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3 minutes ago, Nat&Amy said:

OP never mentioned that the sister wanted to study. Therefore, why are we even talking about student visas? I don't think we should be advocating it as a "means to work in the US", that's all.

If you read the OP Title : "What Visa get's my wife (GC)'s sister and her niece to US?"

Student visa would be the quickest and easiest visa from Philipppines, US EMbassy in Manila promotes it almost daily, and the prioritize it if you file for it.  

18 minutes ago, David Holmes said:

Got my Filipina wife here to US last year on a GC and we already have 2 babies born here (1 month and 13 months). We have our hands full and are getting no sleep.

We would like to bring her sister and her sister's daughter (16) here to help with the babies.  Ideally for a few years at least.  Three questions:

What visa type would we apply for?
Who is the petitioner?  Me, the US Citizen, or my wife, the GC holder?
Is the wait time longer than getting my wife here (that was about 1.5 years)?

Thanks everyone, I love this website.
 

If she has parents they could probably get a tourist visa but the wait time is long for interview.

My good buddy who wife if from Philippines had the father come first on tourist visa and he stayed for 6 months when his daughter had a baby, and then the mother came and she had to stay for like almost a year due to Covid and not being able to go back home.

21 hours ago, Julio_213 said:

So The Bangkok Embassy will process her visa? 

Yes

On 10/19/2022 at 4:38 PM, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

What are you disagreeing about?  Are you saying that immigration only takes 30 days currently?  

Wrong again

You wrote " Immigration is a tiring, lengthy process.  There are no quick paths, unfortunately "

I found the immigration to be a quick and easy process.

On 10/19/2022 at 11:16 AM, Crazy Cat said:

Philippines was given special treatment back then due to an act of Congress (Typhoon conditions).  If PI was so fast, why was Manila the subject of several class action suits designed to speed up cases for those plaintiffs? 

I did a k1 back in 2007 from Philippine it moved at lighting speed

How you want to explain that one?

On 10/19/2022 at 8:34 PM, Rocio0010 said:

So what, my gc was approved in 6 months and recently an i751 was approved in 22 days 

Why did it take so long for your Greencard to be approved?

They waived both greencard interview for my wife, She only had to do biometrics once time

On 10/19/2022 at 11:10 AM, Crazy Cat said:

2014???????  Come on, stop cherry picking ancient cases.      Personally, I don't, yet, see light at the end of the immigration processing tunnel.

Not cherry picking I went to the Philippine section and this was the poster I found like after 20 seconds looking.

Plus I did K1 back in 2007 from Philippines it was NOA2 in less than 40 days, So I have historical backing to back up my data.

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

We are in 2022, looks like that person naturalised a few years ago

Correct

Poster Jorgedi make a false claim "I know you don’t agree with this, but now in 2022,  even Philippines is not fast like It was in 2015."

I was just pointing out how fast thing moved back then for Philippines, Heck I even dragged my feet at scheduling the interview at the US Embassy in Manila due to it getting NOA2 so fast, I had to buy tickets to fly to Philippines, and I had to buy a one way ticket so my fiance could fly back with me,  etc.  I suspect I could of had interview scheduled and my fiance back in USA in less than 3 months.  I wanted to spend at least a month in Philippines once I got there, since I was gonna fly over there might as well stay. 

7 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

I know you don’t agree with this, but now in 2022,  even Philippines is not fast like It was in 2015.

 

The current 13.5 months petition processing time applies to all countries, even Philippines.

Here is another poster from Philippines took last than 5 months to having interview and approval at US Embassy in Manila

Defeedme's US Immigration Timeline (visajourney.com)

Just now, Jorgedig said:

I know you don’t agree with this, but now in 2022,  even Philippines is not fast like It was in 2015.

 

The current 13.5 months petition processing time applies to all countries, even Philippines.

Another dude was approved in 7 days from California Service Center, I took 30 I was at a different service centers

Yes, it was fast like that back in 2015, I have looked at a few others timelines from that time, it was moving quick, but that's seems to be normal for Philippines.

21 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Immigration is a tiring, lengthy process.  There are no quick paths, unfortunately.  The best you can do is make sure you take care of your tasks as quickly as possible, double and triple check documents and petitions you submit, and wait.  It helps if you can travel to meet each other and keep in contact online.

I would have to disagree, Did my K1 back in 2015

Did my K1 from Philippines approved in like 30 days, my fiance was here within 4 months

Never had do a GreenCard interview for 2 year or 10 year.

My wife got her citizenship last year, seemed like it moved very quickly......

So Pretty nothing changed and really no new news.

