US Immigration from Philippines

Hey all,

I've posted about this a little bit before, but now my wife's interview is coming up on 09/23, and she's making herself absolutely sick worrying about this. I'm hoping someone who had a similar experience can share a brief comment about their interview.

My wife had an overstay in Jordan in 2018, was detained at a checkpoint, jailed, and given the option of renewing her residence card or going back to the Philippines. She returned to the Philippines. No court. No conviction. Jordan does not issue PCCs, but they do issue NCRCs (No Criminal Record Certificate), which my wife does have.

She's so worried about the likely question, "Have you ever been arrested?" She marked yes on the DS-260 and explained. But she's freaking out that they are going to deny her visa or want police reports (which we were unable to obtain). USCIS policy does indicate persons applying for a visa from outside the U.S. are not required to submit reports or other documents for any arrest that did not lead to a conviction. And I know other people have had overstays and obtained their visas with no issues.

Can anyone who has had a similar experience that included being detained share their interview experience? Maybe if I can share that with my wife she will stop making herself sick with worry.

TIA

My fiancee has her CFO GCP appointment this coming Wednesday. Do they require me to provide a police / criminal background clearance?

Hi, I cannot not figure out what tax transcript they are asking for. This is the information they give; Please upload and submit Dan's most recent Wage and Income IRS tax transcript from 2023. A transcript can be obtained on the IRS's website: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript. If you were not required to file a tax return, please write, and scan an explanation for not filing. If you filed taxes with your spouse, please also submit all of your W-2s and or 1099s. For more information, please visit https://nvc.state.gov/fin. I have gone to the website and uploaded both available transcripts for year 22 and 23, sent in all of my 1099s for both years which were accepted. Both of my Federal Income Tax Return or Transcript has been rejected. I submitted these transcripts on Aug 21, they show they have been uploaded, I just resent my 2023 and 2022 return and account transcripts again, they have been uploaded alng with the same transcripts i sent on the 21st. I even filled out Form 8879 for both years and uploaded it. I hope someone can give me guidance on what I need to send in.

Thank you again for your help.

Dan and Juliana

I just got engaged on the 13th of august to my girlfriend in the Phillipines and i am feeling overwhelmed by what i am reading about the immigration process and i have so many questions. I found this website and i feel somewhat relived that some people may be able to help me. I haven't filed yet the I-29f but i plan to when i get back home but i have questions. Do i need to send my Fiancees birth certificate off with i-29f? Also she plans on getting a passport after i leave will she need to send that to me or just a photo copy of her passport? All our photo evidence was taken by smartphone how should I compile this. One of my boarding passes is faded but i do have a photo of it i took just in case something like that happened. can i use that? One of my boarding passes is digital can that be used as evidence since everything is moving toward digital nowadays? I am also trying to figure out how we should write our letters of intent. I wanted to write those before i left in a few days but i read i have to include the address of the USCIS office I send it too and I dont know which office our letters should be or will be sent too. Any advice i know this is alot of questions i just feel overwhelmed and honestly i have many more questions. I am scared of making any mistakes in the process. Also my fiancee doesnt have easy access to a scanner so that makes things more difficult any help is appreciated.

I applied for my Filipino wife's I-130 in May 2024, the USCIS site indicates today that it will take 10 months estimated time for processing.

I received an official receipt notice for the I-129F on August 21, 2024.

In my case, I have been living abroad in the Philippines since 2018, married in the Philippines in 2018 and I have not left the country yet.

I was anticipating a family vacation to the US in 2025 so my wife has a B-2 Visa. We have 2 children with US passports.

In a perfect scenario, I would accept a US based position with my current company (I've worked at for 15 years) and move to the US in May 2025.

I was upset to see the decline in the approvals of Non-Immigrant Visa's as I thought this would be a sure path to my hopeful timeline to relocate my family to the US in May 2025.

I'll provide an update as I go through the process. This site was helpful to understand expectations, so I hope that my feedback will helpful to someone.

Take care, Jeff.