Jessica777

Hah, I guess that leaves out the attorney that was recommended for $1000! I asked her that if in lieu of a flat fee, she would consider simply addressing my concerns and charge me an hourly rate. She said she doesn't work that way. She then proceeded to tell me why a layman should not file the paperwork without an attorney.

I should also add that I went through the fiance visa process successfully 15 years ago and married a woman from the Philippines. (Our marriage lasted 10 years and we are now divorced.) I handled all the paperwork on my own (before visajourney was born and the internet was in its infancy! -- so it's not like I don't know the ropes, though I am very rusty. In the end, I had to hire an attorney for my wife to get her green card because we got a real winner at the INS who refused to believe our marriage was real. But that's another story. Thanks for reminding me what an attorney can and can't do. I needed a refresher. In any event, I will take the advice given and pursue this as far as I can on my own. Thank you again.

Try her

http://www.myimmigration.net/beta/law/marisa_casablanca.php

Congratulations Carl & Stefanie!!

THANKS

OXOOX

Had our interview last Wednesday and were told we were approved, however, according to Domesa, the embassy has still not given them the visa. This seems abnormal. What have been others' experiences recently with the timeframe between the embassy and Domesa?

Hi,

I we had interview on 8/3 and picked up Visa three busniess days later at Domesa in Bogota

Hello ,\

We have Visa no problems .. Just an exhusting trip ..

Thanks God !!Read my review of my experence at Embassy if you are interested ..

will my girls colombian ID be good here for getting into bars and stuff or will she need to get an american ID? if so where can we get an ID for her. thanks for your help.

Passport always works .. :}

Well it almost traveling time for me.I want to thank all whom have helped me get this far and wish all other members the best of luck as well

A classic

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...16&t=135016

what is your point to posting a link to post a message.

I would guess that it's a demonstration of the Mobius Continuum. Brilliant!

Its true i have totally have lost my mine..

Its the Journey no dought

A classic

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...16&t=135016

He was a fuuny ####### ///

Miss you George

Hello

Man I so confused about these shots/

My girl lives in Quilla and she has looked into getting a price of them done there ..But as I read here people have different answrs on this subject.I see you pais 138,000 for the three needed thats seems very good to me.If you were in my shoes what would you do>

Thanks

Carl

Carl,

We had no problem with having the shots done at the doctor's office but some have. Some of the problems have been inflated prices, unnecessary vaccines... But if Stefanie will need all of the vaccines, just call the doctors office that you have arrainged the appointment with and get a price. If it is still 130-140 mil that is a very good price. Be sure to get a name of the person that gives you the price so that there is no question when you arrive and the price doesn't suddenly change.

Good luck,

Hi Thanks,

We are just waiting to get interview date now,So good but i think I will have her chaeck the RED Cross in Quilla as well why we are waiting ..

Again thanks ..

Hello

Man I so confused about these shots/

My girl lives in Quilla and she has looked into getting a price of them done there ..But as I read here people have different answrs on this subject.I see you pais 138,000 for the three needed thats seems very good to me.If you were in my shoes what would you do>

Thanks

Carl

HEY EVERYBODY!!!!

I just wanted to confirm the question the Byron already answered...

Yenifer just got off the phone with Dr. Roa's office and the price for all three vaccines is 132.000 pesos...this is a very reasonable price

Td = Tetanus and Diphtheria vaccine

MMR = Measles, Mumps and Rubella

Varicella = Chickenpox

Anyway I'm off to Bogota...very anxious ...a little nervous but very prepared...talk to you guys soon...wish us luck!!!

Hello

Man I so confused about these shots/

My girl lives in Quilla and she has looked into getting a price of them done there ..But as I read here people have different answrs on this subject.I see you pais 138,000 for the three needed thats seems very good to me.If you were in my shoes what would you do>

Thanks

Carl

Hello Everyone.

I was wondering what will be the cost of vaccines in Bogota for this up coming interview?

• Mumps, Measles, Rubella (MMR)

• Tetanus and diptheria toxoids

• Varicella (AKA Chicken Pox

And other costs like medical exam,lab work,interview

Thanks

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

PiNk

Thank you

congratulations..you are a step closer!

thank you

After a long wait got NOA 2 in the post [mail].I have checked the UCICS site but still have not updated it on line.I phoned the NVC and it has gone to the US Embassy in Bogota..

