My Asawa and I were married in 2012, and after 18 months of trying to do it ourselves, I hired a lawyer in San Antonio, TX. The lawyer had her here in 5 months. It cost $2500.00 after my Veterans discount.
Hi Mr Gordon good day! Sounds like your lawyer is amazing 🤩 may I know that lawyer too because now me and my veteran fiance starting to look and figure out things right now .
@jacoboellobo I will have to do some digging and see if I still have his contact info. I found him on UA-cam, though, when I was researching how to get a fiance visa
Rick, wow! Our wonderful government is really looking out for law abiding citizens. My wife and I went through this, with my step-son, 23 years ago and it was much cheaper and I think there was just one application fee. I also was thinking about our southern boarder and that absurdity.
You hit the nail on the head for me brother Wes. If that cluster wasn't happening at our borders, going through the crap we have been through, just wouldn't have seemed so ludicrous.
@@rickbaker0217 Rick, our oldest, my step-son, is now a 4th generation American. My wife's family did it the legal way and way back in the late 1960's, my wife's aunt sponsored my wives' grandmother, who became a US Citizen. My mother-in-law and her siblings sat on the list for almost 14 years waiting their turn. Think about this, they were all highly educated professionals ranging in professions from school teachers to software engineers. By the time my mother-in-law got the letter in the mail, she had already nearly completed her career as a school teacher. So my mother-in-law was the second generation US Citizen, my wife became the 3rd, etc. The aunts and uncles who were able to emigrate here had long professional careers, paid lots of taxes, were never on welfare and have had numerous children who have served in the US military. Contrast that with what is and has gone on at the southern border. We are truly a FilAm family and proud of the way we have done it and continue to do it. Now, my wife and I hold 13G Immigrant Visas in the Philippines and we are the immigrants :-)
Regardless what this lunatic administration does in regards to immigration, I will always be a "do it the legal way" kind of guy. Your story is truly inspiring and one that our country should be celebrating, not the utter chaos that has been allowed to unfold before our eyes. The pain is coming. When you don't know who is in your house, you can't really expect to protect yourselves. Hope I am wrong, but I believe it was Reagan that said the US will not fall from the outside, but from the inside. God Save Us!
Very helpful. Our papers was approved by the nvc and ready to send to US embassy on September 18, 2023 and now we are still waiting for the US Embassy email.
This is why we waited until my spouse became a US citizen, and dual Philippines citizen. My spouses child becomes an automatic US citizen.... Once everything this is done, then we are heading to PI.
@@rickbaker0217 yea but it’s over and done with and now it’s time to be a family and all the benefits that come with it. Enjoy my military brother. You did well soldier 👍🏻💪🏻✌🏻🙏🏻❤️👋🏻
USCIS actually went pretty quick for us, but once they forwarded it to NVC, that is where the wait to end all patience comes in. That was by far the longest part of the three part process for us. Wishing you the best!
I didn’t realize you were going through the Immigration process or that you had a stepson. How old is he? We filed the I-130’s on 06/30/2021 which were approved on 05/13/2022. NVC paperwork and fees were completed in Sept/2022 and we too had to remit additional info, some of which was BS, I.e. Marriage Certificate was ok for one child but not the other and the next time it was a smudged page on my tax return for one child but not the other. I can’t figure that one out when everything was scanned. My wife was DQ’d in October/2022 but the kids were DQ’d in December/2022 for one and January/2023 for the other. Then the fun started. In late February/2023 my wife went for her Medical at St Luke’s and was flagged for possible TB. She actually had it 6 years ago but was hospitalized and completed the required 6 month regimen of medication back then and was cured. Her X-ray showed a blemish on her left lung. She immediately went to Precision Lab here locally to have a TB test which was negative. That was just to make sure she was fine and so she wouldn’t worry. On March 29th she had to return to St Luke’s for their TB test and must return again on May 29th for her results. We know it will be negative and we were told if we didn’t hear back by April 14 that she was ok. Anyway we did the kids Medicals and have scheduled the Embassy Interviews for June 7th. We hope that she will get her Medical clearance on May 29th. We have a flight scheduled for Atlanta on June 15th. 🤞🤞🤞
Dang Marc, you had it even worse than we did. I'll do a part 2 and you can see how the last month and a half went for us. Some similarities. Genesis is now 14 years old, but was 12 when we started the process.
