STEPHnRIA

Hi guys! Good luck to those who are having their interview this month or next month. Im so happy for you and wish you all the best. Unfortunaely, I won't be joining the list. Something happened two weeks ago. And right now, Im going through severe depression right now to the point of getting sick.

Two weeks ago I ordered CENOMAR eventhough my marriage is already annulled because it was a requirement for the interview. I got the shock of my life when my CENOMAR came... there in the paper, it states that I am married to two men. One in year 1999 and the other in the year of 2o02. It was a shock because I never got married in 1999. I know the person indicated there. He was my ex-fiancee. I was engaged to him when I was 24 years old but I called it off for a lot of reasons. I remember signing papers but I know it was just a marriage license. Anyway, it was a bad break up. I remember him telling me that nobody can have me because he has connections to city hall and he will submit all the papers I signed and make it appear that we got married. I did not take his threat seriously. Then came the time that I met someone and got married. And then this ex stopped bugging me. The marriage didn't last. We got separated year 2006 and annulled year 2007. Last March 2007, I met someone and he is the reason why I am in K1.

I looked for my ex over the weekend so he could shed some light about this fake paper. He is already somewhere in the US so I can not sue him. My lawyer is filing a petition to declare this marriage null and void in the ground of fraud. Although we have a lot of evidences, it will still take some time for the judge (3 months) to make the decision. My next step was to call our lawyer in the US and again I was devastated with what he told me. He said I have to write to the Embassy Manila to ask to revoke my fiancee petition. Because this "prior marriage" was not diclosed to the petition, I may have an issue with misrepresentation which is a ground for denial or barring me to enter the US. Another issue is bigamy which is a crime in the US- another ground for denying my case. And there's a possibility that they will cancel my tourist visa.

Add to this, I think my relationship with my fiancee is now on the rocks. I can understand his dibelief but Im doing the best I can to explain things to him. I just find it hard to explain because I myself is so confused. Im still in a state of shock. He said something about not really knowing me and suggested to get to know each other first before getting married. If that's the case, why did he ask me to marry him 9 months ago? All this time, he doesn't really know me? How can he tell me he loves me if he doesn't know me? I lived with him for a month in the US. Last November 2007, I visited him and spent two weeks with him. We talk everyday, 3 to 5 times....sometimes for 2 hours. Chat for 4 hours...see each other thru webcam. Also, he finds it weird that I didn't know I was married. All I could answer is, this is Philippines... only in the Philippines where some people learn about the law not because they want to obey it but because they want to know how to break it properly. Im just thinking...if I can not convince my fiancee of my ignorance then surely, the consul won't believe me too. Anyway, Im just so tired now... I give up. This is probably not meant to be. I have no more tears to cry...

Hello guys! Good luck to those who are having their interview this month or next month. Im so happy for you and wish you all the best. Unfortunately, I won't be joining the list. Something happened two weeks ago. And right now Im going through severe depression to the point of getting sick.

Two weeks ago, I ordered CENOMAR eventhough my marriage is already annulled because it was a requirement for the interview. I got the shock of my life when the CENOMAR came... there in the paper, it states that I am married to two men. One in year 1999 and the other one is year 2002. It was a shock because I never got married in 1999. I know the person indicated there. He was my ex-fiancee. I was engaged to him when I was 24 years old but I called it off becasue of a lot of reasons. I remember signing papers but I know it was just a marriage license. Anyway, it was a bad break up. I remember him telling me that nobody can have me because he said he has connections to city hall and he will submit all the papers I signed and make it l appear that we got married. I did not take his threat seriously. Then came the time that I met someone and got married. And then this ex, stopped bugging me. I was married for 4 years. Unfortunately, it didn't last. I was separated since year 2006. A year after, I met someone and he is the reason why I am in K1.

I looked for my ex over the weekend so he could shed some light about this fake paper. He is already somewhere in the US so I can not sue him. My lawyer is filing a petition for the court to declare this marriage null and void in the ground of fraud. Although we have all the evidences, it will still take some time for the judge (3 months) to make the declaration. My next step was to call our lawyer in the US and again I was devastated with what he told me. My lawyer said I have to write to the Embassy to revoke the fiancee petition. Because this "prior marriage" was not disclosed to the petition, I may have an issue with misrepresentation which is a ground for denial or barring me to enter the US. Another issue is bigamy which is a crime in the US- another ground for denying my case. And they might cancel my multiple tourist visa.

Add to this, I think my relationship with my fiancee is now on the rocks. I can understand his disbelief but Im doing the best I can to explain things to him. But I just find it hard to explain because I myself is so confused. Im still in a state of shock. He said something about not really knowing me and suggested to get to know each other first before getting married. That means, all this time he doesn't really know me? But he said he loves me. I lived with him for a month in the US. And last November, I visited him and spent two weeks with him. We talk everyday...3 to 5 times a day. We spend like 2 hours on the phone sometimes and he said he doesn't know me??? Does he really love me? Also he finds it weird that I didn't know I was married. All I could only answer is, this is Philippines... only in the Philippines where some people learn about the law not because they want to obey it but because they want to know how to break it. Im just thinking... if I can not convince my fiancee of my ignorance then surely, the consul won't believe me too. Anyway, Im just so tired now... I give up. This is probably not meant to be. I have no more tears to cry...

Good luck! Im so looking forward to read your interview experience!

Hey Chris! Did u read nikmia's post about her interview experience at USEM? I found it to be the most detailed and helpful.

Hi skyblue! How long did it take for them to verify your documents? Thanks.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS. GOD BLESS!

Hi! I hope anyone who's marriage is annulled will make a reply. I just want to ask if you submitted a CENOMAR. I called up NSO and ask for CENOMAR and they said the my marriage will still be indicated with no annotation that it was annulled. They said that what I need to do is submit the Marriage Certificate of the previous marriage together with the annulment decree. Are they right?

Hoping for your replies. Thank you.

So I thought this was another "pending case" day!

We received thru e-mail the NOA2 today. I was speehless. And my fiancee, Stephen screamed like a girl.

Thank you Lord God!

Hey! Dbears and Mysticjoyce, do u think our papers were handled by the same person? lol! See you guys!

Hey Fearian! I just sent you a message.

angelannddan, ive posted this kind of question before but no one is giving any replies. So lets see. And you have to know, Ive read in the posts here that US Embassy Manila is not accepting co-sponsors. But I will still give it a try and hope for the best. Good luck to us. =)

Very well said rebbecajo. My fiancee and I decided to hire a lawyer and did not regret getting one. Why? Cuz we are both busy. My fiancee doesnt have the time to do search in the net. He is busy working for our future... so that he will meet the above 125% poverty line income requirement. I on the other hand is busy too plus I have a son who needs quality time from me. Ive posted questions here in VJ, but no one bothered to make a reply. The replies I get are thank yous from people I congratulated. At the end of the day, its still our lawayer who we can rely for questions... and if ever we face a problem with our petition, all the vjers could do is say... we are sorry and will pray for you.

hello everybody

hello i apply B2 as tourist visa last 2006 at TWICE ,but i was denied.

my question is what i put answer in my DS156 QUESTION # 31.HAVE YOU EVER BEEN REFUSED A U.S VISA?

yes or no?

need to put also how many times? pls help,THANKS......................

YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE APPLY B2 VISA BUT DENIED THEN AFTER THAT YOU FILE K1?

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND GOD BLESS OF US...................

You have to put YES cuz that's the truth. Theyre gonna find out anyway.

ok now im scared... my fiancee lives in florida, making 125% above the poverty level for 3 people while me on the other hand has a very comfortable life here in Philippines... special thanks to my parents. I am going to give up a comfortable life to be with him. I have asked him so many times to move here. But he asked me what is he gonna do here and I couldn't give him answers. I certainly can't ask him to work for my parents. So here I am...hoping for the best. After all, I still think where there is great love...there is great miracle.

To be honest, Im kinda regretting what I did. I have been going in and out of US since I was a kid. I still have a valid tourist visa till next year. And now, since my fiancee filed the K1, I can't travel to see him and he is waiting to get a vacation from work so he could travel and come here. My point here is, I could have done it "the other way" but we chose to take the long route. All my life, Ive always been doing "the right thing". I always follow the rules and Im a law abiding person. I believe in honesty is the best policy. But sometimes, it doesnt mean that you will get fair treatment. I have seen petitions filed after me getting approvals. While my case is....well, still pending. Who knows how long we are going to wait. All we can do is hope and pray that the person looking at our papers is having a great day or is in a good mood.

Sorry guys... Im just missing my fiancee so much. I gave him my speech... the i-love-you-so-much-but-what-if-the-person-looking-at-our-papers-doesn't-want-us-to-be-together? I-want-you-to-be-happy-so-i-will-let-you-go. So he gave me the its-impossible-to-be-happy-if-i-dont-have-you answer. So if there's any consolation to this journey, its me and my fiancee getting closer... and holding on to each other more. Its like watching our love story in a movie...we cant wait whats gonna happen next.

