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Thank you for sharing.

Actually, my fiancee just went through immigration yesterday. She handed her passport and CFO. He scanned the CFO and then asked "Why is your CFO for Canada if your fiance is from the USA?". She replied that we are waiting for the K1. He said "oh, so you will be meeting in Canada while waiting." So the scanning of the QR code provides them the details Then he asked to see the receipt for the CFO!!! She gave him the paper receipt we printed out. He said "no, he wants to see the EMAIL receipt" !!!! Luckily she was able find it in her email.ile he If that was not enough, he he then left his immigration booth, with a very long line of other people waiting and went to some back office. After a while he came back and gave her back the passport and said "have a nice trip". I wonder the things he was verifying back there, since he already has access to her passport and CFO data. Maybe check her Canadian tourist visa or her round-trip ticket? Lucky she didn't have to give a blood and urine sample too. In the meantime, she saw lots of people being sent to secondary including a mother and her daughter.

If you don't mind me asking (if you do, just ignore my questions), did the rollercoaster happen during your LDR or did it start when she arrived? What are the biggest challenges that is making it "bad"? I'm asking for my own sake for anything that I need to be on the lookout for or better prepare for when my Filipino fianceé arrives. In anycase, it quite normal to have ups and downs. The key according to the science for what will predict that you will get a divorce and how long before it will happen is explained in this video. It all depends on "how" you argue..

Same, I've taken a fair amount of class 2 such as dilaudid and lots of syringes and stuff with steroids and stuff, all in a big bag to very strict Asian countries and back to USA .. they didn't care at all ... Thats not to say I won't get the death penalty one day, but in countless trips, over decade, never had any issue. Only issue was transferring in Korea, they took away my pen because it was one of those with a hard tip that could be used for self-defense. In Boston, they just asked me, :"is that sharp, and I said "no""and they were fine.

That seems really extreme. I don't see anything on the CBP about needing to declare a personal supply prescription medications. I wouldn't do it unless the CBP declaration form asks you to declare it. This is all I found. https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1160?language=en_US In my experience, they really don't look or care at your personal meds, They are not doctors.

Yeah, what travel insurance did you find that covers pre-existing non-emergency conditions? That would be a rare find

Well, we don't know the dosage of each pill, and we don't know her medical condition. So yes this may be a crazy prescription for her, or it may not be. We don't have enough info. Thats why I said the first thing a US doctor will do is to see whats going on and adjust things as needed. And there are many other things besides cancer patients that would be appropriate for long term tramadol use, if there was no other methods to control it (which often there are not). After living in a hospital for a year, and countless doctors, and beating what 2 simultaneus fatal non-curable diseases. I also invented a cure that saved a life that several harvard medical top Boston said would not work, and refused to write me the script that I needed. Finally I got one to do, and he was laughing because it totally cured and his colleage. a Boston surgeon told him that he does not want to see me again because I will be in terrible shape he doesn't want to deal it. He sent me back to him, and this surgeon just asked me "so what was the treatment you did again", and then he wrote an article in "upto date" for doctors, after we published in JAMA. So I am used to people telling me I'm wrong. I could go on an on about stories like with with other issues and top doctors. Its shocking

Of course, its very widely prescribed in lieu of a class 3 narcotic like Oxycodone, That being said, a good doctor, is going to examine her and make sure that is the right medicine, and if there is a better method to treat the issue, and try to treat the underlying issue. They won't blindly prescribe it if its not necessary. Some bad doctors overseas will prescribe it to mask the symptoms or due to the lack of availability or knowledge of more advanced drugs to treat or dx the issue. Same with many bad doctors here, so many are bad, just like immigration lawyers. A 90-day supply is good because it often takes that long to get an appointment with a top specialist.

Yes, the very first sentence in my first reply above I said "Tramadol may have narcotic properties" but its not considered really a narcotic by most well informed doctors. Thats nice! Nursing is a under appreciated and challenging job that do all the hard work for the doctors and keep them in line.

Just to add to my last reply, the information about Tramadol is not something I made up myself. I had more than enough doctors tell me, from Oncologists, to pain specialists, and from different medical institutions from east coast to West coast. I am just parroting what they have told me, and from my own personal experience which confirms what they said. That said, there are always aome people that will react badly or complain about any medication,

Practically every doctor I have gone too, including the most famous ones, have all said they have learned from me. I even developed my own cure for something that doesn't have a cure (and saved my life literaly). This was written up in JAMA, the most widely read and respected peer reviewed journal that doctors read. So while I'm not a health care professional, in the areas that I have studied, I know more in many ways, else I'd be dead. The same way you know more about certain immigration topics than lawyers do.

Yes. Class IV are really mild, and even Valium, one of the most widely prescribed drugs is class 4. The class 3 narcotics are far more serious, such as Oxycodone, ... I know you will read everywhere that Tramadol is a narcotic, but I have had extensive experience with is, with the top Harvard medical doctors etc.. and they all say its really not a narcotic or addictive. As I said I was on it daily for many months. Never got addicted at all. Since it is a 90-day supply which is allowed by the FDA, and its not a class 3 drug, it should be fine as long as it has the prescription label and in the prescription bottle. They are not even going to look at it.

