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DaveE Community Regular

DaveE   178

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Welcome. Get ready for the journey of your life.

During the journey you will cuss, USCIS, USEM, NSO, and NBI. Days will seem like years. You will think documents got lost and sweat blood waiting for "delivery confirmations".

I made six trips to the Philippines during the K1 process, not because I thought it would help, but because we missed each other so much.

My one most important singular piece of advice is: Don't bother cleaning your house before she arrives. One of the first tasks of a new filipina fiancee/bride after arriving here is to show you how lacking your housekeepings skills were.

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Hank_ Grand Master

Hank_   9,174

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My one most important singular piece of advice is: Don't bother cleaning your house before she arrives. One of the first tasks of a new filipina fiancee/bride after arriving here is to show you how lacking your housekeepings skills were.

Ouch!!! I resemble that remark!! :rofl:

Hank

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stevo222   18

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Hi There,

My first post. I have been using the site for some good information and advice, but haven't been doing any posting. I also met my Fiancee online in May of this year. I visited her where she lives in China in August for two weeks (16 days), which went fantastic. I then returned in November and visited with her a week (9 days) then. Sent my I-129F in on December 16th, and got my NOA1 in the mail yesterday, Dec 22. I know it's going to take many months to go through the whole process. So gald I discovered this site, it is a fantastic place for information and to help get through it all....

Happy Holidays everyone

event.pngJoanna (Ying) is from Zhu Hai, China
Met online June 2011,
First visit August 2011 for two weeks,
Second visit November 2011 for one week,
Sent I-129F in Dec 2011,
12-22-2011 - NOA1 Received
Third visit April 2012 for two weeks (met all her family! Lots of "Ganbei!!!" (cheers) with her brothers with 100 proof - whew!))
05-09-2012 - NOA2 Received
05-09-2012 - ???? - CSC accidentally sends approved NOA2 to a storage facility, then has to retrieve it - Auuggghh!!
07-02-2012 - NVC Received
07-26-2012 - Packet 3 returned
07-27-2012 - Packet 3 received (yes- one day after she already sent it in- mini short-cut)
08-09-2012 - Packet 4 e-mail received
09-04-2012 - Interview
09-19-2012 - Received Visa
09-28-2012 - Ying's POE date (Chicago O'Hare)
10-27-2012 - Married!!!
11-20-2012 - AOS forms sent to USCIS

12-26-2012 - Biometrics Appointment

02-10-2013 - Ying gets I-512 Combo work authorization and travel authorization advanced parole card

06-23-2013 - Ying returns to China to assist with completing son's K2 Visa

07-10-2013 - Ying's son, Zongyang, passes K2 Visa interview in Guangzhou

07-29-2013 - Ying's I-485 AOS is approved

08-03-2013 - Ying's 2 year green card arrives in mail (she's still in China with son)

08-08-2013 - Ying and Zongyang enter US, HK to Toronto to O'Hare

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StraightShooter   62

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My one most important singular piece of advice is: Don't bother cleaning your house before she arrives. One of the first tasks of a new filipina fiancee/bride after arriving here is to show you how lacking your housekeepings skills were.

If I did that, I wouldn't see her again for a month after she arrives!! :rofl:

May your visa journey be smooth and speedy.

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beejay Proficient

beejay   123

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You seem like a nice and sincere guy, so a bit of tough love advice: Please visit and spend MORE in-country time with your fiance prior to filing the 129F. It's not that that I doubt the sincerity of your relationship, but the CO will not be so forgiving.

I will let some of those with PI experience chime in, but high fraud locations are no cake-walk and require at least a few visits.

Philippines may be regarded as a high fraud consulate but the process is nothing like going thru China, VN, Nigeria etc. It's pretty straight foward and only requires a few extra steps compared to other consulates (CFO seminar, CENOMAR document for example). I've hardly ever seen anyone denied from this site although there are the occasional 221gs that are usually just a missing document and easy to fix. Couples put on AP seem to be the exception, not the rule. I think Philippine couples typically seem to send much more evidence of their communications than other locations but whether the excess is necessary I don't know.

Conrats and good luck on your journey OP!

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raymaga   25

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Congrats and best wishes with your journey ahead!!!!

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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Sapphire Moon   25

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Congrats!! Good Luck on your Visa Journey !!

“The moon is at her full, and riding high, floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky are all asleep tonight.” ~William C. Bryant

Click HERE for our complete K-1 visa journey timeline.

Happily Married: December 1, 2012

AOS Journey:
Filing Date: 4/15/2013

NOA1: 4/23/2013

Received RFE: 5/13/2013 (We forgot to include proof of citizenship of co-sponsor)

Mailed our response to the RFE: 5/15/2013 (We sent the co-sponsor's U.S. birth certificate)

Biometrics Appointment: 5/20/13

EAD: arrived 6/24/13

AOS: APPROVED! No interview! Approval (NOA-1 letter)Date: 9/24/2013

2 year conditional green card received 09/2013.

10 year permanent residency approved 2016.

<3 Baby girl born February 2015 <3

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Enigma11561   336

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I offer my congratulations as well. As some others have stated, only going once may not be a big issue in terms of getting a K-1, although I have read where some did have issues. The main point of visiting more than once is to really get to know your fiancee. You can read some of the many stories here where a woman came over and just before, or soon after marriage, things fell apart because there were few really deep common denominators.

There is a big rah rah crowd here, that not only have no problems with only one fairly short meeting, or large age differences, but if you look at their profiles ( for the most part), many are not even married yet or just recently. I would ask them to visit again after a few years and then voice an experienced opinion.

I do wish you good luck, but please spend more time with her. It will only pay off in the long run. A few weeks vacation is not quite the same as living day to day doing all the normal boring things like work, cleaning, shopping, mowing the grass and just stuff. I am sure you understand.

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TropicalRose Rookie

TropicalRose   0

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Hello!

Met my fiance in person on December 1st and he proposed on bended knee on December

2nd, in front of my family!

Now, we're so excited and looking forward to sharing our future together. Being new

here on VJ, we are hoping to get some tips and pointers on how we can proceed with

our documents with as little problem as possible.

We've read some great reviews here. And as we go on with our quest, I know that it

would be easier for us to achieve our goal, with some guide from VJ and the nice

people here.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

ENGAGED TO STRAIGHTSHOOTER

TIMELINE

Met online 8 May 11

Met in person 1 Dec 11

Joined VJ 22 Dec 11

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