Lyn84

On 3/25/2021 at 6:50 AM, Skyman said:

The test result?  Congrats!!

Any drama with Immigration in Chicago?

Passenger disclosure and attestation to America.  I printed it from PAL website but the airline will provide it too for you to sign.  No drama hehe the officer is good and friendly but I think he's british

Hi everyone! Sorry had to take rest from jetlag and could not get good service.

Our flight was from Manila - Narita - ORD - SDF.  We took antigen test which is acceptable in Chicago. It was asked for at the entrance of terminal 3 manila and at ANA check in where I was also asked if I already have the attestation which I already printed and signed before going to the airport. The attestation was also asked at Narita.

The airlines used to KY from ORD was UA

On 3/20/2021 at 12:00 AM, jdreyes said:

Hi, 

 

Did you finish the medical in 1 day? Thank you!

No, had to check my skin, did biopsy. But I could If I had no other tests to be done

On 3/19/2021 at 7:53 PM, Skyman said:

Just trying to help where I can.  What airline are you on?  Leaving from NAIA?

 

My wife has had to carry around that CFO certificate in her passport for over 10 years because she has a tourist visa and they won't give you the sticker until you have an immigrant visa like you have.  Next time she should at least have a green card.

Hi Skyman thanks, sorry for the late response!

ANA is the airline one way to KY. 2 stops.  I ak dizzy right now hehehe due the very long flight.

5 hours ago, Dfarmer said:

Hi VJ's,

 

My son's interview is scheduled April 6 and when he was doing online scheduling the earliest preferred date is April 5.  SLEC emailed me saying they accept walk in but only after all scheduled applicants are done. Having said this, and for those who have experience in doing walk in, is it still advised to go there early (knowing that they will give preference to those who scheduled first? Thank you!

Hi!

I had my medical in St Lukes Feb 18, 2021 and my interviee date was March 4.  I tried to register to their website but the earliest was March 2 which I did not want coz I think it was too close and there are what ifs scenario that might happen.  I called them and the operator said that walk-in is fine, medical should be done 1-2 weeks before the interview date.  

Went in there Feb 18 with my toddler.  The guards at the entrance are very accommodating.   I brought with me my passport, 2x2 passport size copies (4pieces), my DS 160, the email sent my the embassy manila regarding my interview date.  They'll let you in after signing a health declaration form. They will give you a number which will be for registration to be done by their staff and you will be asked to go first to their photobooth, an ID to be taken for their file.  Then after your registration, they will ask you where to go.  You don't have to be early. We went there 9AM or 10AM. Just ask around most of them are helpful especially the ones who are wearing yellow uniform (cleaning the floor and spraying all the time)

5 hours ago, Skyman said:

As far as I know you've got it covered with the negative tests for both of you, the CFO sticker, and the Visa.  Beyond that I would check with the airline for their rules and for whatever you might need for the transiting country.  Of course also, masks and face shields until you take off and then you can drop the shield.

 

Congrats!

Thank you so much Skyman!  You are kind!

I am getting ready for our flight tomorrow morning!  I am excited at the same time anxious 😁, travelling with a toddler and the long flight ahead😊

Hello everyone!

I would like to ask/inquire regarding the requirements/needed to travel to USA with my dual citizen daughter.  I am preparing for our travel needs as I am waiting for my visa to be delivered to me from the US Embassy Manila.  I know we need the negative PCR or antigen tests as I have been reading alot in this forum and that I also need a CFO sticker.  Don't know what else we might need, do we need travel insurance or anything else?

I would be happy to hear from you especially to those who just travelled in a K1 visa with a child.

Thanks you!

11 hours ago, RaphLemos said:

Update 4: The US consulate scheduled my interview. 

 

Thank y'all for your help. I recommend anyone reading this to apply for an expedite request. Good luck!! 

Wish you the best@

18 hours ago, NoMansLand2020 said:

Because of the quarantine restrictions in the Philippines, my fiancée has not been able to get to the grocery store since last March because she has two young children who are not able to accompany her to the stores and unfortunately there is not anyone who can watch them. 

 

Since that time, we have been using Streetby app and purchasing groceries from either Gaisano or Ororama. But we are growing more and more frustrated with each time we have to use this app. 

 

It's extremely out of date. The items you are purchasing have no photos and only a few words description. Many, many items are misspelled or abbreviated so searching for what you want is nearly impossible. Furthermore, many items are only able to be purchased by the kg. If you want small items like onions or bell peppers... Who wants a kg?? 

