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I hear rumors coming out of the Philippines that if you have interviewed and the Embassy is still holding the passport you will not be required to have a new medical exam at SLEC.  We interviewed and were approved February 18, 2020 and the  Visa issue on February 26 then withheld February 27 over an NBI issue.   This has been a mess and we are hoping that it will not be necessary to go through the trails and tribulations of the dreaded SLEC random sputum test again.   

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Greenbaum Grand Master

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25 minutes ago, PWB said:

I hear rumors coming out of the Philippines that if you have interviewed and the Embassy is still holding the passport you will not be required to have a new medical exam at SLEC.  We interviewed and were approved February 18, 2020 and the  Visa issue on February 26 then withheld February 27 over an NBI issue.   This has been a mess and we are hoping that it will not be necessary to go through the trails and tribulations of the dreaded SLEC random sputum test again.   

If you haven't learned you will hear so many "rumor mill" talk from the Philippines which never end up being true. You are better off looking for "official" announcements and not continue the rumor mill talk.

 

Also, there is a sub-forum for the Philippines here on VJ that you should be a part of. It's a good place to read what others are experiencing which will only prepare you for your interview.


http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

 

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AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

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NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

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Moved from K1 Progress Reports to Philippines regional forum.

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
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July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

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The FAM requires a valid medical in order to issue the visa. The visa validity period is limited by that of the medical (the visa cannot be valid longer than the medical).

Expect a new medical and stop believing rumors. Stick with official sources.

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:

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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:

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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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15 hours ago, PWB said:

I hear rumors coming out of the Philippines that if you have interviewed and the Embassy is still holding the passport you will not be required to have a new medical exam at SLEC.  We interviewed and were approved February 18, 2020 and the  Visa issue on February 26 then withheld February 27 over an NBI issue.   This has been a mess and we are hoping that it will not be necessary to go through the trails and tribulations of the dreaded SLEC random sputum test again.   

I can definitely feel your pain!  Our interview was the week after yours.  We currently don't know the status of our application or what / when the next steps might be.

 

Unfortunately, we have pretty definitive evidence from St Luke's that we WILL have to repeat the medical (this will be our THIRD time through the medical exam process, and we ran into the sputum test mess each of the first two times).  Anyway, here's the evidence from St. Luke's, which is a response to one of my fiancee's friends who is also going through the K1 visa process.  She got this response from St Luke's about a week ago.

 

Good luck!  I hope it helps to know that someone else is in the exact same boat!

 

Joel

 

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