CR1 VISA APPROVED @ USEM

[thirdsjen 0]

my husband was approved today! his appointment was 0630 this morning..

he said he arrived at the embassy around 0430 am then stood in line. quarter till 0600 they filled out forms (i dont know what form he's talking about.) they went inside at 0600 then they gave him a number. even though their numbers were in order, they weren't called to the pre-screener in order.

PRESCREENER:

Pinoy guy who asked a lot of questions like:

- did you apply for a CENOMAR (so glad we have that one!)

- can i have your original NBI clearance (my husband gave him his personal copy. NOTE: even though we submitted the NBI clearance with the DS-230, we received an RFE. they wanted a police clearance as well, so we sent that in too.)

- how did you and your wife meet

- what is your birthday (why was he asked what his bday was? shouldn't it be MY bday?)

- when did your wife go to the US (i'm a naturalized citizen so they will ask this)

- what is your wife's occupation in the US

- do you have any chat logs, emails, money remittances or pictures? (i told my husband to just hand him EVERYTHING that i sent him whether he asked for it or not; so he gave the prescreener EVERYTHING! better to be safe than sorry!)

my husband was told to sit back down and wait for the consul interview. in the meantime, they did the finger scans

CONSUL:

nice gentleman who asked more questions:

- how did you and your wife meet

- have you been to the USA before

- have you ever been issued or denied a visa (now, 4 yrs ago, my husband was denied a student visa. the school was all set here but they wouldn't give him a visa. he applied 2x and was denied 2x. i told him if they ever ask about any visa you applied for before just to tell them everything. you have to be honest. plus this has nothing to do with our petition now. so he told the consul he was denied 2x 4 years ago. the consul asked if he applied before he met me.. he told the consul that we are already together when he applied 4 years ago)

- consul commented that we liked to travel - he was looking at our pics: i made a folder full of pictures, chronologically arranged from 2001

- have you used any other name (this was interesting. my husband told him that he hasn't but he has nicknames. the consul then asked if he knew a ROBERT ........ my husband said no. i guess that ROBERT fellow with the same last name is in big trouble or something.)

so that was the end of his interview.. the consul told him that his visa was approved and for him to wait outside and wait for his name to be called then pay DELBROS for the visa delivery.

I told my husband before he left for the embassy to ask for a DV refund if the DV wasn't required, but DELBROS didn't give him a refund. that's ok.. it was only P650. hubby paid only P250 for a visa delivery to Iloilo! i thought it was going to be more than that.. maybe they took our 650 then added the 250.. hahaha...

NOTES:

-bring everything, even if you don't think they will ask for it: you never know! i had my husband bring our marriage certificates, our birth certificates, my W2s, etc, even though i know they already have the originals from NVC

-be honest. they already know everything anyway, just affirm what they know

-if you don't know the answer, just say I DON'T KNOW

-PRAY!! enough said...

i'm just relieved that this is over.. just gotta wait for the visa to arrive so that i can buy the ticket..

THANK YOU, VJ FAMILY!!!! everything i learned about this whole ordeal was from here.. from that darn MARRIAGE INDEX to the infamous DV! so glad it's over!!!

[ManilaIdaho 2]

Congratulations!!! :dance:

[DEDixon 39]

I told my husband before he left for the embassy to ask for a DV refund if the DV wasn't required, but DELBROS didn't give him a refund. that's ok.. it was only P650. hubby paid only P250 for a visa delivery to Iloilo! i thought it was going to be more than that.. maybe they took our 650 then added the 250.. hahaha...

My girl is from Iloilo too and she rec'd a text msg that delbros was going to refund her DV cost. She paid well in advance. But, before she was able to act on the refund, her cell got stolen from a guy hanging out in their living room (he was a friend of a friend).

Please let us know how long it took for him to get his visa.

Our interview is Nov 25 and I will be there. I'm wondering if they don't give visa right away, can visa be delivered to a hotel or picked up at the Embassy when ready? I get to the RP on Nov 23rd and leave Dec. 7th so hoping, praying she'll be flying with me.

Congrats to you and your husband, btw.

[KC♥MP 0]

Congratulations!!! :dance:

[ruby_jade 0]

congrats!!!

[steve_maria 0]

Congratulations!!!!

Seems like Debros is holding the money of many people!!!!

[thirdsjen 0]

Congratulations!!! :dance:

thank you, ManilaIdaho!

[thirdsjen 0]

I told my husband before he left for the embassy to ask for a DV refund if the DV wasn't required, but DELBROS didn't give him a refund. that's ok.. it was only P650. hubby paid only P250 for a visa delivery to Iloilo! i thought it was going to be more than that.. maybe they took our 650 then added the 250.. hahaha...

My girl is from Iloilo too and she rec'd a text msg that delbros was going to refund her DV cost. She paid well in advance. But, before she was able to act on the refund, her cell got stolen from a guy hanging out in their living room (he was a friend of a friend).

Please let us know how long it took for him to get his visa.

Our interview is Nov 25 and I will be there. I'm wondering if they don't give visa right away, can visa be delivered to a hotel or picked up at the Embassy when ready? I get to the RP on Nov 23rd and leave Dec. 7th so hoping, praying she'll be flying with me.

Congrats to you and your husband, btw.

he got his visa today! it took only 2 days to be delivered to Iloilo! i wonder if that is normal.. i have heard that it can be delivered anywhere you want it to be delivered and i have read that some people have actually picked it up from the embassy.. but only because their flight was scheduled like a couple of days after the interview.. that's cutting it too close for me. some consuls will give permission for that but some don't.

but my husband's visa came after 2 days! that's fast! you can try and ask the consul at the end of the interview if it can be picked up though.. doesn't hurt..

good luck on the interview! i wanted to be there for the interview but it just didn't work out.. now remember, she has to get that CFO seminar and stamp on her passport before she can leave the philippines.. they won't let her out of the airport without it..

Congratulations!!! :dance:

thank you, KC♥MP!

congrats!!!

thank you, ruby_jade!

Congratulations!!!!

Seems like Debros is holding the money of many people!!!!

thank you, Steve and Maria!

oh i know.. they don't want to let go of our P650!! give it back, man! that ain't yours!

[thirdsjen 0]

Just an update: Husband arrives here tonight! Nov 30.. @ 0630 PM.. POE is LAX..

I AM SOO EXCITED!!!! and nervous!

[sweet_wifey22 0]

wow! ohhhh I am happy for you Guys!

[Jose Rizal 1]

Congrats!

[thirdsjen 0]

awww... thank you, all!

Jose Rizal, your visa finally arrived huh? Congrats! about time! btw, my husband is going to have his CFO stamped sa NAIA.. i called them ahead of time so that they can prepare his sticker. Flight nya from Iloilo will arrive at 630 PM eh and flight for LAX is 10 PM. Ok naman daw if he gets the sticker at NAIA, provided that he has all the requirements.

I had planned on doing this so I had him do the seminar after his medical the week prior to his interview.. hard to keep coming back to Manila eh..

[Beautiful_years 0]

Congratulations!