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:goofy:hi there sorry for the loooooooooong reply as i got lost looking for your post lol, i really appreciate your help and for sharing your journey with the rest of the VJ'ers. superb!! that was amazing. I know that by this time you two are married. Again my congratulations.

By the way we filed our last feb. 2010. NOA1 was received feb. 8 so meantime we anxiosly wait. which i believe is the hardest part. Please do email me the list i know it would help us a lot. here's my email paoaileen@yahoo.com. I would send this to my fiancee to guide her.

Thanks again and God Bless!!!!

Thank you! I was very worried myself, as I had some evidence of support issues but they didnt even look at anything but I-134 and tax returns! As far as interview, I think it was a breeze. We got there about 6:30 for our 7am interview so that kinda put us a little further back in the que. We went to the first window to submit the 3 docs and get our number assigned.

About half an hour later our number 7008 sent us to window 27 for the pre-screener. She was a Phil woman and that made me nervous (I have heard that usally the pinoy pre-screeners are grumpy) She asked for our support docs and asked me to sit on the chairs near the window, which I guessed was so she could ask Nelia questions without me helping. She asked her when we first met and Nelia looks at me as if she didnt know, I was like oh no this lady isnt gonna like that. Well she answered ok and they continued in Tagalog. She asked for a few emails and photos, which she then returned to us and said to remove the ones of us kissing. I included 4 or 5 of those because I figured they were good evidence, but the lady said they were inappropriate? Go figure. Then she asked for any greeting cards our letters, ok no problem as we have about a dozen cards. Sorry maam these need to be put back in the envelopes they came in! Panic starts, I hoped they didnt ask for envelopes because alot of the cards I sent to her were in boxes with other gifts so no indivisual postage on mine. Whatever I didn't relize the lady said prepare them for our final interview as the consular will ask fo them. I told Nelia that is her opinion just like the photos of us kissing. So anyways we fixed them up as best as we could. She told us to go sit and wait for fingerprinting. I thought the lady was mean but Nelia said she was actualy kinda nice. (they spoke in tag so I didnt know what they were saying oh well.

Didnt even sit down they called us to fingerprint LOL were standing there trying to organize our cards into there respective envelopes (what little ones we had). That was very simple process, go back and wait on blue chairs.

Wait about 30mins for interview, door 28. We followed a friend we met during the process she came out and smiled and told us approved so we felt relieved! Went in and sat in front of an American white woman, she was cheerful and greeted Nelia. She had her raise her right hand and swear to tell the truth yada yada. She then asked Nelia a few quetions about me, like where does "he" work and who is "your" petitioner and when did "he" propose? I spoke up and said "he" is me btw because it didnt seem she knew who I was lol. She laughed a little and said she knew. She said well congrats and welcome to the US, that was it! she didnt ask for nothing nada zip! She said proceed to Air21 and pay for delivery, I told her we would like to pick up the Visa as we will be here in Manila till our departure. She wrote something on a purple card and told us to wait for our number to be called for instructions on picking up your Visa.

The funniest part of the whole thing was the little amount of evidence they wanted to see. Nelia was actually mad that they didnt even ask to see her engagement ring! We prepared so much evidence it was sick. I guess it was better to be prepared for the worst, then fall short on something. I also think double and triple checking accuarcy of documents is important too. I really did a nice job on the I-129f portion and I think that definetly made thier job easier which in turn made the whole process easier.

Sorry for the long winded reply but I guess this was a good spot to post about our interview lol. Once again I would like to thank VJ and all its family for all the help getting us threw this. We couldnt have done it without you.

So cheer up and be confident, fill out everything acurately and the rest will fll into place.

P.S. I made up a list of things to prepare for interview with anything usefull I found here on the forums, its sort of a checklist to make sure you have everything you need. PM me your email and I will send it out to anyone who needs it!

Rose and I filed our I-129 petition in February also. It was received at the VSC on Feb. 8th, and I have it registered in my portfolio online for email and text updates. No updates yet. Just figuring we are in for the long wait now. Good luck to all the other Feb. filers.

No worries guys. All are welcome!

Good luck to all of us on our journey.

