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Simple....withdraw and move on , stop giving bad comments, we are here to help each other not to condemn..you have a good day now. :

Hi Everyone,

Well, looks like I picked another lemon to fall in love with. This is my second approved petition that just did not work out. I really want to find a Filipina who is not after my money. I know they are out there. Just bad luck on my part. My question is should I withdraw my petition or just let it expire which is Aug 20th. I have learned a lot from my two experiences. I know now who to look for. I know there are IMBRA issues now if I petition for another Filipina. I have no criminal past. I'm just a nice guy looking for a sincere relationship. What should I do? Withdraw the petition or let it expire? Thanks.

Good morning everyone. I was wondering if anyone knows of any reasonable airfares or airlines from Chicago(ORD) to Manila in June. I looked at "wholesaleflights.com" and seen a lot of BAD reviews and the cheapest flights I can find are over $1500.00 per person. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks

Pls help!!!

The consul refused to issue me a visa because they feel that i might likely become a public charge. During my interview the interviewer asked for my fiance's recent income tax so i gave it. It was so low because of the economic crisis last year and the company that my fiance had been working with was a victim. But he got a new job last march of this year and is paying enough. From March to December he got a total income of around $32,000. So for one year he could make almost $40,000.

On my interview i provided them His certificate/letter of employment,pay stubs for 6 months, and a letter from my fiance that explains why his income last year was so low. But the consul just looked fast on our case and decided to refuse it.

My fiance has 2 children that are partially dependent to him (not living with him) and he is supporting them. but i believe His income is enough for 4 people.

Now the embassy is giving us a chance and they said they will study more our case and we will do follow up. But i got my passport back. They did not ask for more financial evidences like bank statements, life insurance, properties, and other assets yet. My fiance could provide all that.

Im very worried.

I hope everything will be fine and will get good news next time. Im already tired of this. Everytime i go to Manila i always got bad news... This is a sad Christmas for me : :crying:

How do you know that your visa denied?if the officer's told you that they will review your case right?,so maybe they just put you in AP so don't be sad have faith in god and have a happy christmas,don't cry everything gonna be fine. Merry christmas to you all.

You will have to demonstrate a bona fide relationship. Whatever weaknesses in your case, be sure to address them. The K1 file will be a part of the CR1 file.

The CR1 interview can take place in Hong Kong.

Thanks. Do you think when I fly to HK then to the philippines in July would it be advisable to go to the U.S Embassy in Hong Kong and have a talk with them?

Good morning everyone. I need advise on how to get married in the Philippines.

Here's what I have had done in the past.

Met My fiance on July 26, 2007 (I.E.) she is Filipino working in Hong Kong.

Went to Hong Kong on 03/05/2010 thru 03/16/2010.

1. applied for a K-1 fiance visa 07/07/2010.

2. Fiance had interview in Hong kong on 03/05/2010.

3. suspended under adminastrative review because because of income (which was B/S).

4. Got Co-Sponsor on 05/2010, enough assets for co-sponsor (approx 1 million $ in assets).

5 Fiance had 2nd interview on 09/09/2010.

6. Visa petition sent back to USCIS 09/24/2010 due to section (221)g as we have failed to established a bona fide relationship even tho we had documented approx 223 pages of phone records.

Now what we plan to do is marry in the philippinesa in June of next year and our question is:

1. Is the process approximatly the same as a k-1 procedure after we marry?

2. After we marry in the Philippines, she has to go back to work in Hong Kong so will she have an interview in Manila because we married there?

3. What can be done as not to have any of this happen again.

Note: I have CML (Cronic Myelogenous Leukemia) Which is treatable with meds for a very long time, which I feel is one reason they denied the petition to begin with as my income is

well above the poverty guidlines

SHOW MERCY TO YOUR WIFE...BESIDE EVEN YOUR PARENT'S INFLUENCE YOU, GOD GIVE YOU WISDOM.SO THINK CAREFULLY AND SEARCH YOUR CONSCIENCE, DONT TREAT THIS POOR LADY IN YOUR ON SELFISHNESS.MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

you have to wait 1 week.they will send you a notice for your medical and interview.good luck

i mail the ds230 form with the civil document today. when will have the interview? when can i got the visa and go to usa? thanks.