 

Even worse is that maybe only 50% of what you need is not on the app. We are talking things like eggs, or ground pork, ground beef, rice and many many other items. So you have to call the store after your initial order to add additional items. Even then, the store will tell you that many of the items you ordered are not available. 

 

You think there would be a better system. These apps seem like they were developed by elementary aged student and then never maintained. 

I have similar situation with your fiancee, it is me and my daughter alone, we do everything together since I got pregnant.  Except when her daddy came to visit us here in the Phils.  I have family issues and conflict with my parents, I asked something to help me with that I know they can but they just ignored me, they did not take me seriously, lied to me, thrown bad comments to me.  I was basically disappointed because I thought they would be there always for me to help me with whatever. It's about money issue. I have worked for 12 years but got nothing left in the end including the maternity assistance that I got from SSS. I gave everything to them as a family and when I got pregnant, my priorities have changed, was thinking of saving whatever I earned at work as a supervisor during my pregnancy but instead of helping me, they became the person who were just hiding from inside maybe bec I am with a foreigner. They asked for money from me which they never did, they only waited for me to send money to them, I always had a project for them every year and the last project was a car payable for 5 years which I had been paying for 4 years before I got pregnant. I am disappointed, I always thought they are different from the parents' of others.  They never visited me on my pregnancy, I can go on and on but in the end I chose to stay away and focus on my baby.  I am not with a foreigner bec I want to keep sending money to them.  With this experience, I realized that my parents don't know me. 

Since my bf went back to US, I use grab app to buy groceries online and order food when I like to like jollibee or mcdo etc for 3 months now, I use shoppe or lazada to buy her toys, new clothes and shoes.

You are right there are disadvantages when buying groceries online but I am like be okay with it because overall my experience is good, very convenient to me.  Everything now is online for me, I don't have money on hand, I use Gcash app to pay in 7-eleven.  They let children in but have to wear a mask.  My only worries is when I get my requirements for visa like police clearance and in doing medical exam, I have to bring my 2 year old daughter with me, been thinking of a good excuse when the time will come.

2 hours ago, HRQX said:

Neither. There isn't an ECC fee for citizens of the Philippines. Since the child is a dual citizen, CFO sticker is also not required.

Thank you po!

Hello everyone!

I'd like to ask or maybe some clarifications about exit clearance. My baby has both a Philippine passport and a US passport. 

Does my dual citizen 2 year old baby need an exit clearance or a CFO sticker when leaving the country to USA?

Thank you

On 11/26/2020 at 4:06 AM, flicks1998 said:

Layover was in Japan on Eva???? Do you mean Taiwan?  

 

No. It is Japan.

Tokyo Japan, they did not require negative covid test at that time as long as it just a short time transit/layover.  

He went to check in skycanner website and checked on eva air.  

22 hours ago, PWB said:

K1 Visa has finally been issued, now focus shifts to travel.  What are the requirements for travel and are there any recommendations on airlines?  Is covid testing required?  Please someone with first hand current knowledge only,  too much confusion caused by opinions and rumors,  need the true facts.   Thanks so very much.

Hi!

Congratulations! 

My fiancè went back to US last Oct 28. Direct flight from Manila to ORD Chicago through Eva Air.  Layover was in Japan, no covid test required in transit through Japan. Then he booked a flight from Chicago to TN for a business trip. Don't know if this helps you but you have to check new airline updates and the country's updates where the layover will be as it may change from time to time.

P.S.

He did not do any lab test for covid.  Can enter MNl Airport as long as you have your itinerary and valid ID.  Eva Air at that time did not require negative covid test. Please also check if these are applicable to Filipinos like me hehehe. Sometimes it matters.

Hi flicks1998,

Thank you for sharing your experience.  I am happy to hear that she got an interview date which gives us hope for our case.  We don't care when our interview date for as long as there is already a set or specific date.  At least we have something to look forward to, waiting for uncertainty when, is depressing but have to wait for them. 

We tried all that, the last email we had sent was to NVC attaching our daughter's passport and her CRBA (I only have one (1) child).  But before we emailed NVC, we called them first then was asked to send another expedite request but was warned that we will probably get the same response in that case we should contact embassy which we did but nothing.  All they say is that they can't do anything until NVC forwards our case to them.  

And yes, we also suggested politely in an email if they can request to NVC to forward our papers but they said they have no jurisdiction to that.  So it is like NVC can't forward coz embassy has suspended routine visas on the other hand embassy can't do anything until NVC forwards it to them. 

