Edward and Jaycel

That would be category (c)(9)

Woo Hoo!! 🎉🎉

My answer to this is a definite yes as they put this verbal warning and information into a database with your Passport and other identifying details (which is why you keep getting checked) so you should disclose it. My initial thought is Part 9., Item 15.b. - Have you EVER been arrested, cited, detained or confined by any law enforcement officer, military official (in the U.S. or elsewhere), or immigration official for any reason, or been charged with a crime or offense?

Yeah we knew about the in person requirement for applying... We're just going to make a little vacation out of it but we were hoping to avoid a 2nd trip to get the passport

Thank you so much! Unfortunately we will have to do it by mail as San Francisco is our consulate and we live in Denver. It's good to know she gets to keep the old one.

Yes this is the route we are going to go but our concern is going to the consulate in San Francisco and doing the name change, do they give back the old passport with a hole punched in it or something? If they don't, we don't want to do this until after Jaycel has her green card interview and/or gets approved without the interview because I think they like to see the passport with the K-1 visa that you entered the US with at the interview?

We filed our ROM in December and got back the signed, sealed form in about 10 days.... But we still can't get the transmittal details from the DFA 5 months later 😐

I don't link to other commercial websites here on VJ but if you Google I-485 statistics you'll find a bunch of sites

Congratulations!! 🎉🎉

As the others indicated above, you do NOT need a police clearance from the US. You asked for link/proof. See below: If you are 16 years of age or older, you must obtain a photocopy of a police certificate from all countries you have lived in using below criteria: If you ... AND you... THEN submit a police certificate from... Are 16 years old or older Lived in your country of nationality for more than 6 months at any time in your life Your country of nationality Are 16 years old or older Have lived in your country of current residence (if different from nationality) for more than 6 months Your country of current residence Have ever lived in another country for 12 months or more Were 16 years or older at the time you lived there The country where you used to live. Were arrested for any reason, regardless of how long you lived in that city or country, and no matter what age you were The city and/or country where you were arrested. Note: Present and former residents of the United States do NOT need to submit any U.S. police certificates. This is from https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html

That is a "Refusal" pending the submission of whatever is lacking that caused the refusal. In this case it will be refused pending submission of the completed medical exam at which time they will look at the completed medical and if everything else is good, then issue the visa

Here are a couple of posts from yesterday

Today's stats: April 30, 2025 21:50 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 2,839 (+168) • Denied: 227 • FingerprintScheduled: 160 • InterviewCancelled: 167 • InterviewScheduled: 6,886 (+22) • Processing: 30,621 • Received: 654 • Rejected: 106 • RFE: 397 • Terminated: 136 • Withdrawal: 11 • Others: 61

Once she has all her ID problems straightened out, she should go ahead and fill out the DS-160, pay the visa fee and schedule the interview. The embassy in Manila no longer requires you to wait for the treatments to be done. They will just give her a 221g that she will answer once her treatment is done and her medical exam is repeated and completed. VJ member @maryaaaa went through this process and may be able to lend more detail.

This was my thought about it and in fact there was another VJ member that had the same interview experience and detailed it here today:

It's so very hard to be patient when you are waiting to be together with your person. We struggled with it the whole time. We're still struggling to be patient with USCIS again with the AOS process... Wish you speedy resolution and a quick reunion afterwards. Keep us posted!

"Refused" is often the status they put the case into while they are doing the administrative processing

August, September, October and November are the months with high numbers of approvals in the last week

Has the status of your I-129F changed to "Case Was Sent To The Department of State"? It's been taking 4-6 weeks lately just for USCIS to send cases to NVC

If you are not sure whether or not you should register with USCIS under the "Alien Registration Requirement", below is the link to the USCIS website questionnaire that will guide you to the correct answer. Once you go to the page, click on the "Do I need to Register?" button. https://www.uscis.gov/alienregistration

Philippine citizens who are lawful permanent residents of the US do not need a visa to enter Mexico for tourism, business, or transit purposes. They can enter Mexico using their foreign passport and Green Card. Explanation: Mexican visa requirements are based on nationality and residency status, not citizenship. Philippine citizens are exempt from needing a Mexican visa if they hold a valid Green Card, a US permanent residence card. This applies to all purposes of visit, including tourism, business, and transit. However, if the green card is expired, but the traveler has official documentation proving their legal status in the US, they may still need a visa. Since the name on the passport and the name on her Green Card will be different I would bring a Certified Copy of your Marriage Certificate as well Once AoS is approved, we try to get a US passport ASAP Concern is that I'm not sure if AoS approval is the sufficient for getting a US passport She cannot get a US passport when her Adjustment of Status is approved - That only happens if she applies for and is approved for citizenship

One of our community members here just had to do the same recently at the Manila Consulate and it took them 2-3 weeks to process once they received her passport back. That's no guarantee obviously because it is the US Government and consistency is not their strong point but it's a pretty good benchmark since hers just happened in March.

A couple of other things.... 1. The DS-160 application: While you are filling it out and saving your progress as you go along is only valid for 30 days, however once you submit the application, it is valid for 1 year after the date of submission. 2. With the new scheduling website that went into effect for Manila (New as of October 2024), we have seen quite a few reports that it will not allow you to enter the visa payment information (receipt number) and schedule your appointment until the status of your NVC (State Department) case number shows "Ready" on CEAC. Once you get your case number you can check the status of the case here: https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

This is good news! That means someone opened your case and looked at it

Thank you for this! So happy for you!