K1 Visa Interview Tomorrow--Manila, Philippines

[Vann 0]

I'm so very worried about my fiance. :/ She will be having her interview tomorrow and I am scared to death for the results. We've put our blood, sweat, tears, hearts and souls into this process and all I hope for is approval. I have the necessary papers I've sent her, we have pictures from BOTH my trips I took to see her (One trip on Sept. 2006 and one on May 2007), affidavit of support, filed visa applications, five paystubs from my two jobs, tax transcripts I requested from the IRS for: 2004, 2005, and 2006, a digital picture of me holding my passport in one and a recent newspaper in another picture (I only did this because I heard from somewhere it was requested by the embassy), exerpts of several Yahoo! messenger chats from dates of august, july, and june. I have already sent in the main brunt of our emails and ims with my petition. I also sent in one phonebill from July stating the number of international texts I had sent that month. I included employment letters from both my jobs but I could only get one of the letters with a letterhead. The other was ink stamped with the store's address but it DID have contact info (will this pose a problem if no letterhead?).

I also allowed my fiance to keep my first set of flight tickets I had taken on my second trip to see her. (Just the tickets for my flight on the way to her country--I still have the return flight tickets myself). I also sent photocopies of my first trip tickets with the petition.

My petition was accepted in February 2007 and approved rather quickly in late May, early June, much to my surprise. She also had her medical appointment just last week and passed it just fine.

Here is where I'm worried--I read about the poverty level requirements (125% above and all that) and realized that I just barely barely BARELY meet those requirements. My question is--will the fact that I just BARELY meet the 125% requirements pose any sort of problem for my fiance at her interview?

I guess I'm just saying that I'm nervous beyond anything and could really REALLY use some feedback from anyone who has gone through this interview process, LOL!

I met my fiance in December 2005 and we fell in love right away. She's the love of my life and I don't even know how I would react if she failed in this visa interview. It's everything we've both worked so hard for and sacrificed much for. Needless to say--it's been an exhausting and particularly emotional drain on us both and all we want is to be married and get on with our lives, no more waiting. We've gone through so much red tape and we're hoping to God this interview will be approved so that I can bring her here this January for our wedding.

If anyone can provide helpful feedback, please do so.

Am I just overreacting or overworrying?

[Vann 0]

I would also like to add that I made the stupid mistake of not making a copy of my petition. I've heard that some attended the visa interview with a copy of the petition.

Will this pose a problem at all?

[Veilside 0]

Sincerely I´ld say you are overworring , I´ve read many people who talks about their interview and it seems to be quite simple, at least in my country it takes around 10-20 minutes!! (the interview, the previous checks of the affidavit, and forms can take it much longer), and they just will ask her common and specific questions (where do you meet, how long ago, where do you intent to live in there, possibly he will already know it, but it´s his job and he has to confirm those data).

So don´t worry about it, both of you deserve it, and you´ll get it, surely tomorrow she´ll call you telling about her interview with the visa in her hands

Talking about be above 125% poverty line, I think this level is later on with the AOS, by this time is lower, but I´m not totally sure. Anyway if you think maybe can´t reach this line...you can attach a co-sponsor who could "cover" that % you can´t.

Edited September 5, 2007 by Veilside

[Vann 0]

Sincerely I´ld say you are overworring , I´ve read many people who talks about their interview and it seems to be quite simple, at least in my country it takes around 10-20 minutes!! (the interview, the previous checks of the affidavit, and forms can take it much longer), and they just will ask her common and specific questions (where do you meet, how long ago, where do you intent to live in there, possibly he will already know it, but it´s his job and he has to confirm those data).

So don´t worry about it, both of you deserve it, and you´ll get it, surely tomorrow she´ll call you telling about her interview with the visa in her hands

Talking about be above 125% poverty line, I think this level is later on with the AOS, by this time is lower, but I´m not totally sure. Anyway if you think maybe can´t reach this line...you can attach a co-sponsor who could "cover" that % you can´t.

Thank you for your help! I'm sorry but what does AOS mean?

Well, I checked the recent statistics for poverty level.

I have no dependents so I counted myself as one person. For this poverty level I'm well above it. I then counted 2 for a family unit (to see what the poverty level would be once I take her on as a dependent) and that put must just a little above the 125% poverty level.

[jessel chris 0]

AOS means Adjusment of Status

[Jasman0717 9]

It sounds like you are prepared for the interview. The poverty level is set so the beneficiary doesn't become a ward of the state. If you exceed that amount you most likely will be ok but that decision will be up to the CO doing the interview. Good luck

[alexandra8886 0]

goodluck!

we're looking forward for your goodnews tomorrow..

i hope you can post the interview experience in our REGIONAL DISCUSSION - PHILIPPINES

cheers!

alexandra

[Vann 0]

Thanks for all the replies, guys! I feel relieved to a an extent. I guess all of you have or will feel the exact same way I am right now. I was thinking I might be overreacting until I read many posts on this forum and realized I'm not different than everyone else here, LOL!

I would like to say one thing--this may be the only place on the net that I've ever visited that seems to be frequented by the nicest and most genuine people I've met anywhere on the internet. Most forums are full of the likes of rude and psychotic people but this forum reminds me of a normal public setting.

I would like to thank everyone for all the help and advice they've given me over these months and for helping me feel confident in this entire visa process.

This process really takes its toll on a person--it almost makes me feel as if I'm putting my entire relationship on trial just so some consule officer can stamp yay or nay on my fiance's forms. Oh, well--I guess that's a consequence that must be taken when entering this process. I'll just be relieved when it's finally over with and she's here with me.

Thanks again, everyone! She has her interview in twelve hours. That's September 6, 7:30 AM, Philippines time. I will post my results in a new thread for sure. I hope she doesn't have to wait too long....

I've heard some horror stories about five hour waits in the embassy. :/ She waited at least that long just to get her medical results which took two days! One seven hour day of tests and one five hour wait day for the results. Needless to say, her experiences in Manila on this process have been nightmarish. Successful--but nightmarish.

Now, comes the big day...

[ilovecookies 0]

aw..you're so cute!! haha. don't worry too much. if you don't meet the poverty guideline they will ask for other evidence of your assets...so it's not like a definite no! anyway i hope things work out fine!

[dj1206 0]

Hi Vann, I'm excited to hear how your fiance's interview went.

[Jasman0717 9]

All that worrying for nothing Congratulations on the approval

[Vann 0]

Thank for your kind support everyone!

Needless to say, I'm so excited now!

It is my sincere belief that anyone who goes through this process deserves approval. It's such a painstaking process but's it's well worth it!

[INB 0]

Right there with ya

We are on the exact same track. My Fiancée is there right now. What a helpless feeling, we normally text 100x a day, but since there are no phone at the Embassy I have to wait till she gets back to her relatives. In MNL traffic that could take longer than the interview. :-)

Best of luck to you and your Fiancée, it has been a LONG process for us too.

-Paul