Manila Embassy Interview

[YnaYeBa0808 0]

hi guyyyyyyyyyyys im baaaaaaaaackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[jamrok 0]

I will also attend the interview.

What exactly do you expect to accomplish with this measure? Especially when you are told to wait outside while your girl is interviewed individually. I've heard more bad experiences than good with fiancees attending the interview. (i.e. the dude in the Metallica t-shirt copping a bad attitude and pissing everyone off at the embassy)

I think you misunderstand. I do not plan to storm the office of the CO and demand entrance. I will attend the interview process as far as I am invited. I don't plan to wear Metalica clothing, piercings, mohawk or any other. I will be there for as much support as possible. This is very important to me. The last thing I would want to do is piss anyone off.

That's a brilliant idea Rob.....just make sure that at the interview you remain quiet unless the CO ask you

a question. You will be fine.

[BJZags 17]

In either case the CO will know you are there. My lawyer also told me that it's a plus to be there.

I agree, your presence is a postive show of support and dedication to the relationship, assuming you smile nicely and don't cause a ruckus. This is why I have traveled to see Jen three-times in the last six-months, and even brought my parents with the last time for the families to meet. I decided that I was not going to allow the system to dictate when I was going to visit her and when I wasn't. Unfortunately all my vacation is now spent, and X-mas tickets to the RP are way, way expensive, so being there with her on Dec. 5 for the interview is out of the question.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

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[BJZags 17]

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Where have you been? I want ALL the sordid details! LOL

[Sheriff Uling 3]

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Where have you been? I want ALL the sordid details! LOL

LOL! YYB has better details because somehow they let here through customs with her whips and chains for her "Boytoy!" LOL!

[BJZags 17]

LOL! YYB has better details because somehow they let here through customs with her whips and chains for her "Boytoy!" LOL!

That's funny. BTW, Jenalyn recognized your fiancee at the CFO seminar thing, but whe she asked her if she was "Uling's" fiancee, she didn't say anything. I guess my gal comes on a little strong and scares people!

[windchaser_4 0]

Let me clear up the BC problem.....You HAVE to go thru the Local Registry to get anything corrected. Local NSO cannot do it unless you are talking to the Main Manila Branch. Even so they tell you to go thru the LR. If anyone says otherwise they did it thru a fraud. When you get it corrected it takes 3-4 months to do it the right way. The correction will be typed out but it looks like ####### and it's no wonder the Embassy doesn't like them. Best bet is to get 3 or 4 copies when you correct it, also keep the papers they send you verifying they changed your BC. Maybe you can get away with some hack changing the BC on NSO paper but if they put you on review and the government checks the records you are in serious trouble, because only the NSO in Manila can change it in the computer with the permission of the LR.

The only other way is if you have contacts high up like a Mayor or something and you want to spend money. But if someone says they can change it at the Local NSO they are lying.....This is from experience

Not sure what you guys are talking about the diff between a NSO BC and a BC on NSO paper. The one from Manila was the same one we got from Cebu.

BTW, My Fiancee isn't coming over until after Christmas. She wants to spend it with her family before she moves over here. She hasn't seen her mom and dad for about 7 months. It will be a lonely Christmas. But i will see her it a month!

[Sheriff Uling 3]

LOL! YYB has better details because somehow they let here through customs with her whips and chains for her "Boytoy!" LOL!

That's funny. BTW, Jenalyn recognized your fiancee at the CFO seminar thing, but whe she asked her if she was "Uling's" fiancee, she didn't say anything. I guess my gal comes on a little strong and scares people!

LOL! Sometimes my Baby is a little bingi (deaf... LOL!!!) or Jhen was focused on something else!!! Darn... I'm going to ask her because it would have been cool if they would have connected.

