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Phladetroit   0

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Good day VJ family,

I just wanna ask if there are other option to take if foreign fiance wants to marry here in the Philippines but he cannot take the 10days off to wait for the marriage license to be released?

Is there any option? Thank you and more power :)

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Good day VJ family,

I just wanna ask if there are other option to take if foreign fiance wants to marry here in the Philippines but he cannot take the 10days off to wait for the marriage license to be released?

Is there any option? Thank you and more power :)

The two of you could get married in another country that would be easier than marrying in the US or Philippines, and THEN, you could work on your plans of relocating. Marrying in the Philippines is what it is; easy for a US citizen to enter but not easy to marry there unless he/she sticks around for extended periods of time.

Our K-1 and AOS Journey

05/12-05/22/10-met my sweetheart and family(had lots of fun!)
12/13-12/26/11-met again for engagement/Christmas
04/10/12-I-129F petition sent
04/13/12-USPS delivery confirmation
04/18/12-NOA1 text/email
04/21/12-NOA1(receipt 04/17/12)
10/10/12-NOA2 text
10/15/12-NOA2 letter received
10/27/12-NVC letter received
11/28/12-Medical Exam-PASSED
12/07/12-K-1 Interview-APPROVED
02/12/13-POE-Atlanta
03/04/13-Wedding
03/27/13-AOS,EAD,AP delivered
04/03/13-NOAs text/email
04/08/13-NOAs received
04/26/13-Biometrics appointment(walk-in done 04/17)

06/03/13-EAD card production/AP post decision approval

06/10/13-EAD/AP combo card received

04/04/14-AOS card production/decision

04/11/14-NOA2 welcome to the USA

04/12/14-Received GC

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*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to Philippines regional subforum -- topic is country-specific. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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those are not 'k1 options', fwiw, to marry in the PI.

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
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Getting married in the Phils (or such) then applying for a visa is an IR/CR-1 visa. Bring your fiancee to the USA and marrying here is a K-1 visa.

If being able to stay in the Phils for the needed time to marry is difficult then go the K-1 route to bring your fiancee here to get married.

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I just wanna ask if there are other option to take if foreign fiance wants to marry here in the Philippines but he cannot take the 10days off to wait for the marriage license to be released?

Is there any option? Thank you and more power :)

Did you receive the denial letter from the USCIS for your K-1 fiancé(e) visa? Did you respond to the denial letter?

You need to pay very close attention to post #16 by JimVaPhuong.

Marrying in the Philippines is not a path to a visa if your K-1 file is marked for fraud.

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Good day VJ family,

I just wanna ask if there are other option to take if foreign fiance wants to marry here in the Philippines but he cannot take the 10days off to wait for the marriage license to be released?

Is there any option? Thank you and more power :)

The only option is for the fiancee to go to the local civil registrar and explain the situation, the fiance is out of the country and can only stay a short time when he comes to get married. Ask if she can apply for the marriage license application herself, and her fiance supply his documents by mail or when he arrives. This way the 10 day waiting period can be observed, and everyone is happy.

It is a Myth that both parties must apply for the marriage license, not all civil registrars will allow this but most will, what you need to do is ask. This is done all the time in the Philippines, one party is out of the country, lives in a part of the PH where travel would be a burden, or is a OFW. One person who is getting married appears in person and gets the application form, sends the form to the person out of the country, they sign the form and have it notarized, then mails back form and necessary documents. In the case where one party is a foreigner they will supply certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage when they arrive to pick up the marriage license.

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GaryKO   49

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Read their older postings, they had a K-1 denied. The OP is not telling the whole story here.

I see, I did not see a clear reason for denial. If it was failure to establish a bona fide relationship this could be many reasons. Was more common years ago when USEM was more strict for K1 approval, something as simple as the fiancee not being able to answer simple question about the petitioner could mean denial. In that case it was common practice to get married then refile as married. If document fraud the reason then that would be a permanent visa band.

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Phladetroit   0

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the reason why they try to deny us is that there was an active k1 petition by my ex in 2009. in 2011 my present fiance now filed for a k1 for me. so during the interview they said they need to return these 2 petitions back to the USCIS center who approved it

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