Important Documents For K1 Visa Holder

You have accomplished all the necessary documents that you need as a K1 visa applicant, alright. You and your fiance are both very excited when you passed the visa interview at the US embassy in Manila. You will wait for a week or two before you can get your K1 visa together with you Philippine passport. You may be asking, "What? Philippine passport? I thought I have my passport already?". Don't be misled. When you took your medical examinations at St. Luke's Medical Extension Clinic, they forwarded your medical results and your passport to the US embassy in Manila. So, after your visa interview, you will know if you pass the interview or not. If you passed the interview, the consul will tell you and congratulate you. They will give you your passport that very same day if you did not passed the interview. But, don't despair. Be positive. Always tell yourself that you will pass the interview.

HERE ARE THE 2 IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THE IMMIGRATION WILL ASK YOU.

1. Your K1 Visa. It is attached right in your Philippine passport. Your passport must be valid. If it still has one year validity, that is fine.




2. This one is very important. You have your K1 visa, you have your plane ticket and you have everything else that you thought you might need when you come to the US. But, you missed one thing. CFO sticker. CFO stands for COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS. You cannot board the plane if you do not have CFO sticker in your passport.



You can get this CFO sticker after you take the CFO seminar. I think the seminar costs Php150. It only takes a day and you can get your certifications and your sticker from CFO. It is a must for all the Filipinos to take CFO seminars.

DOCUMENTS YOU NEED TO BRING TO TAKE THE CFO SEMINAR:

1. Passport - When you receive your visa. You can get your passport inside the plastic, but do not, do not ever open the BROWN ENVELOPE. Only the immigration officials here in the US are the allowed to open that BROWN ENVELOPE. Remember that!

2. 2 x 2 passport size picture (2 copies) - If you still have a spare passport picture when you were applying at the St. Luke's Medical Extension Clinic when you took your medical exams, that is fine. I saved all my passport pictures when I was processing my papers.

3. Singleness or CENOMAR - CFO officials might ask you this, so better to prepare this and take it with you. I told you on my K1 Visa Application Procedures post, prepare 2 copies of your CENOMAR, for future references.

4. Authenticated Birth Certificate - Read number 3

5. Money - for payment.

6. Patience - You might wait and sit there for long hours. My colleagues and I have waited for 7 long hours before we got the certifications and the sticker. But, it's all worth it.

At the airport, they will attached this CFO certificate right at the last page of your passport.



You can take CFO seminar with the absence of your passport, but you will have to go back for the sticker. Don't you think it is a waste of time? To go there without your passport? Who knows if you, too, have to wait long hours like the others? It is time-saving to take the CFO seminar with your passport with you, you will meet new friends and you will hear some other interesting and cute love stories.

After you accomplished these 2 very important documents, you can sit back and relax and wait for your scheduled flight to the USA. Good luck on your journey.

Happy Sweetest Day Card

I feel so fortunate that I married the sweetest guy in the world. I am not aware that there's such a thing as Sweetest Day. We do not have that in the Philippines. When I woke up yesterday morning, I went to the bathroom and surprised to see what's in the sink. My favorite Sesame Street character was sitting there, cookie monster! A Madonna CELEBRATION CD, and a greeting card. I knew there was no special day that day. It was not my birthday nor his. It was not our anniversary. Then I opened the card and so happy to read what's written...




Isn't it too sweet of my husband? I don't have anything to give to him yesterday but my devotion and ever faithful love for him.

Happy Sweetest Day to everybody!!!!

Hello, friends! I am back!

Yes, dear friends. I am now back. I have been out for a couple of months due to some circumstances. But, now that I am here again, I will update you on what happened into my life while I was gone.

I have so many stories to tell, some are fun and exciting and some are irritating, too. I hope that you will have fun reading my new posts in the days to come.

Ciao. Miss y'all!

Green Card Application Procedures

My husband and I went to USCIS Application Support Center this morning. He sent all the necessary documents in applying for a green card. If you came here to America under K1 Fiance(e) Visa, this may help you.

Here are the few things that might help you:

1. Authenticated Birth Certificate.

You can get this at National Statistics Office. Click here to know more

2. Medical statement or medical summary from S.L.M.C.E. For reference.

3. G-325A Biographic form. Your new information after you get married will be
listed here. You can download the form with the same site where you downloaded
it when you were applying for your K1 visa, the one you sent to your petitioner
that is in the US.

4. Income Tax Statement of Statement of Support. This is from your petitioner
that you married with.

5. 2 copies of passport size picture. It should be taken in less than a month.

6. A copy of your marriage certificate.

7. Payments for the green card processing.


After completion of all the requirements, you and your husband or wife which was your petitioner can mail all the documents together with the check as payment in the state where your husband or the person you married to is residing.

In less than a week, we received a notice telling me what to bring and to check if they got all my information correct. In less than a week, I got the confirmation date for my biometrics appointment.

When you receive the first letter of notification from USCIS, they will tell you what are the other things that you have to do. If you completed all these steps, you are on your way for your green card. You will be notified if your application is granted.

Good luck!