Oh wow! Everytime I read the January filer's posts, I feel like Im gonna have a heart attack!!! I have been a silent reader here, but I just can't take it any longer. Im a January filer and I know our time will come sooner than we expected.

To those January filers who got their NOA2- Im happy for you guys! And you gave me hope!!!

And to dbears: You are so great! I wish I know you in person!

You know what are great? Photobooth photos! I have dozens of them.

Share away rachel!

here is one pic of us, it is in a motel room in Davao Philippines... motels don't have good connotation in the Philippines. Here it is just a place for lover's short time tryst, minimum stay is 3 or 4 hours (guess 3-4 hours is long enough to get rid of body heat )... Now this one here is a motel adjacent to the hotel we stayed in when Rick was here the last time. they have very interesting themed rooms : chopper room, earthquake rooms, room of cards, titanic room, car room, and this one is the cage room or jungle room... we explored some of the the rooms with the help of one of the staff on the last day of our stay (both our hotel & the motel have same owner and i think same housekeeping staff. We were not allowed to take photos but I sneaked my camera in... Had we known rooms were more interesting there we would have opted to stay there and in a different room everyday .. but of course, it was not possible coz my kids stayed with us up to the last day... hmmm, maybe next time

here's also a link to our online photo album:

LOVE is a leap of FAITH

Perfect together

HAHAHAHA!!! Sorry I really can't help but make a comment. Ive been reading your posts dbear....you are really funny!( I know exectly what you are talking about (the motels)! You made my day today! lol!

Ive been wanting to ask this question too...

My fiancee has only been working for only one year and a half now from this company. His income for 2007 is only $14,500. But last October 2007, he got promoted and his salary would be $25,000 for this year 2008. He was planning to go back to school but decided to put it aside for awhile since petitioning me as his fiancee is more important for him. So he took the job offer because he figured that he needs to meet the 125% requirement as he will be sponsoring for me and my son. At first, I figured that we can use a co-sponsor to play it safe but I found out from here that US Embassy Manila is not accepting co-sponsors for K1 visa. So right now, Im just hoping for the best. I know that I will never be a public charge as I have been travelling to the US every year. And I know my fiancee will never let that happen. Any advice here? Thank you so much.

my fiiance had her interview to day and was done in like 5 hours and she said she was to shy to ask if she was approved but the gave her the paper and then told her to go pay the visa delevery fee so i would think that if she paid the fee that she was approved because why would she pay if she was not approved anyone know...i wish she would have asked

I think she is approved because she was asked to pay. But you also have to know, as a Filipina, we learned from others not to say anything other than answering questions because it might work to our disadvantage...plus its in our culture- to be shy that is.=)

good morning everyone

i was reading some topics here in vj about k1 visa and i really got shocked

well me and my queen will hire an immigration lawyer to file for k1 visa

i tried many times to tell my queen that we can do that and we don't need to hire any lawyers

but while she is so worried girl and she says she can not do that by her own i agreed with her

so when i was reading some topics i found someone here in vj got problems with an immigration lawyer

after he sent a package of documents and many pictures ......to the lawyer and paid the attorney fees all communications from the lawyer have stopped. He doesn't answer emails, messages and he doesn't answer the phone calls.

my fiancée lives in North Carolina and we will hire an immigration lawyer from Massachusetts and she will not meet him in person . we will just send our documents to him and we will pay to him by credit card or money order ...

i have been thinking maybe we can him to send us a copy of his license or his ID

we checked his name in yellow page and stuff like that and we talked to him several times and he sound so good man

so my question is how can we make sure he is a good lawyer and he wont do the same to us???!!

i will appreciate your advice

have a nice blessed weekend

Mohamed

Hi! My fiancee and I decided to get a lawyer since immigration laws and the rules especially in US Embassy Manila change a lot. We looked in the net for lawyers but in the end, a friend recommended this lawyer in New York city. I met him personally during my visit in the US and for me, I want to work with someone whom I have talked and seen in person. He is a very competent lawyer that when I got home here in Philippines, he would always answer my quesions thru e-mails aside from doing his best to make me and my fiancee calm.

I know my fellow vjs are very supportive, after all we are all in the same boat. But they too have a life, that after going through the process they have to move on with their lives. And what happens to the ones left behind? I think every case is different. What works for someone else does not mean it will work for you. After all, we dont know exactly who is looking at our papers. My point is, if you think a lawyer can help you, then hire one. After all, there are other things to take good care of... like your relationship to your fiancee. =)