname as either "Husbands Name" OR as an AKA. Your name has to be on the NBI Clearance somehow. Even if she never used your name. Upload any new or updated documents to CEAC. NVC won't review them again but the embassy wants all the documents uploaded.
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    A ROM is not required at all by the embassy for US Immigration purposes. She doesn't need it. The Philippine government would require one for her to change to your name in her passport but if you are already at the scheduling interview stage then her passport has whatever name it has. It's expensive and time consuming for her to change her name after she gets to the US. Before she leaves the Philippines CFO will give her a hard time and hassle her if she doesn't have a ROM but they still have to let her go.
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    Actually with the "kids included free" it saves with credit card reimbursement, since mine only covers one Global Entry charge every 5 years.
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    That is only applicable if you were married in the Philippines. Since you are married in Utah you need the certified Utah Marriage Certificate. She DOES DEFINITELY need either a CENOMAR or an Advisory on Marriages. She needs to order a CENOMAR from PSA and whichever document she receives from PSA the embassy wants to see it. You can order one online if she doesn't already have one. https://psaserbilis.com.ph/
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    Only answer if the question applies to you. Since it does not apply to you at all, the answer is neither Yes or No. So leave it blank.
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    Starting yesterday, October 1, the fee for Global Entry went up from $100 to $120. The only good news for some is that now children are free if they have a parent who already has Global Entry or if they apply concurrently with their parent. NEXUS users take the biggest hit with their price increasing $50 to $120.
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    Any new winners from this election won't be seated until January '25 anyway so the current answers should remain correct. As others have mentioned, my wife is finding the flash cards from Amazon to be particularly helpful. They seem to click well with her style of learning. She also finds the mock interview videos on YouTube to be very helpful for knowing what else to expect. The possible vocabulary words for the writing test is here too. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/writing_vocab.pdf
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    US Embassy Manila banned US Citizens from attending the interviews of spouses, fiancées, family members, MIL etc in 2020 "because of rona-virus". AFIK that ban has yet to be lifted. I have yet to hear a single recent account of any US Citizen being allowed in for any visa interview. I have heard multiple recent accounts of US Citizens being forced to stand outside when they showed up for their spouse's or fiancée's visa interview at US Embassy Manila. The separate VIP line has apparently been replaced with a security guard who says "you have to wait outside". No recent accounts for MIL's though.
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    I will also tag @raizujukishi on tread. I noticed on their timeline they filed on July 30, the day after my wife. Also in San Diego and also hailing from the Philippines. And just now updated their timeline to interview scheduled November 19. Same day and field office as my wife.
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    My wife got her interview notice today. November 19, San Diego Field Office. Her randomized estimated time until decision number number increased from 5 months before any interview was scheduled, to 8 months now that there is an interview scheduled a month and a half from now.🤣
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    I have previously heard of a number of military couples doing Montana double proxy marriages. I suspect Montana double proxy marriages have just been around a lot longer than the Utah online marriages and maybe have more history and familiarity within military circles. However, the Utah online marriages are a lot more straightforward. You can do it all yourself online except a Zoom call to the Utah county Clerk's office for a ceremony, which is also nice touch. Probably cheaper and faster too.
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    Thanks. I thought they had completely eliminated hand carry to the Embassy. Obviously I heard that wrong.😁
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    Transcripts should be fine. Super easy for the consul. They know exactly what they are looking for. Page 2 "Total Income". The only reason to submit the actual 1040 is if the transcript is not available for some reason.
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    Are you sure this was sputum testing or that she was told she passed already? Typically in sputum testing cases they give them a date to return for results in 60 days. But they have recently introduced new IGRA testing protocols so maybe that's what got fast results(?????) In any case, if they send her for vaccinations she is good to go. Saint Lukes transmits the medical to the Embassy electronically so there is no medical package to bring to her interview. Typically Saint Lukes would transmit results the same day or next day so there is no problem making it in time. For K1's the yellow hand carry packet comes by LBC courier along with her passport and visa after she is approved at her interview.
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    Since the visa is not already issued pending resolving the 221g, if the medical expired in the interim, US Embassy Manila would have her get a new medical when the 221g was resolved so that they could go ahead and issue the visa. If it was valid but about to expire? If I recall correctly, @RO_AH 's wife had a valid medical that was expiring in the very short term and the Embassy gave them the choice to issue the visa now and make a mad dash for CFO and the border, or get a new medical before they issued the visa so that it would have a normal expiration timetable.
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    That is very much normal. We have been seeing some cases get scheduled for interviews very quickly lately but they remain the exceptions. It's also very dependent an your local office's workload. Even in today's super fast N400 environment 4 months would still be extremely fast and 6 months would still be quite normal.
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    On that part I think LBC is the only option. AFIK the embassy doesn't allow hand delivery on 221g's.
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