Richard Webb

Is it possible to get an extension for a rfe? i got a rfe asking for a paper and they gave me a date to have it back by or my case would be dropped im working on getting that paper but dont think it will be before the date they gave me. will they do an extension of the date? or am i pretty much done and have to start over?

What did you answer on question 18?

i answered yes and wrote how we met and where. if your refering to the i129f. i did all the paperwork right and sent in all the proof but will resend the proof and resend a copy of my passport.

They want those primary evidences to see if you and your fiancee had indeed met, within two years of filing for her petition. Boarding passes, passport stamps of entry and exit, credit card receipts among others that show the dates that you allegedly claimed having met in person.

yes i know why they want them and i alreadys submitted everything in the beginning.all of it.

ok got my rfe today and there is a couple things on it. one is there statement about meeting in person,and proof of it.i sent plane ticket stubs,plane itinerary,stub for payment when from leaving philippines, passport with copies of all pages,photos,etc why would they put that there? what more can i show? shoot all that should be fine.or do they put that on all rfe letters?

yea i wasnt wondering about the reason was just wondering why they updated site even after sending a rfe is all. made me curious. and yes i know the system was not accurate before but since changing the site it might be now more up to date but im not worried about that part.

i got a emial that im getting an rfe on the 18th but they have been updating my info on uscis they even updated it today yet im gonna get a rfe,any ideas on this it has me wondering.

Go to your country's portal.

On the upper right you will find a VJ member with an upcoming interview and several under the heading "recent interviews."

If you follow their posts & replies that may help.

thank you thong,i appreciate it.

didnt discount nothing i merely stated that was not what i was looking for.

wasnt what i was looking for.im looking for the posts that they tell how their interview went.

does anyone know how to get to the posts about how others interviews went i cant find it my fiance likes to read about how others interviews went.

I was reading a previous post about someone buying a ticket and having it not be valid because it was not bought in the Phillipines. Can I just buy a one way for her on Expedia, that was my plan, from MNL to LAX? That's how I flew there and got back ok. I paid the money to leave the country but I don't think I paid anything else aside from my initial ticket.

Does anyone have experiences with this? I would imagine expedia would be fine but I also never heard of having to pay to leave a country until I left Manila so I realize things are different there and would like to cover my bases.

Thanks.

She will pay P750 at the airport I think after she checks in but before she enters into the waiting area. I also booked on Expedia.com and previously on Northwest when I was there. (online). I could have saved some money having Naty get it there. I just felt better doing it here as I wanted to be 100% sure there were no problems.

what if the person coming to the usa has a child with them do they also pay the same amount for the child or just one for the fiance?

My fiance was married once but now has been divorced for a while,what she wants to know is when she goes to get the cenomar and has the divorce papers will they give her a cenomar? or will she need to do anything else? also does she have to go thru nso for anything? she is wondering on these things.

next question,she has a daughter thats 13 the fathers name is on birth certificate. but in another country will she still have to have him sign off allowing her to take daughter if so what does he have to sign and where can a person get it or can they make up there own paper?

If she gets a Cenomar, it will still appears in the document that she was married once and yes they will still issue the Cenomar paper. Is she and the Ex was married in the Philippines or japan? If they were married in the Phils in my understanding she still have to get annulment in the Phils so that during her interview she has the annulment papers with her.

well according to phillipine law if the spouse was an alien/foreigner and that person filed in another country then the spouse still living in the philippines is legaly free to re marry again .

Duplicate threads merged

thanks i dont know why it posted 2 of them

where was she divorced? no such thing as a divorce IN the PI

Well I know divorce in the PI is difficult but you can get one. I also dont know if divorce is the correct term in the PI of if they use annuled. Divorce in the PI is a long and difficult process but my ex was able to get one from her Australlian National husband.

sorry when i clicked to post this it posted double for some reason maybe cause the page hung when i clicked it.

if the admin could remove this one it would be great i dont know how to do it or i would have done it right away.cause i now have 2 of the same post going.

My fiance was married once but now has been divorced for a while,what she wants to know is when she goes to get the cenomar and has the divorce papers will they give her a cenomar? or will she need to do anything else? also does she have to go thru nso for anything? she is wondering on these things.

next question,she has a daughter thats 13 the fathers name is on birth certificate. but in another country will she still have to have him sign off allowing her to take daughter if so what does he have to sign and where can a person get it or can they make up there own paper?

She won't get the cenomar until she has the divorce judicially recognized in the Philippines. A divorce can be judicially recognized if she married a foreigner, if the divorce is legal in the foreign spouses country, and if the party who obtained the divorce was not a citizen of the Philippines at the time of the divorce. She can have the divorce judicially recognized by filing a petition in a Philippine court.

I don't know if taking the 13 year old to the US will be an issue with the Philippine government, since the father is not in the Philippines. However, the US Embassy will want her to have the father's permission for the child the immigrate to the US. The letter from the father should be notarized, and should give explicit permission for the child to move permanently to the US.

when you say recognized bt it showing up in nso does that mean recognized? if so they already show it.but she has the divorce papers.and i did read on another topic where if she married an alien person and the alien filed divorce in another country that she is now free to re marry. she is jutst wanting to be sure on things .

oh and grewedsangel-no its in english already she does read and speak japanese and got her copy in english when she got it.

