Manila Embassy Interview

[rebelheart 0]

Hi PW,

thank you so much for goodluck!!

Im so very happy tonite... since this is the time my fiance will be flying back to Manila, will meet & pick him up as he step-out from the plane.... got myself granted a VIP pass for tmrow night arrival!!!

so ill be offline for sometime till my interview day i guess, will be spending time with my fiance and son!

have nice week everyone!!!

-rebelheart-

[R&W 5]

R&W, I'll continue to stay on the AR list until I submit the annulment decree for my first marriage. It might take 2-3 months so I'm waiting for a swift resolution by the court.

We're glad that it would only take 2-3 months. Know that you're in our thoughts.

And for those who are in AR.. keep your heads up guys! You'll get through it

Hi wendy, glad to hear you finished the medical now

Thanks rebel. I'm glad my medical is out of the way. Now all I need to do is to double check all my documents.

To purpledonkey, rebelheart and JoseandHelen .... I wish you blessings and breeze them off!!!

Wendy

[Danoco 0]

http://p209.ezboard.com/ffilipinamarriages...picID=378.topic

was reading these forums and saw the last one DRchaos67 stated that they only wanted his 2005 returns although he had everything else. thought this might be helpful to anyone

[Pinay Wife 47]

Updated to congratulate Andrewkonen ~ visa APPROVED!!! YES!!!

Thanks for the support, Wendy. I'm taking it all in stride. This is just a little bump in my journey. I have an adventurous spirit and I like those little bump sometimes ~ makes life more colorful and exciting I looked at your wedding album. You both look so happy.

I wonder if those who got approved still read our posts? They're all probably in 7th Heaven!!!

Legend:

