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    US Embassy warns of possible kidnappings

    in Philippines

    Posted

    There are many that might argue that Davao is the safest city in the Philippines. The mayor there is a real ballbuster. I don't think many will argue that it is the cleanest and most organized of the bigger cites.

    Davao is high on my list of places I'm considering when I retire.

    Where is the "black hole" between CSC and NVC???

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    I wonder if distance has anything to do with the time, which I imagine it would to some small extent.

    The distance from the VSC to the NVC is around 200~ miles, which is a couple hours tops.

    The distance from the CSC to the NVC is around 3000~ miles, which is quite a trek, either by plane or truck.

    If you want to test them out, try maps.google.com and use Portsmouth, NH as the END and Laguna Niquel, CA or Saint Albans, VT as the BEGIN...quite the difference I must say!

    Well this is almost irrelevent. Maybe the differnce in istance should add 2 days to the time. The difference is of policy and procedure,VSC sends them out to the NVC within a day or 2. CSC will sit on them sometimes for weeks until they get a sizable amount of them (Fill a pallet?) to send all at once.

    Bad enough CSC takes way longer to approve our applications compared to VSC then to add insult to injury they take their sweet time sending them to NVC.

    Like another poster referenced, it appears one service center is definately managed better than the other. If a private business were to serve their customers in this manner, they would not last very long.

    My fiancee was able to get her PASSPORT

    in Philippines

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    They are going to issue her passport that quickly?

    I heard rumor that it was taking minimum one month now to get the passport because there is backlog because of the new type of passports with the electronic chip in them.

    Anyone here get a passport renewal recently, how long it take ?

    Joy's passport expires the end of November. But were afraid to send it off for renewal and it takes too long then it will delay her doing medical and getting the interview.

    Passport valid for 6 months policy?

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

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    I have some questions about passport expiration. My fiancee just realized that her passport expires at the end of November. Right now theres is a backlog in her country with the processing of passports because of the new chip they are putting in the passports now. The agency told her it would be a minimum of 1 month to get the passport back.

    The question I have where does the 6 month rule apply in regards to K1 visa? Is this 6 months from when they issue the visa or 6 months when she tries to enter the country at the POE?

    Her interview is likely going to be mid May and the medical before that and she will need it by then. I know were cutting it close so I'm trying to get the exact policy somewhere.

    NVC Case Number

    in Philippines

    Posted

    dbears hi!

    salamat kaayo sa reply! i am so happy, very happy :dance: ... i just received an e-mail from NVC stating our case number :D wohooooo... :dance: we will call USEM for interview appointment.... thanks a lot..... GOD BLESS US ALL!!!

    Do we have to register with NVC website somehow so they will send me an email update with the case number? or does this come from when I registered with USCIS website?

    Philippine Passport

    in Philippines

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    I have a question. Has anyone got your passport in PI recently? Rumor has it you can no longer use an agency to get a passport quickly, since they are now using the new electronic passports? How long did it take to get your passport?

    I think my fiancee may need to renew her passport which expires Nov 08 and I hear that it is less than 6 months before it expires you can't get the visa.

    She told me last time she got her passport in 3 days using an agency, but a friend told her now it take a minimum of 1 month because they are behind because of these new electronic passports. Plus she thinks they won't put any priority on it because it is like 8 months before it expires.

    If it takes a month or longer that is going to really make it tight for her to get her medical ahead. Just trying to get the right info here. Thanks

    It's not like Wal Mart needs the money!

    in Off Topic

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    I sure like how everyone is blaming Walmart here. I'm trying to figure out how out of a million dollar lawsuit those poor people only end up with 400k ?

    I thought the typical personal injury lawyer charged 33% of the award on lawsuits ?

    I'm sure on the subsequent lawsuit between walmart and these folks a bunch of lawyers made another pile of cash

    It seems to me the only winner in this whole story was the lawyers !

    Actual studies have been done and basically Walmart saves the average American family $2500 a year. Even if you don't shop there you reap the benefit of Walmart's existence because they have forced every retailer to run more efficiantly to compete.

    American Idol 2008

    in Off Topic

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    Jason Castro is in trouble I think so I've been voting for him nonstop. :blush:

    He totally stunk this week, why vote for #######? There were several Obviosly better performances. His total pfft attitude is sad, Simon was right it was like he didn't even care or take this week seriously. I'm beginning to think maybe he has partook in a few too many of Colombia's pharmaceutical exports. :whistle:

    American Idol (filipina)

    in Philippines

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    Well going 1st is always a very bad position to be on AI unless your performance is top notch. Unfortunately I think Ramielle was about 1 of the 3 weakest performances tonight. Jason Castro was likely worse, but he is very popular it seems.

    David Archuletta picked a horrible song but he will get a pass because he is such a fan favorite. I put in my share of votes for the home team But she needs to show more soon! She has yet to put in even 1 of the top 5 performances in any week.

    I think Ramielle will squeak through this week just because of the Filipino factor, Ya'll are loyal to the bone for your girl. But she needs to really start stepping it up soon or there won't be enough Filipinas with 3 phones to save her :whistle:

    And Holy WOW, that David Cook has it going on, that version of Billy Jean was insane.

