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Preparing to file N-400 I came across an inconsistencies in the n-400 form and it instruction file. Part 9 Information about your marital history. This section asks about your US citizen spouses prier divorced wifes.

The N-400 form and it’s matching N-400 instructions make no mention of a requirement to submit proof of spouses American citizenship or proof of marriage or proof of valid living together relationship. But stuck inside of the associated N400 file named attachments.pdf internally titled “M-477 N-400 document check list” is a paragraph about required evidence if application is based on marriage to U.S. Citizen. This is a very obscured place to be stating this as required evidence. If this is REALLY required evidence it should be stated as such in the N-400 form and its instructions. Since this information is absent from those forms I can only assume it’s not required in the adjudication approval process. Since that same information was required for the I-130 and I-751 forms which I have already submitted and been approved for, I can only think since they already have 2 copies of that information available in their USCIS database indexed by "A" number, a third copy with the N400 is NO LONGER REQUIRED because it’s not mentioned on the N400 form or it’s instructions which are both labeled (Rev 09/13/13 N). The attachments.pdf form M-477 (Rev 02/10/2011) must be out-of-date.

So I am asking people who have filed the (Rev 09/13/13 N) version of the n-400 form and have based their eligibility on marriage to US citizen. What happens when you do not include any evidence with your submission?

Do they accept application and then send "request for evidence" letter?

Do they accept application and then send interview date letter saying to bring this evidence?

Quicker and easier to get married there and do a direct file of your I-130 to the nearest USA Embassy. 90 days

Since the US citizen is currently in Saudi Arabia and has valid visa, no matter what kind it is, he can file I-130 for you directly at your local US Embassy. But keep this in mind, after you get the visa, you has 6 months to enter the USA or the visa expires and you have to apply all over again. Processing time is 2 months to 6 months so don’t apply until he has a date to return to USA or you have someone to live with until husband can join you in USA.

If his work has no plans to return him to the USA before your 2nd wedding Anniversary, then wait to file the I-130 until you have been married for two years. Then you will get a IR1 instead of a CR1 visa. CR1 is a conditional resident while, a IR1 is a right away permanent resident and the waiting period to file for citizenship starts on the date you enter the USA.

It's time your wife calls the USA Embassy to inquire about her status. Give them her application receipt number, It’s a 13-character number. You can also call the USA immigration service center to check the status.

First off there is no requirement to call the US embassy before visiting it to submit your I-130. You can always call from a pay phone or cell phone if need be. Your local USA Embassy has a website you can should check out for local phone numbers and immigration info as well as the USA gov immigration website. Only a US citizen who lives in that country can do a DCF I-130.

Since you will most likely be returning to USA with your wife in under 18 months, no need to fool around with PH residency. Just contune your PH tourist visa every 60 days for max of 18 months, or after getting married and getting a copy of your NSO marrage document then fly Tiger air to Singapore for $158 for 2 round trip and get a balikbayan spouse 12 month visa upon returning to PH from Sinapore.

Before getting married in PH you first need a approval from the Manila US embassy. Have your GF start getting her NSO birth certificate now. She will need about 10 copies before this is all over. Also be sure to bring copies of past 3 years income tax returns and copies of all previous divorces.

On an other note.

Filipino girls will say any thing on the internet to catch an American husband and once they get to the usa they find a younger man so they can leave you. I have seen this happen more times than I can count. Best advice is to live together for 2 years first, before getting married, so you give her time to show her true colors. And do not get her pregnant or you will be paying child support for the next 18 years. And when she starts with “her family needs money” its time to drop her like a hot coal and find a different girl. Her family needing monthly support money is the first sign you are being USED. Be smart and move slowly.

AND YOUR QUESTION IS????????

direct file removed your I-130 application from the normal automated process. So you have to take a more direct intervention process to keep your application on track. Read the "I-130 direct-file at Manila US Embassy, expedite procedure." for details which you can follow in the Consulate in Vancouver to get your application back on track. Remember the squeaky gate gets the oil. So make some noise.

My understanding is the biological child of am American citizen born outside of the USA needs to be listed on the local birth certificate as having a American citizen parent, and then visit the USA Embassy, and register the birth as a foreign born American citizen. The child will then ride on the American parents passport to exit the host country and enter the USA.

