Since we got our visa, we are now relaxing and spending time with my family and going to places we havent been to. Thursday last week, we went out with my cousins at Tiendesitas again and this time its ‘The Hitmakers” who are playing. As the name implies, this band sings most of the hit…

After exactly three weeks our wait is over, we were suppose to go to Laguna today our province but I am not feeling well so we stayed home. Sherwin tried calling the embassy today but nobody is answering. So what we did is check the delbros(courier) website, it still says no data found. Thank God…

Finally after the embassy has requested from the NSO in the last week of February, they received whatever the USE requested to validate our marriage. My husband is informed that they got the letter yesterday and is now into the consuls office to review our case. Well I hope everything will go well and that…

Sherwin and I checked-in last Sunday at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino for 3 days and two nights. The hotel is near Robinsons mall, a couple of blocks away from the USA embassy and there are lot of different international restaurant-japanese,thai,italian,chinese,etc., near it. Stay per day is around 8,000++pesos or around $180 per night inclusive…

Its been exactly two weeks since our interview, my husband called the embassy again and was told that the reason why we are under review is because the National Statistiics office(NSO) here in Manila has not yet sent them the request to check the validity of our marriage which they have submitted in the last…

So my husband made a call to the US embassy in manila(thanks for the people at visa journey, we were able to find a number that will not cost us anything), he talked to Lorraine and he was informed that the reason why we are put on AR is that they have to do a…

Our interview was done last March 2, unfortunately we were put on AR. My husband was there all throughout the process. He was allowed to be there while I was being interviewed by an American Consul. Seems to me that the Consul has a positive personality, he has been very reassuring that our papers and…

I’m just about to leave for LAX and fly to Manila. I’m very excited to see my wife. This whole process has been very hard. Imagine being married and not be together. Well the process is almost done. One last interview this coming Friday and we’re off to be normal husband and wife. I miss…

Peoples Reform Initiative for social Mobilization Foundation(PRISM), this is a non-government agency that provides counselling for Filipinos going abroad. It is a requirement so I have no choice but to attend it, well its good that they require us to attend. I had my seminar and counselling last Feb 19 at 10am. They conduct 3…

I was gathering more things to bring for the interview. One of the things is the text messages on my phone. I’m on my third phone this year (Sidekick2, Nokia E70, and now Nokia N80). It was difficult to save text messages on Sidekick 2 – lack of memory and online interface lacked OS X…