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My only life insurance is through my employer, I don't have a separate policy. I can put her on the car insurance, but she has no license if they ask for that number. The government is in the way of the evidence they want. Without a time machine to get an arrival ssn, it's a paradox. Few have pensions, employers aren't offering that. 401k, not sure about it. I'm paying off debt so 401k isn't getting contributions right now. Debt eats money faster than 401k can compound it, so the roi of paying off debt is better than trying to compound a 401k. I do appreciate all your help though. This community is invaluable for guiding this nightmare process.

I just checked my wife's report and Saint Lukes did this to her too. Polio is marked "A".

I understand it's in our best interest to play their game. I'm discussing the principle. They are putting us through this song and dance to try to curb fraud. That's why I say it's abnormal for newlyweds to hash all this out so fast. My wife's life was very simple and didn't involve a lot beuracracy like mine does. I've got numerous accounts. She has like 2 or 3 (gcash, bank, phone). My whole situation with my car, for example, is stable. I have no motivation to tell the bank they can come after her if the bill doesn't get paid. I'm the only one working, because she's not allowed to work, so there is nothing for the bank to take from her in the event the bill didn't get paid. The only reason I would tell the bank anything, is to make USCIS feel warm and fuzzy about my marriage. For my particular case, because I made my comment in the general sense, we've already filed our AoS and have an interview next month. So there is no danger from not filing. We did it within the 90 days and we got married within the 90 days. I'm still scared they might grab her at the interview just for fun, despite the fact that we followed the k-1 program guidelines exactly. The only thing reasonable I've got her added to is the phone account. We're using T-mobile, through my vet mother, my wife and other family have lines listed. The house is in my mothers name to get a va loan and I'm going to have her write a notarized letter stating she has allowed us to live there and that we pay her money to cover the mortgage each month. The utilities water and electric are also both under mom's name. Never heard of an electric bill with 2 people's name on it. Internet access for the home is covered by the HOA. Most anything I could add her to would have the provider asking for a SSN. I ticked the box on the AOS form to have them send the info to SSA, which I've recently learned had some drama with the current admin so some applications are resulting in SSN issued and others not, however that doesn't happen until AFTER the greencard is approved, which means after the interview. If she gets a greencard and no ssn, we're fine. We'll just make an appointment with the SSA and use the greencard to get the SSN. We did a concurrent EAD too, but have not received approval on that yet, just biometrics completed.

I get it, but who does this in year 1 of their marriage? She doesn’t even have a ssn yet. Idk who came up with these markers of a bona-fide marriage, but some of these expectations are detached from reality and definitely not keeping up with the average modern American.

From what I was able to learn and studying the language on the form, a k-1 shouldn’t require that, as it was fulfilled as part of the k-1 process.

The statements about joint this and that stress me out. I would fail this on every relationship I’ve had with other Americans in the past. Joint bank - never did it. Don’t find value in it. My wife has no social, the bank wants a social. So I can’t do it even if I wanted to. Joint utility - is this even possible? I’ve never done this. I’ve never seen anyone else do it. I’ve never seen an option to do this. Never seen anyone else do it. The utilities are registered to one person. Joint phone bill - my mom is a veteran and hosts the plan for our family, which gives us all a discount. The best I could do is show her and her number on the bill. Health insurance - my job wants her social, can’t do it. i got pictures of Thanksgiving with family and some other pics. My parents love her. We talk all day when I’m away for work each day. To me the requested proof is mostly unreasonable.

My wife was asked for my police clearance when she was doing the cfo for her k-1. The councilors don't seem to really understand how the admin systems work in the USA, so it seems that you can get a local report from a city or county enforcement authority. I believe there was one report in here from a user that used a city report successfully.

sandwich in lax for $40. Unbelievable.

Final update: BI didn't ask to see her certificate. No one did. She could have not done the whole thing and it would not make a difference. I'm sure they ask some, but in this in case she was asked to show the certificate. She's on the way to the US now, I can't wait to see her.