Same experence here, still have to re -upload DD, 864 (all pages), including blanks, LOL Tax forms, and PSA document, since they seem to think the old NSO document is no good. Hope to hear the rest of your Journey soon. Thanks for sharing
Just be ready for the back and forth with NVC Warren, and know that once it gets sent to the Embassy, there will be many more forms your will have to upload before the interview. I will do a vlog soon on the final weeks of our process and the outcome. Stay tuned!
Patience isn’t just needed in the Philippines right? We have been working my wife’s status for almost 6 years from change of status and our marriage first temporary green card which expired at 2 years so she had to carry her documents showing we were waiting. Then she gets her notice to appear at her swearing in ceremony for citizenship April 20 but we had our trip planned to Subic April 21. All that time waiting then we had to request a delay. I’ve got one mad Filipina at USCIS. Anyway we’re here in Subic and will deal with this on our return. I’m the one who is relaxed enjoying myself my poor Filipina bride is stressing. I have 2 more weeks before I go back and stress.
Just when I think our experience is bad, then I hear yours. The cluster never ends! Hang in there Mark. Enjoy Subic brother. Don't miss out on eating at Texas Joe's while you are there.
Yes I’ll make sure to try Texas Joes. My primary task in this scouting trip is to nail down an Architect. If you have a recommendation that covers Subic I’d love to get your thoughts. I have done a complete design in a computer program but need a real design and review Best to you and yours love to meet up sometime if you are open to that. I’ve really loved your videos
Definitely not as fast as years ago. I was married to a Filipina in 2005. She had her visa in 3 months. Same with her 2 kids. I submitted the visa applications for them in 2008. They came to USA from Philippines 3 months later. I submitted for my new wife last December. Still waiting for approval of that. I am sure covid has a lot to do with the waits. Congrats to you and your family!
Three months would have been awesome! I am afraid it is no where near that now. They have more staff and yet processing even slower. The old saying of "hurry up and wait" definitely holds true in this government responsibility. Thanks for watching!
@@reyeshernandez5720 No questions are dumb. The advantage to spousal visa vs a fiance visa is your spouse will be a permanent resident the minute they enter the USA. With a fiance visa you still have work to do. Pay another $1500 dollars to file an adjustment of status and wait for that. It took 2 years for my ex filipina wife to get her permanent resident card after filing the adjustment of status. and that was 2005. And contrary to what people say, the fiance visa is not faster than the spousal visa.
@@reyeshernandez5720 Should not be a problem. You just file the applications for the kids at the same time. I brought my ex's two kids to the USA in 2008. Was easy. They are family if you are married. Imidiate relatives. Will be harder if not married.
Good day Sir, Im a Filipina marriee to American National and we applied for I130 datee 2022 of March 30 and our status is actively reviewing as of January 11, 2023 and were waiting for the next update 🙏. Now we have this concerk its about the income thar my husband has the meet them qualifed. For now he's working 12 months in a year but by the next month it might be cutt off into 7 months which it decrease now can my husband be allowed to work in a new company with the same position for him to meet the qualifying minimun amount needed for the NVC for us to be approve? I hope i can have some answers to our concerns.
Hi Joan, The NVC doesn't care about where your husband works, as long as he can prove his current income on the I-864 Affidavit of Support form. They just want to know that he is able to support you here in the US. I do not remember what the minimum income for support is, but it should be easy for him to find that amount on the NVC website. Hope all goes well for the both of you!
@@rickbaker0217 The income is 25.5k a year, if you dont have that they will look at your net worth, bank statement, like if you got a house they will count that, so 25.5k is not set in stone.
Very helpful We are in the same process Now at NVC (DQ) My husband is American abdi petitioned for me and my 2 daughters. My case was approved but my daughters still "actively reviewed" What do you think
Not sure why your status would be different than your daughters. Perhaps they are needing more supporting documents for them. Hoping it all goes well for y'all!
