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  1. Edward and Jaycel
    My fiancee will arrive her in the US in about 48 hours 😁
  2. Edward and Jaycel
    Congrats!!
  3. Edward and Jaycel
    Yes I filled it out, signed it and then scanned it and all of the supporting documents and emailed them to my fiancee so that she had it with her for the interview. She was NOT asked for the I-134 at the interview but that does not mean they can't or won't ask for it at your fiancee's interview. I would complete it and send it to your fiancee.
  4. Edward and Jaycel
    The visa officer who conducts the interview will extend the validity of your I-797 at the time of the interview. Please do not stress about this. It happens all the time because the State Department stage of the process often exceeds the 4 month validity date. I researched this very issue extensively because the Manila Embassy is notoriously slow when it comes to getting an appointment scheduled. In all that research I have never ever seen a denial because of a lapsed I-797 date of validity. They give the visa officer the ability to extend it at the interview specifically because it happens a lot. The only thing I recommend is to bring along proof of relationship (which you should bring anyway) and updated Letters of Intent to Marry.
  5. Edward and Jaycel
    Apologies for my misunderstanding... This discussion was revolving around the couple meeting within 2 years of filing the I-129F so I thought you meant new, recent proof of relationship photos being filed with the DS-160.
  6. Edward and Jaycel
    This is not true... The only thing you submit with the DS-160 is a digital visa style photo. You will bring proof of relationship with you to the embassy interview. We just did this a month ago and there is no way to submit anything with the DS-160 application other than the photo. As long as the meeting was within 2 years of the date your I-129F is submitted to USCIS, you meet the requirement.
  7. Edward and Jaycel
    I would bet a month's pay that this would, at the very least, result in an RFE from USCIS which will add months to the processing time. I also think that the RFE would be attached with a Notice of Intent to Deny which is not a place you want to be.... Believe me I get it. Our K-1 case just took a year and it sucks but don't take what would be a solid, straightforward case (CR-1/IR-1) and turn it into a complicated, messy K-1. You do not want to be on USCIS's radar for suspicions of anything
  8. Edward and Jaycel
    Thank you! Thank you!
  9. Edward and Jaycel
    Thank you for this!
  10. Edward and Jaycel
    My fiancee has her CFO GCP appointment this coming Wednesday. Do they require me to provide a police / criminal background clearance?
  11. Edward and Jaycel
    Happy for you guys to be able to finally schedule one!
  12. Edward and Jaycel
    @widude see above
  13. Edward and Jaycel
    @Riley-Janice Do you recall what time of day it was on the 13th that you were able to pick up the package at MOA? Did you receive a text saying it was available? I ask because we got our tracking number yesterday but LBC tracking website keeps saying, "We didn't find any records." when I try to track it.
  14. Edward and Jaycel
    So for anyone who looks at this post down the road wondering what will happen after their status changes to "Issued"... Jaycel got the email yesterday (Monday afternoon Manila time) from the USTravelDocs website stating that her visa had been processed and gave her the tracking number. Interestingly the dashboard on the website's portal populated again and the document delivery section is showing the status. It says it will be delivered to the LBC branch in MOA on or before 21 AUG 2024. So we went to "Issued" on CEAC on Friday morning 16 AUG 2024 around 8-8:30am Manila time, the passport status on the website changed around 12:00pm Manila Time and she got the email with the tracking number Monday afternoon at 3:45ish pm.
  15. Edward and Jaycel
    Jaycel had her interview on August 13th and then on Friday the 16th our status changed to "Issued"! Now we are just waiting for the embassy to courier the documents to her, do the CFO seminar and then she'll be on her way here! 😁
  16. Edward and Jaycel
    Very nice! I am now, and we will be in Englewood when she gets here.
  17. Edward and Jaycel
    Thank you for this info!
  18. Edward and Jaycel
    Thank you Doc! It's been a long year being separated since I left the Philippines
  19. Edward and Jaycel
    Hello everyone... Hoping someone can give me some info? My fiancee had her K-1 Visa interview at USEM Manila on Tuesday, Aug. 13th and was approved. As of about 7:30 or 8am Friday morning Manila Time, the status in CEAC changed to "Issued". Before the interview, on ustraveldocs we chose the option to pick up her documents at the LBC in the Mall of Asia. I have a couple of questions... 1. Since it was changed to "Issued" early Friday morning, is there a chance that her package will be ready to pick up at LBC on Saturday? 2. I'm assuming they will use the email and phone numbers entered into the ustraveldocs portal to contact her regarding the package being ready. Is that correct? 3. Is there a way to tell when the package is given to LBC? I looked at the "Document Delivery Information" section of the dashboard in the portal but after the interview, the whole dashboard is blank now.
  20. Edward and Jaycel
    My fiancee just had her medical last week... She had the VaxCert from the Philippine Dept. of Health so she did not have to get the Covid Vaccine but she did have to get 5 others because she had no other vaccine records. When you go to the embassy for your interview, all you bring with you is the sealed brown envelope that SLEC gives you at releasing
  21. Edward and Jaycel
    Here is a screenshot of an email received by the Consular Communications Group at the Manila Embassy in response to a VJ member's ask to have the NOA2 expiry date extended before the interview. Basically they said you can attend the interview with an expired NOA2 and if approved the Visa Officer will extend the expiration date at that time but they do not extend it prior to the interview. Taking along an updated letter of intent is also good advice.
  22. Edward and Jaycel
    Here's a screenshot of the the response from the Consular Communications Group in Manila, to the VJ user who asked to extend the validity of his NOA2 before the interview.
  23. Edward and Jaycel
    Agreed.... in all my research I have done on the K-1 process, I have never seen a story of a Visa Officer refusing to extend it at the interview
  24. Edward and Jaycel
    The Visa Officer is the one who will be conducting the interview. I know that someone on VJ tried to contact the Embassy in Manila to ask that they extend the expiration and they replied that they would not as it is up to the Visa Officer to extend it at the time of the interview.
  25. Edward and Jaycel
    Regarding the 4 moth validity of your USCIS approval notice, the Visa Officer can extend that in 4 month increments if you haven't completed your interview yet. This is done at the time of the interview.
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