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17 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

I have never heard of anyone being denied boarding with that stamp in their passport.  That serves as your Green Card.  You're fine.

I have heard of them on VJ before

7 hours ago, JMPM said:

I wasn't saying anything about evading. I was just curious how does the country even know. It's a cash grab imo.  Just like CFO. Just an opinion. 

I agree CFO is cash grab, and re acquiring citizenship still requires a airplane flight for most to go to the PI embassy to get it done, My wife had to take a flight from Dallas to Houston

It does offer unlimited stay in PHilippines on your PI passport and not having to pay visa extension every 30 days, You get to vote, and you can work in the PHlippines, but this is a country where a lawyer is lucky to make $20K USD and a Registered Nurse makes about $10 per day.   I just don't see working in Philippines as feasible.  

 I have seen people who have a sari sari store claim they make $300 per month, but I am sure they worked 80 hours per week.

2 hours ago, J&E2013 said:

Hi guys, I just have a question but I don’t know if it’s the right forum to ask this. Btw I’m from the Philippines and came into the US thru fiance visa in 2013 and became a US citizen in 2019. My question is since now I’m a US citizen does it mean I’m not a Filipino citizen anymore? I know it sounds stupid to ask this question but it bothers me coz I don’t know if I’m still filipino citizen. Thanks, hope someone can enlighten me..

A few year ago the Philippines Government started allowing people like you to re acquire you citizenship, I highly recommend you do this.

You will get screwed in the Philippines if you are a US Citizen and you want to stay past 30 days, dealing with BI and payments. Just recently Philippine was only allowing PI citizens to enter the Philippines for a couple of years. 

Covid hasn't been going on for 7 years, I have personally been in and out Japan dozen of times prior to 2020. 

On 9/21/2022 at 6:38 AM, iwannaplay54 said:

We have one lol.  Of course they exist.  But if the petitions are processed together as they are today then they discard one.  The one they discard is the I129F.

They used to process them separately.  In 2008 or so they started linking them together and that is why the K3 visas died off.

Exactly, That is what I remembered around that time they did something that basically made the K3 obsolete.

On 9/20/2022 at 12:19 PM, The White Fiance said:

Here's a question that comes to mind after a year of waiting for a spouse visa. Has a K-3 visa ever, in the history of the United States, been issued?

K3 were fairly common on VJ, When I filed my K1 back in 2007/2008 almost all the married couples on VJ were doing the K-3 for Philippines.

13 hours ago, paw0222 said:

Hello everyone, my mother just arrive here in the US under IR-5. Now I was trying to find a health care insurance for her. I have been in contact on private ones but the cost is really high. We live in Georgia State and I applied her recently for a coverage and still waiting for it. Just wanted to know what to do if Medicaid does not approve her application. She is 69 years old. 

This might help.

Most hospitals and doctors will charge much less than what insurance pays if you are self pay, which means you don't have insurance or you pay cash.

The medical industry in the USA is based on insurance, Say for example a office visit is 175 and if you pay insurance it's only $60, if you are self pay it may be $50.

Plus if you have any services done or you are hosptilazed you can always negotiate your bill, pretty common practice.

3 hours ago, Cathi said:

Were you not aware that your mom is not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare? 

The only way to get it for her is to buy insurance through the open market (Obamacare) and the cost depends on what coverage you choose.

I pay 1300 for insurance for me and my wife, thru Open Market I have Ambetter. Me and my wife have no medical issues, not on any drugs and my ortho told me Ambetter is the same level as Medicare as far as paying for services

So paying more doesn't always insure better coverage via open market.  I miss the days when you could choose your insurance and didn't hav to pay an arm and leg for insurance.

2 minutes ago, HoneyMilkTea said:

China doesn’t allow foreign residents to get married here. One would have to be a Chinese citizen.

That interesting and good to know.

12 hours ago, mwangen said:

Hello everyone!

 

I just paid and booked the tourist visa interview for my parents in the Philippines. I did not realize that the visa fee is only valid for a year. My mom just pointed this out to me. I paid yesterday 09/20 but their interview is May 2024. Would I need to pay again?

 

Thanks!

Do you qualify, or can you apply for expidete or emergency tourist visa interview?

The wait is only day or week for those interviews

You have a 20 month wait, I was thinking it was only like 13 months, Geez that's a long long long long wait.

This poor couple just left for Thailand, and his fiance/GF appears to be pretty old at least 35 years old, and they had to jump thru hoops with pictures of them together over the year, her job and income, lease agreements in their names.

What a nightmare this couple had to go thru just for a trip to Thailand

Filipina's Offloaded Leaving the Philippines/Baby Mae's Immigration Ordeal - YouTube

3 minutes ago, Pinkrlion said:

Not at all possible

Very possible and very easy at the US Embassy in Manila

They are very accomodating to US Citizens,  They claim no cell phones or electronics are allowed, But if you are an American you can magically bring them in and the gaurd will hold them for you and give them back when you are done.

I have even went there and got my absentee voting ballot during a major holiday even though that was a different section

3 hours ago, milimelo said:

Right. No. Unless the applicant is a minor child no one comes into the visa section with the applicant. I waited for my mom outside consular section in the waiting area (public access by the street). 