Hi Mr Rickey my name iz ZIPPORAH from Zambia am very happy that yo journey finally cone to an end. We are also about to file the I 130. I also have a daughter who was under 18 when we got married. But my question is when u were filling for yo wife and yo step son did u file them all at once and did u pay the 535 for each at once. Did u als make one money older for two people. Pliz ineed yo answers i would appreciate yo explanation.
I told my girl she got to leave her son with the dad, when she come here and got her green card she can sponsor him over, she didnt like that, i told her stay there and think about it then.
Looks like I might have handled it a tad bit differently, but to each their own. I simply chose to be a part of Genesis life and I have been blessed in so many ways for having done that. It's a lot to ask a woman to leave her child for the length of time it would take her to petition to bring him over. I am just not sure I could ever do that. But again, you have to make your own choices and it looks like you have. Wishing you nothing but the best!
I was living in the Philippines when I petitioned for my wife to get a non-immigrant visa. I had to file it in the US and did it electronically to the Dallas USCIS office from my computer in the Philippines. Hope that helps!
How much time does it take to complete I /130 petition now a days my priority date is 8 june 2023 case just review and i am waiting for approval its very hard situation for us
It was considerably longer for us, about 16 months if I am not mistaken. But that was at the end of COVID and there wasn't a lot going on in government offices at that time. Hopefully for you, things have improved by now. The USCIS approval was quick for us, and then the NVC portion went well over 12 months before they even looked at our case. Then about 4 months of back and forth with additional documentation and finally the Embassy. That final part took sever months between securing appointments for physicals and interviews.
Hey Jessica, no translator needed for us. Jenn's english is very good and she knows after being married to me for over two years, that if she does not understand a question, just ask them to please say again. She knows not to pretend like she understood the question when she didn't. When we first met 7 years ago, she would do that, pretend like she understood, but I could figure out quickly that she didn't. So, best just to tell the interviewer that you didn't understand the question and could they please repeat it. Most officers at the embassy I believe, would try to explain the question in a way that you could understand it.
@@rickbaker0217 Hey! Thanks for answering and kudos to your wife for her English! I realized I meant to ask you if you had to pay a translator for any civil or other documents that weren’t in English.
Jessica, I apologize, I just now saw that I did not reply to this comment. No, everything here in the Philippines is written in English so translation was never needed.
There’s a long line of people waiting for the processing of papers, before the pandemic hits there’s a backlog already. So before you rant your mouth you have to think, you’re not the only person filling a visa dude! Self centered! One sided vlogger who doesn’t make a research about the topic.
Actually, did plenty of research. Self centered, rarely. But last I checked, I am entitled to an opinion, even if it does not align with your. You are also entitled to not waste your time watching our vlogs. Our only goal was to attempt to give some realistic timelines to the process. A process that almost makes little to no sense knowing what is going on at our borders. Have an awesome day!
My Asawa and I were married in 2012, and after 18 months of trying to do it ourselves, I hired a lawyer in San Antonio, TX. The lawyer had her here in 5 months. It cost $2500.00 after my Veterans discount.
I want to say my lawyer was out of New York, and he was only 950. Was around the same time 2012.
I'm a bit stubborn when it comes to trying to figure things out. Just one of those character traits I suppose. Bottomline I suppose is whatever works!
Hi Mr Gordon good day! Sounds like your lawyer is amazing 🤩 may I know that lawyer too because now me and my veteran fiance starting to look and figure out things right now .
@@pnwadventureswithTonywhat’s your lawyer’s contact information?
@jacoboellobo I will have to do some digging and see if I still have his contact info. I found him on UA-cam, though, when I was researching how to get a fiance visa
Rick, wow! Our wonderful government is really looking out for law abiding citizens. My wife and I went through this, with my step-son, 23 years ago and it was much cheaper and I think there was just one application fee. I also was thinking about our southern boarder and that absurdity.
You hit the nail on the head for me brother Wes. If that cluster wasn't happening at our borders, going through the crap we have been through, just wouldn't have seemed so ludicrous.
