nbi

[Eastroc 13]

Bad question....

Interview date for K1 is Aug 20th, NBI was got in April, do I need a new one or will it be fine? It says expire after 1 year.....

[Brassballs 47]

1 year means 1 year not 4 months. What he has will be fine.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Bad question....

Interview date for K1 is Aug 20th, NBI was got in April, do I need a new one or will it be fine? It says expire after 1 year.....

NBI cannot be older then six months at interview. Your fine with your current NBI.

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Edited August 14, 2015 by Greenbaum

[Eastroc 13]

Thank you both..it was really obvious, but last minute nerves making the brain not listen to reason well. Just needed a little extra assurance.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Thank you both..it was really obvious, but last minute nerves making the brain not listen to reason well. Just needed a little extra assurance.

YW

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 year means 1 year not 4 months. What he has will be fine.

Not for the embassy... 6 months is the number

[Brassballs 47]

Hank,

I stand corrected and defer to the experts. I truly didn't know that USEM was more restrictive. Just another blockade they throw across the road and has probably bitten more than one beneficiary.

[cristina16 81]

Really? I also know that USEM accepts nbi as long as it us within 1 year validity. Are you absolutely sure?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Really? I also know that USEM accepts nbi as long as it us within 1 year validity. Are you absolutely sure?

Yes I am absolutely sure... do a search here and you will have a long list of people who had to acquire new NBIs because the first one was TOO old.

Hank,

I stand corrected and defer to the experts. I truly didn't know that USEM was more restrictive. Just another blockade they throw across the road and has probably bitten more than one beneficiary.

Yes the embassy has all kinds of little landmines ... like needing the CENOMAR (CEMAR) with the spousal visa, the instructions letter is rather vague on this... but again a long list of those required to get it.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Hank_

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Really? I also know that USEM accepts nbi as long as it us within 1 year validity. Are you absolutely sure?

I agree with Hank. It's been our experience that if the NBI is older than 6 months, that the Embassy will issue a RFE at time of interview. Their thinking is you can't get into too much trouble in six months so it is safe to say you are a good candidate for a visa. If it is older than that..... well, all bets are off.

Other country's don't ask for some of the same "docs" or have the same procedures that other country's do for processing a visa. Philippines included. It's strange, but true. That's why Hank and I took the time to develop web sites to guide visa applicants on what to watch for when processing their case. It's a "this is what we found to be true, so watch out" advise. If the applicant didn't know this information they would receive a 221(g) and delaying their visa issuance. Something we help try and avoid with our guides.

There are other little things. Just recently someone went to pay their visa fee at a branch of the bank, but the branch said that they don't process visa payments at their branch. In our guides we state, call ahead to see if they process visa payments. The couple ended up going to a different branch in a different town. One nice caveat is that you can now make visa payments online but it is not advertised anywhere so a "newbie" wouldn't know this.

Some branches that do take visa payments, some are asking for the passport and others don't. There are no official instructions that require you to bring your passport, but if you don't, you won't get to pay your fee. Then back home to get your passport and then back to the bank. Just think if you live in the "innards" what a hassle that is. You will not get an answer, why didn't you tell me?" from the bank.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Greenbaum

[Brassballs 47]

I (we) got bit by the CEMAR bug for CR1 visa.

Most if not all the Fil guides here are related to getting the K1 visa since it seems to be the most prevalent. How difficult would it be to create a modified one relating to CR1 with CR2 addendum?

Procedurally they are widely different and I as a CR1 petitioner got really confused at the outset trying to follow a K1 guide while filing for CR1. Pretty sure there must be other that were / are in the same boat.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

I (we) got bit by the CEMAR bug for CR1 visa.

Most if not all the Fil guides here are related to getting the K1 visa since it seems to be the most prevalent. How difficult would it be to create a modified one relating to CR1 with CR2 addendum?

Procedurally they are widely different and I as a CR1 petitioner got really confused at the outset trying to follow a K1 guide while filing for CR1. Pretty sure there must be other that were / are in the same boat.

Hank and I would like to add a section for CR-1's but we know little about the process, other than what we read in VJ, but we have no experience to address the CR-1 process. If your life settles down and you want to help add something, I can't speak for Hank but I would be willing to add it to my website.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Greenbaum

[Brassballs 47]

I'll print out your current guide and start to mark it up on my upcoming flights.

I guess STEP 1 for CR1 visas will be the marriage process itself then all other steps will move down one. I'll have to put on my goback cap to remember all the procedural steps which vary somewhat between civil and church. Might be just as easy to put a link to the USEM citizen services page which if I remember correctly is fairly encompassing.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

I'll print out your current guide and start to mark it up on my upcoming flights.

I guess STEP 1 for CR1 visas will be the marriage process itself then all other steps will move down one. I'll have to put on my goback cap to remember all the procedural steps which vary somewhat between civil and church. Might be just as easy to put a link to the USEM citizen services page which if I remember correctly is fairly encompassing.

Use links wherever possible. Add personal experience if something is easier completed in a different manner. If the links get updated then the applicant has the most current information. That prevents us from chasing changes around the block.