Visa application assistance

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Hank has laid out some excellent information for you and her to follow. The process is quite easy. If you want some help I can recommend a fellow who has been processing filipino/am couples for years. He is also married to a Filipino and keeps a blog and is very knowledgeable. His rates are very reasonable and he has woman in Manila that will help your GF along.  Here is his email address: raybacon1@gmail.com.

Not my first rodeo.  

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

Not my first rodeo.  

    Do I hear an echo!?  

[payxibka 10,045]

12 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

    Do I hear an echo!?  

I keep getting told how easy it is to do ourselves , just follow Hank.  I KNOW!!!!!  I have been on this board since 2006!!  I have done it all up to citizenship.  I am just an effen glutton for punishment

Edited December 12, 2017 by payxibka

[Hank_ 9,174]

8 minutes ago, payxibka said:

I keep getting told how easy it is to do ourselves , just follow Hank.  I KNOW!!!!!  I have been on this board since 2006!!  I have done it all up to citizenship.  I am just an effen glutton for punishment

Process has changed some since then, heck it changes some each year... nothing new about that..

 

I do like that the whole embassy process can be done within a month, or so.

 

You done with NVC?

[payxibka 10,045]

Just now, Hank_ said:

Process has changed some since then, heck it changes some each year... nothing new about that..

 

I do like that the whole embassy process can be done within a month, or so.

 

You done with NVC?

Which time?   

 

No.  OMG I wish. 

[Hank_ 9,174]

50 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Which time?   

 

No.  OMG I wish. 

Just an FYI the embassy does allow for immigrant visas applicants to reschedule their appt date once their case file has reached the embassy  (this as not always so )

Edited December 12, 2017 by Hank_

[payxibka 10,045]

We just looked at the DFA website for passport applications.  Cebu office is one of the few that has no available appointment slots all the through March 31, 2018.  Period.  Does anyone know if this is normal for the Cebu DFA office or do they open additional slots from time to time?  Will we have to go to a different island?  Almost all the other offices are only booked through the end of January.  Maybe a reason to take a little overnight trip somewhere.

[Hank_ 9,174]

If she ends up heading to Manila the Aseana office is good and the one my wife tended to use when needed.   MAP

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 hours ago, payxibka said:

We just looked at the DFA website for passport applications.  Cebu office is one of the few that has no available appointment slots all the through March 31, 2018.  Period.  Does anyone know if this is normal for the Cebu DFA office or do they open additional slots from time to time?  Will we have to go to a different island?  Almost all the other offices are only booked through the end of January.  Maybe a reason to take a little overnight trip somewhere.

Say partner, I thought this was not your first rodeo.  Passport appointments have been this way for about a year. Tough to get an appointment sometimes.

[payxibka 10,045]

8 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Say partner, I thought this was not your first rodeo.  Passport appointments have been this way for about a year. Tough to get an appointment sometimes.

Visa rodeo.  Didn't say anything about the Philippines passport rodeo.  Every office has openings except Cebu

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

Visa rodeo.  Didn't say anything about the Philippines passport rodeo.  Every office has openings except Cebu

Say buckaroo, when did not having a passport, expired passport or soon to expire passport not be part of the visa process in some form. 

[payxibka 10,045]

I also never said my previous was a Filipina.  My previous had a perfectly good passport already, didn't have to deal with it

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

On ‎12‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 1:38 PM, payxibka said:

Yesterday she was successful by herself to getting her barangay certificate and applying for her Postal ID.  She now has new found confidence.  She had an epiphany yesterday and told me that now she doesn't need the assistance of an agent that she can do it herself!!!  Hallelujah!!!

Tell her to get a Philippines Driver Licenses. It sure come in handy in the USA the first few months.    Go to LTO or better if she knows someone working at LTO who can get her one

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

On ‎12‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 1:38 PM, payxibka said:

  Needless to say I do not have an original signed letter of intent to marry.  So we are working through getting her to go to internet cafe, print out the sample letter I sent to her, sign it and send it via PhilPost.  That is the only original document I need.  I have the I-129F all prepared pending this last final piece.  

 

Don't use or trust Philpost.  Last letter I had sent to me took over 3 months to make it to my house.

 

DHL or Fed Ex is going to be your best route for shipping documents to and fro PI.  It is cheaper to send to the USA versa sending to Philippines. 

[Hank_ 9,174]

12 hours ago, payxibka said:

Visa rodeo.  Didn't say anything about the Philippines passport rodeo.  Every office has openings except Cebu

That is crazy on Cebu being so busy.  Nice thing is DFA is quick issuing the passport afterwards, take only a week or two.

 

11 hours ago, payxibka said:

I also never said my previous was a Filipina.  My previous had a perfectly good passport already, didn't have to deal with it

Your profile shows IR/CR-1, yet you mention a Letter of Intent to marry, are you doing a K-1 this time?  Could you update your profile, same some confusion.  Salamat Po

Edited December 13, 2017 by Hank_