@@rickbaker0217 Rick, our oldest, my step-son, is now a 4th generation American. My wife's family did it the legal way and way back in the late 1960's, my wife's aunt sponsored my wives' grandmother, who became a US Citizen. My mother-in-law and her siblings sat on the list for almost 14 years waiting their turn. Think about this, they were all highly educated professionals ranging in professions from school teachers to software engineers. By the time my mother-in-law got the letter in the mail, she had already nearly completed her career as a school teacher. So my mother-in-law was the second generation US Citizen, my wife became the 3rd, etc. The aunts and uncles who were able to emigrate here had long professional careers, paid lots of taxes, were never on welfare and have had numerous children who have served in the US military. Contrast that with what is and has gone on at the southern border. We are truly a FilAm family and proud of the way we have done it and continue to do it. Now, my wife and I hold 13G Immigrant Visas in the Philippines and we are the immigrants :-)
Regardless what this lunatic administration does in regards to immigration, I will always be a "do it the legal way" kind of guy. Your story is truly inspiring and one that our country should be celebrating, not the utter chaos that has been allowed to unfold before our eyes. The pain is coming. When you don't know who is in your house, you can't really expect to protect yourselves. Hope I am wrong, but I believe it was Reagan that said the US will not fall from the outside, but from the inside. God Save Us!
@@rickbaker0217 Ditto!
Very helpful. Our papers was approved by the nvc and ready to send to US embassy on September 18, 2023 and now we are still waiting for the US Embassy email.
Which country?
Philippines, sir.
Congrats! Getting closer. Will feel great when it finally comes to an end. Wishing you the best!
Thank you... Congrats too and God bless.
@@aztrydmiranda7757
Have you had your embassy interview by now?
Another adventure is coming to an end. I wonder what the next will be. But I'm glad it finally worked out.
Dylan, did you hack our GoPro? Just hang in there brother, part 2 is coming and it may not be exactly as you are imagining.
This is why we waited until my spouse became a US citizen, and dual Philippines citizen. My spouses child becomes an automatic US citizen.... Once everything this is done, then we are heading to PI.
Nice! Glad your experience is going better than ours. Appreciate you watching!
@@rickbaker0217 I just didnt want to worry about visas on Space A....
Went through the Journey almost 15 years ago and I’m glad that’s over with 😆
It has been a journey indeed .
@@rickbaker0217 yea but it’s over and done with and now it’s time to be a family and all the benefits that come with it. Enjoy my military brother. You did well soldier 👍🏻💪🏻✌🏻🙏🏻❤️👋🏻
USCIS is horrible. It's been 4 months and this process is testing my patience. It discourages you from being with your loved one.
USCIS actually went pretty quick for us, but once they forwarded it to NVC, that is where the wait to end all patience comes in. That was by far the longest part of the three part process for us. Wishing you the best!
I didn’t realize you were going through the Immigration process or that you had a stepson. How old is he? We filed the I-130’s on 06/30/2021 which were approved on 05/13/2022. NVC paperwork and fees were completed in Sept/2022 and we too had to remit additional info, some of which was BS, I.e. Marriage Certificate was ok for one child but not the other and the next time it was a smudged page on my tax return for one child but not the other. I can’t figure that one out when everything was scanned. My wife was DQ’d in October/2022 but the kids were DQ’d in December/2022 for one and January/2023 for the other. Then the fun started. In late February/2023 my wife went for her Medical at St Luke’s and was flagged for possible TB. She actually had it 6 years ago but was hospitalized and completed the required 6 month regimen of medication back then and was cured. Her X-ray showed a blemish on her left lung. She immediately went to Precision Lab here locally to have a TB test which was negative. That was just to make sure she was fine and so she wouldn’t worry. On March 29th she had to return to St Luke’s for their TB test and must return again on May 29th for her results. We know it will be negative and we were told if we didn’t hear back by April 14 that she was ok. Anyway we did the kids Medicals and have scheduled the Embassy Interviews for June 7th. We hope that she will get her Medical clearance on May 29th. We have a flight scheduled for Atlanta on June 15th. 🤞🤞🤞
Dang Marc, you had it even worse than we did. I'll do a part 2 and you can see how the last month and a half went for us. Some similarities. Genesis is now 14 years old, but was 12 when we started the process.
Are you in Atlanta by now? I’m from Atlanta too and about to get married to a Filipina and start the spousal visa immigration process.