Hi, tell your fiance to check the package that US EMBASSY HK sent to her, inside that package their is a checklist so she need to follow the cheklist,my fiancee is in Hongkong also.

Welcome to the AP waiting room!

My husband got it at his interview on Aug 24. But at least they told us while we were still at the embassy.

Seems they are doing alot of this yes you are approved and then a few days later no you are in AP.

This is the most frustrating step of all for us. I don't know if I should plan a trip back to visit or just wait or what. This is day 75.

I contacted my senator and congressman and all the embassy will tell them is that it should finish in less than 5 months.

GOOD LUCK to you!

Its really frustrating VJ family and i know how you feel guy's, we been to that process and give to the embassy all the documents that they ask to my fiance,1st they give my fiancee a Blue slip 221g and it said at the botton of that slip that if my fiancee completed all the document's they will generally issue her visa within 5-10 days.so we submit the document that they ask from ask and then theycall for her 2nd interview (and the result was)they told her that our relationship is not bona fide and they send back to USCIS our application for review last Oct.9 guys i need help and advice is this our end. i missed her so much.

Its really frustrating VJ family and i know how you feel guy's, we been to that process and give to the embassy all the documents that they ask to my fiance,1st they give my fiancee a Blue slip 221g and it said at the botton of that slip that if my fiancee completed all the document's they will generally issue her visa within 5-10 days.so we submit the document that they ask from ask and then theycall for her 2nd interview (and the result was)they told her that our relationship is not bona fide and they send back to USCIS our application for review last Oct.9 guys i need help and advice is this our end. i missed her so much.

Good luck to all.

Yes I have contacted my Senator in Illinos and I just recieved a letter from his office in Chicago and was told by his aid to give them 30 to 60 days to recieve information from the NVC. I called the NVC and a nice lady told me that it takes 1 to 2 months to get the documents at the NVC then another 1 to 2 months to go to the USCIS to review. OMG

In my fiance's caes, she had a Lebonon police certificate to have transulated so she had to send it from Hong Kong to Manila. Then she had to pay someone to "hand" deliver it to the Lebenese Embassy there in Manila. The total cost to us was approx. $100.00 USD, ($30.00 to have it transulate and $70.00 for shipping both ways and hand deliver & pickup). Good Luck

As our case at the U.S. Embassy in Hong Kong, my fiance was told to remove all the sticky notes, paper clips and staples before they would even talk to her. Just make sure you have all your information and remember what is on those papers. They (the interviewers) WILL ask you those questions. If you dont give them the answers that you have on your paperwork they will think something is suspicious as in our case. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

according to my fiance her last interview question is not related to our relationship, they accuse her of coming to US to work to our co-sponsor and not to marry me, and the interviewer told her that I CAN'T EVEN SUPPORT myself how can i support her and thats nonsense,her 1st interview goes very well but they told her that she need her Lebanon Police Certificate and a co-sponsor, so she did apply for her Police Certificateand we waited for 5months for that,

The US embassy in Hongkong give her a Blue slip and its written at the bottom that, if your documents is complete you will generally receive your visa in 5-10 days.she did complete all the document that been ask, but this is the result they give us that we don't establish a bona fide relationship??? so why? they do this to us? we turn in all the document they ask from us.

Pls.. help.. i miss her so much..

CAN ANYONE HELP? MY FIANCE'S VISA WAS SENT BACK TO THE USCIS FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBE REVOCATION BECAUSE THEY SAID TO HER THAT WE HAVE FAILED TO ESTABLISH A BONA FIDE RELATIONSHIP.I FEEL WE DO HAVE A BONA FIDE RELATIONSHIP. I.E. WENT TO HONG KONG IN MARCH 2009 FOR 10 DAYS, PICTURES, LETTERS, BIRTHDAY CARDS, VIDEO'S OF US TOGETHER IN HONG KONG,(103,174 MINUTES)=(1718 HOURS)OF PHONE CONVERSATIONS IN 31 MONTHS SUBMITTED TO THEM SINCE WE MET. 1ST THEY SAID MY INCOME & ASSETS WERE NOT ENOUGH INCOME=($26,450.00 FOR 2 DEPENDANTS),ASSETS=($50,000.00). FOUND A CO-SPONSOR INCOME & ASSETS APPROX. $945,000.00. HER 2ND INTERVIEW WENT HORRIBLY BAD. THEY ACCUSED US OF DOING SOMETHING UNDER THE TABLE (I.E. ILLEGAL) AND PLACED TO VISA UNDER ADMINASTRATIVE REVIEW ON SEPT. 9, 2010 AND SENT THE VISA PETITION TO USCIS ON SEPT. 24,2010. NOW JUST A SIDE NOTE: THESE INTEVIEWERS WERE 1 AMERICAN, 3 CHINESE. SHE IS PHILIPINO AND THIS WAS JUST 17 DAYS AFTER THE HORRIBLE INCIDENT IN MANILA WHERE ALL THE CHINESE TOURISTS WERE KILLED ON THE BUS HOSTAGE SITUATION.

