J.M.

The online option is gone now. All appointments are in-person now. Walk-ins MAY be accepted, but making an appointment is fairly easy and ensures you won't be turned away.

You should get the NOA2 letter soon. There are plenty of hotels and Airbnb within walking distance of both SLEC and the embassy, but you still have a little waiting to do first. Your case has to go through NVC before it gets sent to Manila.

You will probably (maybe) get an email from NVC when they send your case to Manila. I did. It takes weeks to months for NVC to receive the case from USCIS. Once NVC receives it, it takes a few weeks for them to assign the case number. You can use the NVC public inquiry for to ask them if they have received your case and also to request your case number. It takes them a few days to respond, but they will. They will not automatically send you notification that they received it. You have to ask them.

That's a pretty ominous sounding message! It is probably a standard message, with the I-129 part pasted in it. They would probably send this same message for undeliverable green cards, which may (or may not) require new application and fee. The only time I see that you have to start over is if you gave them an incorrect address or refused delivery. USPS or USCIS errors are on them, with no new filing or fees required. That's from the USCIS website: Chapter 3 - Reissuance of Secure Identity Documents | USCIS In your case, they are almost certainly trying to send more copies of the NOA1 to add to your collection. There are several posts on VJ with the exact same issue. Search "document undeliverable" for your reading pleasure.

Are you sure they are saying they will destroy your petition? Or maybe they are saying they will destroy the undeliverable document(s). It is routine for them to destroy undeliverable documents, but not petitions. Petitions get approved, denied, or rejected, not destroyed. If your online case status looks ok, meaning it doesn't show they sent an RFE, you are probably fine. The email you posted says the document that was undeliverable was your receipt notice.

DFA NCR North? Or just DFA North? DFA NCR North (Robinsons Novaliches) Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Novaliches, Quezon City, 1118 Metro Manila

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It has always been enforceable for support, but the latest revision spells it out quite clearly on the form itself: Page 6: Provide the intending immigrant any support necessary to maintain him or her at an income that is at least 125 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for his or her household size

The I-864 is not a blank check. Yes, it is enforceable. However, your obligation is not to provide 125% of poverty income, it is to provide the difference between their income and 125% poverty level. You state that your wife works. That means she has already demonstrated her ability to find gainful employment, and possibly a good measure of her earning capacity. Most cases of I-864 enforcement consider the earning ability of the sponsored person, meaning if they are lounging around when they are qualified and capable of working, the judge may award them nothing. If a working person decided to quit their job in the hopes of getting income through the I-864 during divorce, I think they will be disappointed when they find out that they need to go back to work. The length of the marriage and age of the parties is also considered. For such a short marriage alimony seems unlikely to me, unless her standard of living has gone down drastically, but even then, the short marriage will probably trump that. As others have already said, nothing about the I-864 is automatic. It must be specifically presented in a divorce case for it to apply. It's definitely not something you want to discuss with her.

I suggest "intend" with the statement "All living expenses while fiancée and continuing after marriage"

Since he filed taxes already, he should have a copy of his tax return. Look for the line that says "adjusted gross income."

Correct about the Covid vaccine. It is pretty clearly stated on the SLEC website that it is required prior to medical. Also correct about the dubious prep methods for the X-ray. The result will be whatever they say it is. No method of prep is going to do anything to eliminate lung scarring. However, if it is something harmless like eating a lot of spinach and drinking lots of whole milk, there is no harm in that. It won't affect the result, but it might make her less anxious about it.

Providing an immunization record keeps you from getting unneeded (duplicate) immunizations. Not having one just means she will get all required immunizations. Not many provide a record. It is no big deal if she does not have one. All shots required for US entry will be given during medical. There is no point in getting them before the medical exam. For "failing" the chest x-ray, the result is that you undergo sputum testing. Sputum is collected for 3 days and then cultured. That is what the 2-month delay is about. If the culture comes back negative, you can complete the medical exam at that point. That is usually the end of it. If, however, the culture comes back positive, that is when treatment would start. TB treatment would be under direct physician care, with the medication and duration determined by the doctor, typically around 6 months. There is nothing "preventable" about the chest x-ray. SLEC looks at it and makes the decision. All you can do is hope you aren't flagged.

You might get offered a declaration form, but as a transit passenger you won't need to fill it out. Sometimes they pass them out prior to arrival so people can fill them out before landing. Other than that, I doubt you will have any paperwork to complete. Airports changes rules frequently, so I won't guarantee there will be no forms, but it's unlikely. There will be no taxes or other airport fees.

