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We are in the same boat for my in-laws in the Philippines for IR5.
221g due to sputum test.
Last week of May, St. Lukes forwarded results to Embassy (passed).
May 30, Embassy received passport (via LBC).
Medical Expiration is August 22, 2025.
 
Been checking online and still refused, hopefully visa is released and passport mailed via LBC soon!
 
**member here before and this forum has been very helpful. Previous was for Finace Visa for now my wife of 10+ Years (she is a citizen now). I just forgot my username and password so created a new account.
 

Thank you! This is truly helpful. 
 
Also we are leaving in 2 days. Would you know if he needs e-travel and pay the travel tax? I spent the entire night browsing government websites but I couldn’t find an answer. 

May 5, 2025 My Mom received an email that the documents are ready for pickup. We opt to pick it up in the VAC since our town is close by. May 6, 2025 She was handed only with a passport with visa in it, no other envelope in her case. No other hand outs were given. This morning I received an email with more information about the USCIS Immigrant fee and other stuff to check like the Pre departure orientation seminar that is needed for her not to be stopped by Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines. I scheduled that yesterday( since my mom is 65 she is exempted to attend the seminar but is still required to go and register to get a digital certificate that she will get in her email. Was emailed a PDF with a Barcode and a schedule which is needed for the appointment.
 
Link to the Commission on Filipino Overseas
https://cfo.gov.ph/

My wife’s daughter transferred from Philippines to California Schools. The school here had no problem at all accepting her Philippine records but they most certainly will want to check them.  We used her baby book from the Philippines which had her vaccinations recorded.  The most notable difference between ordinary Philippine practices and California requirements is that Varicella vaccination seems somewhat uncommon in the Philippines but is required here. If there are any missing shots, they would still let him start school and give a 30 days deadline to get whatever shots are needed.  So, if any are missing you could wait until he is here. Whenever you know what city you will be moving to check online for the local school district.  Many in California have online enrolment.  I was able to enroll my stepdaughter before she even got here.  They just said she was good to go so bring her by the office whenever she was actually here and ready to start.
 
Also, on her first visit to her pediatrician here the nurse very carefully went through and transcribed all of her Philippine vaccinations into the California state immunization registry so there now exists a very official US record too.

April 30, 2025 
Visa Status Check: Issued
 
✌️✌️✌️ Yay! Will still wait for further instructions for pick up in VAC. It took 36 days for them to issue it after receiving the passport.

When I was doing my vaccines at a clinic they told me that even if my kids are american citizens, most schools will require certain vaccines if you want your kids to go there, including the hep b, so i got my kids that.

Did you read through any of these or contact the DOE? 
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/School/tk-12-immunizations.aspx
https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/hn/immunization.asp
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH Document Library/Immunization/IMM-231.pdf
 
Also, there's no good reason to not bring records. Your son may need them for something at some point.

You have to give CFO a call for rescheduling. 

I think she will have to call them - There is no way to fix this through the website that I know of.

Yea that's weird you couldn't open yours. I guess you can try and proceed with your schedules. Bring a printed proof from their end where they tell you to wait. 
 
Plus, I remember the consul reopened someone's DS260 during an interview and the applicant had to go outside and do what she needed to do in an hour timeframe provided.
 
Goodluck!

It does not need to be signed. See the section below from the I-129F instructions. I suggest you both study the instructions for the form carefully. My negligence in reading them thoroughly caused us to get an RFE for the I-129F and likely caused a delay in approval. How long that delay was, we will never know. The full instructions can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-129finstr.pdf  Become an A+ student of them. (And the instructions for the forms and processes that you will need after the approval).
 
Here is the relevant section:

5. Photographs
 
You must submit one color passport-style photograph of yourself and one color passport-style photograph of the beneficiary taken within 30 days of filing this petition. The photos must have a white to off-white background, be printed on thin paper with a glossy finish, and be unmounted and unretouched. The color passport-style photos must be 2 by 2 inches. The photos must be in color with full face, frontal view on a white to off-white background. Head height should measure 1 to 1 3/8 inches from top of hair to bottom of chin, and eye height is between 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches from bottom of photo. Your head must be bare unless you are wearing headwear as required by a religious denomination of which you are a member. Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and A-Number (if any) on the back of the photo.

Does your cat sleep like this too?? 
 
I swear he sleeps like a human being 😩 

We included the stamps in my fiancé's passport (USC) but I didn't have any stamps in my passport so we included my CBP travel history which you get online. 
To back all this up we included air bnb confirmations, flight related information and car rental information. 
We also included moral statements - a couple of letters from people willing to swear they have seen us in person and we have stated our wish to be married etc.