I-130 direct-file at Manila US Embassy, expedite procedure.

The Manila US Embassy has been empowered to adjudicate Immigration visa applications that have been submitted by American citizens directly to the Manila US Embassy. The procedure to follow is not documented any where and you must keep in mind that doing a direct-file puts your application outside the normal automated process so you have to continuously make trips to the Manila US Embassy to expedite your application or it will become stalled resulting in extended wait times.

First download the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (spouse).

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c67c7f9ded54d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD

Fill out this form and collect the required documents. Visit the Manila US Embassy before 12 noon. You will need your USA passport to enter. Once inside go to Immigration Section, window “35”, Pick up your queue number from the door into the “35” window. Your I-130 and required documentation will be reviewed and if accepted as complete you will have to go to the casher and pay the $355.00 filing fee or the Peso equivalent. Checks are not accepted, but USA based credit cards are accepted. There is a medical checkup fee of $215 which you pay directly to the Saint Luke medical clinic, a $404 visa application fee, and a Air21 courier deliver fee of 247P to have your spouse’s passport delivered home after the Embassy stamps in the visa stamp, both which you pay on the day of your scheduled interview at the Manila US Embassy.

2 weeks after you direct filed your I-130, you should start calling to check on its status. From any cell phone call the Manila US Embassy at 00632-301-2000 and then Ext 2224 for window “35”. Give them your last name and ask for status of your I-130. When you are told it’s been approved, then within 14 workdays the Philippine mail service should deliver your official approval notification letter. Near the bottom left side of your notification letter should be your application receipt number, It’s a 13-character number prefixed with MNL. If you do not receive your approval letter within the 14 workdays, visit the Manila US Embassy go to Immigration Section, Window ”X” and tell them you want a copy of your approval notification letter because it never came and while there, file your DS-230 at the same time.

As soon as possible after receiving your I-130 approval notification letter, download and fill out the DS-230 (Application for Immigration visa) form, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81807.pdf make 3 copies, you will need to show one on your scheduled interview date.

Visit the Embassy again and present your approval notification letter to Window “X” in the Immigration Section, and submit your completed DS-230. Window “X” is to the right of the cashier window. The filing of the DS-230 (Application for Immigration visa) is the event that enters you into the interview-scheduling queue. Scheduling for your spouses medical and the visa interview happens on the 20th of the month for the proceeding month. You can use https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do to check if you have been assigned scheduling dates by entering your application receipt number. You should receive a letter in the mail with your schedule dates. Do not wait for this letter. After you see your scheduled dates at the Internet website above, return to the Manila US Embassy Window “X” and request a copy of your spouses schedule letter. It’s on the computer and only needs to be reprinted. With this schedule letter and the other medical required documents your spouse can choose to have the medical checkup on a date more convenient before the scheduled medical checkup date. The location of the medical checkup is 2 blocks away from the Manila Swagman Hotel and on the same street as the Swagman Hotel. Your spouse will have to surrender their passport during the medical registration.

On the day of the visa personal interview it is best that the American citizen sponsoring the I-130 also accompany the spouse to the Manila US Embassy and that you get their 1.5 hours before your scheduled time. That’s like 5am in the morning. The whole process will be over by 10am if your there early. Your spouse will need to show the interview schedule letter to enter the US Embassy. Once inside go to Immigration Section, on the right is small booth where you have to show your spouses medical receipt, interview schedule letter and copy of your DS-230, your papers will be reviewed and you receive your queue number. When your queue number shows upon the info board go to the window shown next to your queue number. This is your preliminary documentation review. You will be asked to submit the http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864.pdf Affidavit of support. This is basically a legal contract between the American citizen sponsoring the I-130 and the U.S. government that you are responsible for repaying any government benefits such as “welfare” your spouse may apply for if you divorce within 10 years or before becoming a US citizen. Also your Filipino spouse will have to submit their NBI clearance.

From there you have to go pay the $404 visa application fee and wait for your name to be called after which you will be finger printed. Watch the board again for your queue number and this time you enter a closed-door room for your personal interview. The American can accompany the spouse all the time except when getting finger printed. The interview is really simple, was only asked 2 questions, “how did you meet” and “when did you get married”. Interview was completed in 4 minutes and the person conducting the interview tells you if your visa is approved or not. You then wait for your name to be called again and go to window “Y” where you are given a pink colored authorization slip which you give to Air21 along with the 247P fee for the secure courier service to deliver your passport and immigration folder to your home. The visa is good for 6 months only, so make plans to enter the USA before it expires. Most visas are delivered in 3 to 5 working days if delivery is on Luzon Island.

