Ashton Shevchenko

Hey Everyone! All worked out well. The interview was under 5 mins, and the whole thing including the lines, etc, under 20 mins. Pretty amazing. Thank you again :-3

Hi Chancy and everyone, Thank you all for your opinions/insights, they are very helpful and valuable. We are going together to Guam in June. will apply for our baby naturalization (citizenship) after the trip, hopefully. Regarding the 220 usd fee - we did pay it. And used Philadelphia address.

Thank you so much for your reply. Please bear with me, as I am still grappling to understand the part of "with or after the US citizen", What does "after" means here? Can it be done that I go in June alone to activate the visa for 1 week, and after that we go together (with a baby ) in November?

I am sorry, my bad, I've meant 'the green card' - plastic card. My CR-1 visa is in my passport with me on hand. It's with me. Sorry for the confusion. My friend who has gotten his green card through work told me that after being accepted to enter the US with the visa, the plastic green card should arrive and after that my visa is void in the passport, and I should be using the green card after that to enter. Hence my worry that I will need it having on hand the next time I come to the US in November after the Guam trip in June. Thank you so much for looking/responding. Cheers!

So, serendipitously and way faster than we have expected (all in all under 5 months), I’ve just gotten a CR-1 visa through my wife to enter the USA until August 3-rd 2023 (expiration date). The thing is at the moment but we have pretty solid plans to stay here in the Philippines until March 1-st 2024 (newborn baby, US citizen herself, the lease for the apartment, studies). We have tickets to the US for November 29-January 14), already to visit family, apply for jobs. Please suggest/consult on how to better approach it. My original idea was (is, unless you advise otherwise), to go for like a week to Guam, the US territory, and just a 400 usd round trip from Manila, Philippines, where we are located and get the visa mailed to my spouse’s usps address. Please advise me, how should I proceed with this. Options as I see them: 1. Go to Guam before August 3-rd and activate the visa. Fly to the US for 1.5 month in November. Come live by March 1st 2024. 2. Re-do my medical and get visa extended through the Embassy (the officer during the interview said it is possible). And go to the US first time in November, snd then go for a long term on March first 2024. Also, even after reading the forum extensively, I don't understand if my spouse needs to enter with me. We have a newborn baby on our hands. Thank you so much regardless,