Tramadol may have some narcotic properties, but isn't really considered a narcotic, or addictive and as such is widely prescribed. I was on it for many months and never got addicted. Its pretty mild. Plus a 3 months supply is not significant. And its crazy if not cruel to tell her not to bring her medications with her, as long as its less than 90 days and in the original bottle with the prescription label. Furthermore, the FDA allows a foreign national to bring in a 90-day supply of prescription medication. Therefore, I don't know why you are worried at all since she has a legal prescription.

As long as you are totally honest with your intentions and do not misrepresent, there will be no harm to apply for one. Many people do for the same reason as you. but almost everyone gets denied. It will most likely just be a waste of money and time. But you could get a tourist visa and meet in another Country like Canada.

If you decide to go with the CR-1 approach, then by doing the Utah online wedding you will save many months. This is because the Philippines process to get a marriage license and then wait for the PSA marriage certificate to file the I-130 is very slow.

There is a difference between the evidence you need to submit with USCIS vs the evidence the embassy may want to see.

Yes, it requires more confidence on the part of the beneficiary. But I'm referring to the confidence the USC has to marry a beneficiary that he only met one time and talk to for a relatively short time and probably not very familiar with the Filipino culture, scams, and so forth. I am not saying to use the K-1 as a trial. Sorry if that was not clear, its hard to express. I thought I said clearly that to do the K-1 only if he is sure that he intends and ready to marry her. In addition, I thought I clearly said that that he should wait and get to know her better then do a CR-1. I NEVER said or implied to use K-1 as a trial to see if you want to marry her or not! Despite it not being a trial, being engaged and waiting to get married can be beneficial in many ways to some cases. In other cases, it is not. It just seems like this case it might be. Getting married to to someone overseas that you just met and then having to be seperated while their family members are dying in a culture you are not too familiar is emotionally challeging. A K-1 provides some safety margin during the engagement period should something go sour. It can also even strengthen your relationship while you wait. My point is that there are advantages to the K-1 that should be factored in to the decision. I have seen enough people break up during the K-1 waiting period, despite their very best intentions. Most of it was because they didn't know each very well.

Have you seen how long you need to stay in the Philippines to get a marriage license and get married? It seems like beyond your vacation time. Then have you seen how long it takes to get a marriage certificate there? It will delay your CR-1 by months. But the online Utah wedding will solve all that ... You could do it before you left, and have the certificate in hand when you go to consumate it and then file the CR-1 the next day. But given that you only met her 1 time, you might want to get the marriage Utah licenses ready, but wait and do the online wedding in person after you met her again, etc.. Then you can file taxes as married jointly. If she doesn't have a job, that will save you a lot of taxes. But jumping to a CR-1 because her father might die doesn't seem like wise decision for you given that - you only met her once, and only chatted for 6 months. - It takes years to really know someone. Has your daughter even met her in person yet? - and there is a big obligations with Filipino families that you may not be ready for - You are gambling based on a narrow time frame when her father could die without any lab tests, ct scans or treatment trials. - You will have a few or more months of flexibility on on the K-1 and when she needs to come here if things are imminent, so you are basing this situation on a hypothetical worst case scenerio, but given that is a real possibility, the emergency parole will be a gamble but a possible and realistic solution, but it will take a lot of effort to get an appointment, it won't be easy. So you can't plan on it, but it is still something to factor in. Seems to me, you still quite young, take another year or two to know her, this will solve the in-law problem, and then you can do the CR-1 with an Utah wedding. Or as a poor compromise, if you are truly intending to marry her, then do the K-1, that will give you more time to know her. Then if you plan her medical exam and interview with the right timing, you will have a lot of wiggle room when she will be here. It doesn't really seem you are confident enough to do the CR-1 .. And you really should not be so confident given the above, IMO

She could apply for emergency advanced parole and get that very quickly if successful..

here is a more complete one with many useful tabs https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sN2bo1xZhs8oVU6-QDUdBXBX2_ci8_QJ0wiz59Gp6H4/edit#gid=1864482118

I bet despite being exhausted and the late hour, the "snacks" and "holding hands" that you had asked about is going to be too private to answer 😂

The 90 day rule has changed over the years and does still exist for the DOS for presuming immigrant intent. But for USCIS, they got rid of that rule in July 2021. Now they go by the facts on what happened before or after the 90 days, though they can still go by it at their discretion. You made a material omission at the F-1 interview hy not disclosing the usa BF even though they didn't ask. How about the financial support for the school, is your bf/husband paying for your school? If so, would a reasonable person assume you misrepresent that at the F-1 interview? That being said, there have been a couple of court cases that requires USCIS to forgive misrepresentation if married to a US citizen. You should not have any issues. Plus USCIS is lenient (relative to the DOS) in this area anyways. Especially since you are still a student and will continue until you graduate, it shows you had true intent to be a student, and its normal to have a change of plans to get married. Many students do it. You'll be fine.

There are a lot of people tracking, doing scans, WA groups, FB groups, and also the scans and data are in VJ as well. You can also go to the "immigration timelines" page in this website, and choose K-1. you will then see a spreadsheet of the latest interview dates. You can then sort that by the latest NOA2, and then you will see their NOA1's are mostly April

They are on mostly April 2022 right now .. about 3 more months give or take before they get deep into July

All she needs is your passport to apply for the CFO. Then the counselor will decide, what if any additional documents are needed. Nonetheless what we did is to also send then them our documented photo album in hopes when she see's how nice it is, that they won't ask for additional documents. They just said since you applied for a K-1, and that requires all the documents, we don't need anymore documents and gave her the CFO. It only took 2-3 days from signing up online for the online CFO to get the certificate