Keep in mind that most I-130 applications are submitted in the USA, and the USA automated process is designed to facilitate that. Doing a direct-file at the Manila US Embassy puts your application outside the normal automated process, so you have to continuously make trips to the Manila US Embassy to expedite your application or it will become stalled. Also any packets of information you receive from the Embassy will be worded as if everything is originating in the USA, which in a direct-file case is not what is really happening.

In the cases of 3 Americans with Filipino wife’s from Angeles city, all filed there I-130 form on the same day. One was approved in 20 workdays, another at 26 workdays, and the last at 37 workdays. They all went together to window “X” to file the DS-230 and 10 workdays later all had the same scheduled medical and interview date. From filing the I-130 to the interview date was 96 days. From other direct-filed I-130 people talked to while waiting for interview found they all waited for the automated system to issue the info packets and it took over 8 months from I-130 to interview date.

Take Note: Even with the USA Immigration visa in your spouses passport they still need Immigration clearance from the Philippine government to exit the country. You can start this process in parallel with the I-130 filing. Your Filipino spouse must register with the CFO (Commission of Filipinos Overseas) in Manila. City Gold Center, 1345 Quirino Ave, Corner of Osmena highway, Manila, phone 561-8321 ext 102. www.cfo.gov.ph Get there early (7am) and have copies of all the papers submitted with the I-130, will have to endure a 4 hour lecture on the USA to receive a certificate of completion. After receiving the USA visa stamp in the passport have to return to receive a red exit stamp to leave the country. 400 P filing fee.

Americans who want to get their wife and kids into the USA.

I-130 direct-file at Manila US Embassy, expedite procedure.

The Manila US Embassy has been empowered to adjudicate Immigration visa applications that have been submitted by American citizens directly to the Manila US Embassy. The procedure to follow is not documented any where and you must keep in mind that doing a direct-file puts your application outside the normal automated process so you have to continuously make trips to the Manila US Embassy to expedite your application or it will become stalled resulting in extended wait times.

First download the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (spouse).

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c67c7f9ded54d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD

Fill out this form and collect the required documents. Visit the Manila US Embassy before 12 noon. You will need your USA passport to enter. Once inside go to Immigration Section, window “35”, Pick up your queue number from the door into the “35” window. Your I-130 and required documentation will be reviewed and if accepted as complete you will have to go to the casher and pay the $355.00 filing fee or the Peso equivalent. Checks are not accepted, but USA based credit cards are accepted. There is a medical checkup fee of $215 which you pay directly to the Saint Luke medical clinic, a $404 visa application fee, and a Air21 courier deliver fee of 247P to have your spouse’s passport delivered home after the Embassy stamps in the visa stamp, both which you pay on the day of your scheduled interview at the Manila US Embassy.

2 weeks after you direct filed your I-130, you should start calling to check on its status. From any cell phone call the Manila US Embassy at 00632-301-2000 and then Ext 2224 for window “35”. Give them your last name and ask for status of your I-130. When you are told it’s been approved, then within 14 workdays the Philippine mail service should deliver your official approval notification letter. Near the bottom left side of your notification letter should be your application receipt number, It’s a 13-character number prefixed with MNL. If you do not receive your approval letter within the 14 workdays, visit the Manila US Embassy go to Immigration Section, Window ”X” and tell them you want a copy of your approval notification letter because it never came and while there, file your DS-230 at the same time.

As soon as possible after receiving your I-130 approval notification letter, download and fill out the DS-230 (Application for Immigration visa) form, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81807.pdf make 3 copies, you will need to show one on your scheduled interview date.