7 minutes ago, Sarge2155 said:

Yes true only if the marriage is conducted under the Muslim cultures and customs, you can not all of a sudden say you are Muslim then expect to divorce!

 

The law provides for the creation of Sariah courts in the Philippines and allowed for divorce among Muslims , or when the husband is Muslim, and the marriage was celebrated under Muslim rites. This law is the only divorce law in the Philippines and remains in full force and effect.

 

 

 

No Doubt

Never heard of anyone getting traditional marriage and then trying to divorce under muslim law, in the Philippines.  I pretty much thought muslims had their own laws there.

15 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

I believe the divorce would not be recognized as legal, unless both parties resided in Hong Kong.

 

I could be wrong about this…..but in order to petition her, she needs to be free to conclude a marriage, and without an annulment in the PI, she is not. 

You are wrong

As far as USCIS and the US Embassy in Manila, she is free and legal to marry

16 hours ago, Tim y said:

Hello everyone. I am just starting my journey and want to make sure it isn’t doomed from the start. My fiancé is a Philippines citizen and was married to another Philippines citizen 12 years ago  she hasn’t seen him for over 9 years. As everyone knows divorce is not allowed in the Philippines. My fiancé has lived in Hong Kong for the last 5 years on a work visa. Will the US recognize a divorce filed in Hong Kong or does she need to annual it through the Philippines government?  I can’t find an answer anywhere. It will be difficult for her to file for an annulment because she lives so far away and isn’t given much time off. 
 

thanks again. 

Muslims in Philippines can divorce in Philippines, just a FYI

I wouldn't worry about either

Most back pages of BC are blank anyways.

20 hours ago, Eric-Pris said:

Also, Veronica seems like a pretty fun woman, and is very good looking.  Her "relationship" with Tim, though, will interfere with any real relationship because no guy wants for his girlfriend to give her ex a key to her house.  But based on the conversation they had about setting limits, Tim is ok with it (I think it's affecting HIS girlfriend too), but Veronica seemed surprised and disappointed that Tim agreed and proposed that they "act as exes".  I think she still has feelings for him.

Veronica is good looking?  She almost looks like a man to me in the face, addd her tubby body makes her a no go from where I sit.

Her future is a house full of cats

15 minutes ago, EatBulaga said:

Nonsense or not, the K1 interviewer may or may not have common sense.

 

Why not even for the sake of the K1 beneficiary's peace of mind for the K1 interview to just give her an extra supporting document, especially if it is simple and $10?

 

I did it and don't regret doing it, non-sense or not, common sense or not.

K1 Interviewer is very versed and has done extensive research on what is needed, You never been to K1 Interview at the US Embassy in Manila?  Never has a petitioner for K1 been asked for this and there is no CO who would be stupid enough to ask for this.

Why waste time and effort getting a document that is not needed ,this is silly, concentrate on getting the correct documents needed instead of the incorrect ones.

Very easy and simple process to apply for Tourist Visa. 

Good luck..

Just now, EatBulaga said:

I'm not an official notary. And I don't think a notary can notarize themselves. I went ahead and listed what I did above in case others want to over-document like I did.

 

Again, I rather over-document, than not and risk a 221g, or complain it was a waste of time when we had already waited for a year just to get to the K1 interview.

You got a non sense document, might as well signed it with a non sense signuture.  

Common knowldege would tell you that form wasn't needed from a US Citizen for the interview.

8 hours ago, CebuGuy said:

I'm still waiting on the NOA2 approval (should be soon...) and preparing some documents ahead of time for the eventual interview. Fiancée (from the Philippines) is saying I need to send her a Letter of Single Status of the petitioner because other filipinas are reporting having to show it during the interview.

 

The problem is that I live in Los Angeles and the LA County Clerk/Records office specifically says on their website that they don't issue Letters of Single Status. What can I do? Is a Letter of Single Status really required for the interview?

Letter of single status is not needed from you

You have been told incorrect information from your fiance

NAIA airport used to keep them there beside CFO HQ.

6 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

I believe it may be required for the beneficiary. I think it's also needed if you want to get married in the Philippines, at which point you'd get it from the US Embassy in Manila.

OP was asking about the Petitioner not the beneficary

OP is doing K1 not Spousal

1 hour ago, Joyoussinger said:

You've posted reasons they would want to petition and then countered those, yourself, with reasons they wouldn't want to. You seem to be playing with us and going back and forth with every point that's been made by people who are trying to help you. What's your purpose in asking for this family who could ask for themselves?

As I stated already one time, I was just checking to see if the parents were even eligible

Just now, jakelake said:

If they have all that, then what is the purpose of changing now?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Read my post above