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Check the MTL IR1/CR1 DQ mega-thread in the Canada regional forum --

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Thank you for sharing. Please do let us know how it goes at the interview. Wishing you all the best with the rest of your visa process.

Have your daughter request her mother's death certificate online from PSA. Your daughter should bring the death certificate to her K2 visa interview.

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The payment features will be enabled when the case PD becomes current on table B of the visa bulletin. Until then, you just wait. Nothing else you can do to advance the case.

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That may be true for other consulates, but this is the Philippine regional forum. I had hoped you would have remembered by now that Manila does NOT allow applicants to proceed with the visa interview before completing the medical. In all my time here on VJ and from reading old posts in this sub-forum, I have not seen any exception to this rule in Manila. You're right -- I forgot about tickets to fly in for the interview. If that's the case, then OP may have to extend their trip to Manila to wait for when IGRA tests become available.

IGRA test is TB screening that SLEC administers to child applicants. Adult applicants have chest x-ray, instead of IGRA test. Manila requires K2 applicants (even 9-year-olds) to attend the interview at the embassy, mainly to collect their biometrics. If your K2 has not completed SLEC medical (including IGRA test) prior to the interview date, you will be required to book another interview appointment for the child. Hopefully you purchased refundable tickets. This situation is an example of why the Department of State advises all applicants not to book non-refundable tickets before getting the visa on hand.

You may upload photos if you want to, but not required. I uploaded additional bona fide relationship evidence, including photos, the day before my interview. No idea if it helped, but it certainly didn't hurt my case. I was interviewed on time and my visa was issued a few days after.

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*** Merged related threads. Please post your questions/updates related to this topic in this thread to keep the discussion in one place. *** No, affidavits are considered weak evidence. Focus on stronger evidence of time spent together in person, such as passport stamps, boarding passes, receipts indicating you were together at the same location. Support with some photos of the two of you together at different events, along with photos of you two with friends and family. Our bona fide relationship evidence was just 12 pages, mostly consisting of passport stamps from our vacations and our photos together. We had no joint property, no leases, no children together. We didn't submit any 3rd-party affidavits. Our petition was approved without RFE.

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Best to look for a more competent lawyer.

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Typically, the consulate automatically extends the validity of the I-129F approval for up to a year. For your peace of mind, you may contact the consulate directly to request an extension, so you will have an email trail.

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