anyone going 2 CFO seminar n manila aug 9?

[soulm8z0928 0]

hey folks, just wondering if anyone will be attending CFO seminar in manila aug 9, 06? my wife will be there. we are still early in the process. if some of you that are further along in the process are there maybe you could talk to my wife and give her some pointers on what to expect. thx, bernard and sherwin

[Michael and Milahjean 0]

I'm running about a week ahead of you with our processing. My asawa will be attending the G&C seminar sometime soon, not sure if Manila or Cebu yet. She is also overwhelmed with all of the tasks she needs to complete, so just yesterday I sent to her a list of milestone events for both the I-130 and the I-129F processes, and folders stuffed with information with checklists for the items she needs to get. She has so much to do there, has no passport yet, is waiting for the NBI check, needs more copies of the passport photo, more copies of her birth record and has been told that the NSO marriage certificate will finally be ready middle of this month. I've asked her to begin digging up her vaccination records and to get the Hep B vaccinations now. We were married Apr 24 in Tabango on Leyte. I am still have very much trouble getting NSO marriage certificates through the E-census website, but I used a certified copy of the local civil registrar office marriage certificate for the I-130 and also the I-129F I will mail to Chicago on Friday. Assembling these lists has helped me a great deal with the planning aspects from my own perspective. I have a 2-in thick binder filled with information here. I'm praying that I'll be able to go back to get her in early April next year. We'll see. Good luck.

Michael

[jazzy 0]

I'm running about a week ahead of you with our processing. My asawa will be attending the G&C seminar sometime soon, not sure if Manila or Cebu yet. She is also overwhelmed with all of the tasks she needs to complete, so just yesterday I sent to her a list of milestone events for both the I-130 and the I-129F processes, and folders stuffed with information with checklists for the items she needs to get. She has so much to do there, has no passport yet, is waiting for the NBI check, needs more copies of the passport photo, more copies of her birth record and has been told that the NSO marriage certificate will finally be ready middle of this month. I've asked her to begin digging up her vaccination records and to get the Hep B vaccinations now. We were married Apr 24 in Tabango on Leyte. I am still have very much trouble getting NSO marriage certificates through the E-census website, but I used a certified copy of the local civil registrar office marriage certificate for the I-130 and also the I-129F I will mail to Chicago on Friday. Assembling these lists has helped me a great deal with the planning aspects from my own perspective. I have a 2-in thick binder filled with information here. I'm praying that I'll be able to go back to get her in early April next year. We'll see. Good luck.

Michael

Hi Michael,

My wife and i were married in cebu on april 26th......we used the civil registry copy for our petitions with no problems....you should have the nso copy for the interview and for the ds-230 if you are going the route of the cr-1. The nso is months behind right now in processing marraige certificates....so be prepared for a little wait.

soul,

My wife took the seminar last year. Make sure you have copies of your marraige cert. and any divorce or annulment papers as well as at least 2 forms of id. The seminar isnt that bad, she should have an easy time with it...my wife took it in cebu and she said it was just easy.

Jazzy

[soulm8z0928 0]

michael, wow, what ur going thru sounds so familiar. nso told my wife d marriage cert wud b done aug 2, come at 12 noon. long story short, wife arrives there on time, but cert is not ready yet....she did get cert around 5 pm, but lots of stuff happened in between, lol . we hav everything else already, luckily. except for the CFO cert, but she is in d class now as i type this (thx 4 d info jazzy), so she'll hav that 2day, then off 2 dfa 2morrow 4 new passport! after that we're just waiting on d visa process.

good luck to you all!