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Based on our (my previous groups - IR1/IR5) experiences March-August, YES, as long as your Visa Category bar is fully filled. When missing the last, it didn't show. Dates differ per category. Based on experience, IR5 fills up so fast (like within the hour it opened). IR1 the longest we had was appointment where open for 2 weeks. CEAC website also updates from time to time - during March to June - 4 press of Continue in a day - you already get a warning (that includes when your PC seems to hang). Other reports locks at 5th check. There was an update after (might be June), were locks were were more frequent. Joining chat groups will help you to prevent getting those locks as others are also watching for everyone in the group. The watcher will message to group NO AVAIL or OPEN on their watch schedule.

Yes, avoid checking many times a day by clicking Continue, it will lock your account for 72 hours and will not be able to book apt even if you call them. Make sure your Category Bar is filled correctly (per your application) and fully up to Visa Class When you login to check for availability, you do not need to click on Continue if you do not see any dates on the yellow section below. This will help you not to freeze your account. It will show like below when there are availability. As mentioned in my previous post, join the FB group, find a chat group - you will help each other Manila IR5 in watching availability. In a group, you will also find people that need to cancel their appointments because their medical was extended (sputum), and anyone can monitor to grab the released slot. My previous chat groups are already closed, since our processed have finished. Only those looking for appointments can watch for schedules, so once a person got their interview, watching for open slots is no longer available. Hope this helps!

Sorry, Yes.

Normally, I-130 for spouse does not need school evidence unless beneficiary does not have civil docs to prove identity. Beneficiary's primary needs civil documents, police clearance, Affidavit of support of petitioner.

Usually Mondays between 10am - 2pm these past months, but not every monday. Also join FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/IR5VISA - this is mostly hosted by Filipinos, you can find group chats that has daily assignments of watching as schedule opens. Hope this helps!

When I ordered my MC last month, I also placed an order for my child's BC, I reported 20 years ago. I remember getting the ROB back then, but can't find it. I was just curious if am able to get a copy. Without any transmission reference, I was able to submit and pay request. PSA replied that they will need to pull it from the archive being reported outside of Philippines, and it may take 2 weeks - gladly it went back positive. Well, of course, maybe it is now different these days.

from the time SF Consulate told us they sent it to DFA, it took DFA 2 days to respond to email where they said they get archive transmissions from Consulates on Fridays. Emailed May 27, we got this reply on May 29. we followed up weekly, got 2nd email on June 28 with this "Please be informed that we just received the reports for the month of May 2022 from the PH Consulate in San Francisco. It will be scheduled for final checking before it can be transmitted to the PSA. Kindly follow up every Friday of the week to check if the monthly reports are included in our weekly transmittal to the PSA." then we sent them another email on July 11, and got a a response we needed, transmittal date to PSA on July 8. PSA was available just last month, Sep.

SF Consulate, DFA - days to longest was 2 weeks. But I asked update weekly For SF Consulate, we email, website inquiry and FB messenger.

Not required. Proof you can have - letters, emails, snail mails, delivery receipts, chats, voice call logs, money sent receipts, pictures together, pictures with family and friends, picture, pictures, pictures (name the ppl, date, place, occasion, etc.) Essentially, all that you have that you and your spouse are communicating - log it and keep it. If petitioner is able to add beneficiary to the work health insurance, that is good proof too.

Recently, they do not issue stickers anymore, just certificates that they now email and can be printed to be used in airport exit. Since your wife has a previous CFO, she will need to have it re-validated. She can apply online or schedule a face to face visit. https://cfo.gov.ph/ >> Purple (4th)

No Titer test. Most probably a Filipino's recollection of vaccines were done at young age (more than 10 years) - which is common in Philippines. SLEC will do proper US immigration medical requirement and administer age appropriate vaccines. You do not have to think about this at all! SLEC is expert and the only approved medical immigration in Philippines. Medical doctors/nurses/staff will guide the person all the way. Patient will also be given the printed vaccines report for personal copy (and used here in US, if needed). Usually, they ask the patient/beneficiary to come back for pickup after the US immigration interview, as they are in the same area.

In Philippines, we DO NOT have official vaccine records. (Some parents now keep one with their physician). On medical day at SLEC, if one brought in records of vaccination - SLEC will NEED to verify the records to be able to record it themselves on the US form they submit. This will delay release of medical. Some of the vaccines are already expired (after 10 years) and one needs a booster. So, in order to prevent those, I suggest not getting the vaccines listed on I-693 just for the purpose of immigration. Let SLEC do it for you - you pay the same amount with SLEC should you need just 1 or 5 vaccines. Even if she will undergo sputum for TB test, it is also included in the SLEC payment. It is even safer - if for example one is to get TDap outside.. then they lost the record OR the record was unverified/not accepted by SLEC. The only option is for SLEC to administer it again, of course person have to accept the risk of reaction - or SLEC will say, we cannot complete your medical at this time as required vaccines are not verified/administered and patient is not willing to receive administered vaccines. My example, my husband got the flu shot from our community public service. Then our NVC got DQd right away, expedited, so on medical, we chose for hubby to get the flu vaccine again (he got 5 vaccines, age 40+).

