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! 😁

Very nice! I am now, and we will be in Englewood when she gets here.

Thank you for this info!

Thank you Doc! It's been a long year being separated since I left the Philippines

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

My fiancee and I have been nothing but text and video chats for the past 11 months. No doubt it is hard but it made us so much stronger. If she has to go there for that treatment, I would imagine she would meet others in the treatment program too that she could bond with. Maybe look at getting her an inexpensive laptop that she could use to take some online courses, really study the AOS process and become an expert on it so that when she does get there, you guys can breeze through that? Sorry if I'm rambling here, just trying to spitball some thoughts for you both. I hope it doesn't come to all that but if it does, try your best to make it into a fruitful time.

The K-1 FTP is a letter attached in an email that the NVC sends you when they have shipped your case file to the embassy

I'm so sorry to hear this. Jaycel and I will pray for you guys. What is in the results of the CT Scan that you feel they will interpret as requiring actual TB treatment? (If you are comfortable sharing) I can't believe if her cultures come back negative that they would still want to treat her. It's just mind boggling

They did not... They only asked for her DS-160, PSA Birth Certificate, CENOMAR, NBI Clearance, MRV receipt and appointment confirmation

@rsiegel yes.. K-1 visa and I forgot one question... He also asked what my job is

@J.M. was spot on. Jaycel just had her interview a few hours ago and she was approved!! She said it was easy as long as you know your fiancé and know the important dates of your relationship. She was fortunate to get a kind, pleasant visa officer who put her at ease. The questions consisted of: "What is your name and DOB?" "Who is your petitioner?" "How old is he?" "What is his address?" "How and when did you two meet?" "When was the last time you talked to him?" Then he said, "Neither of you have ever been married before and neither of you have kids? Let's get you outta here! Congratulations I am approving your visa!" The final interview took about 3-4 minutes.

For sure... That's why I gave her the past 3 months of my pay stubs

Agreed... It says they may ask for it so Jaycel has it for her interview along with all the supporting documents (W-2s, Tax Transcripts, Employment Verification Letter, Pay Stubs, etc.) And she has backup docs for everything. LOL Gotta play the bureaucracy's games of the love of documentation 😬 Thank you!

Thanks so much for this! I'm confident that Jaycel will do fine.. She just got her degree there in the Phiippines and spent lots of time doing presentations in front of her professors, administrators, etc. and knows the details of our relationship that even I can't remember. LOL Plus we have a pretty uncomplicated case - Neither of us ever married before, neither of us have kids. The only outlier is her late-registered birth certificate, but like I said, she just got back from the province where she got the official, sealed Local Civil Registrar records and the official, sealed baptismal certificate to bring as supporting documents for the late-registered BC. I just shared this with Jaycel and she says thank you for taking the time to share it with us!

Thank you for the confirmation! Jaycel's interview is in 2 days, how was your interview experience?

I have seen many, many posts that wet ink is not required for the I-134.... they all could be wrong

I can speak to the K-1 interview process in Manila only as my fiancee has her interview there next week, but there is nothing original from the petitioner that is needed except for a divorce decree if you have been divorced. For the I-134, they will accept you signing the form in the US (No "electronic" signatures like in Adobe, etc.), scanning it and emailing it to your fiancee to bring with her to the interview. All the supporting documents that go with the I-134 can be scanned and emailed as well. The original docs they require from the beneficiary are; the MRV Receipt (Visa fee payment), NBI Clearance, the PSA Birth Certificate and the Cenomar (or Annulment Decree if your fiancee was married). This is based on the last 11 months of research I've been doing on the interview process there in Manila. (Yes waiting for USCIS action on your I-129F will drive you a little crazy.) My fiancee also obtained original Local Civil Register declaration and original Baptismal Certificate to have as supporting documents in case they question her "Late Registered" birth certificate. If I'm wrong on any of this, I humbly defer to the more experienced members to correct me.

Congrats to you both! My fiancee's interview is at the Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, August 13th. We plan to answer the "Wedding Plans" question like this: "Because of the uncertainty of timelines in the K-1 visa process we have not set a firm date for our wedding, however our plan is to get married at his county clerk's office there in Colorado within 30 days of my arrival in the US." Wish you both all the best and BTW, my sisters and niece and nephews live in Frisco. I love that town!

I know we just had to schedule our own for Manil but we are on a K-1 visa. I thought NVC scheduled the IR-1/CR-1 interviews for you but I'm not sure on that point. I hated the stress of checking every day for an appointment so I hope they do it for you.