Update 2: She got the certificate She was asked for my petition (i-129), my tax return, and Fbi clearance. I'll be waiting for false tax returns to be filed in my name next year

Update: She showed up in Quezon city and as of this writing is attending the seminar. I don't know what they made her show to get in, but everything is back on course for entry this weekend

This is the current plan we have come up with too. I'll post an update Wednesday, but I wanted to warn people so you know their scheduling system isn't very bright in regards to their own closures. Shocking right, wouldn't expect that from the Philippines....

She already has Visa, CFO will not allow scheduling an initial appointment without VISA number. We are going to try to get in on the 20th which would avert the crisis. Always something.

My fiance was scheduled for tomorrow Aug 19, but not long ago received a message stating that cfo would be closed for a non working holiday. They want to reschedule her for a time after her plane leaves on the 22nd. I thought I read in here someone said their appointment system is a farce and you can just show up to appointments? Seems they aren't working on the 21st either, making the 20th the only non holiday.

Well we are entering the relatively safe period of her 90 day visit in the next week. The dangerous point will be her entry in California. She has her valid k-1 visa so hopefully it will be uneventful and they let her pass. After that, I need to make a decision of wedding timing for us. I was going to take a month or so, but it looks like time is of the essence and I'm thinking it's better to get it done with and get the paperwork filed ASAP, just for safety alone. So, diverting focus isn't something I want to do as the political climate here becomes more and more dangerous. Your experience will help me to decide, thank you again.

Thanks for sharing your experience and I'm hopeful you get clearance. I'm about to embark on the i485 journey soon as well and my biggest fear is very similar to what you are going through. It just seems to me like there is a period between the expiration of the 90 day visa clearance and the issuance of the green card where the fiance is very vulnerable to getting picked up for no reason. In your case they did have a technical reason, but under the current administration people are getting picked up for the slightest of errors in a very very difficult process. So far I haven't seen too much attention on K-1 recipients but it seems to be quickly nearing.

I'm thinking of sending her off with about a hundred dollars. That should be more than enough barring some massive catastrophe. I only used $50 on my trips to Philippines. Short layovers in 2 airports each time. She won't be in Japan very long at all, so I'm not too worried about the yen. I don't expect her to have much opportunity to spend in Japan. It's mainly getting her US dollars for California.

Is that some kind of private company you have picking up your visa for you? Maybe it's getting issued at the VAC and then that company is authorized to pick it up and bring it to you?

I'm curious how to handle travel funds. She has no way to store USD, it must be converted PHP. She's going to be leaving this month and will have a layover in Japan and California. She needs Yen in Japan and USD in Cali. Normally, I'm doing a single conversion USD to PHP. She doesn't really need PHP for her trip though. So if I send her say $100, well is it to be transferred to PHP and then back to Yen or USD? Each exchange takes a small amount of the value. When I traveled I used my credit card in Japan so there was just a USD to Yen which is fine. Do you just accept the double exchange, it's not the end of the world but I would rather not do it if I don't have to.

I didn't go to cdo, but during the time I was there I made use of Grab when I was most desperate, but ideally I used trike and Jeepney. She did the negotiating with the drivers. I would not want to drive on Philippine streets. It's just completely different from USA driving.

Thanks for posting this. I'm getting a preview of what's ahead of me. My fiance has her visa but isn't coming until next month. I'm looking forward to a short break from stressing over paperwork and then back to the fire with the AOS. This ROM process looks quite ridiculous.

I feel blessed to have gotten my fiance through it so swiftly. I hope the rest of your journey is quicker.

Isn't the medical good for 6 months if there's no TB findings? My fiance was approved this month, but she needs 30 day notice on resignation so have to wait a month. She did the medical earlier this month.

I'm having trouble finding the 4 hour layovers in the US. The best is about 2 hours that I've found so far.

These are normal things in the Philippines. Especially in Mindanao. It's not my suggestion, it's just what I've heard that others do, from Filipinos.