Out Statements for intent to marry were separate and both notarised. They were both a bit different in the fact that my fiancé kept his short and to the point like the one that has been shared before.
I however included some information about how our relationship started, key moments from the point like first meeting, meeting family, visits, our daughters birth.. and what I think is more likely to occur - for example
"If a k-1 Visa is granted to me, we intend to marry within the 90 days after I enter the United States. I would just want to make sure my immediate family could be there for the ceremony as it's important to both of us that out parents and other family members be present and they look forwards to seeing us married. I would get myself and my daughters dresses in the UK so that my family and friends can be part of something in case they cannot make it over to the US in the 90 day timeframe. We will do a simple ceremony to save money and make it easier to have a more flexible date considering all of his."
 
You can 100% keep it simple, but I had read giving a little more information in a notarised statement can be useful. It probably depends on circumstances - but we didn't get any RFE's and it's now at the NVC.  
 

Her NBI Clearance is also accepted as ID.

This could also mean they opened your case and reviewed ☺️ Hang in there, it'll change soon.
 
Embassy is aware of the medical expiry. 🤞🏼

I had my fingerprints submitted at the local US Post Office.  It is $50 to USPS and $18 to FBI.  I received my results in 1 hour via email.
 
I have had several FBI background checks before so I am not sure if that helps that they have my fingerprints on file for 30 years.

I just finished my CFO today and none of us in our batch were asked about police clearance. I guess its really case to case basis. 

I told my fiancé I will try to attend the session and try our luck.  (we don't wanna pay $50 for the FBI rapsheet) If  they ask for it, then we will oblige.
 
Failure to provide (in case they ask) is not a denial, but will be treated like an RFE until missing docs is provided. 
 
 
 

Depends how your petitioner will send the paperwork if via USPS or Fedex, UPS and DHL.
 
Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) | USCIS
 

Thank you very much for the reply! We appreciate it!

Congratulations!! 🥰 
 
Yea could be a system glitch. During my time I received a response via inquiry that my case is on AP but shows otherwise on CEAC.
 
 

Ha, actually just minutes after posting this, I got the notification the visa was issued. Things just came through a bit out of order haha. Yay!!!! Finally! 

Heaven frowns on anyone who awakens a sleeping cat.
 
Have you partaken here?
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/356713-cat-barf-si-man/

Ok starting this thread for any and all cat tips. We adopted two 6 month old kittens a week ago. They are adjusting nicely, mostly confined to the Jedi's bedroom until all animals in the house adjust to each other. They get to roam the house when the dogs get crated at night and in the morning. 
 
 
 
So lets talk about cat litter for a minute  
 
It's been more than several years since I've had to deal with this. Older daughter was in charge of that herself. Her cats are now in her tiny home. 
 
Now the older daughter gave me a Scoop free automatic litter box. It used the fresh step crystals. Her munchkin cat does not like it. 
 
Now until the Jedi gets used to cleaning the box I am helping him.
 
I also want to know everyone's choice of litter and if you used it for multi cat houses. Cleaning schedules length it last and the smells. We do not have a huge house so I don't want to be smelling it. 
 
 I need to buy a lid for this one as the kitties are messy. So far just the one box as they only have access to the one room most of the day until the dogs chill out. 
 
Any other tips, from intro to the dogs? I have a gate up so they can all see each other. The kittens don't try to jump out when they know the dogs are running around. I'm letting the kittens round around when the dogs are away to get all the new kitty smells on things for the dogs. 
 
They are skittish, they have gotten better. They came from a foster who said they had a bad start. They are little purr boxes and love cuddles so I am assuming they are happy. Eating wet glop and drop kibble like crazy. We have a water fountain too and they love that. Picked up a nice cat condo in the market place for 20$. Cleaned it and they like it, also two other scratch post they use frequently. 
 
Ok picture of kitties for taxes 
 
 

you're better off the way you currently have it
photos organized on a sheet of paper with an explanation of the photos. you don't want to send in "real photos" i.e the ones on photo paper, that would be more tedious for the USCIS officer than including a lot of evidence. if it is all clear and concise, I don't see the issue of including a lot.
 
My husband (fiance at the time) and I only included about 5-10 photos of us together, and each one was on a separate piece of paper. and then passport stamps, airbnb receipts, flight receipts were all also on their own sheet of paper. each thing had a 1-2 sentence explanation of what it was.
 
we each took our passport photos ourselves, and I had them printed here in the states. and we used the photo tool provided by the government to make sure they matched the criteria. https://tsg.phototool.state.gov/photo
 
you really only need to include that you were unemployed. and since theres nothing on the I-129f that relates to your income specifically, i don't see the need to include that for yourself.