Its a good day !!

Kelly he is really cute. Looks like Amirah is going to have quite a pool to choose from with all these handsome little MENA men, theres Zaid, there's Mehdi, there's Ayman. and I think Wahrania is waiting for a boy too? did I miss anyone? hmm... whats a girl to do....

im having a boy....wahhh you forgot bout me.

mY GIRL 6 years 3 days

Kelly he is really cute. Looks like Amirah is going to have quite a pool to choose from with all these handsome little MENA men, theres Zaid, there's Mehdi, there's Ayman. and I think Wahrania is waiting for a boy too? did I miss anyone? hmm... whats a girl to do....

im having a boy....wahhh you forgot bout me.

mY GIRL 6 years 3 days

Wow what can I say .. They are looking at me case anyways I got a RFE April 30th and waiting to see whats it about..Hope this comes to a end soon //

I really wonder what they want from me...

Being fondled is ok ...

Now that I've read all these posts and replies I'm even more confused? So this cousin does not speak English and you are going to move there?

I will pray for him ///////

I had my interview on april 18, 2008..... yesturday.

I've been folowing this forum since we started, and everything had been smooth...

At the interview....

Q. The consul asked me why I had filled for 3 tourist visas and 2 student visa between 1999-2005.

A. Because I wanted to travel while tourist visa, and I wanted to study electronic engineer, and since I wasn't aproved, I studied here in my country.

Q. How are your mother and sisters there?

A. My mother and my little sister, under political asilum, my other sister is married. All of them are legal residents.

Q.How did you and your fiance meet?

A. I've know her since school.

Q. When did your romantic relation started?

A. june 2007

Q. When was the last time she came to visit?

A. September

Q. Why didn't she came back after?

A. Because we are saving money for our honey-moon, and besides her job won't let her.....she has a very busy day.

Q. Let me see the evidence

A. sure.

I gave her 2 inches of paper.... Pictures, emails, phone calls.

SHE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT WHAT I GAVE HER, SHE JUST PLACED ON TOP OF OTHER PAPERS SHE HAD WITH HER......

and said....." I was not convinced of your relation, I think you are just friends"

I said...." but you didn't even look at the evidence I gave you, We even talk with my fiance sometimes 3 times in a day"

she said ... " YES I DID LOOK AT YOUR EVIDENCE, AND I WAS NOT CONVINCED" ( she was already telling me to back-off)

She said.... " I will give you an opportunity.... come back to an interview with your fiance..."

She then gave me a paper that said that I wasn't elegible because of evidence, and in order for me to be elegible, I would have to bring evidence like (emails, pictures, phone bills.... etc...)

Under that she wrote whith her pencil.... INTERVIEW WITH FIANCE ( sugested)

She stayed with my passport, and said I had ONE YEAR to complete this...

I said, OK, Thank You very much then. Good-bye

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the f''' am I suppose to do? My girl is not going to be able to come, not a least in about 4 months.......

( I know I can go any day to the embassy, but if I'm not taking my girl with me, that is going to be a sure DENIAL )

THOUGHTS???? please!!!

Wow ,

Listen this is what I would do..

I would spend any money she has been saving for your honey moon and get her there for interview.

Its very clear you have no choice about it.Dont wait four months

Just my thoughts

Good Luck !!

how much do u send back to ur spouses family monthly

None

I am in contact with someone in Cebu who doesnt speak english and I am just beginning to learn visaya. I want to send a little money to this person just so that she can come and chat with me. She doesnt have ID. I want to send her a message.. Will someone please help me and translate this for me to cebuano... thank you very much

Ailene.. I will send money to the person you gave me in the email, but I want you to get your own ID

so i can send the money to you and nobody else.

Use the money that I send to go get a birth certificate. I think they will accept that at the bank

where you pick up the money from xoom.

Please do this, its very important to me. thank you

Thank you so much if someone will translate this for me...

My fiance isnt here to translate this for me. She went back to the Philippines. She announced we are just friends after

two days and wanted me to be in a fake marriage to help her !! wow.. well live and learn...

thanks for anyones help...