My fiance was married once but now has been divorced for a while,what she wants to know is when she goes to get the cenomar and has the divorce papers will they give her a cenomar? or will she need to do anything else? also does she have to go thru nso for anything? she is wondering on these things.

next question,she has a daughter thats 13 the fathers name is on birth certificate. but in another country will she still have to have him sign off allowing her to take daughter if so what does he have to sign and where can a person get it or can they make up there own paper?

I will let others answer the divorce question as I am completely at a loss as to explain how a country "does not have divorce". ???????

As far as children...

You will need a "permission" letter from the father. There is no particular format for this but it MUST clearly state that the mother has permission to relocate the child(children) PERMANENTLY to the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. No vague wording is acceptable. If the letter is written in any language except English, it must be translated. You must also give a copy of the father's passport showing his photo and signature. It is best if YOU write the letter and have him sign it.

It would be best if you include in the letter that the permission extends to her obtaining a visa and ALL future travel with the children.

Alla just returned from Ukraine on her first visit back since coming last September and we were a bit worried about her leaving the country again with our youngest son using the same letter as we had for his visa. we had no problems (and had been told by the good VJ members here we probably would not) but were a bit nervous anyway. Ukraine's interpretation seems to be "permanent" means "permanent" and the letter does not expire...but why not include a clause for future travel? The child's immigration status in the USA has nothing to do with his being allowed to travel OUT if other countries, so even though our son has a green card, Ukraine COULD refuse to allow him to leave the country without permission from the father.

This permission letter will be required as part of the child's K-2 application, the child will not receive a visa without it.

thanks for the info i appreciate it.im sure that wont be a problem for her she was just wondering if there was a certain paper or not so now she can relax and write one up herself with the pointers you added. especialy the future travel part.

There is no divorce in the Philippines. Did you mean she had been annulled from her previous marriage? I am presuming she has gotten annulled. That judge decreed annulment decision has to be brought to the NSO to have it annotated. I am not annulled as I have not married before but that is what I know as far as this process is concerned. NSO has everything to do with all the identity papers she need to get for the embassy interview later.

Yes, the father of her child will have to sign a consent (notarized) for her to bring her child to the United States. However, she has to apply for a K2 visa along with her K1 visa in order to bring her child with her. That is a separate visa for children of the the fiance/e.

no not annuled she got a divorce,well the guy got the divorce in japan where he lives and she never lived there and has proof of the divorce.

My fiance was married once but now has been divorced for a while,what she wants to know is when she goes to get the cenomar and has the divorce papers will they give her a cenomar? or will she need to do anything else? also does she have to go thru nso for anything? she is wondering on these things.

next question,she has a daughter thats 13 the fathers name is on birth certificate. but in another country will she still have to have him sign off allowing her to take daughter if so what does he have to sign and where can a person get it or can they make up there own paper?

Hi everyone,

I am starting this whole K-1 visa process and am in the very beginning stages. I have already noticed that space is limited on the I-129F, but I don't want to have an attachment for everything. Particularly I do not have enough room for Part B 2. Address and Part B. 15. Your fiancé(e)'s address abroad. Did anyone else run into this problem? Do I just write "Please see attachment"? Also, why does it appear they are asking the same thing twice?

Any help is appreciated!

i typed in what i could then attached a seperate paper stating it was her full address and put with I129f with her full address on it.

well my w2 for 2008 shows i made 31,920. for the year i have the w2 im still employed and just on workmas comp right now so im thinking as long as i submit my w2 and letter from employee plus my stubs from workmans comp i should be ok. whats your opinion cause just with my workmans comp i only make 24,320 for 2009 but wouldnt they base it off my 2008 pay?

if someone could help me with this i would appreciate it.i just need to know if i use my 2008 w2 and my letter from employer if that will be fine or will i need to use my workmans comp also? i need to figure this out soon as i can so i can start dealing with things.

Nobody can really guess what's going to happen. It depends on the consular officer. The only thing specifically mentioned on the Manila embassy website that must be submitted with the I-134 is a copy of last year's tax return. They don't mention anything about pay stubs or letters of employment. However, when they send the final letter out to the beneficiary they can ask for virtually anything they want to ask for. It's common for them to ask for a letter from your employer confirming that you are employed and what your pay rate is, and copies of recent pay stubs.

Your situation is 'iffy' because if they ask for recent pay stubs then you won't be able to demonstrate on annual income that is high enough. People here have reported that the CO's in Manila are reluctant to accept co-sponsors.

Honestly, you're still months away from needing any of this stuff. Is there a chance you'll be off workman's comp by then, and be back to work?

well im hoping to be back to work before the time of interview but i am not sure. all i can do is submit my letter from employer then the w2 and see what happens before the interview i hope to be back to work .should be ok cause i will have the letter from my employer and my last years w2 to show my income but just in case i will try to hurry my doctors up...lol not that its easy to rush a doctor but hey i can try

You don't have to submit any of this stuff until the interview. If they DO ask for pay stubs, they're going to want them to be recent, so anything you collect now (aside from last year's tax return) isn't going to be much use by the time the interview comes around.