Adam & May

Goodluck goodluck to us!!!! Hope we don't get any RFE's

Finally! After a year of waiting our package was mailed 2/1/2010 and arrived 2/2/2010.

May and I are both overjoyed.

I'm a feb filer, just send the package yesterday.

Thanks guys, down to about 29 hours now.

Good luck!!!! keep us posted, im so excited for you both. We're just starting with ours.

i dont understand.my c.o told me evrything is in place visa approved.no more document needed.so i can have my visa in hand today.i will just wait for my name called in release area window 37.after i get there they told me that i need to pay the air21 becasue they will send me the package.huhuhu...i told that guy no need to pay the air21 because my co told me that i can get visa today.but he insist that i need to pay the air 21...so i tried window 31 for visa pick up.but they turn over me to window 38 but still she told me i need to go back window 37.huhuh...i ask aain if my visa is release but he told me i need to the air21.huhuhu....

so no choice but to go there and pay.and that guy told me that 10 working days..huhuhuh

im soo worried my plane will leave jan.15 evening..huhuh

how true it is ?

my hotel is just in bocobo st.in bocobo hotel.

tell me your idea about this.thanks for the future response.

I hope they send you the visa soon. by the way how wat your interview? were your c.o meticuluos in checking you documents?

... there were three times in the past where he was able to send a considerable amount because he wanted me to buy some stuff like barong, souvenir shirts etc... Do I have to include these money receipts?

Just include as many documents of support as you can.

There's nothing to be concerned about the interview questions as long as you give the CO the same information as what your papers state. Consistency is the rule.

For me, it's positive that you'll pass the interview. I can hardly wait to welcome you to the U.S.

Hakuna matata.

Copied-Pasted from my post on October 20, 2009:

The interview schedule I had was at 7 a.m. today. I was already outside the U.S. Embassy at 5:30 a.m. with all the other people who arrived there a whole lot earlier.

In spite of the queue, I was already done at 9:30 a.m. The consular officer congratulated me with a warm smile. I requested her to allow me to just pick up my visa instead of getting it through the courier. She replied, "Sure. We'll call you when your visa is ready so you can pick it up."

The guy at Window 37 noted my contact details and told me the same thing-- they'd give me a ring when I could finally pick up the visa. That means an open date.

And oh, here are some of the questions during my interview (not in particular order though and I may not have remembered all of the questions):

How old are you?

How did you meet your fiance?

(I posted a personal ad online in December last year and he e-mailed me on December 25 as a response to that ad then we began e-mailing each other at least once daily. It took us three weeks from the first mail to start chatting.

The consular officer asked, "How old are you again?"

I said, "I am now 22 years old."

She added, "How come you posted an online ad when you could just meet guys around?"

My answer was, "Oh well people say that it's fine to broaden one's horizon. Cliche.")

How old is he?

What is his work?

Is he single? Does he have children?

Do you have children?

(My fiance and I are both single, as in purely single with no children yet.)

When did he visit you?

Where are his parents from?

Would you like to have children? How many?

Will you want to work when you get to the U.S.? (I said yes. So she continued...) How does he feel about that? (My answer: We have already talked about it and he said it's totally up to me. He is very supportive in all ways.)

What are his hobbies?

(I answered, "He likes scuba diving a lot. In fact, we went to a few beaches when he was in Cebu."

She asked again, "Did you go scuba diving with him?"

I replied, "I still don't know how to swim but he taught me snorkeling with a life vest on."

She laughed, "Oh! You can't swim?"

Highest praises to the Creator of mankind!

FAE

Hi there, super congratulations. We 're about to submit our papers to the service center this month. Im truly happy for you guys.!!!

By the way did the consul check all your documents - proof of your relationship? I am bit worried we might not have enough to show the guys at the embassy.

hi natt... take it easy sweety... :dance: :dance:

HI there, Congratulations!

Im nervous about the whole thing. im worried that we won;t have enough proof to show. It's been 3 yrs since he returned in Manila to propose.

What proof of relationship did you aubmitted?

thanks for your help

Congratulations!!!

It's nice to hear someone's success story, honestly i am anxious and worried. Our K1- journey is about to start. Any advise?

How did the interview go?