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    Boston MA
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    Philippines

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  1. W199
    If your spouse has no income, why would you want to file as married filing seperately, instead of jointly? You'll end up paying a lot more taxes in most cases if you do that
  2. W199
    Why don't you file as married jointly, it is usually less total taxes that way unless your spouse that is abroad has a high income and a low tax rate in her country
  3. W199
    You could: - Ask court for a certified letter simply saying "there are no court documents available for this case". Then hope for the best and wait for an RFE before sending any other info. - Or ask your lawyer to file a motion to dismiss the case due to lack of prosecution and pray they don't decide to prosecute. - Or file for a CR1 instead of a K-1.
  4.    W199 reacted to a post in a topic: January 2024 - AOS Filers
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  6. W199
    You can also ship it to the local LBC office for forwarding to the Philippines.
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  8. W199
    Please clarify exactly what your Wife does. For example, does she buy the plane ticket in her maiden name and use a passport in her maiden name? Or for example, does she buy the plane ticket in her married name, and use the marriage certificate in along with her maiden name passport when flying? etc..??
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  10. W199
    True, you can get the passport very quickly if you pay the fee for expedited service. Yeah, you can just buy the plane tickets in her maiden name and fly with the current passport. Actually, I wonder if you would have a problem flying back since the new passport name would not match the name in the round-trip ticket, or vice versa. For myself, I wouldn't risk it, I will just book the ticket in her maiden name and fly with her old passport.
  11. W199
    Why don't you update the passport before she goes back to the Philippines? I would imagine that would be a lot safer and avoid delays.
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  17. W199
    Be careful, London's rules are probably very different from Vietnam.
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  23. W199
    Good point about the forever disclosure. Note, even when applying for a visa to other Countries, not just USA, for example Canada, you will need to disclose the USA visa denial and explain why (we had to do that with the F-1 denial we got
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  28. W199
    Your best bet, or really your only bet, will be either for him to meet you in the Philippines or meet in a 3rd Country such as Canada (that;s what we did), or Costa Rica, Mexico, etc..
  29.    W199 reacted to a post in a topic: US Visa Interview Tips & Advices - Will visit my boyfriend
  30. W199
    Just to give you a brief idea on how difficult this will be, my Filipina gf had just received her BSED and then got into a Masters Degree program in the USA. The immigration officer was very happy and smiling and just about to approve her student visa when he asked her who will be paying for the school. She was totally honest because we knew in the future we may do a K-1 and didn;t want to misrepresent. She explained her bf from usa but then added all the extra info about how she bought a house and land in the Philippines and will be returning to the Philippines. The officer mood changed to very sad, ... her full answer was perfect as it perfected by a former consular officer. That perfect answer led to several more good questions with perfect answers, such as how many times I have visited her, and our future plans ..as well as "why don't we file for a K-1" .... In the end she got denied. Manila is just too strict when it comes ot haveing a usa bf. Nothing else will matters, my high salary an ability to visit her often, her house and land she now owns, her status, her large family and connections .... only if I was retired in the Philippines would she have had a chance. She could have got the visa if we lied, but that would have been very stupid. Shortly after that, we did the K-1 and had no issues.
  31.    W199 reacted to a post in a topic: US Visa Interview Tips & Advices - Will visit my boyfriend
  32. W199
    The USA embassy knows very well that a young 22 year old female with no assets, no house, no previous international travel, and so forth would easily give up their job in the Philippines (can make a much higher salary in the USA), and not return back to the Philippines if their bf in usa asked them to get married and stay. Therefore, you have an extremely low to zero chance of getting approved. The ticket price an all your expenses will be a large part of your salary too. That is a lot of money just for a quick visit without intent to marry or stay if asked. But of course, if you are honest, then it is harmless to try, except for the fee's and time involved. But don't expect success. And your bf's bank statement is useless for this, they won't even look at it. You will need to somehow prove in 2 minutes with your words and status, after they ask you a few simple questions, and convince them you will return to the Philippines. As soon as they hear you have a bf who will be sharing your expenses and staying with him, I am sure they will say "sorry, you are not eligible" .. I hope you can prove me wrong ..
  33. W199
    The day after my Wife got her SSN, we got her an unsecured credit card in her own name, without any credit score. This was done by applying for a student Discover card. You just need to submit some sort of "proof", such as an admission letter within the past year from a school. We tried adding her SSN to my Amex (she is an authorized user), but they refused without a State ID because they said they couldn't verify the SSN ... Note: Amex will accept a foreign passport in lieu of an SSN for an authorized user. Will try again now that we updated her SSN after getting the EAD last week, Note, I know that Discover did an automatic SSN validation as it initially failed with married name, had to change it to the maiden name, same as her SSN, it then passed the validation test. I don't know why it failed with AMEX
  34. W199
    Sounds like the consular's decision was a good call .... Sometimes they can see things that "love is blind to." For your 2nd Wife, they are going to read through the lines and judge it the same way ... If all is legit as you say, and your 2nd Wife can answer all the details about you, etc then you should not have any issues.
  35. W199
    If you do it the cheap way, directly through the FBI, it does take some time. But if you do it with the FBI's affiliated agencies, then it only takes about a day for a small fee. All the info on how to do that is on the FBI's webpage. I did mine on the weekend with the affiliated agency, and I think it came the same or the next day. It basically just runs your fingerprints and shows you any arrest record you had,, the charges, and the disposition. It's won't be worth it if you never have been arrested and had fingerprints taken. But you could do it for fun, just don't expect much.
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