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SLEC link..
http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml

******Okay everyone update*******
I am sorry for the mistake in my typing of K1 visa I meant K3, my bad. It was filed through the US Embassy in Seoul Korea and processed successfully.
Second, since I have been reading peoples replies and comments on my topic. and thank you for taking the time to reply...it has helped alot.
I sat down with my wife yesterday, and had a discussion.
I explained to her that I work very hard everyday in the military for our families money, and I feel like a BANK to her family. And it is going to stop immediatley. I explained that I offered to send 100.00 USD every 2 weeks but it wasnt good enough for them...so since they werent willing to take the help I could give them there would be NO help. I refused to send another penny to them. They were fine without me before i came into their daughters life and will find a way to survive. I explained its time for her brothers to get a job and become men....they will never be famous dancers and need to grow up..(yes they were in a dance crew that has never danced for anyone except family members). During our discussion she explained to me she was never mad at me, just the situation that she put into by her family...and she found out her dad had not been working at all since i started helping them. also her mother had opened up a small store and it went under because she gave people in the community a TAB. And she did this with my money.
I became furious, I almost lost my cool...but kept it until her BROTHER sent a message to my cellphone calling me cheap and too lazy to take care of my wifes family. I got mad, and yes I called the house and spoke to her brother and explained to him he needs to learn respect, and to grow up...or become homeless bc I refused to send them any money...not even for birthdays or holidays until they respected me as a son in law, a person and as a working man.
He rattled off in tagalog and hung up. Her mom has since begged her to TAKE my debit card and send money for the electricity bill and motorcyle payment....WHEN THE HECK DID THEY GET A MOTORCYCLE...i sure knew nothing about it and my wife was pretty upset they bought one also.
but as of now they know where they stand with me, and even my wife refuses to respond to their pleas....I told her it was time to become a WOMAN and to think about her family that is coming along.
Things at the house have been much better the last couple days, more at ease....no fighting...just us watching movies together and going to dinner...thank you everyone for the advice it helped ALOT!

guys...chillax... :whistle: . as long as they will give us chance to be with our love ones then no matter how long it takes... it is worth waiting...

And just because Igor's list hasn't been updated doesn't mean K1s aren't being approved. VJ represents a small sample size of the amount of petitions they receive and process.

UGH. seriously??? situations like this make me sooooo annoyed!!! i am sorry you had to go thru that. You are not an ATM machine. You need to say NO, and she needs to GROW UP and be MATURE and also understand her husband's situation. I wish you luck!!!

A few people have said that Filipinas are brought up to help their family. "Help" is not FB demands for money. "Help" is the occasional payment when you can afford it and not at the risk of our own family.
No, these families are taking advantage of you and your USC spouse. If you're feeling guilt for not "helping" you were never helping. You were the financial support of the family and they were not thankful for what you did for them and when you did it. They are leeches, financially and emotionally and they should feel guilty for hurting your relationship but in most cases they don't because they only care about themselves and their needs.
A good family doesn't make such demands of you. A good family is thankful when you help them but do their best to help themselves first. A good family understands when you can't help them and doesn't make you feel bad for it.

Sorry to hear that. We filipinas are brought that way"to help our family" but with some limitation of course. If u are sending her family that much money every month then ur wife needs to understand that u are building ur own family too which shud be her priority. I am sending my family every month but only a certain amount..even now that I am working and making my own..my family still gets the same amount each month. Let them know that money here don't grow on trees. Teach them how to fish.

bring original passport (3 xerox copies),original visa (3 xerox copies), P250 (seminar fee) + P400 (CFO Sticker), Valid ID, 1 2x2 picture, ballpen, and all the information about your fiancee / petitioner.

skype has a call exporter. if you are using windows, click here: Skype Forum and scroll down to post #5 by lucdecauwer. he attached the zipped file of the exporter there. and then the next post (by gladiator) has the instructions.

You didn't really ask a qn but I'm still going to say: If he hit you, would you have forgiven him? I think eventually maybe.. if it was just a slap, but the trust would have been gone for quite a while. He is entitled to tell people he is scared of you if he is and if he had hit you YOU would have told people as well who would have (rightly) told you to leave the abusive guy. He might also feel ashamed that he's being "beaten" by his wife and be asking for advice. He could ALSO be the sort of man that thinks a woman's job is to cook, clean and provide sex so you striking him tells him you aren't going to be his slave anymore so he has no need of you in which case he is not worthy of your love, admiration or respect.
I'm sorry it didn't work out for you and I think you should consider seeing a counsellor because whether you realise it yet or not, he's obviously affected your self-esteem to a level where you feel like you can't live without him and cannot see that you SHOULD be living without someone who you feel treats you badly.
I hope you're able to get help soon and I believe that you will soon begin to find happiness again.
Good luck.

You sound like you really loved him! I think even though you should not have hit him, it sounds like you were the one that was treated poorly. Maybe you are too good for him. Maybe he will realize how fortunate he was and ask you to come back. If he does I hope you will insist on marriage counselling! You need someone to help you sort out why things don't go well and to make sure you are not being victimized. Good luck!

Nope, Visa expedition requires something on the side of the UCS such as a medical emergency.

You gotta pay to play in PI.
Just part of the game there........

