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@Mayette: Yes a copy would work. I scanned mine and email it to her and she just printed it in Manila but because I wanted to be on the safest side possible, I also send the hardcopy via fedex. Hope it helps. Good luck on your journey.

Just an update, my daughter was at the Embassy in Manila today and was asked to leave her passport and so as her baby’s passport. After months of processing and calling the NVC, the wait is finally over. Thanks to my fellow VJ’ers! Thanks guys for all the inputs and inspiring words. 

Oh! I’m keeping my fingers crossed but will definitely update! Thanks guys

My daughter received a call today from DHS Manila and was advised to go to their office tomorrow and turn in their passports. Do you guys know if this is the moment I have been waiting for? Will my daughter finally get her and her baby’s visa???

Still waiting for a letter or notification from the Embassy in Manila. It has been a very overwhelming week. Not knowing when she's going to get her visa is killing me.

March 1999. Is your mom a LPR or a US citizen? when i petitioned my daughter i wasnt a citizen yet. i became a citizen not too long ago. under cspa, her category was automatically moved as daughter of a US Citizen in which she had to write to the DHS MLA to opt-out. with your siblings case, check when she petitioned them and refer to the cspa info online. I, myself is not clear how to calculate it and i dont wanna give wrong info.

March 1999. Is your mom a LPR or a US citizen? when i petitioned my daughter i wasnt a citizen yet. i became a citizen not too long ago. under cspa, her category was automatically moved as daughter of a US Citizen in which she had to write to the DHS MLA to opt-out. with your siblings case, check when she petitioned them and refer to the cspa info online. I, myself is not clear how to calculate it and i dont wanna give wrong info.

My daughter had to "opt out" too because on the day of her interview, she was advised by the CO to write a letter to stay in the F2B category since I became a US citizen a little over a year ago. It has been about two weeks now and there's no update yet. She's done with the interview as well. The only thing that caused her delay was th "opt-out" letter. How long does it take for them to update and issue the visa? Thanks!

Amen to that! God is good! i really hope it wont take that long.

When my daughter-in-law went to the Philippines along with my son and 2 grandkids, she was asked to sign the minors' passports in front of the employee.

Any update on your case jm08?

I know someone that had to do a Humanitarian Revalidation. If you are able to show that it will be a hardship on you and your family to not get the visa and the degree of the situation, you're more likely to get approved criss. Is there anyone helping you right now? Try to do it on your own and if you think it's too complicated, seek help from a lawyer. Goodluck to the both of you!

I have the exact situation. Due to the economic crisis we are in right now, I was laid off about a year ago and few months after we received a notice from the NVC that her priority date is now current. Since I only get the Unemployment Benefits and it's not 125% above the poverty line for 3 people (me, my daughter, and her son), my daughter-in-law helped me with the I864. It's perfectly fine, it basically just say that they will be responsible for the persons on the form because the government wants to make sure they will not become a public charge.

Hello!

Did your daughter wrote to the Embassy ways before for the opt out for the automatic conversion and was approved before her interview?

no, i seriously didnt have any idea about cspa not until she was asked to write a letter on the day of the interview. you think that's going to be a major problem?

yeah, will surely follow up by mid-Sept. i will keep u posted and thanks for all the infos.

No form was given to her. She had to opt out for the automatic conversion because I became a US citizen last year and also she had to add her son in the petition because when I petitioned her, she didn't have a baby then. But she stayed single (whew, thank God!)Hopefully it doesn't take that long.

what's ap and form 221g? all he said was wait for a letter in the mail and its 60-90 days wait.

Goodluck!!

I've always used express mail via USPS, flat rate is about $18.+

My daughter went to the Embassy today to turn in the Approval Notice and she was told that it will take 60-90 days for the decision. She was not asked to bring any documents anymore and was not asked to leave the passports either. Does it really take 60-90 days for their decision???

will do darnell!!

found it!! thanks so much guys for the response! will update soon..

hope you find that soon... my dad already found ours. It is the one with the EAC numbers, it is actually the reciept that says NOtice of Action. Im glad i ran into this thread.

make sure it says "the above petition has been approved" and its form I-797. im glad u found yours.

just a quick question, is your daughter have a derivative beneficiary (son/daughter)?

yeah my daughter has a son. she has a friend thats processing at the same time in the same category and her friend was asked to show that approval notice too and she was able to turn it in just yesterday. she was told it will take 60 days to process.

FORM I824 AND THE BAD PART IS THAT YOULL HAVE TO PAY $340.00

will look again this weekend. it's a pain though! after i turn that approval notice, does anybody know how long it takes for them to process it and release the visa???

thanks!

it would take 2-3 months (if lucky!) to get a duplicate copy. OMG!

thanks guys!

My daughter has a priority date of March 15, 2001. She had the interview already but the consul asked her to bring back a form I-797 Notice of Action. I guess what they want to see was the one that says " your petition has been approved." I can't locate that form and I wrote them a letter and had my daughter print out something from uscis.gov that say her petition was approved but they didn't take it. She was told she could get a letter from the NVC stating that her petition was approved. I called the NVC 5 times and none of them wanted to give me a letter. Pls. help. Do I need to consult a lawyer now?