US Immigration from Philippines

Here we go again. I m a US Citizen and the Sponsor for my Filipino Wife and 2 Stepchildren . My wife was just denied her and my Stepchildren's Visa s because with the New Minimum Income Requirements as of March 1, 2023, my income was deemed insufficient and she was told I needed a Joint Sponsor.

We originally filed our I-130 on June 30, 2021 and were approved on May 19, 2022. At the NVC in September 2022, we were informed our income which was previously adequate, was now insufficient so we uploaded my 2022, SS Benefits Letter which showed Sufficient Income for 2022. She was DQ d in October 2022. Fast forward to her Medical Exam March 29, 2023, Wife flagged for TB. Further testing showed no infection. (Wife disclosed at Medical that she was diagnosed with TB and Treated with 6 month Course of Treatment over 6 years ago and deemed cured) Follow up Medical on May 29, 2023, Cleared Medical. Interview Date June 7, 2023, Income Insufficient! Required to provide Joint Sponsor. Fortunately my 2023, SS Benefit exceeds the new March 1, 2023, Minimum Required Income so we went home and updated our I-864, wrote a cover letter, and submitted it, along with her Passport to LBC for delivery to the Embassy.

I thought I recalled reading that once DQ d you weren t subject to changes in the Minimum Income Requirement. Does anyone know if that s true?

Additionally, when my Wife went to her 2nd Medical Interview she stopped by the US Embassy Visa Information Desk at St Luke s and was informed that our Children ages 7 and 9 yrs old were not required to be present for the Embassy Interview, bc they are under 14 yrs old. WRONG. If you are told this it s just not true bc in a addition to providing my new Income verification letter we now have to reschedule the Children s Interview. A needless delay. My wife feels terrible because she had my new SS Benefits Letter with her but was too shaken to remember she had it and feels totally responsible for not taking the children bc when she called me from St Luke s I told her to double check. She did and even took a selfie with the person at the Information Desk but the Embassy Consular wasn t moved.

I m writing this not so much for feedback, which I do want, but to alert my fellow Citizens of these potential stumbling blocks at the finish line.

What does this exactly mean "

I need help on my k1 my fiance went to st lukes extension center at 06/06/2013 and found out that she needed to do 3 consecutive sputum tests at june 24,25,26 of 2023 the problem is that her appointment is on 06/15/2023.

These are my questions:

1. Should we email the us embassy to let them know about her situation on why we need to reschedule or reschedule our appointment online like october since the process of sputum test is 2 months?

2. How long will they respond if i email them and are they going to reachedule her interview appointment?

please help

I, my wife and child are headed to the Philippines in a couple of weeks. I know if you are fully vaccinated you do not need to show an antigen test. I know I read somewhere before they were changing this to include being boosted (which I m not), but I cannot find anything on this. Does anyone know what the current rule is? Thanks in advance!

Hello, I am a U.S./Phil dual citizen. For the past several years, we have been sending regular monthly remittances (150 USD / 7,500 PHP) to family in the Philippines.

However, at the end of the year we will be sending a large sum (17,000 USD / 900,000 PHP), to help cover the cost of home construction.

I know about the U.S. gift tax (we will be under that trigger at 17,000 USD). But are there any taxes due to the Philippines on this that we are unaware of? If so, how is it enforced?