Too bad for you

I walked right on in, never had to show a ID or anything, but then again I stood out like a sore thumb being an American and tall with a long nose and white complexion, when we were doing the K1 visa interview.

14 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Found the thread. I remember reading it last year but it happened few years back:

 

Thats a bad deal.  Too bad they broke up and he went back home, I guess he could of rode it out in the USA with a GC.

Interesting thread.

19 hours ago, confusedshoes said:

Yep. He was booed in New York. (Video in the Philippines Reddit sub)

 

He can enter because of diplomatic immunity for heads of states on official visits.. probably the closest to a diploma he'll get lol. He still probably can't roam around for fun.

That's funny, Would of been funnier if someone would of thrown an rotten egg at him ,he looks goofy getting out of the car and looking around.

I had no clue there was a judgement against him in the USA, I do remember well back when his parents fled to USA back in the 80's.

4 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Do you mean to track the withdrawal? I’m sure in some cases it does show up but as we know USCIS updating the system is spotty at best. Have a look at the above thread, they did not acknowledge the withdrawal at all until naturalization 

Does USCIS not give you a case number where you can track your case? It's been a while since I did my K1

4 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

They do not send a letter each time. Sometimes they don’t even acknowledge it but it is in the system.

 

being that USCIS and DOS are separate entities, their communication is not the most efficient. 

 

It will cause issues down the line when either AOS’ing, removing conditions or naturalizing as it will be discovered.

 

There was a thread last year which I can’t find anymore (I think it was deleted) where their naturalization was denied because they discovered a withdrawal letter was sent at I-129f. OP said they decided to move back to Europe (if I remember correctly). I’m sure something could have been done if they went to court but that’s a big hassle, but to mention expensive and stressful.
 

 

Is there not a way to track your case? Does it not show up in there? 

6 hours ago, Timona said:

You're free to submit a K-1. It will be adjudicated independently 

Your answers are always on point 

I had no clue some place in North America was still so far behind and acting like a 3rd world or a communist country.

What kind of idiot is running this country?

1 hour ago, JCV.LD said:

Hello, Good day, I hope anybody can give me an idea on how to cancel the withdrawal letter that sent to uscis? My fiancé applied for a K1visa 10months ago, and we had a misunderstanding and broke up. He decided to withdraw the application, even it is not yet approved. Now, we are okay and we want to continue the process. Is it possible to not cancel the application and continue the application until it gets approve? Thank you for response

What Embassy?

Did fiance get a letter saying the K1 visa was being withdrawn?

In my experience the petitioner receives a letter 

Don't they have a way to track your visa applictions?

14 hours ago, Timona said:

It's B-2 visa. 

And he probably doesn't have ties to Vietnam, hence the rejections. 

 

And your letters aren't needed. You can finance him, but when he goes to interview, it's his own fight. You cannot influence it

Will they not let US Citizens enter the visa side?  Do they have a window or room where the interview takes place?

US Embassy in Manila I could walk in with a tourist visa applicant, and maybe influence.

Seems as if there is a 353 million dollar lawsuit judgement against Marcos from the state of Hawaii, but now since he is President he has Diplomatic Immunity and will not be arrested.

Seems like he shouldn't step foot inside USA until he pays his dues

Philippines' Marcos Jr. Can Visit U.S Without Arrest Over $353M Court Order (newsweek.com)

9 hours ago, Robert T. White said:

I'm an American married to a Filipino what is the fast way to visit mom in America with our newborn baby

File spousal visa and get a greencard for your wife and US passport for the baby and visit your mother.

After visit, take greencard to US Embassy in Manila and turn it in.  Then apply for a tourist visa, this is about the only way I have seen someone who is married to pinay to get them a tourist visa.  Hopefully in  couple years US Embassy Manila will be back to processing routine tourist visa, last I heard it was taking like over a year to get a schedule date for a tourist interview at the US EMbassy

16 hours ago, flicks1998 said:

For now, there is no child support agreement between the Philippines and the US, so the short answer is no.  However for the ones who are not doing a CRBA, etc for their children, a DNA test is highly recommended before a person takes the responsibility to support a child that they think is theirs.  There is an extremely high % of foreign fathers in the Philippines who are taking care of children who they think are theirs but are not.  

I wonder why these forgeiner fathers are so blind sided and don't require a DNA test? 

My buddy used to live in Cebu around 2010 and he had a girl tried to claim he was the father, he had a vacestomy many years before, but he was also wise to how things works in the Philippines as he had lived there for many years.

Just now, arken said:

The petition processing time has nothing to do with the beneficiary's nationality.

Actually it does

I remember when I applied for my K1 from Philippine back in 2015, most were getting approved in less than 45 days, mine was approved in 30 days and my buddy who was using I believe California Service Center got his NOA2 in 7 days he had file and his fiance was from Philippines as well.

Many others were waiting many months for thier NOA2 from other countries for their K1 petition, in the past historically Philippine has moved very fast getting NOA2 on K1's.