Edited November 28, 2006 by Uling

[Dean iWait 0]

Ok I guess I might as well add my BC worries. On my fiancee's BC they had originally spelled her dad's name wrong. The LR at the time simply crossed through it and and hand wrote in the correction. The LR has documented this with a letter explaining the correction was done in good faith by the LR at that time and that my fiancee's BC is true and correct. My fiancee went to the NSO where she was told that since it was not her name that was corrected there was no need to correct it and that the NSO BC she has is the official record. They also added that the USE would not have a problem with it. We can only hope but I'm not sure NSO really knows what the USE is and is not ok with. We don't know really what else to do other than show up and hope for the best.

[robhankins 0]

Let me clear up the BC problem.....You HAVE to go thru the Local Registry to get anything corrected. Local NSO cannot do it unless you are talking to the Main Manila Branch. Even so they tell you to go thru the LR. If anyone says otherwise they did it thru a fraud. When you get it corrected it takes 3-4 months to do it the right way. The correction will be typed out but it looks like ####### and it's no wonder the Embassy doesn't like them. Best bet is to get 3 or 4 copies when you correct it, also keep the papers they send you verifying they changed your BC. Maybe you can get away with some hack changing the BC on NSO paper but if they put you on review and the government checks the records you are in serious trouble, because only the NSO in Manila can change it in the computer with the permission of the LR.

The only other way is if you have contacts high up like a Mayor or something and you want to spend money. But if someone says they can change it at the Local NSO they are lying.....This is from experience

Not sure what you guys are talking about the diff between a NSO BC and a BC on NSO paper. The one from Manila was the same one we got from Cebu.

BTW, My Fiancee isn't coming over until after Christmas. She wants to spend it with her family before she moves over here. She hasn't seen her mom and dad for about 7 months. It will be a lonely Christmas. But i will see her it a month!

Here is what an authentic changed BC looks like

[sillygirl 0]

Details, details, details Uling and YYB!

Edited November 29, 2006 by sillygirl

[cguytx 0]

Rob, that stamp is just like the one on my wife's bc that got us an AR. She produced another paper along it that were signed authorizing the change but they still wanted another copy from NSO. Maybe if you go into that interview with enough NSO copies the consul will have a heart.

[Birdysboy 5]

Anybody else get a similiar letter?

We received the fiancée visa petition (I-129F) from the State Department's National Visa Center (NVC) on October 25, 2006. No appointment has been scheduled as yet, but the case is already queued for scheduling of a visa interview appointment. Because of our heavy volume of fiancé(e) visa applications, the waiting time for a visa interview at present is approximately 150 days from receipt of the petition in Manila .

We will inform you of the interview date as soon as it is scheduled. We will mail an appointment packet with information and instructions to apply for a visa about 30 days before the scheduled interview.

A list of immigrant and fiancé(e) visa cases that have been scheduled for an interview is available at our website at http://philippines.usembassy.gov/wwwh3023.html. You may check the interview date at this Internet address, where appointments scheduled for the current month and the following month are listed according to case numbers. The list is updated in the middle of each month. You need not wait for the hard copy of the appointment letter and can proceed based on the posted appointment time, downloading the application forms from our website, as needed.

If you would like to inquire further about the status of the visa case, you may contact the Embassy's Visa Call Center at telephone 1-909-101-7878. This number is for subscribers of PLDT and Smart telephone touchtone landlines with national and international distance dialing features (NDD or IDD access). Callers in the USA can contact the Call Center at 1-888-877-9888. The Call Center is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Manila time). There is a fee assessed to callers by the Call Center for its services.

Immigrant Visa Correspondence Unit

Consular Section

U.S. Embassy, Manila

1201 Roxas Boulevard

Manila , Philippines

Telephone: (632) 528-6300

Fax: (632) 338-4129

[cguytx 0]

The wife carried a new nso bc up to window 17 at the embassy today. They told her the visa will be released to debros as soon as the consulate finishes reviewing the document. My wife said it is exactly like the first one she took to interview just a bit cleaner without wrinkles coming directly from NSO Quezon City.

I was impressed my wife was able to get another copy from NSO within 24 hours, I'm so proud of her.

I thought what if you were to take that nso copy and have a large poster board of it printed up? Maybe a 3 foot by 3 foot, can you imagine the looks on their face if the girls come carrying that into the interview ;-)

More waiting. ;-)