Documents required for interview day

[George & Richelle 5]

Sorry to bother everyone. My wife, and I did a CR1 visa in Manila. Our case was approved, and we are now in Manila doing her medical interview today, and tomorrow. All of that looks good, but does anyone have a list of the documents we need to bring. 

 

So far this is what I think we need to bring.

Appointment confirmation

DS-260

I-864 Affidavit of support

Photocopy of last pay-slip from employer

Last 3 years of tax transcripts

Document from property valuation showing that we own a home there

 

Am I missing anything obvious? Apologies if this listed somewhere on the forum, but I am having trouble locating it. We did an expedite as my mother has a major illness now, so this is moving much faster than expected. We got her approval Tuesday, and we are in Manila doing her medical today, and tomorrow. With her interview Monday. I understand that it is a tight schedule, but we had to risk it. The next available interview is about a month away in Manila. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

[payxibka 10,047]

9 minutes ago, George & Richelle said:

Sorry to bother everyone. My wife, and I did a CR1 visa in Manila. Our case was approved, and we are now in Manila doing her medical interview today, and tomorrow. All of that looks good, but does anyone have a list of the documents we need to bring. 

 

So far this is what I think we need to bring.

Appointment confirmation

DS-260

I-864 Affidavit of support

Photocopy of last pay-slip from employer

Last 3 years of tax transcripts

Document from property valuation showing that we own a home there

 

Am I missing anything obvious? Apologies if this listed somewhere on the forum, but I am having trouble locating it. We did an expedite as my mother has a major illness now, so this is moving much faster than expected. We got her approval Tuesday, and we are in Manila doing her medical today, and tomorrow. With her interview Monday. I understand that it is a tight schedule, but we had to risk it. The next available interview is about a month away in Manila. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

Manila embassy website has a checklist of required documents available online 

[George & Richelle 5]

I looked, but it said a ds-160 form, which I didn't think was needed. Do you have a link for a CR1 with DCF option?

[payxibka 10,047]

6 minutes ago, George & Richelle said:

I looked, but it said a ds-160 form, which I didn't think was needed. Do you have a link for a CR1 with DCF 

https://ph.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/family-based-immigration/the-interview/

 

You can ignore any references to ds160 and the CENOMAR but pretty much everything else applies

[George & Richelle 5]

You did a K1 visa... I think that list is meant for traditional application stateside. As there is no mention of an I-864 Affidavit of Support, which I am 99.9% positive is given the day of the interview.

 

I have been living here for over a year. I have to prove different things than you. Such as re-establishing domicile.

[payxibka 10,047]

3 minutes ago, George & Richelle said:

You did a K1 visa... I think that list is meant for traditional application stateside. As there is no mention of an I-864 Affidavit of Support, which I am 99.9% positive is given the day of the interview.

 

I have been living here for over a year. I have to prove different things than you. Such as re-establishing domicile.

What I did doesn't matter 

 

DCF is a method of filing the I130.  The consulate interview is the same regardless if you filed locally or stateside. 

 

On the checklist it says financial documents and provides a link to the affidavit.   The affidavit is the i134 for the k1 and the I-864 for a spousal visa

 

You will need the NBI et al as indicated on the list

[Just Paul 4,595]

2 hours ago, George & Richelle said:

As there is no mention of an I-864 Affidavit of Support

Yes take that!   There is no separate packet for DCF.  Anything that is submitted normally to NVC you take to the interview.

[coa24 69]

On 4/25/2019 at 8:25 PM, payxibka said:

https://ph.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/family-based-immigration/the-interview/

 

You can ignore any references to ds160 and the CENOMAR but pretty much everything else applies

 

Not completely true. Yes being married there is no CENOMAR (they call it the CENOMAR btw regardless if married or not), but you still have to have the PSA copy of the CEMAR which is a statement stating you were married when you stated you were married. We received a 221g because we did not have that. 

[coa24 69]

On 4/25/2019 at 8:04 PM, George & Richelle said:

Sorry to bother everyone. My wife, and I did a CR1 visa in Manila. Our case was approved, and we are now in Manila doing her medical interview today, and tomorrow. All of that looks good, but does anyone have a list of the documents we need to bring. 

 

So far this is what I think we need to bring.

