Interview is not the end

[DJ+Ten 0]

In the K-1 Flowchart, there is a suggestion that step 13 "Beneficiary Has Interview at US Embassy" is the last step before the visa is issued "...the same day or within a week... with some exceptions."

Let me list the exceptions that apply to US Embassy, Manila.

• After the interview, Embassy submits doc's to National Statistics Office (NSO) - 2 days (actual time)

NSO advises Embassy that Document Verification Process is done - 24 calendar days (actual time)

Embassy processes visa and releases passport to Delbros courier service - estimated "2 days to a few weeks" (direct quote)

... and for a Beneficiary in the Provinces ...

Delbros delivers passport to Beneficiary in "7 to 10 workdays" a.k.a. "2 weeks"

This adds up to well over 2 months. I would like to suggest that the flow chart could be revised to prepare the novice for the extent of these additional delays.

[chris-lei 1]

We are advised to pay document verification fee in advance to avoid this delay.

You may experience delays if and when, the document verification fee is paid days prior to the interview.

[DJ+Ten 0]

We are advised to pay document verification fee in advance to avoid this delay.

You may experience delays if and when, the document verification fee is paid days prior to the interview.

Ya. Her local Metro bank could not receive the payment so she paid the fee at the embassy, where they told her "No Problem."

Do you think that caused the delay?

DJ

[dbears 1]

Ya. Her local Metro bank could not receive the payment so she paid the fee at the embassy, where they told her "No Problem."

Do you think that caused the delay?

DJ

yes, paying the doc verification on the day of interview can cause delay. what province is your fiancee from? this is the first time that I have heard of any metrobank not accepting/receiving delbros DV payments. What I know is that most, if not all, metrobank branches are not aware of Delbros doc verification. So if she asked how to do it and asked if they accept payments for that, they may have told her that they don't know anything about it and that they do not accept any doc verification USEM related payments. In that case, she should just follow the procedure as dictated in the USEM website on how to pay doc verification in ANY metrobank and just gave the deposit slip and the payment to the cashier and be done with it.

Well, that has been my experience before. I went to our local metrobank, asked them about DV and they told me they don't accept payments for that.. i asked some VJ members what bank form to use and the following day, i went back to the same metro bank branch, this time, I didn't ask any question from the bank people and just got a deposit slip, filled it up and gave it to the cashier with the payment and bank charge. They accepted it with no problem and then I texted DELBROS and received confirmation of payment in reply. On the day of my interview, my verification result was with embassy already and after the interview, I just waited for my visa which came less than 2 weeks.

Not everybody who paid the DV in advance was lucky to not have problem with DV.. this is partly due to the information transmittal problems between DELBROS and USEM that is why, it has been adviced on the Philippine subforum that the applicant should make necessary follow ups after paying.

As for the delivery of visa, I am from the province and i received my visa 3days after it was released to DELBROS. Again, it is necessary to make follow ups with USEM and then with DELBROS local office in the province that your fiancee is from because sometimes the visa is already in the local office and yet they still wait a few days before delivering it.

All these unecessary delays is not due to the K1 flow chart problem but caused by the inefficiency of people behind DELBROS and USE Manila. It is best for applicants/ vj members to check the Philippine subforum and read Sheriff Ulings K1 visa guide after they receive the NOA2 so that they will be more prepared for the next steps specific to USE Manila.

I do hope your fiancee has received her visa now.. if not yet, I hope she will get it soonest.

[DJ+Ten 0]

Ya. Her local Metro bank could not receive the payment so she paid the fee at the embassy, where they told her "No Problem."

Do you think that caused the delay?

DJ

yes, paying the doc verification on the day of interview can cause delay. what province is your fiancee from? this is the first time that I have heard of any metrobank not accepting/receiving delbros DV payments. What I know is that most, if not all, metrobank branches are not aware of Delbros doc verification. So if she asked how to do it and asked if they accept payments for that, they may have told her that they don't know anything about it and that they do not accept any doc verification USEM related payments. In that case, she should just follow the procedure as dictated in the USEM website on how to pay doc verification in ANY metrobank and just gave the deposit slip and the payment to the cashier and be done with it.

Well, that has been my experience before. I went to our local metrobank, asked them about DV and they told me they don't accept payments for that.. i asked some VJ members what bank form to use and the following day, i went back to the same metro bank branch, this time, I didn't ask any question from the bank people and just got a deposit slip, filled it up and gave it to the cashier with the payment and bank charge. They accepted it with no problem and then I texted DELBROS and received confirmation of payment in reply. On the day of my interview, my verification result was with embassy already and after the interview, I just waited for my visa which came less than 2 weeks.

Not everybody who paid the DV in advance was lucky to not have problem with DV.. this is partly due to the information transmittal problems between DELBROS and USEM that is why, it has been adviced on the Philippine subforum that the applicant should make necessary follow ups after paying.

As for the delivery of visa, I am from the province and i received my visa 3days after it was released to DELBROS. Again, it is necessary to make follow ups with USEM and then with DELBROS local office in the province that your fiancee is from because sometimes the visa is already in the local office and yet they still wait a few days before delivering it.

All these unecessary delays is not due to the K1 flow chart problem but caused by the inefficiency of people behind DELBROS and USE Manila. It is best for applicants/ vj members to check the Philippine subforum and read Sheriff Ulings K1 visa guide after they receive the NOA2 so that they will be more prepared for the next steps specific to USE Manila.

I do hope your fiancee has received her visa now.. if not yet, I hope she will get it soonest.

Well, her case was submitted to the NSO for DV only two days after the interview, so I am guessing that the total penalty for late (same day) payment of the fee was just the two days. The balance of the time, however, puzzles me.

Now there is a new delay. Ten days after, being told that the NSO DV was complete, I was just now notified that a document has now been declared unsatisfactory, and was "returned to the Philippine government". Details about the offending document are unavailable to me, and so...

Again. I wait.

I have been separated from my fiance' now for 1 full year.

DJ