HELP!!!!!

[Hank_ 9,174]

Lots of annulments in the Philippines... or a mistress

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

I dont have any more experiance in Manila than you do in Thailand.

Which is exactly why you don't see me telling people here how difficult BKK is or commenting on specifics of BKK processing, therein lies the difference between you & I.

You dont have any direct K 1 experiance in Manila either. You do have some people you know that got K 1 s in Manila. So does my husband.

Ok, so my K-1 experience in Manila is second-hand, I agree but I do have first-hand experience with Manila Embassy in general and can say that the experiences of both K-1 and CR/IR cases as reported here are in-line with what I would expect based on my own personal experience with that embassy, can you say the same.

Manila like BKK is a high fraud embassy. That of course means cases are reviewed differently than other embassies not having that distiction. That means its more difficult to me.

Your statement makes it sound like all "High Fraud" embassies are equal. I would say that most MENA embassies and Vietnam are at the top of the difficult list with China approaching them but BKK and Manila (while considered High Fraud) don't approach even the level of China. Of course that is based only on over 3 years of reading on VJ and comparing writen accounts from the other countries/regions with our experiences with Manila.

What exactly are the "very specifc ways" they differ?

I'm not familiar enough with BKK to list differences between BKK and MNL but here are some things that are generally considered unique to the Philippines (or at least different from most embassy norms):

1. Using Remittance Receipts for proof of on-going relationship in K-1 cases.

2. Annulled beneficiaries having to undergo Psychological Eval as part of the medical.

3. K-1 beneficiaries required to present CENOMAR and CR/IR-1 beneficiaries required to present CEMAR.

4. CR/IR-2 & K-2/K-4 childred born to unwed mothers not needing parental consent from the biological father even if he signed the acknowledgement of paternity on the birth certificate.

5. Filipino Citizen's foreign divorce only being recognized by Philippine Government in VERY LIMITED circumstances. This doesn't cause Visa issuance problems but does prevent CFO Exit Clearance.

6. CFO Exit Clearance is required for everyone leaving the country. Again not really an issue at the embassy but warrants being listed because without it the Visa is worthless.

I didnt say people would be denied. I said the process can be more difficult. How they fare is a product of the facts surrounding their case & how they are presented along with the discression of the officer.

I never said you stated there was a high rate of denial, here is what I said regarding your claim of MNL being more difficult:

Contrary to your claim what you generally see is Filipino Fiancees worrying too much about tiny little things that won't matter or even be looked at when they have their interview. Usually when there is a denial (very small percentage of immigrant visas) then there are very obvious issues with the case.

You indicate the OP cant succeed. In this I agree with you. Other say he can. So again we have different views. We can see that some of those views come from people with direct USEM (that would be US Embassy in Manila) experiance.

Not to be rude but if you think people in this thread have given the OP any real hope of succeeding then we also have different levels of reading comprehension. Aside from the one whack-ball suggestion (I say that hoping the poster wrote it tongue-in-cheek) about AWOL the most anyone has said is to ask the military hotline. Otherwise everyone is pretty much in agreement that what the OP's Kano wants to do won't work.

FWIW, the OP's Kano's idea of getting a waiver for the meeting in person within the last 2 years has nothing to do with MNL, their case won't get that far without the meeting as the I-129F will never be approved which means there is nothing to pass on for consular processing.

Edited April 20, 2012 by Bob 4 Anna

[gretchen_darren 67]

Aside for the one whack-ball suggestion (I say that hoping the poster wrote it tongue-in-cheek) about AWOL the most anyone has said is to ask the military hotline.

Yes, I doubt if he would go AWOL..... the I-129f would be the least of his worries then..... he would be more worried about court martial and prison..... interesting thing to put in I-129F.... how did you meet in person.... went AWOL for 2 weeks... met in Philippines.... detained at airport in philippines when leaving.... escorted by MP's back to base.... currently serving in brig while filing for K-1 visa for fiance..... hoping for conjugal visitations during stay in Leavenworth.... doubt if that would even float.....

[sunandmoon 450]

Yes, I doubt if he would go AWOL..... the I-129f would be the least of his worries then..... he would be more worried about court martial and prison..... interesting thing to put in I-129F.... how did you meet in person.... went AWOL for 2 weeks... met in Philippines.... detained at airport in philippines when leaving.... escorted by MP's back to base.... currently serving in brig while filing for K-1 visa for fiance..... hoping for conjugal visitations during stay in Leavenworth.... doubt if that would even float.....

and the "burning pants" issue would be the least of his problems...

[Hank_ 9,174]

Yes, I doubt if he would go AWOL..... the I-129f would be the least of his worries then..... he would be more worried about court martial and prison..... interesting thing to put in I-129F.... how did you meet in person.... went AWOL for 2 weeks... met in Philippines.... detained at airport in philippines when leaving.... escorted by MP's back to base.... currently serving in brig while filing for K-1 visa for fiance..... hoping for conjugal visitations during stay in Leavenworth.... doubt if that would even float.....

and the "burning pants" issue would be the least of his problems...

:rofl: