"Emergencies", including parents health?

[happyslappy 0]

Trying to figure out if I can be exempted from the 6-month residency requirement due to my mothers health being exceptionally poor? Heart-attacks, extreme blood pressure, disability, unemployment, etc.

I lived there June 8 - September 20, and returned due to her health. I'm planning to return in November once she's capable of taking care of herself (on disability) again.

At the point I return, we're planning on marrying and trying DCF CR1 Visa.

Any help is appreciated, thank you.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Extremely doubtful that you will qualify for DCF.

[happyslappy 0]

Alright, thank you.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Alright, thank you.

I hit enter before i should have. I should qualify my previous statement with, HOW are you residing overseas? Do you have a visa to live there? Some sort of permanent resident card? Or are you just "visiting" and living there for 6+ months?

if you have a valid "live in that country" visa then you might qualify for DCF because "resident for 6 months" doesn't necessarily mean "lives in the same place for 6 months". You can still go on holidays and trips overseas etc. I'm not sure if they will let you apply for DCF if you don't qualify for residency. Hopefully someone else can help you with that.

[happyslappy 0]

I hadn't fetched a permanent residence visa as I was not sure the best route to take in acquiring one.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I hadn't fetched a permanent residence visa as I was not sure the best route to take in acquiring one.

So you were just on a visitor visa?

[happyslappy 0]

This is correct. Just attempting to clarify, DCF means filing with the USCIS office in Manila, correct? I do however have the ACR I-Card or whatever it's called, but it just says "Tourist" and "Temporary Visitor".

[VanessaTony 3,567]

This is correct. Just attempting to clarify, DCF means filing with the USCIS office in Manila, correct? I do however have the ACR I-Card or whatever it's called, but it just says "Tourist" and "Temporary Visitor".

Okay. Read this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/388233-dcf-after-marriage-manila-philippines/

[happyslappy 0]

Alright so from what I read, I should fetch a drivers license when I return and cross my fingers that the officer I encounter will take that and my tourist ACR I-Card as suitable proof of residence. But like they said in that thread you linked, it's a blue moon event.

Unemployed part-time student with no tax returns to lean on. I have a (potential) joint sponsor who makes upwards of 6x the poverty guideline, hoping I can get a CR-1 and her here quickly as my mothers health is failing.