US Immigration from Philippines

Good news - my wife's parents and brother miraculously received 10-year multiple entry tourist visas, so they're coming from Philippines to the USA to visit!

My concern is medical insurance for them while visiting, due to the obscene cost of medical care in the USA. I have been exploring different companies, quotes, etc. and there are a plethora of different plans covering (and excluding) things I never thought of and some things I never even knew existed.

Does anybody out there have any experience with travelers' medical insurance for visiting the US, particularly with claims. Many of these policies offer "reimbursement" for medical expenses (evacuation. etc.) and I would not want to pay six figures for some expense and then the company denies it, or other problems like that. Also, many hospitals mark up the bill by a tremendous amount if you're not in an insurance network. Denials due to anything deemed "preexisting," and so on, and so on... the possibilities are endless for being financially trapped and/or ruined by the US medical system. My wife's parents are elderly (late 60s/early 70s) and are relatively healthy but who knows, anything could happen.

I am willing and able to pay for good insurance, and I'm looking for a company that pays claims directly and doesn't unreasonably stall or deny claims. Can anybody recommend which companies are good, and/or which ones to stay away from?

I realize this topic has been addressed before but I am hoping to get information on specific companies, what to look for and what to watch out for. Thanks in advance!

Hello,

My wife and I are US citizens and we live in the Philippines, she is dual citizen. We are in the middle of the adoption process for our son. He is filipino and will continue to live with us in the Philippines.

Does anyone know the steps to give him US citizenship? He will not live in the US unless he decides after age 18.

I see N-600K, I-800A, I-800 forms but what is required since he will not live in the US? We will get a B2 visa if he needs to do an interview in the US.

Hello all,

I received a 48 months extension letter from USCIS, and was expired last May 18,2023 again!!! Do I need to call them to request a new extension letter? or do I have wait for them to send me a new letter of extension. its been 4 years now and my status still in fingerprints. Please advise. Thank you

My wife has been in the US since September of Covid and a LPR since October of 21, applying for citz next year. She's due with our baby in Oct/Nov. I thought it would be a good idea for her mom to visit us for a few months over the birth time to help out. Pinoy interviewer in Manila denied her. I had told her she needs to get her file of 'stuff' to the interviewer because he won't ask for it. That didn't happen so we want to try again and this time she knows to get the file to the interviewer. Force it on them if she has to because without it, there's nothing to show the required "compelling reasons to return to the Philippines."

Anyway, I go to sign in and select New Application, NIV, B-2...and the info is already there including the DS-160 AA confirmation #. And then it wants me to pay the fee. This seems too easy. I know that nothing has actually changed on the DS-160 but being a gov't system I would expect them to want an entirely new submission. Is this correct?, just pay again with the same DS-160 number? Seems to me someone would look up the number, see it was already denied and deny it again without interview.

Hello,

Im a USA citizen. Living in the states for a little over 8 years. I am pregnant with my first baby and I will be due end of this year. I will get my 74yo mom tourist visa. She is a senior citizen. She is in the Philippines. I would like her to be here in the states with me when I deliver my baby. Does anyone here applied recently for tourist visa for parents? Do they still need a medical and interview?
Thank you for your reply. I appreciate it.