Yay we passed!

[sweet angel 5]

Congratz & Godbless!

[Jasman0717 9]

Congratulations

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Thank you! I was very worried myself, as I had some evidence of support issues but they didnt even look at anything but I-134 and tax returns! As far as interview, I think it was a breeze. We got there about 6:30 for our 7am interview so that kinda put us a little further back in the que. We went to the first window to submit the 3 docs and get our number assigned.

About half an hour later our number 7008 sent us to window 27 for the pre-screener. She was a Phil woman and that made me nervous (I have heard that usally the pinoy pre-screeners are grumpy) She asked for our support docs and asked me to sit on the chairs near the window, which I guessed was so she could ask Nelia questions without me helping. She asked her when we first met and Nelia looks at me as if she didnt know, I was like oh no this lady isnt gonna like that. Well she answered ok and they continued in Tagalog. She asked for a few emails and photos, which she then returned to us and said to remove the ones of us kissing. I included 4 or 5 of those because I figured they were good evidence, but the lady said they were inappropriate? Go figure. Then she asked for any greeting cards our letters, ok no problem as we have about a dozen cards. Sorry maam these need to be put back in the envelopes they came in! Panic starts, I hoped they didnt ask for envelopes because alot of the cards I sent to her were in boxes with other gifts so no indivisual postage on mine. Whatever I didn't relize the lady said prepare them for our final interview as the consular will ask fo them. I told Nelia that is her opinion just like the photos of us kissing. So anyways we fixed them up as best as we could. She told us to go sit and wait for fingerprinting. I thought the lady was mean but Nelia said she was actualy kinda nice. (they spoke in tag so I didnt know what they were saying oh well.

Didnt even sit down they called us to fingerprint LOL were standing there trying to organize our cards into there respective envelopes (what little ones we had). That was very simple process, go back and wait on blue chairs.

Wait about 30mins for interview, door 28. We followed a friend we met during the process she came out and smiled and told us approved so we felt relieved! Went in and sat in front of an American white woman, she was cheerful and greeted Nelia. She had her raise her right hand and swear to tell the truth yada yada. She then asked Nelia a few quetions about me, like where does "he" work and who is "your" petitioner and when did "he" propose? I spoke up and said "he" is me btw because it didnt seem she knew who I was lol. She laughed a little and said she knew. She said well congrats and welcome to the US, that was it! she didnt ask for nothing nada zip! She said proceed to Air21 and pay for delivery, I told her we would like to pick up the Visa as we will be here in Manila till our departure. She wrote something on a purple card and told us to wait for our number to be called for instructions on picking up your Visa.

The funniest part of the whole thing was the little amount of evidence they wanted to see. Nelia was actually mad that they didnt even ask to see her engagement ring! We prepared so much evidence it was sick. I guess it was better to be prepared for the worst, then fall short on something. I also think double and triple checking accuarcy of documents is important too. I really did a nice job on the I-129f portion and I think that definetly made thier job easier which in turn made the whole process easier.

Sorry for the long winded reply but I guess this was a good spot to post about our interview lol. Once again I would like to thank VJ and all its family for all the help getting us threw this. We couldnt have done it without you.

So cheer up and be confident, fill out everything acurately and the rest will fll into place.

P.S. I made up a list of things to prepare for interview with anything usefull I found here on the forums, its sort of a checklist to make sure you have everything you need. PM me your email and I will send it out to anyone who needs it!

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:goofy:hi there sorry for the loooooooooong reply as i got lost looking for your post lol, i really appreciate your help and for sharing your journey with the rest of the VJ'ers. superb!! that was amazing. I know that by this time you two are married. Again my congratulations.

By the way we filed our last feb. 2010. NOA1 was received feb. 8 so meantime we anxiosly wait. which i believe is the hardest part. Please do email me the list i know it would help us a lot. here's my email paoaileen@yahoo.com. I would send this to my fiancee to guide her.

Thanks again and God Bless!!!!

[~Johnny~ 27]

Congrats! Always nice to see a VJ'r pass...