Approval notice has arrived. To God be the glory!

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Janelance143 -

I forgot to answer ur question..... We havent got anything yet from nvc.. We are still waiting hopefully next week.. But once we have it, i will post some updates here..

Thank u again jane! Congrats din at na approved na i-130 mo... I guess 15days after we will hear from nvc... Hopefully :-)

You're welcome -Moanette90210! Me too, I will update and post every step we will take in NVC. Good luck and God bless to all of us

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Yes, God is a gracious God, without doubt. HE rewards our prayers, I have no doubt. To me, you are through the very hard part, but "pitfalls" loom ahead, and just pray you do not fall into any of them, I will give you some of the things me and my wife from Cebu had to overcome, just to give you a "heads up" on what to look for.

- Yes, you need that passport ASAP.

- It will vary on how long it takes NVC to get your case, but start calling next week, to get your MNL number

- When you get that number the next thing you want is your ""hard copy"" which is required to schedule the interview.

- Medical is first come first serve at St/ Luke's, (my wife was in line at 2:00 a.m.)

- Hope and pray to God you do not fall into the "Sputum Fiasco"" in which they will delay you nearly 3 months, because ""THEY, DOCTORS"" do not like your chest x-ray, at least for my wife, it happened, and we had already had a chest x-ray from an independent clinic.,.,.,before she went to St. Luke's..,..,

NO reason at all.

- The CFO, at least for us was not 4 hours, but almost 9 and 1/2 hours, and she went to the CFO in Cebu, and was in line at 3:00 a.m., as they only take the first 20-30 in line for CFO. They will install CFO in your passport.

- The CFO DOES NOT take copies of anything, such as NSO birth certificates, baptismal etc.,,,must be originals.

I am sure I missed a few things, but the experts here(not me) can give you the info. you need. I am just trying to give you an idea of what to expect.

Our NOA 2 was Dec. 31, (yes New Years Eve) and her POE was not until April 24, I hope you keep you hopes high, try not to make any mistakes, do you research, and be prepared for the un-expected, but by God's will within a few weeks, to maybe a month or 2 you will arrive where you want to go, God be with you and your loved one!

Thanks -raven52 for giving us the idea on what to expect! Thats really a great help. Now all we have to do is wait for the hard copy of NOA2 and then call for the MNL case number so we could proceed to the next steps. Sigh. the clock is ticking I wonder why it takes them so long to forward those documents. I mean they only have to forward it thats all. Anyway, patience is a virtue. God is watching us.