ROM - CA

[LaLaRI 33]

So we will finally have our interview for the GC tomorrow! Yay! Question I have is do we have to complete the ROM FirSt? Or it can wait? We were thinking of doing a small intimate wedding with my hubby’s family  next year. I tried asking under the AOS forum but I just got looked over lol. 
 

thanks!

[payxibka 10,045]

4 minutes ago, LaLaRI said:

So we will finally have our interview for the GC tomorrow! Yay! Question I have is do we have to complete the ROM FirSt? Or it can wait? We were thinking of doing a small intimate wedding with my hubby’s family  next year. I tried asking under the AOS forum but I just got looked over lol. 
 

thanks!

ROM is a Philippines requirement not a USA requirement.   

 

There is no reason to wait to do the ROM as you are already married.   You have one year to report before they make you jump through additional hoops

 

 

Edited March 3, 2020 by payxibka

[Hank_ 9,174]

15 minutes ago, LaLaRI said:

So we will finally have our interview for the GC tomorrow! Yay! Question I have is do we have to complete the ROM FirSt? Or it can wait? We were thinking of doing a small intimate wedding with my hubby’s family  next year. I tried asking under the AOS forum but I just got looked over lol. 
 

thanks!

ROM can wait.   Besides for ROM the Philippine consulate wants a copy of the green card ... so waiting is good.    

 

Wedding?  You're already married.    You mean a renewal of vows .. and a party

 

 

Well, outside the Philippines other countries don't have a clue regarding ROM.

 

Edited March 3, 2020 by Hank_

[LaLaRI 33]

42 minutes ago, payxibka said:

ROM is a Philippines requirement not a USA requirement.   

 

There is no reason to wait to do the ROM as you are already married.   You have one year to report before they make you jump through additional hoops

 

 

 

31 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

ROM can wait.   Besides for ROM the Philippine consulate wants a copy of the green card ... so waiting is good.    

 

Wedding?  You're already married.    You mean a renewal of vows .. and a party

 

 

Well, outside the Philippines other countries don't have a clue regarding ROM.

 

Hahaha okay good to know

 

yess EXACTLY HANK_ another reason to plan a party lol 

 

thank you!

[Hank_ 9,174]

23 minutes ago, LaLaRI said:

 

Hahaha okay good to know

 

yess EXACTLY HANK_ another reason to plan a party lol 

 

thank you!

 

I meant to say for renewal of the passport the consulate wants a copy of your GC ... not ROM.   Just the same no issue waiting .. my wife filed ROM 10 months after getting married.

[noypi321 19]

26 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

 

I meant to say for renewal of the passport the consulate wants a copy of your GC ... not ROM.   Just the same no issue waiting .. my wife filed ROM 10 months after getting married.

Is it possible to do the renewal without the green card?

[payxibka 10,045]

40 minutes ago, noypi321 said:

Is it possible to do the renewal without the green card?

You can.  My wife did ROM 7 months BEFORE her green card and renewed her passport to her married name 5 months BEFORE her green card.  This was our experience with the Chicago consulate 

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, noypi321 said:

Is it possible to do the renewal without the green card?

 

Yes.   You can use a copy of you NOA from AOS showing you have applied for your green card. 

 

What the embassy/consulate is attempting to verify is that you have not obtained a foreign citizenship 

[payxibka 10,045]

You can also use a copy of your k1 visa and i94.

[Just Paul 4,595]

22 hours ago, Hank_ said:

my wife filed ROM 10 months after getting married.

LOL We did ours two days, on a Sunday,  after getting married while in Hong Kong at the Consulate.   Boy was that place crowded.

 

OP:  Just file the ROM as soon as you can.  You can do a new passport then too but you need two appointments.