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    questions on air21 and visa

    in Philippines

    Posted

    Congratulations...

    i suggest not to book flight unless you have your visa inhand..had my interview april 20 and my visa arrived april 24..one of my friend didnt receive her visa yet and we have same interview date..air21 tracking online didnt work unless they got your visa from the embassy..dont worry about poe,just present your passport and give them the paket and they will ask 1 or 2 question,finger print and taking pictures and thats it your good to go...yes you can bring those as hand carry..goodluck

    K3 VISA

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Helo guys I am new to this site, I am here to post regarding my visa, I am filipina that married to a US Citizen he is american, We got married last July 20 2008 and we file the a k3 visa last Oct 3 and the USCIS recieved our I-130F last Oct 15 2008, then we receieved the I-797 or NAO1, then we send the I-129F Oct 23 they received it last Nov 03 2008, I am so confuse why our case still Received and Pending its been 6 months we don't have approval yet, But my husband keep calling to the NVC, Pls advice Us what do to??? Is it too long 2 wait for an aproval???

    Hope u can help us guys.... thanks and Godbless......

    Wow that was too long to wait..My husband file I-130 Nov.2008 and aproved by feb(NAO2),had my interview april 20, and now im here in US...try to call USCIS...goodluck..

    receive visa today april 15

    in Philippines

    Posted

    hi guys i recieve my visa today april 15 at 1pm its really fast your truly the best air21 :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: i had my interview last april 13 it only took 2days :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: ....im from tarlac.,..soon fly to US.

    to all still waiting for thier visa be patient and be possitive God is really Good..

    Service Center : California Service Center

    Consulate : Manilla, Philipines

    CR/IR-1 Visa* CSC

    2008-08-21 : I-130 Sent

    2008-08-27 : NOA1

    2009-01-14 : Touched - (11:00 AM)

    2009-01-14 : I-130 NOA2 (Approved (7:00 PM) - 141 days from NOA1 date)

    NVC

    2009-01-22 : NVC Received and Case Number Assigned

    2009-01-27 : DS-3032 and AOS bill generated at NVC

    2009-01-27 : DS-3032 sent (by e-mail)

    2009-01-31: AOS bill Received via mail

    2009-01-31: AOS bill invoiced (paid online)

    2009-02-03: DS-3032 sent (by FedEx)

    2009-02-03: AOS bill Shows PAID and cover sheet printed (7pm CSC)

    2009-02-04: DS-3032 Received by NVC

    2009-02-04: AOS package sent to NVC (by FedEx)

    2009-02-05: AOS package received by NVC

    2009-02-05: DS-3032 Choice of Agent accepted

    2009-02-05: AOS entered into NVC system

    2009-02-06: IV bill invoiced

    2009-02-06: IV bill PAID and cover sheet printed

    2009-02-09: DS-230 sent to NVC (by Fedex)

    2009-02-15: DS-230 entered into NVC system

    2009-02-18: case complete at NVC

    2009-03-06: NVC Left

    Embassy

    2009-03-09 : Forward the case to Embassy in Manila, Philippines

    2009-04-1 nd 2 :Medical Exam.......Passed!!!

    2009-04-13 : Interview at Embassy Passed!!

    2009-04-15: VISA RECEIVE

    :dance::dance: CONGRATULATIONS :dance::dance:

    police cert from taiwan many yrs ago

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    i worked at Taiwan 2000-2005 and before going back home i got my Police Clearance.I thought it is good enough since it is the last time i was there..

    Hi guys, I have question regarding my police cert from taiwan. I worked there so many yrs ago 1999-2001 and i got my police certificate last 2003. now i am wondering if it still valid since its 2009 now but i was only there for that period of time do you think the NVC will accept it? or they will ask me to get a new one? I got my new local PCC last month from where im living now. Anybody have an idea? pls give me your insights. I am going to send the ds230 to my hubby today and just want to be ready just in case they will not accept my old one from taiwan. waiting for you reply thank you all.

    for as long as you were not back in taiwan from the time you have the certificate, i guess that's ok....but to make it sure, just get a new one, its very easy and affordable to apply through mail. I did it myself...normally police certificate valid only for a year.

    Interview Experience at USEM

    in Philippines

    Posted

    Hello Fellow VJ'ers good day to all of u. First and foremost GOD IS SO GOOD!!! and GOD make things possible according to his will. Fellow VJ'ers thank you so much and we are so glad to be in this site.