I would advise dont send money ..

Go there Birth cert are cheap ......

Dont be scammed again .....

hey has any feb VSC filers recieved there NOA2 yet? i got my NOA1 feb 5th but haven't heard anymore since. i see some people were getting there's in as little as 55 days. it has been 71 for me now and nothing. thanks guys and hopefully i won't have to wait much longer.

oh and i want to say sorry to all who have filed at CSC. i hope things speed up for you guys.

There is a few of waiting ..... }:

If any of the following sounds familiar to you, then you're probably Filipino. Admit it, some halo-halo sounds pretty good right about now.

• You answer to "Pssst!!"

• You point with your lips.

• You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like Ling-Ling, Bong-Bong, or Che-Che.

• You have uncles and aunts named Boy, Girlie or Baby.

• In your dining room there's a picture of "Last Supper" - and on either side of it are a giant wooden spoon and fork.

• The furniture in your house is wrapped in plastic or covered in blankets.

• You use shopping bags as garbage bags.

• You have a piano no one plays.

• You keep a tabo in your bathroom.

• You own a barrel man from Baguio.

• You can't resist buying items on sale even if you don't need them.

• You eat with your hands.

• and you cut your meat with a spoon and fork.

• You know a meal isn't a meal unless there's rice.

• There's Spam, Vienna sausage and corned beef in your pantry.

• You eat or have eaten fried spam and eggs with rice for breakfast.

• Whenever friends come over, they ask for "meat rolls" and you know they mean lumpia.

• You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.

• You always kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or leave the room.

• Your relatives sing karaoke when they come over.

• A party isn't a party unless there's line dancing (who doesn't love the Todo Todo, Chilly Cha Cha and September???)

• You don't get grossed out by balut.

• Your mom puts sugar and hot dogs in her spaghetti.

• Your Lola taught you to gargle with warm salt and ginger water when you have a sore throat.

• You always take your shoes off when you enter a house.

• You know what the "chocolate sauce" in dinuguan is actually made of

• The tissues in your bathroom came from Holiday Inn.

• You "open" and "close" the lights.

• Your friends know what it means to be on Filipino Time.

• You think Christmas season begins in October and ends in January.

• Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.

• You've mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.

• You've ridden in a tricycle that doesn't require peddling

• You hold your palms together in front of you and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.

• Goldilocks is more than a fairy tale character to you.

• You say "prijider" instead of refrigerator

• Your Dad is/was in the Navy or your mom is a nurse or in many cases both.

• You leave a party with more food than you came with.

• You pronounce "v"s as "

• You're seen with a boy who's not Filipino and he's automatically your boyfriend and everyone knows about it

• You have Chinese furniture and walls screens in your house

• Your mom or dad came from a family with at least 10 children

• Your parents over exaggerate the time (ex:" hoy gising na ! its almost 12 o clock," when it is really 11:15am)

• You pronounce "f's" as "p's" and "p's" as "f's" eg. pliffing = flipping , pork = fork [or vise versa ]

• Finding relatives at the airport entails scouring the crowd for a bunch of people fussing with a balikbayan box.

• Anyone whose name you can't recall in conversation is referred to as "si ano".

• Somehow there is always room for one more on the motorcycle or tricycle!

• You take off your shoes in the house.

• Your mom tells you to wear your "chanelas" when you go outside.

• You ask your mom what your "ulam" is when shes cooking.

• Your mom likes oriental furniture.

• You can speak one or more: tagalog, illocano, kapangpangan or cebuano

• You can understand either: tagalog, illocana, kapangpangan or cebuano

• You always have sardines in your pantry.

• You've eaten the bird of the balut at least once was

• You know the "Otso-otso".

• If you're not the youngest in the family, you look like your mom.

• You like Kare-Kare.

• Church is a must on Sundays.

• The first thing you offer your guests is food.

• You like the "Black Eyed Peas" because one of the guys is Filipino.

• Taho is Deeeelish!

• You believe its bad to waste food.

• Your mom tells you that its bad luck to sleep with your hair wet.

• You own a "walis ting ting".

• You like ALL of the following: Sinigang, Nilaga, Tilapia, Dinuguan, Pansit, and Lumpia.

