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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I applied  tourist visa in Manila and in Singapore both were denied. I got a close ties in Philippines since I got my own house, car, businesses and enough cash approx 500K in my bank acct at that time and a child.  so definitely I will come back. CO told me that I am single and they are afraid that I might  not come back. 

I tried business visa and still denied, I was denied 4 times all in all,  until I met my hubby and he filed a K1 visa for me after his 5x visit in the Philippines.  I would suggest u better visit her and apply for K1 visa

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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I would not have thought many would have 500k and be refused a visa.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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yes to think I will leave my child during the tour. The CO was very nice telling me that "Im so sorry I know u can afford to visit America but I doubt you will come back here since you are still single" and I further explained that  I got a child, a business and a properties  enough reason to go back" and again told me. " Im sorry. maybe next time. :) :) hehehee... but thanks God after 4 denials, on my  5th I got the visa. 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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1 minute ago, Yhana said:

Oh its just a Philippine money 500k is 10k US dollars only. 

That explains it, and people leave children behind all the time.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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2 minutes ago, Yhana said:

yes to think I will leave my child during the tour.

The brutal truth is many other Filipinos have done exact that (and then brought them to the US later), which is why children do not constitute much of a tie there.

$10k is not really much for a tourist...one would expect a good chunk of that to be used just on airfair, hotels, food, etc...and reasonably a person intending to come back would not spend that much of their savings on one trip.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

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

 

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Yes u r very right, for Filipino like me, its really hard to get approve. coz there are lots of cases for filipinos who really dont come back. even if our intention is pure tour only , but its hard for the CO to be convinced due to their experiences  on filipino tourists.

49 minutes ago, geowrian said:

The brutal truth is many other Filipinos have done exact that (and then brought them to the US later), which is why children do not constitute much of a tie there.

$10k is not really much for a tourist...one would expect a good chunk of that to be used just on airfair, hotels, food, etc...and reasonably a person intending to come back would not spend that much of their savings on one trip.

 

Edited by Yhana
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If previous 'tourists' had not forgotten to return home, getting a B visa wouldn't have been such a pain. 

I-751 journey

 

10/16/2017.......... ROC package mailed

10/18/2017.......... I-751 package received VSC

10/19/2017.......... I-797 NOA date

10/30/2017.......... Notice received in mail

10/30/2017.......... Check cashed

11/02/2017.......... Conditional GC expired

11/22/2017.......... Biometrics completed

  xx/xx/xxxx.......... waiting waiting waiting

 
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