It probably wouldn't hurt if the letter from your employer stated when they expected you to finish your medical treatment and return to work.

yea im just wanting to make sure what i need and what i can use right now so i can start getting things ready i know some of it will have to wait til we get the noa2 before i send it but this way i will know ahead of time most of it.

well my w2 for 2008 shows i made 31,920. for the year i have the w2 im still employed and just on workmas comp right now so im thinking as long as i submit my w2 and letter from employee plus my stubs from workmans comp i should be ok. whats your opinion cause just with my workmans comp i only make 24,320 for 2009 but wouldnt they base it off my 2008 pay?

if someone could help me with this i would appreciate it.i just need to know if i use my 2008 w2 and my letter from employer if that will be fine or will i need to use my workmans comp also? i need to figure this out soon as i can so i can start dealing with things.

Nobody can really guess what's going to happen. It depends on the consular officer. The only thing specifically mentioned on the Manila embassy website that must be submitted with the I-134 is a copy of last year's tax return. They don't mention anything about pay stubs or letters of employment. However, when they send the final letter out to the beneficiary they can ask for virtually anything they want to ask for. It's common for them to ask for a letter from your employer confirming that you are employed and what your pay rate is, and copies of recent pay stubs.

Your situation is 'iffy' because if they ask for recent pay stubs then you won't be able to demonstrate on annual income that is high enough. People here have reported that the CO's in Manila are reluctant to accept co-sponsors.

Honestly, you're still months away from needing any of this stuff. Is there a chance you'll be off workman's comp by then, and be back to work?

well im hoping to be back to work before the time of interview but i am not sure. all i can do is submit my letter from employer then the w2 and see what happens before the interview i hope to be back to work .should be ok cause i will have the letter from my employer and my last years w2 to show my income but just in case i will try to hurry my doctors up...lol not that its easy to rush a doctor but hey i can try

well my w2 for 2008 shows i made 31,920. for the year i have the w2 im still employed and just on workmas comp right now so im thinking as long as i submit my w2 and letter from employee plus my stubs from workmans comp i should be ok. whats your opinion cause just with my workmans comp i only make 24,320 for 2009 but wouldnt they base it off my 2008 pay?

if someone could help me with this i would appreciate it.i just need to know if i use my 2008 w2 and my letter from employer if that will be fine or will i need to use my workmans comp also? i need to figure this out soon as i can so i can start dealing with things.

check Jims response when you asked this before...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t=0&start=0

i read it but not sure what documents i need to get to show its documented.also the income guidelines are not what he said in his post now they have changed since then. dont know how you found that post but its cool you did. with the new guidelines i will be ok from what i read guess i better make sure on it.i have my 2008 w2 which shows my regular income for the year just wondering about the workmans comp is all.

I made several mistakes in that post. I said I-130 instead of I-134 (twice!). I said assets had to be 5X the shortfall in income, when it's 3X when you're sponsoring a spouse. However, the figure I quoted for the 125% poverty level for a household size of 4 was correct and current for 2009. It's $27,562. The 2009 guidelines are still what's posted on the USCIS website.

Did you find different numbers somewhere else?

i have been finding it at 22,050. for 2009 i found it on a few different sites.

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:9xkxaR...lient=firefox-a

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf

$22,050 is 100% of the poverty guidelines. You need 125%, which is the second column. The only people who get to use the 100% threshold are active duty military personnel.

well my w2 for 2008 shows i made 31,920. for the year i have the w2 im still employed and just on workmas comp right now so im thinking as long as i submit my w2 and letter from employee plus my stubs from workmans comp i should be ok. whats your opinion cause just with my workmans comp i only make 24,320 for 2009 but wouldnt they base it off my 2008 pay?

check Jims response when you asked this before...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t=0&start=0

i read it but not sure what documents i need to get to show its documented.also the income guidelines are not what he said in his post now they have changed since then. dont know how you found that post but its cool you did. with the new guidelines i will be ok from what i read guess i better make sure on it.i have my 2008 w2 which shows my regular income for the year just wondering about the workmans comp is all.

I made several mistakes in that post. I said I-130 instead of I-134 (twice!). I said assets had to be 5X the shortfall in income, when it's 3X when you're sponsoring a spouse. However, the figure I quoted for the 125% poverty level for a household size of 4 was correct and current for 2009. It's $27,562. The 2009 guidelines are still what's posted on the USCIS website.

Did you find different numbers somewhere else?

i have been finding it at 22,050. for 2009 i found it on a few different sites.

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:9xkxaR...lient=firefox-a

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf

Check out the Example forms too (not a guide) Sometimes they can make you feel better about what you think should go on a line.

yea i been checking all i can on here .thanks for the info .

check Jims response when you asked this before...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t=0&start=0

i read it but not sure what documents i need to get to show its documented.also the income guidelines are not what he said in his post now they have changed since then. dont know how you found that post but its cool you did. with the new guidelines i will be ok from what i read guess i better make sure on it.i have my 2008 w2 which shows my regular income for the year just wondering about the workmans comp is all.