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Thank you JM, We appreciate it. She is a little concerned as she sees stories about Philippine citizens getting hung up while emigrating... So we want to make sure that does not happen.

Hello fine people of VisaJourney, I have a unique situation, and I'm hoping for answers from some people with experience departing from the Philippines. My fiancé is from Malitbog, but currently works on Doha, Qatar. She interviewed 2 days ago and was approved for her visa in Doha. She needs to work for 2-3 more months to save some money to come, but she also wants to spend 3-4 weeks at home in the Philippines visiting her family before coming. She heard that there is unique paperwork you may need as a Philippine's citizen when emigrating to the US that other embassies may not require. Researching this further, it sounds like it's only a class to get her CFO certification...? In any case, we are on a very strict time limit with her working for an extra few months and going home. By the time she comes here, we will only have 2-3 weeks before her 6 month time limit expires. So we are concerned about getting everything she will need so she can leave the Philippines without any delays. So, is the CFO certification all she will need in addition to her visa? Anything else we need or need to be aware of...? Thanks!

Powerpuff, Thank you very much... that's a great start to understanding what I need to know! 😊

Haha, Thanks Crazy Cat Yes... it's just the I-134 stage... However, you're not wrong and I'll have the same issue in a few months with a co-sponsor potentially if Pilipino citizens can not use co-sponsors. Though, it does sound like they DO accept them for married citizens... just not engaged citizens.

Powerpuff, Thanks for the reply... Me ex-wife and I split the kids 50/50, but I claim my oldest as a dependent and not the other two. However, I was told that I still need to include all 3 children on the I-134 regardless by my visa firm. So, I am also getting conflicting information here. As far as the tax returns... I hope your information is accurate... Because I was also told by the same visa firm that both the returns and current income verification are counted together and need to match up. But you gave me hope we can pull this off... Thank you!

Hi everyone, My name is Scott. I am a 40 something male from the U.S. in the process of a K-1 visa application trying to get my Pilipino fiancé to the United States. We have a bit of a unique situation I think, and we need some help/advice. We have hired a popular visa firm (I'll leave them unnamed) who is helping, and while they have been great so far... I have been getting conflicting information about the current topic both from them and other sources. We are at the stage where I am filling out the I-134 form, and she is about to pay for and schedule the interview... I am a single father of 3 kids, my oldest is 18 and works. So already, I have a household of 4... 5 when including my fiancé. So, depending on where you look... my household needs to make roughly $40,000-$45,000 at 125% poverty limit in order to support her. I currently make $38,500 and my son makes $8,000-$10,000 a year. (Since he is 18 and working, I apparently NEED to claim his income in my household) That puts us over the 125% limit as of right now. However... Issue #1 - I have only been at this job for 8 months and was unemployed for about 3 months prior... My tax returns will not reflect my current income for the year and will likely put us back under the 125% limit. So, to combat this, I decided to ask my father (retired) to co-sponsor. He is married and has a household size of 2. While his tax returns state he makes roughly $42,000 a year from his Social Security, this does not include his pension income which I think puts him in the $60,000 range... Issue #2 - I am reading and getting conflicting information regarding how the USCIS calculates this. I have read and assumed that the incomes and household are all added together to give you that final number... In theory, we should have a household of 7 with roughly $100,000k of income. Though, I have also seen that if you have a co-sponsor, they become the "main" sponsor and only their income is taken into account... So, in essence... the households are combined, but the incomes are not. In this theory, we have a household of 7, but only the cosponsors $60,000 will be counted... Why would they add household sizes and not the total income...? I have a hard time swallowing that information... So I REALLY need clarity on this... Last, but not least... Issue #3 - Yes, and before anyone points out that the embassy in Manila does not generally except co-sponsors... my finance is currently working in Doha, Qatar. The NVC did send the application to the embassy in Doha for her to interview there... So, we have also read that a co-sponsor should be OK there, even if she's a Pilipino citizen, no...? Since it sounds like it is specifically the embassy in Manila that does not accept co-sponsors, and not necessarily Pilipino citizens. Thanks in advance for any advice.