visitorvisa Need help with Visitor Visa / USC child with USC fiancé

[Maudereese 3]

Hello everyone. I need your advice on how I can better position myself for a visitor visa interview. So here's my current situation... It's quite long so please bear with me as I want to give you a full background to ensure that I will also get a fair advice.

 

I met my daughter's father (now my fiancé when I was working in Singapore back in 2013. He got me pregnant after being together for 1 year and he was not ready to become a father so we broke up in 2014. I continued my pregnancy and gave birth to our baby in Nov 2014. I went back to Manila in Aug 2015 because it's difficult to be a foreign single working parent in Singapore. I now have a full time job now as an HR Specialist earning more than enough for my mom, my daughter and I. My mom helps me take care of my baby while Im working. She's my only relative in Manila because my brother is in New Zealand with his own family. Come July 2016, I got reconnected with my daughter's father and he wants to start a family. There was a lot of hesitation at first but he showed his sincerity by coming to Manila twice, initiated the change of last name of my daughter, I applied for her CRBA and US passport... and proposed to me this March! However we decided to put off the wedding because we just got back together and this whole situation is still overwhelming. I cant leave my mom, Im not ready to leave my job since I have a pending promotion and dont want to risk being jobless because O have a daughter and mother who depends on me. I never asked my fiancé for financial support because I dont need it but Im not well off and my only property is my house. So I told him that my daughter and I can visit him in December instead, for about a month to work on our relationship, to meet his family, to see how the place looks like, the community, etc. I genuinely dont have any plans of immigrating at this point in time though we're engaged. I know we need to file for K1 visa but we're both not ready tor that yet. And by the way, I handle visa applications of our expat employees in the Philippines so I know how to follow and respect immigration laws.

 

My worries are;

 

1. I might not be given enough time to tell the whole story so how will I answer the questions without leading the CO to assume that I have immigration intent regardless of my sincere reason of just visiting.

2. I am not rich and won't have enough money to show that I'm capable of supporting myself in the US. My fiancé will support all my expenses in the US including our daughter's flight ticket. I'll pay for my ticket and visa fee. 

3. And lastly, we're engaged, has a USC child,  enough reason for the CO to think that I will immigrate, how can I convince him otherwise?

 

 

Please help! Thank you for reading my post!!! 

Edited April 12, 2017 by Maudereese

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Honestly all you can do is try. As you said you have some "negatives" going into this as you're dating/engaged to the USC, and have a USC child with him..

 

You have positives though as you do have work you can return to and your mother.... 

 

I think really you just need to do your best to simplify and explain the situation but at same time, just have to try. We all are aware of the denial for tourist visas going through the Manila embassy.. just have to go see what happens really.

[Unlockable 7,314]

Give it a go and let us know how it turns out.

[Maudereese 3]

5 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

Honestly all you can do is try. As you said you have some "negatives" going into this as you're dating/engaged to the USC, and have a USC child with him..

 

You have positives though as you do have work you can return to and your mother.... 

 

I think really you just need to do your best to simplify and explain the situation but at same time, just have to try. We all are aware of the denial for tourist visas going through the Manila embassy.. just have to go see what happens really.

Thank you! I will surely try. But I don't want my effort and my money to go to waste because I didn't give the right/better answers to the questions.

Yes I will say my mom is 65y/o and alone in Manila and I have a full time stable job. Thanks again.

[Maudereese 3]

2 minutes ago, NuestraUnion said:

Give it a go and let us know how it turns out.

I will! Thanks!

[KierenHby 899]

7 minutes ago, Maudereese said:

Thank you! I will surely try. But I don't want my effort and my money to go to waste because I didn't give the right/better answers to the questions.

Yes I will say my mom is 65y/o and alone in Manila and I have a full time stable job. Thanks again.

No such thing as a better answer, just the true reason you hope to visit.

Money is an investment in the process, either an approval or denial as you've learnt handling other Filipino applications. 

[Coco8 1,042]

I'm confused. If you will visit for a month and then go back to your job and mom, then you don't need the K1 visa. You need a tourist visa. The K-1 visa is for someone who enters the US to get married within 90 days. 

 

You should gather a lot of evidence that you do not plan to stay in the US.

[Maudereese 3]

2 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

I'm confused. If you will visit for a month and then go back to your job and mom, then you don't need the K1 visa. You need a tourist visa. The K-1 visa is for someone who enters the US to get married within 90 days. 

 

You should gather a lot of evidence that you do not plan to stay in the US.

Sorry, what I meant was since we're engaged, we need to file for a proper visa which is K1 visa, but that's not my intent for this 1 month visit in December so yes, tourist visa it is. But I'm still not sure what evidence to gather. Lol

[Maudereese 3]

7 minutes ago, KierenHby said:

No such thing as a better answer, just the true reason you hope to visit.

Money is an investment in the process, either an approval or denial as you've learnt handling other Filipino applications. 

You're right! Makes me feel much better now... Thanks! 😊

[Coco8 1,042]

12 minutes ago, Maudereese said:

Sorry, what I meant was since we're engaged, we need to file for a proper visa which is K1 visa, but that's not my intent for this 1 month visit in December so yes, tourist visa it is. But I'm still not sure what evidence to gather. Lol

 

The evidence to gather for the visitor visa would be anything that shows ties to go back to your country. So pay stubs, a letter from your company saying that you are taking a vacation and are soon to be promoted, maybe even information on your mother and that you support her. If you have any property (car, home) you can take that too or if you are renting you can take the lease to show that you plan to go back. 

 

 

[KierenHby 899]

Who takes care of the mother once you eventually immigrate on a K1?

[Maudereese 3]

2 minutes ago, KierenHby said:

Who takes care of the mother once you eventually immigrate on a K1?

My brother will petition her to New Zealand after 2 years, but it's all just plans for now. So I can't leave until that's confirmed. I know I wouldn't be able to bring her to the US because I dont know when will I get a job to support her.  Another reason to put off the wedding.

 

If the CO asked me that, is it ok to answer what I just said? I feel like talking too much (sorry can't help it. 😂🙊) will get me into trouble. ✌

[Maudereese 3]

11 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

 

The evidence to gather for the visitor visa would be anything that shows ties to go back to your country. So pay stubs, a letter from your company saying that you are taking a vacation and are soon to be promoted, maybe even information on your mother and that you support her. If you have any property (car, home) you can take that too or if you are renting you can take the lease to show that you plan to go back. 

 

 

Appreciate this so much! I'll write them all down.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

Did your time in Singapore require a work and/or visitor visa? Did you maintain legal status for your entire length of stay there? If so, this could be evidence that respect immigration laws in other countries, and returned home when required to do so. Also, if you've traveled legally to other countries, I would emphasize that, too.

[Maudereese 3]

1 hour ago, Russ&Caro said:

Did your time in Singapore require a work and/or visitor visa? Did you maintain legal status for your entire length of stay there? If so, this could be evidence that respect immigration laws in other countries, and returned home when required to do so. Also, if you've traveled legally to other countries, I would emphasize that, too.

Yes I had a work visa while staying there. I've also travelled to several countries in Asia, legally, Ive never gone to Europe or any western countries.

 

Thanks so much. I'll make sure to mention that!

Edited April 12, 2017 by Maudereese