    We got our NOA2 today in the mail !!

    in Philippines

    Posted

    I received the NOA2 hard copy in the mail today!! Odd part is it still shows us as pending on the website just a touch on 3-20.

    Today is my birthday, so this is my best birthday present ever :D :D

    Thanks everyone here for all their support!!

    Poor Joy I awoke her at 3AM to tell her I could not wait.

    How to Shake Your NOA2 Loose from the CSC

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    But what is so great is that you can change roles like that when either of you is feeling low - Jeremy and I did/do the same - if he is having a nightmare time, I become the level-headed one and vice versa :D

    Just think of it as character-building :lol:

    Sorry - I developed a terrible (worse) sense of humour during my wait... I don't mean any offense by it - I just learned that if I was feeling cr@ppy about the whole thing then the best thing I could do was look on the bright side of everything and try and find laughter whereever I looked :)

    Of course that means that sometimes people think I am being insensitive :unsure:

    I don't think you're being insensitive at all. In fact I think you're being rather smart about it.

    Look....here's the deal (IMO). This is US immigration. There's only one way in - and one way out. It's a monopoly; they make the rules; you either play along or you don't play at all. It's a branch of government services (which are sometimes slow and oftentimes impersonal) but it's a different branch in that it's not funded by taxes. So we don't have a 'right' to biyatch about how our tax dollars are being wasted. We are paying fees and some folks look at that as they aren't getting the timely service they pay for. That's not an invalid argument - personally I don't look at it that way because I don't equate the movement of people between nations as something akin to making a purchase.

    And (this is the part nobody likes) it's a game our government doesn't have to play. They could close the door if they liked. Really.

    This might sound maudlin or like overthinking, but I've never ever taken my husbands admission and continued presence in this country lightly. And that's probably why I still remain in these forums; if there is something I can do to legitimately ease the burden of others then I will do it. I don't think the business of our national security; of the journey of persons from their homeland to a new life; of the building of international families and the joyous blending of cultures that occurs from that - I don't think that's something we accomplish by 'tricks' or by flim-flamming our way through the service.

    I've been in the 'blackhole' of USCIS - where NO ONE, not even the most Senior United States Senator, not even a former US Attorney - could help me or my husband. It was frustrating and maddening. We paid for a second EAD so my husband could keep working. He went on job interviews where the employers were perplexed with an EAD when expecting a greencard. We were stonewalled by mortgage lenders who refused to make a loan to someone who wasn't a permanent resident.

    But you know what that was? It was just - the system. A system bogged down in archaic technology; inadequate manpower; cumbersome laws that criss cross each other; and the mandate of a President who created the Beast called Homeland Security - a department of our government barely six years old yet second only in national spending to the Defense Department.

    And you think you can arm-wrestle that with an RFE trick? Personally, I'd rather not. My husband and me - we just 'lay low' through the waters of immigration and try not to make waves. We use the legal avenues and proven methods to get what we've paid for. But we are always aware that if our government ever decides to 'turn' on immigrants, it won't be the 'illegal' ones they will choose to make an example of.

    After all - they don't have their names, addresses and Social Security numbers. But they do have ours.

    That's my biggest gripe with this whole process. We spend alot of money for this process. Untold hours tracking down documents and jumping through legal hoops, we get no real answers or information about our cases. We choose to do this process by the correct and legal way. But our leaders and this is both parties do not have the balls to enforce the current immigration laws on the books and deal with the illegals that are here. . Any politician that supports anything other than enforcing our immigration laws and in any way supports giving a free pass to those who chose not to follow the legal process the way us at this site are doing will not ever get a vote from me.

    I happen to live in a neighborhood that is primarily immigrants many of whom I know are illegals. I sometimes feel they are just looking at me and laughing. Wondering why anyone would actually pay all that money and go through all that trouble to do it the right way. When all you have to do is sneak across the border or overstay a tourist or student visa and no one will really care.

    Any of us that have gone through this process should take this as a direct and personal insult and should be looking to vote for some leaders with guts to address this issue.

    November Filers - CSC

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Woo-hoo! I am now at #68!!! Yippeee :dance:

    There are alot of October people still ahead of me though. I really wish I could take a tour of the CSC facility to see what really happens.

    Also, are the petitions reviewed by country where the fiance is located? There seems to be quite a few approved from Phillipines. Or are there just more people with Phillipino fiances using this message board? Does anyone have statistics on that?

    Basically there is Just alot of k1 from the Philippines. If you look on the stats page, it's almost as many k1 from the PI than all other countries combined.

    I may be a bit biased, but Filipinas are the sweetest and most beautiful women in the world. :P

    Help with NBI clearence and Police certificate ?

    in Philippines

    Posted

    hello i am also from general santos city, tell her that she need to get purok clearance first from their purok chairman after that she can get barangay clearance from their barangay hall then she can go to the police station located near their barangay to have the officer signed her barangay clearance documents after that she needs to go to the city hall to get official reciept then she can file it at tha camp lira formerly pc barraks, there she can file her police clearance somebpody can guide her there then about the nbi she can file that here(general santos city) she can get her nbi after 2hours from filing .i just got mine the other day

    My fiancee got her barangay clearance. But as we understood she needed to go to Davao to get the NBI quickly? You are saying there is a place in GenSan that will give NBI the same day? what place is this in Gensan?

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