    Interview Appointment : April 3,2009 @ 7am

    April 1, 2009 - We arrived in Manila (9am) and we stayed at City State Tower Hotel

    room rate ( 1,515.00 / free breakfast for 2)

    * we went back to sleep as soon we were in our hotel room LOL afraid to missed our flights so we didn't sleep that night and we left our house at 3am bound for Cagayan de Oro Airport

    * Hubby got me a new outfit to wear for my interview

    April 2,2009 - The Day that I don't understand my feelings mixed emotions then i got slight fever probably because I am so scared specially after a fellow VJ'er had her interview

    - I am all prepared with all our documents, but still I have all those kinds of emotions ( scared,nervous, and in fact I got stomach pain and chills. so what we did we went to church with my husband and we attended a mass at 12 noon mass from there, as I was praying I really cried and i told God, that's the first time I felt that kind of scared and nervous that I can't explain Why? maybe because as i heard from others, from their interview experienced and specially I am afraid that they will be a domicile issues since my husband is here with me in the Philippines for over a year now although we have enough evidence to support for that.

    - The night before my interview, my nervousness wont let me sleep I was chilling and I really cried all I feel was I am so scared!!! so my husband hug me and comfort me. Then we both sitting on the bed and holds our hands together and we both prayed to GOD as I am crying ( sorry VJ'ers during this time super iyakin kc nga takot na takot me) my husband lead the prayer and we ask god to be with us during my interview. Then we both fall asleep hugging each other.

    April 3, 2009 - The most awaited Day!

    - We woke up at 3am we say our morning prayers before starting our day

    5:30 am - We arrived at Embassy consular area waited there until 6:45am. Till my husband decided to ask the Guard why we haven't been given instruction since our appointment was 7am the guard then told us to go to Gate 3 because the consular waiting area was for visitors visa only. Once we got into the correct line we waited to enter the embassy.

    7:00 am - Falling inline at the embassy at the correct gate, the guard at the front of the line asked for my interview appointment letter we gave him my Identification Folder I prepared which had my Interview Appointment letter ( a re-scheduled letter and the original appointment) my passport copy Bio-Page, Postal ID etc.....

    7:30 am - seated in the Blue chairs waited to get our ticket number

    8:00 am - Finally got my ticket number 6035

    9:00 am - After waiting an hour with our ticket, got called for finger scanning at window 16 (calling me by Name not my ticket number)

    10:00 am - Another hour waiting and called for pre-screening by ticket number at window 14

    - A filipina pre-screener she's in her early 50's , she was very nice but made my husband so nervous LOL

    - As she was asking me I keep looking in her eyes and telling myself I can do this....

    Question she asked me:

    1. When and how did we met

    2. How old we are ( my age and my husband age)

    3. How many times my husband got married

    4. What's my husband work

    5. She asked me about my work before

    6. Date of our Marriage ( she asked me this question many times)

    7. She also asked me, my husband health condition

    8. How many times did my husband visited me before we got married

    9. She asked me also why is it my husband stayed here for this long

    10. She was asking me if I was married before and If I have kids

    11. She asked my CENOMAR

    12. She asked me, if my husband has kids and how many

    13. She was asking also the reasons of my husband divorce and last wife passing away

    * She asked me a lot but still i know God touched her heart for me coz she even called me anak because every time I answered her question shes making a note so she said dahan2x anak ko and it makes me comfortable after I heard her saying those words.

    10:30 am - Final Interview with CO

    - At window 28 with a super gwapo CO LOL his in early 40's

    - He greeted me "Magandang Umaga u may please sit down"

    - He let me raised my right hand and swear the truth

    - Then he greeted me again Hello Mrs Whicker how are you today? and I answered him back I am okay but my butt is shaking because I am so nervous and he laugh at me and he asked me Why I am nervous I just told him I love my husband so much and I want to be with him forever and he reply me Awwwwww!!! Anyway Mrs Whicker just relax and I have some question for you but first I want to tell you that being an officer its really a tough job because we are protecting the Government as well as the applicant and he says " Does it make it sense to you?"

    CO Question:

    1. When is my Birth date

    2. When is our wedding date

    3. When and how we met

    4. My age and husband age

    5. If I had children

    6. How many times my husband got married before

    7. He asked me if my husband been arrested before

    8. he asked me about my husband divorces and wife passing away

    then he just return my documents that I presented and he told me Mrs Whicker Thank you so much for the time you spent preparing your documents they are very organized. I was not sure when he handed me back my documents If I had passed the interview or not., he kept on typing from his computer, go outside and wait for further instruction and I kept on looking into his eyes while he was telling me this and then he said your visa is approved welcome to the United states of America!! I was holding my hands together under the ledge and when he said those words i brought my hands up together on the top of the ledge and I said THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR!! and I can't help my tears fall in front of him and he just said it's my pleasure and it's my Job , and tell him back again Thank you so much Sir and may god bless you always., and he replied you are welcome Mrs Whicker and God bless you too have a good Day. And my husband sitting outside the room said that's the only part of the interview he could hear, was me saying thank you. And when I came out the room, my husband and I hug and kiss each other regardless of the people who are there we are just happy., then we seated back again at the blue chairs waiting for my number to be called. 10 minutes after, when my ticket number flashed on the screen telling me to go to window 37 then the man from window 37 handed me my appointment letter with the pink slip on it and told me to pay my air 21 fee., then we went to air 21 counter and paid the 220 pesos delivery fee. The air 21 counter said we can go and thank you and we left the embassy veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hungry and tired But HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

    Once again fellow VJ'ers thank u so much for helping and supporting us during our visa journey it was a tough interview but the pink slip was worth it. Good Luck to everyone with their interview up coming.

    God Bless us all VJ'ers!!!!

    MMW :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

    :) Happy to meet abynorm and we are in the same hotel and got to met also Del with her friend.

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

    Visa APPROVED!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Yes. My visa has been approved today.. :dance: Praise God! :dance:

    I arrived at the USE around 6AM. Was told to wait at the waiting area til the 8:30AM appointments are called. REMINDER: NOT just CELLPHONES are NOT ALLOWED. Other electronic gadgets are NOT allowed inside the embassy too. I forgot to leave at home my MP3 player so I had to go outside again and grudgingly pay P150 for the sharks outside offering to keep my stuff safe til I'm done. Big Bleh! :angry:

    Anyway, I went inside again and here are the steps as told in the video shown for waiting applicants. :ot2:

    Step 1. Went to the "Ticket Booth" where your number stub is given, and where they get the Forms 156, 157 and 156-K. Keep your number stub and never give it away was the instruction. Then I watched for my number get flashed in the Queue Board plus the corresponding window number where I should go to.

    Step 2. Finger scanning in windows 14, 15, 16. No problems. Just let the girl get your finger scans.

    Step 3. Pre-Screening by the Pre-Screener. (obviously..hehe). These are fellow Pinoys who ask.. guess what?... Pre-screening questions! lol... For me, it was young lady who pre-screened me. She just asked who is petitioning for me, what's my relationship with him, when did we meet, how did we meet, is he a Fil-Am (he's not. he's Mex-Am), etc. She got my other docs -- NBI, CENOMAR, I-164 + tax transcripts, pics, moneygram receipt, greeting card from Gilbert..

    Step 4. Final Interview by the Consul. Mine was in Window 32. The consul is an elderly caucasian who barely looked at me from his pc, very professional, kept calling me Ma'am (probably because of my ultra-conservative blazer..lol). He made me raise my right hand and swore that I'm telling the truth on which I replied with a "Huh? Oh! I swear!" Then he proceeded to ask when me and my fiance met, how did he decide to go to the Phils (which I answered with our love story, "We wanted to be together and these are the procedures we need to go through," how many times he's been here, how old is he, etc. At the end, he said, "Okay I have no more questions to ask. Your visa is approved." Was told too to get further instructions outside. Alright! :thumbs:

    Step 5. Got the famous pink slip.. and the news that because of the long holidays coming I might get the visa in 2-3 weeks instead of the normal 3-5 days.. Bleh! I wasnt able to foresee that. I should have gotten an earlier schedule. But anyway, more important is that I got approved. :)

    Step 6. Pay Air21 P205 for delivery of my visa. The price varies where you live. I'm just in Quezon City area.

    Afterwards, that's it pansit! I was done! Then we were told not to go out right away because there were rallyists outside the embassy throwing stones and who are being pushed out by the police coz they were just blocking the entire cross-section of UN Avenue and Roxas. Tsk. Of course this is an entirely different story..

    So yeah! PRAISE GOD!!! I was teary-eyed most of the time while waiting for my turn.. Couldnt help but get emotional thinking how I've gotten this far in the K1 process and that in a few minutes I would get definite assurance that I can be together for the rest of my life with Gilbert.. Knowing that it's going to be in a whole new country, the thought of leaving the familiar and building a new life in a strange land was quite overwhelming.. I was all excited, anxious, and happy at the same time! :)

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

    visa approved!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hello fellow VJ friends, first of all i want to thank everyone for all their support during our journey. You are the best! Next i want to share the joy we feel right now. My wife had her interview today and Thank God she got the pink slip! I won't post right now about the interview, I will let her do that. Just had to let all our VJ friends we did it !!!! Woo Hoo !!! Time to dance! :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:

    :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

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