Visit the Embassy again and present your approval notification letter to Window “X” in the Immigration Section, and submit your completed DS-230. Window “X” is to the right of the cashier window. The filing of the DS-230 (Application for Immigration visa) is the event that enters you into the interview-scheduling queue. Scheduling for your spouses medical and the visa interview happens on the 20th of the month for the proceeding month. You can use https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do to check if you have been assigned scheduling dates by entering your application receipt number. You should receive a letter in the mail with your schedule dates. Do not wait for this letter. After you see your scheduled dates at the Internet website above, return to the Manila US Embassy Window “X” and request a copy of your spouses schedule letter. It’s on the computer and only needs to be reprinted. With this schedule letter and the other medical required documents your spouse can choose to have the medical checkup on a date more convenient before the scheduled medical checkup date. The location of the medical checkup is 2 blocks away from the Manila Swagman Hotel and on the same street as the Swagman Hotel. Your spouse will have to surrender their passport during the medical registration.

On the day of the visa personal interview it is best that the American citizen sponsoring the I-130 also accompany the spouse to the Manila US Embassy and that you get their 1.5 hours before your scheduled time. That’s like 5am in the morning. The whole process will be over by 10am if your there early. Your spouse will need to show the interview schedule letter to enter the US Embassy. Once inside go to Immigration Section, on the right is small booth where you have to show your spouses medical receipt, interview schedule letter and copy of your DS-230, your papers will be reviewed and you receive your queue number. When your queue number shows upon the info board go to the window shown next to your queue number. This is your preliminary documentation review. You will be asked to submit the http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864.pdf Affidavit of support. This is basically a legal contract between the American citizen sponsoring the I-130 and the U.S. government that you are responsible for repaying any government benefits such as “welfare” your spouse may apply for if you divorce within 10 years or before becoming a US citizen. Also your Filipino spouse will have to submit their NBI clearance.

From there you have to go pay the $404 visa application fee and wait for your name to be called after which you will be finger printed. Watch the board again for your queue number and this time you enter a closed-door room for your personal interview. The American can accompany the spouse all the time except when getting finger printed. The interview is really simple, was only asked 2 questions, “how did you meet” and “when did you get married”. Interview was completed in 4 minutes and the person conducting the interview tells you if your visa is approved or not. You then wait for your name to be called again and go to window “Y” where you are given a pink colored authorization slip which you give to Air21 along with the 247P fee for the secure courier service to deliver your passport and immigration folder to your home. The visa is good for 6 months only, so make plans to enter the USA before it expires. Most visas are delivered in 3 to 5 working days if delivery is on Luzon Island.

Keep in mind that most I-130 applications are submitted in the USA, and the USA automated process is designed to facilitate that. Doing a direct-file at the Manila US Embassy puts your application outside the normal automated process, so you have to continuously make trips to the Manila US Embassy to expedite your application or it will become stalled. Also any packets of information you receive from the Embassy will be worded as if everything is originating in the USA, which in a direct-file case is not what is really happening.

In the cases of 3 Americans with Filipino wife’s from Angeles city, all filed there I-130 form on the same day. One was approved in 20 workdays, another at 26 workdays, and the last at 37 workdays. They all went together to window “X” to file the DS-230 and 10 workdays later all had the same scheduled medical and interview date. From filing the I-130 to the interview date was 96 days. From other direct-filed I-130 people talked to while waiting for interview found they all waited for the automated system to issue the info packets and it took over 8 months from I-130 to interview date.

Take Note: Even with the USA Immigration visa in your spouses passport they still need Immigration clearance from the Philippine government to exit the country. You can start this process in parallel with the I-130 filing. Your Filipino spouse must register with the CFO (Commission of Filipinos Overseas) in Manila. City Gold Center, 1345 Quirino Ave, Corner of Osmena highway, Manila, phone 561-8321 ext 102. www.cfo.gov.ph Get there early (7am) and have copies of all the papers submitted with the I-130, will have to endure a 4 hour lecture on the USA to receive a certificate of completion. After receiving the USA visa stamp in the passport have to return to receive a red exit stamp to leave the country. 400 P filing fee.