• Mango is a dessert.

• You get excited when you see a Filipino on an American channel.

• if you're living abroad, you have family in the philippines that expect you to bring pasalubong that's fancier than anything you even own yourself

• you know that the "white" version of "come here" is palm-up, fingers waving toward the body, but the pinoy version is palm-down, fingers moving toward body in sort of shoveling motion

• You nod backwards to say yes

• You raise your eyebrows to say yes

• You know that Adidas is more than just an athletic company

• You or your parents have a santo nino on the mante and a big wooden rosary hanging on the wall somewhere in the house

• When you know that "dat white one" means a CLEAR object and NOT white at all!

• You can measuring the water for cooking rice with two fingers

• The house you grew up in had a chandelier made of shell (capice)

• Your parents believed in various superstitions: like turning the plates at dinner if someone had to leave; saying "tabi tabi, po

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

YOU MAY BE MARRIED TO A FILIPINA IF . . .

♥ your refrigerator is always full but you cannot find any food that you recognize.

♥ instead of a dowry, you got the whole bill for the wedding and honeymoon.

♥ most of the decorations in your house are made of wicker.

♥ you are expected to be able to read her mind just by watching her eyebrows move up and down and which way her lips are pointed.

♥ all her relatives think your name is Joe.

♥ the instant you are married you have 3000 new close relatives that you can't tell apart.

♥ your house isn't really on fire, but there is a very charred fish right on top of the stove burner.

♥ all the desserts are sticky and all the snacks are salty.

she eats her fruit with giant salt crystals and her fried chicken with ketchup.

♥ even the ketchup tastes weird . . . very weird.

♥ you throw a party and everyone is fighting to chop the leathery skin off a dead pig.

♥ all your kids have 4-5 middle names.*

♥ your in-laws take 10 years to acknowledge your existence and to call you by something other than "that white guy."

♥ you try to call her up on the phone and someone tells you "for a while" and you want to know "for a while, what??"

♥ you are trying to go to sleep and she keeps asking for the comFORT'r, and you ain't got a clue what she's talking about . . .

♥ your first Christmas present is some funny looking baggy see-thru shirt made out of leftover lace doilies.

♥ your phone bills are all international and average 3 hours per call.

♥ she sweeps with something that witches usually fly around on.

♥ her idea of classy, expensive champagne is Asti Spumante

♥ the rice cooker is on 24 hours a day and uses up 50% of your electric and food budget.

♥ on your first trip to the Philippines, you have 18 giant boxes that weigh 1000 pounds each and your "carry on" luggage requires a small forklift truck.

♥ the same luggage is over filled with things that cost an average of 15 cents each like old magazines and M&Ms -- the worst part is when you get off the plane, the same stuff you've been hauling around half way around the world is available in every store in the airport for half the price!

♥ all her pajamas look like they were worn by the Dalai Lama until they got too faded.

♥ the first time she's pregnant you have to go out at 4:00 in the morning looking for some weird type of greasy sausages, green mangoes and bagoong.

♥ You buy a new $500 freezer so she can store 200 pounds of SPAM and CORNED BEEF that was on sale.

♥ everything in your house was bought on sale, even if you don't need it .. as long as it was a "bargain" is all that matters.

♥ she gets really excited by sucking the fat out of pig knees.

♥ your daughter gets her ears pierced when she's 2 minutes old but your sons are not circumcised until they turn 21.

♥ all your postage bills instantly double.

♥ you hire a yaya because your wife thinks you clean mirrors with soap and a sponge and the yaya seems cheaper than a divorce.

♥ the only "white meat" she likes is You, and that's if you're lucky . . .

♥ her favorite sauce is called patis, Americans call it turpentine.

♥ she actually thinks that bowling and golf and billiards are real sports and are more important than baseball and football.

♥ you were married 5 years before she explained to you that "ARAY!" doesn't mean "ooh, baby!"

♥ she prefers bistek to beef steak.

♥ her idea of new upholstery is rinsing the bagoong stains out of the slip covers.

♥ she can eat and talk at the same time, in fact that's her especialty!

