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Bring parents to US for a visit while AOS is pending. Possible?

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23 minutes ago, IcezMan_IcezLady said:

When did that it become poor?? manila is a visa-mill and US immigration is very kind to Filipinos. Or it changed

No idea when it became poor...the official refusal rate statistics stop at FY2006. But it's actually better now than it was in the past:

FY2017 refusal rate for tourist visas: 25.54%

FY2013 refusal rate: 24.1%

FY2010 refusal rate: 37.9%

FY2006 refusal rate: 37.7%

 

Visa mill? No...it's not by any means. Only 1 person among my wife's close friends and family got a tourist visa to the US to come for our wedding this year.

USEM is much more lenient, IMHO, with immigrant visas (and K-1s) than tourist visas.

Timelines:

ROC:

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7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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BenjaminKeating
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Yes of course they can.   As long as they're eligible to get a tourist visa or use the Visa Waiver Program then they can visit.

geowrian
geowrian

Sure, they can visit if they have a valid tourist visa. Proof of your legal presence is not required, but if asked about it for whatever reason then they would just say that he/she came on a K-1 visa

geowrian
geowrian

Property by itself is probably not going to be enough for PH. But it's something so showing evidence of it, if requested, is better than nothing. I wish I had better news but that's just the reality.

 
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