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  1.    Adrian Druzdz reacted to a post in a topic: American Tax return filed as "single" not "married"
  2.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: Interview to Visa-in-Hand
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  4. top_secret
    The separate document they are probably looking for is an "Advisory on Marriages" or a "CENOMAR". She may make it past NVC by highlighting the annulment annotated on the Marriage Certificate but she won't make it past the Embassy without one. They are strict on that point so do go ahead and order one. You can get one by ordering a "CENOMAR" online at https://psaserbilis.com.ph/ or you wife can pick one up at a local PSA office. Order a CENOMAR and whatever document she receives (Advisory on Marriages OR CENOMAR) is what the embassy requires.
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  7.    spicynujac reacted to a post in a topic: Can I mail the interview documents to a pickup location in Manila?
  8. top_secret
    We just did this with my 12 year stepdaughter right after her mother naturalized. They wanted her personal appearance, her green card, her foreign birth certificate, her mom's naturalization certificate, her mom's CA State ID, her foreign passport for ID and entry stamps, proof of legal custody (which is her case was her birth certificate, might be different in other cases), and lots of proof that she was actually living here in the US with her mother. We initially supplied her health insurance papers with our address, some USCIS notices in her name at our address and tax returns showing we claimed her as a dependant. They were not satisfied with that and seemed fixated on school records to prove she had been living here so we got her school ID, attendance record, report card and enrolment record from her school. We did it at a Passport Agency with an urgent appointment for planned international travel within 14 days and for us that was a HUGE benefit since they returned all our evidence the next day, allowed us to e-mail the additional school records they requested the same day and issued the US Passport the next day. The Passport Agency kept her green card when they issued the US Passport.
  9.    Edward and Jaycel reacted to a post in a topic: Update on CFO in Cebu vs Manila?
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    Once you are already in their system you are unlikely to get a second shot with a different counselor. The best bet is to appease them and just give them what they ask for and get it over with. You could argue that you had to show a police report to get the 13A visa or if you still have a copy of that. If you are there and it is not easy to get a police report from the US try a NBI Clearance on yourself. Show whatever you showed for income on you Affidavit of Support on the immigration case. I think the most common outcome when they decide to hassle you like that is you throw them a few token replies, they dangle you for about a week and then still have to let you go.
  11.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: TB DOT Treatment at St. Lukes Questions
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    Do be aware however that your wife may also face some blowback from CFO about not having the ROM filled. She could say you just filed one and they said it would take 6 months and show the Utah marriage certificate. They may hassle her a bit on that topic but ultimately they still have to let her go.
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  16.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: Tips for getting and Interview Appointment "no slots available"
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    Congratulations!!
  18.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: USEM CR1/IR1 Interview Documents CENOMAR PSA AoM
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  21. top_secret
    I wouldn't try it that close. Staying over the weekend sounds like its almost certainly required. It is 'almost' always two days minimum. Under the new policy the embassy might still let her complete her interview but give her a 221g for incomplete medical and that could cause a significant delay in the visa being issued.
  22. top_secret
    They will also formally take walk-ins if you have an interview scheduled within 7 calendar days. https://slec.ph/#announcement (see the September 16, 2024 announcement)
  23.    appleblossom reacted to a post in a topic: Mother in law, first B2 Visa
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    The scheduling site has some kind of very low limit on how many times you can log in a day. I 'think' you probably exceed that so it gave you a 24 hour ban. Probably nothing you can do but wait until tomorrow and try again. It's ridiculous and that site is really awful but that's what the embassy has.
  25.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: Tips for getting and Interview Appointment "no slots available"
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    The 30% refusal rate is misleading because a not insignificant number of the approvals are simply lockbox renewals of existing B2 visas and therefore have a very high approval rate. The refusal rate for first time applicants is undoubtedly significantly higher.
  28.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: Fiance Visa For Philippines
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    Since you list your city as Honolulu you may be in luck because there is a local LBC Express office there. LBC is by far the best, cheapest, most reliable way to send documents to the Philippines. They could probably deliver to her airbnb or hold it at an LBC office in Manila.
  31. top_secret
    More than likely a couple of decades and some less than perfect record keeping works to your favor.😁 You are probably good. But it might be worth ordering your Advisory on Marriages just out of curiosity to see what kind of tabs PSA has kept on you.
  32. top_secret
    Social Security will want to see the Naturalization Certificate. That is pretty much the final word with them. If the naturalization certificate came AFTER the marriage certificate then they are no longer interested in the marriage certificate. There is no online option. Either you checked the box on the N-400 to have USCIS handle it (and it worked?) or else you must go in person. Depending on the office you may or may not need an appointment. We recently dealt with this exact topic with Social Security and at least our local office was as bad as any indiferent, almost hostile, government office I have dealt with in years. They make USCIS look like saints.
  33. top_secret
    When I was 16, me and my buddies used to drive from San Diego into Tijuana just about every weekend because 16 year olds could buy booze and get in all the 'most exciting' bars back then. I had a drivers licence. Im sure my buddies often had no ID at all but never had any problem coming back because they just looked obviously American
  34. top_secret
    When we went to TJ we just walked in. There was a Mexican immigration guy playing on his phone while hundreds walked in past him. Driving to San Felipe we drove in at Tecate and although not strictly necessary we did stop at the INM office and complete FMM's and got stamped in properly just to be cautious. A FMM is free by land for a trip less than 7 days. For the trip to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo in two weeks, Tijuana Airport is immediately adjacent to the border and they have a bridge from San Diego, literally directly into the terminal at Tijuana airport so we cross the bridge, get a land FMM in Mexico and fly a domestic Mexico flight from Tijuana to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo.
  35. top_secret
    That was before she had her green card. She never wanted to visit mexico again but after she has been here in San Diego a year she finally decided to try Tijuana for the afternoon. There the local TJ police hassled us very aggressively on the street. I'm used to that and know how to handle those guys but yet a second bad Mexico experience for her. More recently we drove down to San Felipe, hired a panga boat and caught an absolutely ludicrous amount of fish so she's happy now. In two weeks we are flying from Tijuana to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo which is super easy from San Diego. We'll see how that goes. Should be fun.
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