♥ her favorite meal is leftovers, her favorite fancy dessert is Jello mold and for something REALLY romantic, she'll offer you a halo-halo with 2 straws.

♥ you still don't know what's the difference between manong and manok.

♥ she and the kids are always saying "Daddy made utot" and you still don't know what it means but they think it's pretty funny.

♥ other than eyebrow raising and lip puckering, her next most expressive form of communication is grunts and pssst's

♥ she goes to the movies just for the AC.

♥ her homeland has more Megamalls than islands.

♥ before every holiday and visit, her sisters fax you a 10 page "bilin" list which says "suggestion only."

♥ your kitchen table has a merry-go-round in the middle.

♥ all the vegetables she buys at the Filipino store look like they were grown at Chernobyl.

♥ your in-law's first visit lasted 5 years.

♥ her friends are named Chinky, Girlie, Boy and Bimbo and you are not allowed to smirk.

♥ her home economics course only taught shopping, eating and siesta; cooking, cleaning and sewing were not electives.

♥ her idea of edifying reading is gossip magazines.

♥ all your place settings has the silverware backwards and there are no knives.

♥ she washes her hair with a bucket and her car with a broom.

♥ she uses an umbrella even if its not raining.

♥ her favorite book (she has 3 copies) is "1001 New Recipes for Pig Parts You Were Gonna Throw Out"

♥ you are the only family in a 200 mile radius with 6 DVD player, 5 televisions.

♥ she's done her best job planning a surprise party for you if she manages not to tell you about it until a week or two before.

♥ she "cleans" her closet by throwing all the ####### into your closet.

♥ you are pretty proud of yourself because you think you snagged up for yourself some unique, rare, tropical goddess type until you go to the Philippines and can't tell her apart from anyone else in the whole country (unless she's taller than 5'1", then it's a bit easier).

♥ there's always singing in your house, even when the radio's off.

♥ your own mom, who was lukewarm about your marriage originally, now calls you long distance...to talk to your wife, not to you.

♥ your family announces that in the unlikely event of a divorce between you and your wife, she will always have a place to stay, but you better find a new family.

♥ your wife asks to get a job so that you will both have a little extra money, then thanks you for not complaining about having to drive her to work.

♥ your wife has a contagious smile.

♥ you both decide to divide your spare income, and you spend yours on a computer game or a power tool, only to learn that she spent her money buying clothes for you

♥ she might not have had a second pair of shoes growing up, but she's rapidly making up for lost time.

♥ everything in your house is "namebrand".

♥ you have a Western Union "Preferred Customer" card. Really.

♥ you complain when your wife tells you that longaniza is only for breakfast.

♥ you learn to like rice, even plain.

♥ you have a budget.

♥ she may only tell you she loves you once in awhile. But, she shows you that she loves you in everything she does and says.

♥ you go to sleep each night knowing you're the luckiest man in the world.

mabuhay ang pinoy!!

this so true ..I have friends whom are married to philipina's and I sent it off to them .I have been there my a few times ////

Hey, all,

We got Packet III recently and there's form OF-169 in it that needs to be returned to the embassy by mail of fax. The form says something to the effect of: "I have assembled all the required documents and am requesting an interview". I think most consulates have some version of that form but it may be called diffferently-- so please read even if your form was named something else.

Now the thing is that one of the required documents takes a while to obtain and requires two trips to the capital city (to order and, in a few days, to pick up). So the dilemma is: send OF-169 immediately and take care of that missing document while waiting for the interview or take the instructions literally and wait with replying to Packet III untill we actually have all of the documents physically?

It is annoying because the interview won't take place in less than a few weeks from now and they won't even schedule it until they receive form OF-169. So it looks like getting the document first and sending OF-169 second introduces a meaningless delay. On the other hand, if we go that route, my fiancee will put her signature under something saying that she has all of the documents, while in reality she doesn't. So I'm afraid that could be treated as giving misleading information.

Has anyone faced this question? How have you resolved it and to what effect?

Thank you and best regards!

Hi,

During our wait for the NOA 2 I had Stefanie getting all things needed so we can send and fax infor to the Embassy.She did miss some days of work doing this but we figure saving at least one month to get interview.We are waitin for only one Document now.Good luck.

We plan on doing short cut for sure //////