This is the best place to attend your seminar. St. Mary is a one stop shop. You can have your seminar and have your CFO sticker at the same place! Unlike in other seminar place where you still need to go to CFO Office in Quirino after your seminar.
1) Reached the place around 9am.
2) Im a K1 visa holder, I showed my passport and visa, then told me to write my name and sign on their log book, then passed 3 xerox copies of my visa and 3 xerox copies of my passport at the reception, paid P250.00, showed some identification (license, sss, tin, nbi, etc), had my picture taken for the certificate they will give after the seminar, and then I proceed to the second floor to attend the seminar. (10 minutes) (930am)
3) At the seminar, we talked about financial, cultural values and traits of foreign partners and what is CFO is all about. We also watched an audio visual presentation about marrying a foreigner. (1 hour) (10am - 11am)
4) Seminar proper finished around 11am then we filled up CFO forms. Be sure that you know all the data of your fiance/fiancee including telephone numbers, birthday, address, work, etc. If you have a copy of his/her g 325 the better so that you can have all the details needed in filling up the CFO forms. (10-20 minutes) (11:20am)
5) After filling it up, you will pass it on your counselor then wait until he/she called your name for COUNSELING. (Depends on how fast you accomplished and submitted your CFO forms to the counselor) (I waited for about 15-20 minutes before my name was called.) (11:40am)
6) She will ask you questions about your relationship and counsel you about migration. After counseling, he/she will give you the signed CFO forms and she will tell you to proceed again to the reception for your seminar certificate. (5 minutes) (11:45am)
7) The receptionist will give you the certificate and tell you to have it xerox (Xerox room is on the other room) for CFO. The personnel who will xerox your certificate will give your original certificate and take the signed CFO form. (5 minutes) (11:50am)
8) After xerox, just proceed to the other room (CFO Office) and pay P400.00 for the CFO Certificate & sticker that will be attached in your passport. That's it!!! Done (5-10 minutes) (11:55am)
YOU CAN NOW FLY TO US!
PS
This is my personal experience, it can change on your time of visit! This is for reference only!

If you are as frustrated as I am go to the website of your member of Congress and send them the following letter (or your own version - cut and paste and make your own tweaks). Go to house.gov - enter your zip code in the top left corner if you aren't sure who your representative is. Their website should have a contact page. Go to Senate.gov and search for them by going to your state in the menu.
Immigration Reform
I support comprehensive immigration reform. Our failure to secure the border and the number of illegal immigrants in our country is absolutely ridiculous!
I am currently involved in helping my fiancée navigate the immigration process legally! One vital part of immigration reform needs to be drastic improvement in customer service at USCIS!
I applied for a fiancée visa last year in July! We're closing in on six months waiting for approval and getting more frustrated by the day! The purported 5 month wait for 15 minutes of work is ridiculous in itself but the absolutely unacceptable part is the "customer service!" If we want immigration reform Congress really needs to grill this agency for their ridiculous service and demand improvement! It is not at all unreasonable to expect an agency of the US government to approve applications in order and give you adequate notice if they are running behind and a good estimate of how much the delay will be. But instead they are approved in a random order and cannot give you any real indication of when to expect action, even after they are running behind schedule. Seeing applications approved which were submitted after yours being approved before yours is very frustrating. Telling you to call back in 30 days after you have already waited more than 5 months for them to do 15 minutes of work is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable!
I, and my lawyer fiancée, worked hard to complete the application and get everything right. We have waited. I have asked your office for help with my specific case. Your inquiry has yet to produce any real action. While I am most concerned with my own application real improvement is needed in the management of USCIS!
Thank you for your attention to my concerns!

At the most SLMEC may make you take a psych eval as is common also for Filipinos with divorce/annulment in their past, just to be sure you're ok.
Our little guy was forced to do a psych eval because at 2 yrs old he wasn't talking. It was retarded really, the reason he wasn't talking is because he's deaf and there are no services for deaf baby in the Philippines. Anyway the Psych cost and extra 2k php and he's been in the US for over a year now.
BE HONEST about everything. If you lie during the process it can catch-up to you later and undo everything (even naturalization)!

Anything you date now will have to be redone. All thos need to be dated and signed with respective supporting documents(if any) nearest to the interview time. They will RFE for new documents with new dates/signatures at the interview if they are too far from the interview date.

She can not adjust status from K-1 if she does not marry the petitioner. She would have to exit still even if they were to marry here but could file for CR-1 visa though.

The only thing for both of you to do is to file for annullment. Even though your fiancee's husband is married to another person prior to their marriage and papers were submitted to NSO, your fiancee is legally married to him. She needs to file to void her marriage. Her main defense is his previous marriage.
She married a good-for-nothing person. She should legally get rid of her previous marriage to stop further damage on her life.

well i think the marriage was registered late... sorry to hear ur story... but i guess u ask ur fiancee a copy of her marriage contract... and from there u will fig. out what happened to the record...

There were a couple articles in the Manila Times recently under Persida Acosta's legal advice section. She noted that the second marriage is not legal and is void. However, you will need to have it legally documented with the courts which will require an attorney in the Philippines.

Every Embassy is different, so you need to find out about your specific Embassy.
The U.S. Embassy Manila (USEM) generally allows the petitioner to attend the interview. In my opinion, when the petitioner attends the interview at the USEM, it can make a difference in the outcome of the visa approval, especially if the petitioner's income is flirting with the poverty line.

I also suggest that you submit an I-864 from a cosponsor. This strategy worked at the U.S. Embassy Manila this past summer for a friend of mine. Rather than submit a cosponsor's I-134, he submitted the more legally binding I-864 (including its accompanying documents). He and his fiancée are now happily married and living here in Washington state.

avoid that kind of filipia...shame on her...but dont close your mind of having frineds with you kbabayan, not all are bad...merry xmas....

Stay away from people who dont make you feel accepted. I'm sure you can eventually find friends who are sincere and humble. Another advice is, keep a few chosen friends!