CannedHam wrote: ↑March 29th, 2018, 7:13 am
The whole visa system is one big headache. The barrier to entry for filipinos is insanely high, thanks in part to them being notorious overstayers and working illegally. An unemployed single female from the Philippines is pretty much an auto-deny at the embassy, and likely be heavily scrutinized at the airport if she manages to get a visa.
Aw shucks. I am upset that the US government discriminates heavily against Filipino immigrant applicants. Especially those applying for tourist visa's.
Are you dead serious? Even if my GF got a US tourist visa granted to her at the US embassy in Manila, she could be denied entry at the airport? Shit, I will chimpout if that ever happened!
It's kind of crazy that filipinos are given such a hard time, yet the southern US border is left wide open. At the very a least a filipino overstayer would have been vetted by the US embassy, airport security, US immigration/customs upon arrival etc. whereas who the f**k knows what's flowing over the southern border.
I whole-heartedly agree with you, canned ham. So many drugs coming into the US from mexico, gangbangers invading the US, immigrants from mexico refusing to learn English and speak American language. Yet, the US government is so tough on immigrants from Southeast and East Asian nations.
This is why the US,...while may not collapse in the future, will not be a global super power in the future. But I digressed off topic. LOL!
The K1 fiance visa give you guys 90 days to get married upon arrival to the US, but the process is a slog and the wait times are super long now. Not worth it unless you're 100% sure you'll marry.
I have met with an immigration attorney two months ago. She recommended that I go the I-130 route. The Spouse Visa route. I would have to get married to my girlfriend in the Philippines, which is what I intend to do some time this fall season. The attorney told me that the Spouse Visa process is faster, and less expensive than going the K-1 / I-129 Fiance visa route. She told me that the Fiance visa route takes longer now since Trump is the president, and the layout and timeline that she explained to me makes the I-129 a more expensive process.
If I were you, sure, give the B2 a shot, you could be one of the few lucky ones. If you're denied, don't bother applying again and just suck up the $160 donation to the US gov't. The B2 denial won't affect her chances of getting a K1 or CR1 visa down then road. At that point you two should decide which way to go. One positive thing to keep in mind is that filipinos in general do very well assimilating in the US compared to other nationalities, and are generally happy to be here. My opinion: spend as much time with her to make sure she's "the one", and then go the K1 route.
Yeah, I am going to visit my girlfriend again in June. I also plan on getting engaged to her during that time.
I am not heavily relying on the US tourist visa. I will explain things to my girlfriend when I visit her. If her tourist visa happens to get denied by the US embassy somewhere in the near future,...well...it's not the end of the world. She will just have to come visit me when her Spouse visa gets approved by the US Dept. of State or Immigration officials.
One final piece of advice: do not under any circumstances misrepresent something (i.e. lie) in any visa application. Getting caught can lead to a permanent ban from the US. They can easily ask her to show proof that she's enrolled in a university.
Yes, this is why I am having my girlfriend complete another US tourist visa application. Each time a person completes an application, the computer system generates a new application number.
As long as she uses her new application number, with the correct information in the tourist visa application, I think she should be fine.
I told my girlfriend to forget about the application that I had completed online, because it had false information that she's still in nursing school, when she's actually not employed at this time (due to the economic situation in the province she lives in).