https://www.visacoach.com/howtobrin... Step by step process to Bring your Filipino Fiance home to the USA, using the K1 Fiance visa including the next steps to Adjustment of Status for Permanent Residency and Green Card and US Citizenship through Naturalization

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We prepare an application, it is submitted in the USA to the United States
citizenship and Immigration service (USCIS),

And then once USCIS has completed its review, the case goes to the US State department’s
National Visa Center (NVC) in New Hampshire.

And finally NVC couriers the case overseas to the US Embassy in Manila for the
inperson interview and approval of the Fiance visa.

Then your Fiancee uses the visa to travel to and enter the USA

Now let's get into the details:

FIrst we submit a thick package of application forms and supporting documents and evidence.
This is the "front loaded petition" that VisaCoach is famous for.

My philosophy, the VisaCoach philosophy, which w2 rigorously follow on every case, team VisaCoach works on, is that success, final outcome, final approval, depends 99% on the quality of your application that you and we together prepare and submit to US immigration.

We take every opportunity, leave no stone unturned, in making your application as complete and persuasive as possible.

The quality of the work we accomplish at the start, at the "front" of this process, determines
the ultimate outcome.

When quality goes in, a positive result comes out.

The petition package is mailed to USCIS.

Fiance Visa applications go to Dallas Texas.

After initial sorting then the applications are assigned and forwarded to one of six USCIS service centers that are scattered throughout the USA.

At the destination USCIS service center your case is reviewed and processed.

This takes many months to complete their review.

Slow or fast, US immigration is like a one lane highway. The sooner you enter
and get in line the sooner you exit, and the cases that enter after you, will only get to
Their destination after you do. So the sooner you apply, the sooner this will be behind you.

The review at USCIS includes an FBI background check. This is usually only on the US Citizen’s background, however it will also include your Filipino fiance if she or he had ever lived in the USA for a while.

When USCIS is satisfied with your application, they "approve", at least as far as they are concerned, then hand your case over to the NVC, based in New Hampshire.

Normally NVC holds Fiancee visa applications only briefly. They quickly touch the application just enough to confirm that the Case should be sent to Manila, assign a new case number that starts with “MNL”, pack it into a DHL mailbag and ship it off to the Philippines.


Finally the day will come when your case is sent via diplomatic pouch to the Philippines.


There are two US consulate locations in the Philippines, in Manila and Cebu City. The Consulate in Manila handles all Fiance visa interviews.

Sorry, even if your fiancee lives across the street from the consulate in Cebu, she or he must still make the trip to Manila for processing.

Once your case arrives at Manila the consulate usually contacts your fiance to advise they are ready to move your case forward.
I say usually, because a lot of cases get caught between the cracks, and no instructions get through to you. The instructions are either lost or simply not sent.

I work with my clients to track their case’s progress, and with or without a notification from the consulate I know when to start you on the steps to follow and when to do so..

The consulate uses a commercial booking service, ustraveldocs.com, that collects visa fees and helps schedule appointments. The first step is to register at the service’s website,.

Your fiance obtains a deposit slip from the booking website, and uses it when paying the $265 visa application fee. This is normally done in person by your fiancee bringing her or his passport and payment to a branch of the Bank of The Philippine Islands.

The following day the website is updated confirming that the fee has been received and a calendar pops up, now available for your fiance to choose a day for the interview.

In addition to scheduling the interview, a few more things need to be accomplished before the interview.