Error description: On approval of the direct-filed I-130 a notification letter is sent. This single sheet of paper states the date your direct-filed I-130 was approved and says instructions on how to precede will be forth coming. But nothing ever does show up until the computer notices you have not submitted your DS-230 in a timely manner and directs Manila Embassy to re-issue the mailing of the first instruction packet again. If you should grow concerned that instructions have not arrived in a timely manner and you visit the Embassy again to present your approval notification letter to window X. You will be told that your instructions were mailed on the same date as your approval notification letter was sent. The error is the DS-230 (Application for Immigration visa) form was not included with the approval notification letter like it is if the I-130 is filed in the USA. The filing of the DS-230 (Application for Immigration visa) is the event that enters you into the interview-scheduling queue. TAKE NOTE: All Manila US Embassy direct-filed I-130 applications should immediately on receipt of the I-130 approval notification letter, fill out this form http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81807.pdf and precede to window X, Immigration visa dept, Manila American Embassy and file this form in person as soon as possible.

Your post is not very clear. First of all the HPV vaccination is only for females. If the female already has HPV the vaccination is a waste of money. From your post I am assuming you are a male who is on a fiancée visa sponsored by an American female or you have a brother or sister or parents who are American citizens and sponsoring you. Only under those conditions would you need in ST. Luke’s visa medical exam. As long as you have no visible warts on your genitals or in the general area you will have no problem. If you have visible warts get them burned off by laser treatment, electric hot needle treatment or acid burn treatment, by a dermatologist doctor so you are completely healed by date of visa medical exam. If you are the American husband sponsoring a Filipino spouse you are not the one having the visa medical exam your spouse is and as long as she has no visible warts there is no problem. Medical note: As long as there are visible warts that person is contagious and can easy infect their sex partners, and the area size covered in warts will continue to expand as more warts continue to appear. Also if you have warts the likelyhood of you having other STD's is very high. Best to get local medical checkup with smear lab tests so you know you are clean at same time you have warts removed.

Hi everyone!!

I really need some advice and things I need to do with regards to my status..I arrived here in the United states last March 15,2010 w/ a CR1 visa but when I entered here in the United States its 2 years and 2 months of marriage already.I went to USCIS office if they could fixed it and change it to 10 years but they said what they follow is the one when I had my interviewed which I was approved last Nov. 12 2009 which is less than 2 years of marriage.The problem is,my husband had a girl living with him and who just give birth in other words he cheated on me when I was in the Philippines so I didn't go directly or stay with him.Im right now staying with a friend and currently working in fast food chain..The money that I used when I went to my interview,medical and my plane ticket Im the one who provided it .He told me that if I ever need to adjust my status he would willing to help but how would he able to do that if they were living together with the girl which according to him his main concern is the baby but he help the girl to stay with him rather me as his wife...Im working hard and try not to ask any help coz he said hes not even working too yet..I'm so upset with him really,he caused me so much pain when he told me about that I wont be able to get here coz he have problem on his tax..blah blah but when I told him that I proceed with my interview and I passed it that's the time he said that the main reason is he got a girl pregnant,...I truly hate him,when I was in the Philippines he doesn't support me for 6 months and he left me with no options..

Is there a way that I could informed the DHS regarding on what he did that supposed to be hes the one taking charge with me so that if ever they know that im not staying with him they wont go after me it would be him for that affidavit of support he signed..I kept those pics and they were a lot as my evidence with him and his pregnant girl which his cuzin posted b4 in Face book and the confessions he did on e-mail..There are some who said that I just call the USCIS if they could fix it once i received my actual gc w/c is I did but they still said that I have to apply for the I-751 before it expires to adjust it which it means I have to move with my husband and ask his help on that which its so hard for me to know that they are living upto now..Some said too that i'll just call DHS,so now I need some of your advice here or to some who went to the same situation like mine..Please I need your help here!!!!!!

When you submit your I-130 at the US embassy in Manila that means the embassy will adjudicate it there. Your application is out of the normal loop process that is in affect for 130 forms submitted in the USA. You should call the Manila Embassy once a week to check status. From your cell phone within the Philippines dial 00632-301-2000 then at voice prompt to enter the extension number, enter 7 on your cell phone, then 2224# to be connected to the i-130 status desk. Give them the last name of the recipient or your case number. They will look it up on their computer terminal and tell you the status and next step to do if they are waiting for a response from you. Be sure you have 300P load and that your phone is plugged into it's charger to provide max power for clear and distortion free conversation.

My husband filed I-130 for spouse at Manila USA Embassy Feb 16. We called after 2 months. They say papers still being reviewed. Last Monday embassy said our papers are in final review. Anybody know what the embassy next steps are?