Visa Question ''Amendment to Permanent Non-Quota Immigrant Visa by Marriage question

we're preparing to do the last hoop for the 13A visa; ''Amendment to Permanent Non-Quota Immigrant Visa by Marriage,'' and need some advice about the following:

can the ''Joint letter request addressed to the Commissioner'' simply read as below or does it have to be a formal, lawyer written document? last time we got a lawyer written document for BOI manila , BOI turned it down and we wrote our own as below but.... ya never know.

I, Rin Tin Tin (applicant), 99 y.o. and a citizen of the World and Alice in wonderland (petitioner), 19 y.o. and a resident Filipino, wish to apply for an Amendment to Permanent Non-Quota Immigrant Visa by Marriage.

We are married to each other and residents of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines. 6200


Rin Tin Tin - applicant

Alice in Wonderland, - petitioner

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and how about the ''Joint Affidavit of Continuous Cohabitation''

We, Rin Tin Tin (applicant), 99y.o. and a citizen of the World and Alice in wonderland (petitioner), 19 y.o. and a resident Filipino, have been living together in Negros Oriental, Philippines under the same roof, continuously without any interruption since December, 1919.



Rin Tin Tin - applicant

Alice in Wonderland, - petitioner

thanks guys (and gals)

 

I hope the Wizard of OZ accepts it. Maybe Glinda the Good can put in a word for you?

 

I thought the letter had to be notarized. There is a Lawyer across the street from the mall in Cebu where the BOI is located. That guy did it for us in a few minutes for 400. Php. That was last year.
I completed my 13A in Cebu BOI.

 

to answer my own questions in post #1;

we went to the BOI Duma office and got the following sample letter for the number 1 requirement in the list below for getting the amendment from provisionary to permanent non-quota immigrant visa by marriage.

no notarization is required.

====== sample letter ========
current date

To the Commissioner
Bureau of Immigration

Dear Sir,

I, John Doe, (applicant), 65 y.o. and a citizen of Australia and Jane Doe, (petitioner), 25y.o. and a resident Filipino, would like to apply for the amendment from provisionary to permanent non-quota immigrant visa by marriage.

We have been married since September 2012 and we both are residents of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines. 6200

Attached are the following documents;

1. Joint letter request addressed to the Commissioner from the applicant and the petitioning Filipino spouse.
2 - Duly accomplished CGAF-001-Rev 1.
3 - Joint affidavit of continuous cohabitation of applicant and the petitioning spouse.
4 - Photocopy of passport bio-page, visa implementation page and latest admission with valid authorized stay.
5 - Valid National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance.
6 - BI Clearance Certificate.
7 - Original or certified true copy of Bureau of Quarantine Medical Clearance

Respectfully yours,

John Doe - applicant



Jane Doe - petitioner

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for the #3 requirement;
we were told the affidavit, #3 in the list above, needs to be done by an attorney who will sign it.


as usual, your mileage may vary...

 

The Affidavit is the document I was thinking of that needs to be notarized by an Atty.