Since you aren't changing airlines and the entire trip is on one ticket, your baggage will be checked all the way to LAX. You are just transiting. Follow the "transfer" signs to your connecting flight. You will go through security screening again but will not have to claim your luggage.

If by "electronic" signatures you mean something like PDF signatures, don't use them. If you import your own, real signature, it might be ok, but the "generic" signatures are no good. Use your own hand. For the most part, copies are acceptable, unless original documents are required/requested by the consulate. You don't say where you are at in the process, or what country is involved. Some are stricter than others.

I'm not sure what your question is or the details of your situation. ROM would only exist if you either got married in the Philippines or registered your marriage that occurred abroad in the Philippines. Registering it takes some effort, so I would think you would be aware if your ex registered it. If neither of those happened, then PSA will have no record of your marriage. CFO would only want to see your divorce decree.

The return transcript.

Manila does not typically ask for the I-134, but you should still have it ready just in case. IRS tax transcripts are preferred, instead of tax returns. You can get them quick, easy, and free from the IRS website. Send at least 2022 transcript, along with the 2023 W-2. Most likely it will not even be collected at the interview, but it's possible. CFO might want to see it too.

I just want to add a little twist to this, based on my personal experience. Although USCIS says derivative conditional green card approval must be "on the same day or within 90 days" to be included on the same I-751, in reality it should say "on the same day of within 90 days AFTER." Somehow, the dependents conditional green cards were approved 1 month BEFORE the parent. That's really not supposed to be possible, since the derivatives approval is based on the principal's approval, but it happened. We filed I-751 jointly, and it was rejected, with a letter explaining that the kids GC dates needed to be within 90 days AFTER the parent GC date. I was NOT happy, having to pay triple the fee for something that isn't even supposed to be possible.

The criminal background questions on the I-129f are about the criminal background of the petitioner, not the beneficiary. You are not answering for his background, only your own. His background will come up later, in the form of a police certificate and court record.

My fiancée went through CFO in Cebu Jan 15th. It was a breeze for her. I've never heard of anyone providing the documents you listed, but CFO is a crapshoot, so you really never know what they might ask for. Take everything that you took to the interview, and you should be fine. I didn't ask her what specific documents they asked for, but none were anything she didn't already have for her interview, and definitely nothing that was notarized by a Philippine Consulate. She started at 2pm and was finished at 4pm with digital certificate already emailed to her.

1. On part 1, if the mailing address I provided is the same as my physical address do I leave fields 9a-9h blank? Also, does the same apply for the beneficiary on part 2? Leave 9a-9h blank if it is the same as your current address. 2. On part 1 regarding my employment history, I had a job for 6 months then left for another job and came back to the same job (my current employment). Do I put the start date of when I first started all the way until the present? Or do I write the previous time I worked at that job as its own thing? Employment history should be chronological. If you left a job then returned 6 months later, it would be 2 entries, separated by the job you had in between. 3. On Part 2, 11e, it asks for "state", do I write the abbreviation for the state in that country (Mexico) or do I leave it blank since it is not in the U.S. Enter the Mexican state name or abbreviation. It will be clear that it is not a US state if the selected country is Mexico. 4. Just for clarification, do I leave any field that does not apply to me blank or do I write "N/A" N/A is not mandatory on this form, but it can be used when appropriate. For example, asking the "country of residence" for a deceased parent can be marked N/A. It is good practice to mark N/A on some questions to show that you did not overlook the question, however, filling in every blank is not required. For example, if you have no "Physical Address 2," you can put N/A in 11a, but no need to put it in 11b through 12b.

Interesting topic! I think you have to be a resident of either Kansas or Virginia. You get to choose since your spouse is active-duty military (assuming he was active duty and stationed in Virgina, that's what it sounds like). I would consider filing jointly in Kansas. If your income was W-2 reportable, you might look to see if Virginia withheld taxes. If so, it might be easier to just file in Virginia to be done with it. You can be exempt from Virginia taxes for these 2 reasons: You are not considered a resident if you lived there less than 183 days, and 2nd, because spouses accompanying active-duty military are exempt from state taxes in Virginia. I would think both of those assume you are a resident of another state, however.

We just did CFO in Cebu on Monday. Appointment slots were available every day. 2pm start time, finished at 4pm, with certificate already delivered by email. It was shockingly efficient! Only 4 people attended- 2 K1 and 2 CR1. I agree that you should probably check whichever one is most convenient before trying other locations.