Appointment confirmation

DS-260

I-864 Affidavit of support

Photocopy of last pay-slip from employer

Last 3 years of tax transcripts

Document from property valuation showing that we own a home there

 

Am I missing anything obvious? Apologies if this listed somewhere on the forum, but I am having trouble locating it. We did an expedite as my mother has a major illness now, so this is moving much faster than expected. We got her approval Tuesday, and we are in Manila doing her medical today, and tomorrow. With her interview Monday. I understand that it is a tight schedule, but we had to risk it. The next available interview is about a month away in Manila. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

If you had previous marriages, you will need to provide the proof they are dissolved, PSA copy of the Marriage certificate and the PSA copy of the CEMAR (see above post, they often refer this as the CENOMAR). 

[George & Richelle 5]

Thank you COA!

[coa24 69]

10 hours ago, George & Richelle said:

Thank you COA!

You are most welcome. I hope it helped. 

[George & Richelle 5]

Here is a list of the documents I can figure out that I need or may need. After the appointment tomorrow will let you know if this was enough.

 

Appointment confirmation

I-130 Approval notice

DS-260 Confirmation

DS-260

NBI Clearance (A little concerned about this one. As it is a multi-purpose clearance.)

Birth Certificate

Certificate of Marriage

Sealed Saint Lukes document

CRS Form No 5 Advisory on Marriages. (Cenomar) Shows that we are married. Not certain why this is needed over a marriage certificate.

Previous divorce decree

Pictures etc….

I-864

Last four years of tax transcripts, but also have original tax forms. (If not for Coa24 I would have certain missed this document)

Current Pay-slip from my employer

Cover letter for re-establishing domicile in the USA

Copy of Auto loan statement, and insurance paid on house and car

Current AT&T bill

Kentucky drivers license

Printout of local property valuation showing that I own a home in the USA

Past 8 months of bank statements that show direct deposits from employer etc…

Canceled check for last house payment

Signed letter from my mother stating we are staying there until my house opens up in June

[user555 196]

George, what documents did you need for that day? I saw your post about DCF and need to get on the ball. I was planning on filing in Oct in Manila, but I need to file this month now. 

[George & Richelle 5]

I will break it down a little bit how we filed for our DCF filing.  

For the initial filing we did in March

Form I-130

G325A (I honestly cannot remember if we had to submit this document or not. I just know it is in a copy of all the things we took to Manila for initial filing)

Photocopy of Marriage certificate

Photocopy of her birth certificate

Photocopy of certificate of marriage

Copy of my ACR card in the Philippines

Rental receipts

Certified letter at attorneys office from our landlord at the time, and mother in law. Stating how long we have been together etc...

Pretty much any receipt to show that you are here in the Philippines. Especially if you are with your wife.

An absolute ton of pictures Richelle made into a scrapbook. (This was still in our file interview day)

Divorce decree if you have one

 

Now on to the day of interview. We brought everything in the list above, so I will tell you what was needed that day. I would still over prepare though as opposed to under.

Appointment letter

I-864 Affidavit of support (Edit)

DS-260 confirmation page

Saint Lukes medical packet

Last years Tax transcript, but I brought 4 years worth.

Last pay-slip from my employer

Richelle's original birth certificate

Her original advisory of marriage that shows we are married (For visa travel purposes is on the form)

Her original NBI clearance. They use to have a visa/travel option, but it is now general purpose. So don't worry too much. It didn't hold us up.

Original 

 

I was looking for help and insight on this forum, but sadly it was a little lacking. I ended up following pretty closely the guide at http://sentimentsofmoonlightbutterfly.blogspirit.com/archive/2016/05/20/our-cr1-visa-dcf-journey.html  

 

If I have any insights on the process. It is to get duplicates of every original document that you can from the Philippines statistics office. From what we understand the CFO will need them for exit clearance, but currently the Embassy has all the originals. If that turns out to be overkill I will update later. We won't know that until the 20th of this month. We did medical on Thursday-Friday, and interview Monday. Yes it can be done, but Saint Lukes is tough. From what my wife said. There were lots denied for various reasons. One poor lady they kept sending home because they wanted a pregnancy test for example. Quite a few for further x-ray or sputum. Not to mention it can be a very long process.

 

Hope that helps. We are not 100% as visa is not in hand. There is still a small chance of administrative processing, but let's hope not!

 

Edited May 1, 2019 by George & Richelle
Correction of I-864 form

[George & Richelle 5]

If you send me a pm I will give you my email Facebook etc and can help you if needed. I am just hanging out in Leyte until the 20th of this month before heading home. We did all the paperwork ourself in a day each filing. Pretty simple to do if don’t overstress it too much.