Anyhow, the tourist visa thing is just out of frustration, we would try anything just not to be apart while we are waiting for my interview sched, especially for him and our daughter since we don't really know when things are going to start again. He kept quitting his nursing job to be with us plus he has to support us here money wise while he's working where he also has expenses.  We couldn't get ahead if he keeps quitting his job, he plans on working more till 2021.  Apparently working in covid has an advantage in his field.  Thanks for the advice. 

Maybe we will try again in sending an email to NVC since he's already back working, it might make a difference now. 

I don't know if they've read our emails or if they have understood or maybe we just don't know how to compose an expedite letter request. All they sent to us was like a general template that is copied and pasted then made some additional info. Do you think it is fine if we address it to a supervisor at NVC?

2 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

Do you already know your case number from NVC?  What reason did you use to request for expedite?  USEM told another VJ member that they are accepting expedite requests for K1 applicants who have a US citizen minor child.  If you already have your case number, send your expedite request to USEM, not NVC.

 

 

USEM still have not resumed routine tourist visa services.  Although you may submit your application now, it would be pointless as you cannot get an interview until they resume services.  Even after those services resume, your odds of getting a tourist visa is close to zero.  According to US law, to be granted a tourist visa, you need to convince the consul officer that you do not have immigrant intent.  With a pending K1 case and no ties to the Philippines, that would be an impossible hurdle for you to overcome.

 

Hi Chancy,

Yes we do have our case number, we sent an inquiry to NVC in August at first, that was after 30 days of waiting from the approval time from USCIS. We were just checking the status of our case since we have not heard from them. Their response was that they can't send our case to US Embassy Manila coz their routine services are suspended. But they never gave our case number. 

So we sent an email to US Embassy Manila, pertaining our case to also see if were qualified for emergency, at first they did not understand so we sent another email to embassy in detailed and they replied to us that they noted our case for interview but can't provide a date.  We got our case number from the subject heading of the US Embassy's response.  We assume it is our case number it says MNL2020******K1.

We have been going back and forth in sending emails from August to October. We only got the same response looks like a template from NVC.  Then last Sept we received an automated email from US Embassy service desk that they have closed our inquiry back in August.

Yeah regarding the tourist visa, I am not confident of my case, have no ties for me to go back here even though I have travelled outside Phils twice l, still I am not sure.  But the cust Rep said that yes I can apply.  I don't know maybe it is a little different now bec of the delays due to an unforseen event (covid).

Long post ahead*

Hello guys!

This is Lyn, the beneficiary.  I would like to seek some advice here or tell us about our case.  My fiancè and I has a 1 year old daughter, we are currently here in Manila since last week of July.  We have been waiting for my interview sched and even emailed NVC and  Embassy Manila at least twice to expedite our case and we also had called them but we got no luck.  NVC won't forward our case to embassy coz they have not resumed their routine visa services. Embassy then sent a response to us that they can't do anything for us until they have our case from NVC and that they have no jurisdiction of it yet.  But one of their replies to us was that they have noted us for interview but can't provide a date yet.

My fiancè went back to US just last Oct for work as a nurse plus his savings were getting low and gladly after a week he got his job at a covid nursing home facility. He was hoping that he could bring us with him to America this year that is why he stayed here with us.  He was here since Dec. 14, 2019 then covid came so he chose to stay longer until October in order to help me with stuff as there are restrictions that I cannot do outside with the baby like groceries plus he was worried.  Lockdown was still new at that time.  I have no relatives with me especially with the lockdown situation.  

After all our inquiries, emails, calls to NVC and US Embassy and we got nothing but wait.  Depression and frustration especially for him being away from me again three times since pregnancy and now he's missing our baby's growth, he's worried of her development coz of this lockdown. 

Bringing her in America with him was an option but nobody is going to take care of our daughter while working. His mom and bros are working too.  (Our daughter by the way is already a US citizen(dual) with passports from both countries, we completed the CRBA last January, 2020.

He plans if we can visit him and his momma in US as a tourist while we wait for my interview for holidays and for our daughter's 2nd birthday to be held.  And also in order for his momma to spend time with me and her granddaughter. So I called US embassy Manila customer service 2 days ago to check if we can apply for tourist visa with a waiting K1 interview sched. And the customer service said yes I can apply after she put me on hold to "check her resources". 

I am not sure about this bec when the times we called NVC and US Embassy Manila, they were very nice and told us yes our case should be expedited but email response is different.

Anyways my questions are, is it okay to send an expedite request again to NVC for the 3rd time.  And second question, what is my chance of getting a tourist visa? I am unemployed since 2019 after I gave birth, no properties etc, only thing I would come back is for my K1 Visa interview.  I told these also to the cust Rep in Manila Embassy.

Thanks a lot!