Hi Kerby. If you do need a co-sponsor any and all information is helpful. BE CAREFUL. In my case I also needed a co-sponsor because they said my income was not enough then when we got my fiances sisters-sister-in-law which had almost 1 million in assets they didnt believe her and call her at 12:30 AM California time and grilled her like she was doing something illegal. REMEMBER to give them "all" documents you have. I.E. All phone call made, all internet messages, pictures, airline tickets to see your fiance. DO NOT give them a reason to deny it. Good luck

THANKS. We can use all the luck we can get. Her 1st interview was suspended because they said I did'nt make enough money as I have CML so we got a co-sponsor and then the 2nd interview it was suspended because we were still waiting for her Lebonon police clearance from 9 years ago when she worked there.

Well here we go. My Fiance has to be at the U. S. Embassy in HK at 2PM Hk time tomorrow to find out the fate of our K-1 visa. Now after 15 months and her 2nd interview they made a decision. We have been under Administrative Review and Administrative Processing twice since March 5, 2010. No letter before this from them as to a denial which I think they would send if we were denied so hopefully she will be approved.

Can Anyone tell me the average processing time for a visa review? My petition for a fiance visa was sent back here to the USCIS in the United States for review. My fiance had her 3rd interview at the U.S Embassy in Hong Kong just an hour ago and they (3 women 1 man)all but acussed her of wanting to come here for the sole purpose of a better job and life. Our petition is to expire on March 5, 2011. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

YMMV. Can you tell me where you got that quote from? thanks

Hello. The U.S Consulate in Hong Kong has asked my fiance' for her non crimminal record from Lebanon. As of right now, as far as I know the U.S. does not have an Embassy in Lebanon and there is none in Hong Kong. She has sent 2 letters asking for her non crimminal record to the Lebanon Consulate in Beijing China and also several Emails to them but as of today there has been NO response. I called the NVC in Washington DC and they told me that it is almost impossible if not impossible to get it. She has reciepts from the postal service and also copys of the Emails she sent to the Lebanon Consulate. Is this enough for her to prove that she tried to retrieve any documents for her stay in Lebanon?

My fiance" is asking a distant relitive of her's(Retired head nurse & the Husband is a retired U.S forest ranger)to help. They are Filipino-Chinese and lived in the U.S for over 30 years. From what my fiance' is telling me they do own a lot of property and make well over the 125% poverty guidelines, but again they just retired in 2008. Do you or anyone think this is a problem?? Thanks

JimVaPhuong.. Thanks for all the info. It was very helpful.

Hello

I am losing ground trying to find a co-sponsor as almost all my family is dead now. I asked my friends, other family but they seem to be dragging their feet. My 30 year old is willing to help but he just lost his job a year ago and his home due to plant closing so I think he can be of no help right now. My fiance (Filipino) living & working in Hong Kong is trying to help by asking a very distant relitive to co-sponsor (her brother-in-law's wife's family, Chinese American's who lived in the U.S for over 30 years) who live's in California to help with the co-sponsor. They are retired now but 1 was a head nurse and the husband was a U.S forest Ranger. So I am wondering if they do agree to help, will the consulate approve the visa or is this a problem also?

It seems to happen more often than not. My fiance went to her interview in Hong Kong and she was treated so badly by a Chinese interviewer it almost but her to tears. I'm afraid to complain to the U.S Embassy there because it may jepordize her chances of comming here.