Once Filipinos become US Permanent Resident green card holders, there are 11 countries and territories that they can travel to without applying for a tourist visa to enter as long as they carry with them their valid US Permanent resident … Continue reading
The Philippines is not included in the Visa Waiver Program of the United States. Thus, Filipinos who hold Philippine Passports are required to apply for a Tourist Visa to enter the US. Below are my answers to some questions frequently … Continue reading
I came to the United States less than 2 years ago to marry an American whom I met in the outsourcing company I worked for in Makati. Below is our K1 visa application timeline which can be useful to people … Continue reading
Afghanistan Angola Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bahrain Belarus Bhutan Bolivia Brazil Burkina Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic China Christmas Island Comoros Congo Democratic Republic Cuba Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ivory … Continue reading
One of the most visited post in this blog is the post, Countries Filipinos Can go to Without a Tourist Visa . This article is a follow-up for that post to show you how I was able to come up … Continue reading
I did not update about what happened to my Green Card application, but I already got my green card 11 days ago. I guess the reason it almost arrived more than 30 days after my interview is because they were … Continue reading
It’s almost a month since my interview and I did not receive my green card in the mail yet. The last mail I received from the immigration is their letter welcoming me to the US. Then the last notification or … Continue reading
My husband and I went to our AOS interview scheduled on the 28th of April. Since we arrived an hour earlier in the US Citizenship and Immigration office, we decided to eat first in Smith’s. 30 minutes later we were … Continue reading
Finally, I got my Employment Authorization Document (EAD) card today; exactly nine days after it was ordered for production. Receiving this card in the mail makes me more confident on applying for jobs. Yeah, I already started looking for jobs from … Continue reading
Thirteen days before our Adjustment of Status interview, my application for employment authorization had been approved. I received an e-mail today from USCIS that the card has been ordered and may arrive within 30 days. It was a relief hearing … Continue reading
A visa for an Alien Fiancee is treated as an immigrant visa although listed as a non-immigrant visa. It is because the alien fiancee has the intention most of the time to get married in the US and stay there … Continue reading
Things arrive when you least thought of it. I religiously check our mailbox everyday and for me, the journey to the mailbox is enjoyable. You don’t know what you will get that day. But last Friday, I did not check … Continue reading
On August 23rd 2009, Philippines time, I received an email confirming that I can call the Customer Service Hotline and schedule a k1 visa interview appointment at the Embassy near me, which was the US Embassy in Manila. It had … Continue reading
I got my biometrics appointment notice in the mail 11 days ago. I was scheduled on March 19, which would be next week. But since I saw some successful walk-ins in the thread for February AOS filers in VisaJourney.com, I … Continue reading
This time, the bringer of good news was his mom. On the 12th of August last year, he received an email from his mom about a letter from immigration. It was the letter from NVC stating that they received the … Continue reading
Yay! The petition was approved! We were in the bedroom that time just chilling out, he checking his emails and me reading a book. Suddenly he told me that he got an email from his dad with an attached scanned … Continue reading
The first notice of action we received from USCIS indicated the acceptance of our application, that it was now on their hands and would be processed. The notice date was April 23, 2009, which was ten days from the day … Continue reading
After triple checking all documents (for signatures and attachments), Chris mailed the application packet to USCIS through USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation so we could track it online. Since he lives in Utah, the address we sent the package … Continue reading
For me to become eligible to apply for a K1 Visa, my US Citizen fiance must first apply for a petition for me, his Alien Fiancee. Once the petition is approved, I would be able to apply for a K1 … Continue reading
To get your Philippine passport photo taken is a tricky task. What if, it is not the right photo requirement? Then it would be a waste of money right? Well, what I did was just trust the staff from the … Continue reading