Same experence here, still have to re -upload DD, 864 (all pages), including blanks, LOL Tax forms, and PSA document, since they seem to think the old NSO document is no good. Hope to hear the rest of your Journey soon. Thanks for sharing
Just be ready for the back and forth with NVC Warren, and know that once it gets sent to the Embassy, there will be many more forms your will have to upload before the interview. I will do a vlog soon on the final weeks of our process and the outcome. Stay tuned!
Patience isn’t just needed in the Philippines right? We have been working my wife’s status for almost 6 years from change of status and our marriage first temporary green card which expired at 2 years so she had to carry her documents showing we were waiting. Then she gets her notice to appear at her swearing in ceremony for citizenship April 20 but we had our trip planned to Subic April 21. All that time waiting then we had to request a delay. I’ve got one mad Filipina at USCIS. Anyway we’re here in Subic and will deal with this on our return. I’m the one who is relaxed enjoying myself my poor Filipina bride is stressing. I have 2 more weeks before I go back and stress.
Just when I think our experience is bad, then I hear yours. The cluster never ends! Hang in there Mark. Enjoy Subic brother. Don't miss out on eating at Texas Joe's while you are there.
Yes I’ll make sure to try Texas Joes. My primary task in this scouting trip is to nail down an Architect. If you have a recommendation that covers Subic I’d love to get your thoughts. I have done a complete design in a computer program but need a real design and review
Best to you and yours love to meet up sometime if you are open to that. I’ve really loved your videos
Definitely not as fast as years ago. I was married to a Filipina in 2005. She had her visa in 3 months. Same with her 2 kids. I submitted the visa applications for them in 2008. They came to USA from Philippines 3 months later.
I submitted for my new wife last December. Still waiting for approval of that. I am sure covid has a lot to do with the waits.
Congrats to you and your family!
Three months would have been awesome! I am afraid it is no where near that now. They have more staff and yet processing even slower. The old saying of "hurry up and wait" definitely holds true in this government responsibility. Thanks for watching!
Hey ,I have a dumb question,,is it better to marry the person ,in their country?or bring her in through a fiance visa--2024
@@reyeshernandez5720 No questions are dumb. The advantage to spousal visa vs a fiance visa is your spouse will be a permanent resident the minute they enter the USA. With a fiance visa you still have work to do. Pay another $1500 dollars to file an adjustment of status and wait for that. It took 2 years for my ex filipina wife to get her permanent resident card after filing the adjustment of status. and that was 2005.
And contrary to what people say, the fiance visa is not faster than the spousal visa.
@destinationphilippineschannel thank you ,what if she has 2 underage daughters
@@reyeshernandez5720 Should not be a problem. You just file the applications for the kids at the same time.
I brought my ex's two kids to the USA in 2008. Was easy.
They are family if you are married. Imidiate relatives. Will be harder if not married.
and they accepted your money (that process was fast, the work and approvals I bet was another story)
Oh, the remits were instantaneous! The rest, not so much .
Good day Sir, Im a Filipina marriee to American National and we applied for I130 datee 2022 of March 30 and our status is actively reviewing as of January 11, 2023 and were waiting for the next update 🙏. Now we have this concerk its about the income thar my husband has the meet them qualifed. For now he's working 12 months in a year but by the next month it might be cutt off into 7 months which it decrease now can my husband be allowed to work in a new company with the same position for him to meet the qualifying minimun amount needed for the NVC for us to be approve? I hope i can have some answers to our concerns.
Hi Joan, The NVC doesn't care about where your husband works, as long as he can prove his current income on the I-864 Affidavit of Support form. They just want to know that he is able to support you here in the US. I do not remember what the minimum income for support is, but it should be easy for him to find that amount on the NVC website. Hope all goes well for the both of you!
@@rickbaker0217 The income is 25.5k a year, if you dont have that they will look at your net worth, bank statement, like if you got a house they will count that, so 25.5k is not set in stone.
My wife is Mexican, tell me about the walking through the border part, please
Plenty of open border to walk, swim or ride across. Doing it the legal way just seems a bit harder these days.
