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  • Birthday 08/07/1952

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  • Gender
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  • City
    Malone
  • State
    New York
  • Interests
    Rebuilding and restoring antique player pianos and various old engines, railroading (I'm a licensed Engineer), traveling and of course, my grand kids.

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  • Immigration Status
    K-3 Visa
  • Place benefits filed at
    Texas Service Center
  • Local Office
    Saint Albans VT
  • Country
    Philippines
  • Our Story
    I moved to the Philippines to be with my fiance while we processed the K1 visa. I was there 7 months. Paperwork was a breeze but dealing with the US end of it was a nightmare once we got that far. First, St. Lukes decided to close on the Chinese New Years without telling anyone so we ended up staying 5 days in Manila to finish her physical. Then once we got our appointment it went well until the interview when the guy requested we send him another NBI certificate with my fiance's former married name on it. We did as instructed. The interviewer stated as soon as he had that, he'd send the visa. We sent the certificate the next day from Tagbilaran with 2GO courier. Then...nothing for 2 weeks. I called the embassy and was told it never got there. We went to 2GO and found it it had made it 2 days after i sent it and gave me the name of the guy who signed for it. I called the embassy and told them all this. The next day a case number was assigned to it to find out who dropped the ball for 2 weeks. 2 days after that the visa was sent out. BUT, they sent it to the wrong address in Bohol. They sent it to an address on an old application from a year before my fiance had made through a travel agency to get a tourist visa (was denied). The girl at the travel agency was my fiance's friend and she called us to tell us she had the visa in hand. 3 weeks after the interview we had the visa.
    Here in the states we're having problems with the local USCIS. I have posts on this if you're interested.

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    Hello everyone. Been a while for me on here. I have a questions for those of you who have recently acquired US citizenship and are Filipina. 1) We are ready to send in her N400. We would also like to go back to Phil. for about a month in mid April. If we sent the N400 in on Monday, 2/12/25, about how long would it be before we would hear back on anything? Here's what we want to do: Our travel plans hinge on this and we had hoped to go visit our kids while we waited to hear from USCIS, but also don't want to be in the Philippines when they respond. I know it's not very likely that if we sent it in on 2/12, it's probably not going to get a response for several months after. Right???? Like maybe 6-9 months?? Do you think we'd be safe if we sent it in now (2/7/25) and booked flights for mid April thru May? I trust all of you because you've been good to us over the years. Maybe give us examples of the wait time between mailing the N400 and when you first heard back on it?? It's not like we mail it on, say, April 10th, for example and hear back in like 3 weeks is it?? If we mailed it as I mentioned, on 2/12/25, about how long would it take t hear ANYTHING back on it. We want to make sure we're here and not in Phil. I really appreciate everyone's answers if you respond. Maybe mention your experience if you did the N400 recently and mailed it. I told my wife I would ask all of you because we trust you all Thanks a bunch gang. Doug
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