BrettJ

Yes you can do this in Saudi. I did one in Qatar for my filipina. Usually a little less in cost and less to do too. You will need all official docs from Phils like Birth certificate, current official NBI, CENOMAR, etc.

I double checked and there are no dates available for the whole year (2014!! OMG!! What's happening! Lol

Glad to hear things are finally starting to move forward.

... I am going to go another way for a moment... maybe he is very nervous and this "humor" of his is part of the result... he is unsure and very nervous. Just a thought. Something to talk about together.

Hopefully you will get the MNL # so you can at least get the ball rolling. (being the file is in transit there has to be a MNL # assigned already, now to get USEM to tell you)
Very soon!

Oh I am positive of that!

It is too bad that most people do not know the rules and just quote either bank policy or make things up. A SSN WAS for tax purposes only. If you received income--i.e. salary, interest, dividends, etc--you needed to give your SSN. If you could claim an expense on your taxes--i.e. mortgage interest and in the old days credit card interest-- you also needed to give your SSN. Those are the only people who by law require your SSN. Unfortunately the SSN has become a national ID and everybody says you need one in order to get this or that. The biggest laugh I got was at the Harrisburg Geneological Society where they had a space for the SSN on their sign-in sheet. It was amazing how many people put down their name, address, phone number, and their SSN. I left the space blank and the guy at the sign-in desk asked about my SSN. I told him that I refused to give it. It was like okay, no problem.
I have a SSN, but when someone asks me for it, I usually ask them why do they need it and what is their legal claim to requesting it. I guess I just like to have fun seeing how well trained people are . You would also be surprised at how ill-informed most bank employees are of what is needed when an account owner dies. BTDT. There are banks out there that will open an account without requiring a SSN. Find that one and put your money there. Or you can remind the bank that they are suppose to be working for you and if they want to continue to have your business then they will find a way to get the account opened without the SSN. You can always ask if they allow someone from a foreign country to open an account as that type of person will not have a SSN.
You can go back to the SSA and get a printout with the actual number on it. That is all that is needed--the number. We just completed a patient form at the dentist's office and they wanted my wife's SSN. I just rattled it off for them, never showed them the card. My wife has yet to memorize that number. But there is an example of a non-income reason for having to provide your SSN as all health insurance companies use that as an ID number.
I just wish we would make up our minds. Either the SSN is a national ID or it is not.
Sorry for the rank,
Dave

If she will return to Hong Kong for the K-1 interview, then list Hong Kong as the consulate she will interview at on the I-129F. You may also wish to use her address in Hong Kong as her mailing address on the forms.

My point is that the government can't even get their own financial house in order, and now we're going to turn this over to them? I don't know how accurate the $634 million number is in this thread title, but that seems like an awful lot of money to get a website up and running. I'm getting flashbacks to the days of $400 hammers and $200 toilet seats. Those are mid 80s dollars.

NOA2 a week ago, sent to NVC today. TSC is moving fast.

Ok, CSC and NVC, your former boss Honest Abe once said: "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." It's now very clear to me, in watching the timelines of those from the CSC versus the other USCIS processors, that though CSC was processing approvals faster, they then correspondingly bury you by not sending the case on to NVC in a timely manner. There is no doubt in my mind that the way they are collectively rigging the system is for the USCIS sites which are processing faster to then hold their files, thus not to bury NVC. Therefore, when you get a NOA2 at CSC, be prepared for a long wait for NVC to ever get your file and open a case number there. There will always be exceptions, of course, but this seems to me to be a pretty standard issue right now. Our NOA2 was August 21, and no case number yet (and many at CSC the same -- anyone at CSC who is still waiting for a case number from NVC, please post your NOA2 dates here). I have seen case numbers within two weeks for the other centers pretty regularly. Sucks . . . .

It's my understanding that the Philippines is the only country which does not allow divorce. Ridiculous!
The annulment process is a rip off.