Very helpful
We are in the same process
Now at NVC (DQ)
My husband is American abdi petitioned for me and my 2 daughters.
My case was approved but my daughters still "actively reviewed"
What do you think
Not sure why your status would be different than your daughters. Perhaps they are needing more supporting documents for them. Hoping it all goes well for y'all!
Pliz let me know how we can chat. I am asking for more detail about the i 130 and how u did it. Thank u in anticipation
Hi! Please email me at principalbake@gmail.com and i’ll be happy to answer all your questions. Thanks
Hi Mr Rickey my name iz ZIPPORAH from Zambia am very happy that yo journey finally cone to an end. We are also about to file the I 130. I also have a daughter who was under 18 when we got married. But my question is when u were filling for yo wife and yo step son did u file them all at once and did u pay the 535 for each at once. Did u als make one money older for two people. Pliz ineed yo answers i would appreciate yo explanation.
Hi Zipporah, I have already replied to your emails!
How long do think your entire process would have taken if you didn’t have so many back and forths with the NVC? Thanks!
Might have saved a few months without the back and forth. Might have been 15 to 16 months without it.
I told my girl she got to leave her son with the dad, when she come here and got her green card she can sponsor him over, she didnt like that, i told her stay there and think about it then.
Looks like I might have handled it a tad bit differently, but to each their own. I simply chose to be a part of Genesis life and I have been blessed in so many ways for having done that. It's a lot to ask a woman to leave her child for the length of time it would take her to petition to bring him over. I am just not sure I could ever do that. But again, you have to make your own choices and it looks like you have. Wishing you nothing but the best!
I learned Samm will be $535 extra. She's a great daughter so I'd pay $536 or $547 :-) Good overview.
good sense of humor, I like it!
Hello Sir. My husband and I live out side of the US. Do they require the petitioner to stay in the US and how long?Thank you.
I was living in the Philippines when I petitioned for my wife to get a non-immigrant visa. I had to file it in the US and did it electronically to the Dallas USCIS office from my computer in the Philippines. Hope that helps!
@rickbaker0217 oh thanks! Another question: Do they need our presence in the US once it gets approved? God bless you and yours.:)
@rickbaker0217 so you petitioned your wife on K3 ?
How much time does it take to complete I /130 petition now a days my priority date is 8 june 2023 case just review and i am waiting for approval its very hard situation for us
It was considerably longer for us, about 16 months if I am not mistaken. But that was at the end of COVID and there wasn't a lot going on in government offices at that time. Hopefully for you, things have improved by now. The USCIS approval was quick for us, and then the NVC portion went well over 12 months before they even looked at our case. Then about 4 months of back and forth with additional documentation and finally the Embassy. That final part took sever months between securing appointments for physicals and interviews.
Did you have to hire a certified translator or were you able to translate yourself? Thanks!
Hey Jessica, no translator needed for us. Jenn's english is very good and she knows after being married to me for over two years, that if she does not understand a question, just ask them to please say again. She knows not to pretend like she understood the question when she didn't. When we first met 7 years ago, she would do that, pretend like she understood, but I could figure out quickly that she didn't. So, best just to tell the interviewer that you didn't understand the question and could they please repeat it. Most officers at the embassy I believe, would try to explain the question in a way that you could understand it.
@@rickbaker0217 Hey! Thanks for answering and kudos to your wife for her English! I realized I meant to ask you if you had to pay a translator for any civil or other documents that weren’t in English.
Jessica, I apologize, I just now saw that I did not reply to this comment. No, everything here in the Philippines is written in English so translation was never needed.
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Is there a second
Yes sir, we did a second video called
US Immigrant Visa Q&A
There’s a long line of people waiting for the processing of papers, before the pandemic hits there’s a backlog already. So before you rant your mouth you have to think, you’re not the only person filling a visa dude! Self centered! One sided vlogger who doesn’t make a research about the topic.
Actually, did plenty of research. Self centered, rarely. But last I checked, I am entitled to an opinion, even if it does not align with your. You are also entitled to not waste your time watching our vlogs. Our only goal was to attempt to give some realistic timelines to the process. A process that almost makes little to no sense knowing what is going on at our borders. Have an awesome day!