No need to take care of that now.. on the medical stage with SLEC (St Lukes), they will administer required vaccines appropriate for age. it is better if coming from them than an unverified source of vaccine.

Yes. Yes. No. When ROM is filed and registered, Philippine Consulate Embassy files it to DFA Manila then DFA sends it to PSA. All you need to do is wait until it is available in PSA. Check my timeline to find my reply to other posts, you can probably find answers to your questions. If i request for CEMAR, am sure it will show my 2 marriages. On interview, what is needed by USEM is your FOREIGN Marriage Certificate. We just finished our process last July, hubby POE in US in August. We just got our PSA MC in September (no use for us at this time). What is important in Philippines is you - the beneficiary - is free to marry. Your USC fiance's Filipino citizenship is replaced with US when he took the oath... unless of course, he filed for dual citizenship - that is another story. Reason I am not filing for dual as I do not want my ex-husband back 🙂

Get married anywhere than Philippines. (We did via Utah .. we called it Destination Wedding.. I went back to Philippines to marry my childhood classmate, we were together and the officiant is in Utah). Processed CR1 all the way. I am USC. I have CEMAR, but I also have Divorce Decree. So in US law, am free to marry. CR1 approved, NVC processed, Visa acquired, CFO acquired - hubby is here (US) with me now. On a separate processing, we filed for ROM.. and by CFO time, the ROM has not made it to PSA, but we just had to explained that to Counselor. Hubby got his CFO in 4 days (rather than within a day) coz a supervisor needs to confirm our plea of ROM on PSA doc not yet available. But we do have the registered ROM copy, and that is the one we submitted to CFO. Hope this helps! Just addition - the ROM/PSA is not needed in CR1 processing (USCIS, NVC nor USEM). We only thought needing it for CFO, but you will hear from others that they did not file ROM at all. I suggest filing (if you marry outside Philippines) just in case the CFO becomes strict with the process. At least you can say, it is in process. We now have PSA MC, but have no use for it yet.

Not that am aware off. Applied 5 PSA copies in August 2022 hoping we are able to use 1 for CFO application - but money wasted, we got 5 copies of response that it is unavailable/still in archive. We are still able to secure CFO (providing DFA correspondent). Applied 1 copy on Sept 11, got positive document response Sept 14.

We got our PSA MC (Utah/SF Consulate) in 4 months after ROM registration date. ROM registered on May 2022, requested PSA on August 2022 (unavailable), requested PSA on Sept 2022, and got a positive response and got out copy.

Yes. You can check Visa Statistics. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/nonimmigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-nonimmigrant-visa-issuances.html Main page for both immigrant and non immigrant visa: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics.html.html

Follow-up on this... my order of 1 copy finally have positive result. We have 1 copy of the ROM, just received yesterday.

I have filed ROB (PCG LA); ROM(PCG SF) - so far, they accept the forms as what I filled out >> matching the official document (birth; marriage-with new legal name diff from my birth). If they returned, I would have responded back that it was filled out as per reference to current legal document to support the Report.

No problem when I filed. The form should match the birth certificate you are submitting. When I reported my daughter's birth, she too does NOT have my maiden name as her middle. The exact Report of Birth submitted is now scanned and available as PSA birth certificate.

Yes, that's the one. They change fees now. - it made sense, now that it is electronic.. mine came out to $7.60 ($5 +1 + 1.6) now, Oct last year was $26. Yours is $9 ($5 + $1 (first 10 pages) + 3 (last 30 pages). It will be emailed to you right away after payment, with attached zip..(at least, this was in October 2021).

It's a dollar per page. So $40 for you. And they email you a zipped copy (found my receipt and email). Maybe you can ask the digital copy from your Lawyer? If your printed copy is clear/neat, you can probably scan it and produce a good pdf copy.

Did you file online? If yes, the first SC is the Acceptance facility. They then can re-assign to another for load balancing. You will not be notified of this reassignment. Mine was accepted in Nebraska. I asked Emma and it is in Vermont, here is a screenshot of my post last October 2021.

@Nickm1002, what you got is digital copy correct? downloaded from Harris County site... that is considered original certified how many times you print it. upload/mail it for your RFE. Simple. The more you wait, the more you delay response to your RFE.