OK - Visa approved

AR - Admin Review/Add'l Docs Required

PS - Postponed

Name-------------NOA2-----MNL REC’D--PACKET--INTERVIEW--MNL CASE#--STATUS

K1 LIST

tcav05----------07-25-05--08-16-05--01-27-06--02-09-06--2005-xxxxxx--AR

PatientlyWait---07-27-05--08-22-05--01-06-06--02-13-06--2005-723xxx--AR

Toobig----------08-09-05--09-06-05--xx-xx-xx--02-16-06--2005-735xxx--AR

JoyTim----------08-18-05--09-24-05--01-05-06--02-02-06--2005-752xxx--OK

Windchaser------08-29-05--09-27-05--xx-xx-xx--POSTPONED-2005-756xxx--PS

borninabarn/----08-29-05--09-14-05--xx-xx-xx--02-27-06--2005-756xxx--OK

honesty29

Jeeleebee-------08-30-05--09-23-05--02-10-06--03-06-06--2005-757xxx--AR

Greg2005--------09-08-05--09-29-05--xx-xx-xx--03-09-06--2005-769xxx--OK

Feelinblue------10-05-05--12-14-05--xx-xx-xx--02-27-06--2005-771xxx--AR

Soulseeker------09-12-05--10-11-05--02-17-06--03-10-06--2005-771xxx--OK

Andrewkonen-----09-13-05--10-12-05--xx-xx-xx--03-10-06--2005-771xxx--OK

purpledonkey----08-17-05--10-17-05—-02-21-06--03-16-06--2005-785xxx

rebelheart------10-07-05--10-26-05--02-20-06--03-16-06--2005-786xxx

JnLMN-----------09-28-05--xx-xx-xx--xx-xx-xx--03-17-06--2005-787xxx

Bobsled---------10-21-05--11-19-05--02-21-06--03-30-06--2005-807xxx

Malambing-------10-28-05--11-23-05--xx-xx-xx--04-06-06--2005-814xxx

Caillen---------11-07-05--11-30-05--xx-xx-xx--04-11-06--2005-821xxx

goldwing777-----11-09-05--12-05-05--xx-xx-xx--04-11-06--2005-822xxx

wilhulse--------11-09-05--12-13-05--xx-xx-xx--04-19-06--2005-xxxxxx

Charsiimogen----11-13-05--xx-xx-xx--xx-xx-xx--04-06-06--2005-814xxx

Danoco----------11-18-05--12-08-05--xx-xx-xx--04-18-06--2005-827xxx

TomandJackie----11-21-05--12-14-05--xx-xx-xx--04-21-06--2005-835xxx

Rustyash--------03-07-06--xx-xx-xx--xx-xx-xx--xx-xx-xx--2006-xxxxxx

K3 LIST

ckoahou---------09-17-05--09-29-05--02-07-06--03-09-06--2005-756xxx--OK

JoseandHelen----10-03-05--10-14-05—-02-20-06--03-16-06--2005-784xxx

R&W-------------10-24-05--xx-xx-xx--01-07-06--03-20-06--2005-791xxx

Nakashima-------11-04-05--11-23-05--xx-xx-xx--04-07-06--2005-818xxx

micheltsmith----11-09-05--xx-xx-xx--xx-xx-xx--04-19-06--2005-827xxx

Rommelandrea----12-19-05--01-03-06--xx-xx-xx--05-12-06--2005-861xxx

Name--------------------Your Home State------------Fiancee’s Home Town

JoyTim------------------Long Beach, California-----Paranaque City

Malambing---------------Long Beach, California-----Malabon City

Caillen-----------------Sacramento, California-----Tarlac, Pampanga

Bobsled-----------------Southern California--------Philippines

goldwing777-------------California-----------------Bohol

Charsiimogen------------Connecticut----------------Paranaque City

Rommelandrea------------Newark, Delaware-----------Bauan, Batangas

TomandJackie------------Central Florida------------Angeles, Pampanga

rebelheart--------------Winder, Georgia------------Makati City

JoseandHelen------------Joliet, Illinois-----------Lapu-Lapu, Cebu

Nakashima Ayumi---------Evansville, Indiana--------Pasig City

Greg2005----------------Hailey, Idaho--------------Cebu

wilhulse----------------Burlington, Iowa-----------Infanta, Quezon

borninabarn/honesty29---Gilmore City, Iowa---------Rodriguez, Rizal

Danoco------------------Plymouth, Massachusetts----Cagayan Valley/Makati

PatientlyWaiting--------Detroit, Michigan----------Paranaque City

Soulseeker--------------S.W. Michigan--------------Muntinlupa City

Windchaser--------------West Michigan--------------Southern Bohol

JnLMN-------------------Mankato, Minnesota---------Paranaque City

Andrewkonen-------------Plymouth, Minnesota--------Dipolog City

purpledonkey------------Salem, Oregon--------------Metro Manila

R&W---------------------Dallas, Texas--------------Marikina City

Feelinblue--------------Salt Lake City, Utah-------Las Pinas City

micheltsmith------------Mukilteo, Washington-------Bongabon, Nueva Ecija

ckoahou-----------------Seattle, Washington--------Marikina City

toobig------------------Tomahawk, Wisconsin--------Bacolod City

Edited March 13, 2006 by PatientlyWaiting

[jeeleebee 0]

Congrats to all who have been approved, and goodluck to those in line for their interviews and those in AR like me

No news, i will let you all know if there's any change. Can't believe it's only been a week, i do hate waiting

Ah well...

WOW We're getting more and more approvals!

Congratulations Soulseeker!!!

We also want to hear from you Andrewkonen!

Hey PW, tcav05, Toobig, Jeeleebee and Feelinblue..., any news?

Blessings everyone!

[Danoco 0]

Congrats to all who have been approved, and goodluck to those in line for their interviews and those in AR like me

No news, i will let you all know if there's any change. Can't believe it's only been a week, i do hate waiting

Ah well...

JB has your fiancee contacted there local congressman office?? they can clear things up in most cases. i'm 90% sure we're goin to get an AR and have made sure im on a first name basis with everyone in my congressmans office. they cant do anything till an AR is made ,but they can speed things up

[jeeleebee 0]

yes actually he has

Since we filed and went thru Nebraska we have gotten 2 updates/letters from his congressman's office

My fiance wrote again the day after my interview and called them last friday...i do hope we can get some help this time

We are also going to call DOS and the embassy at least once a week until this AR is resolved

Congrats to all who have been approved, and goodluck to those in line for their interviews and those in AR like me

No news, i will let you all know if there's any change. Can't believe it's only been a week, i do hate waiting

Ah well...

JB has your fiancee contacted there local congressman office?? they can clear things up in most cases. i'm 90% sure we're goin to get an AR and have made sure im on a first name basis with everyone in my congressmans office. they cant do anything till an AR is made ,but they can speed things up

[ryecatcher25 0]

i hope you don't have an AR but really what are you expecting the congressman's office to do within the first few days of an AR?

Unfortunately delays are a part of this process and we do have to accept them. If you beleive your fiance will gat an AR then it seems that really all you can do is make sure she finds out exactly what she needs to do to remedy it. I know you call manila quite often and that is good, but it seems that you have all the information you alrady need without involving a congressman who really cannot do anything unless the situation really gets out of hand.

I guess i am just trying to dispel the myth that a congressman has some kind of real power at the consulate level when really just calling manila as you already do helps you as much, if not more than, a congressmans aide doing it. Because i get so tired of people going through vermont and not getting a noa2 within 2 weeks asking "should i call my congessman?" of course we all know manila is not a consulate for the faint of heart, but still i would not put much faith in a congressman's office aide in being able to do much.

just my 2 cents

note the vermont crack wasn't intended for anyone having real problems or anyone on this post. thanks

Edited March 13, 2006 by ryecatcher25

[mac 0]

Guys

I would very much appreciate it if you can ease my worries

It is regarding the NBI Clearance. I was staring at it and noticed the Right Thumb Box in the lower right corner of the NBI Clearance is blank. I didnt worry about it UNTIL I read the note in the lower right corner specifying: "Not valid without dry seal and thumb print".

When they released my NBI Clearance, I was just too happy to finally get it after a harrassing several hours falling in line under the sun. I went home immediately and never looked back.

Was I supposed to place my right thumb print on the NBI Clearance? Someone told me that the thumb print info is already embedded in the bar code above the right thumb box.

Will the embassy care about the Right thumb mark? Should I buy a black stamp pad and start putting my right thumb print there?

Information on what you did/submitted would be greatly appreciated.

with many thanks,

mac

[soulseeker 0]

Guys

I would very much appreciate it if you can ease my worries

It is regarding the NBI Clearance. I was staring at it and noticed the Right Thumb Box in the lower right corner of the NBI Clearance is blank. I didnt worry about it UNTIL I read the note in the lower right corner specifying: "Not valid without dry seal and thumb print".

When they released my NBI Clearance, I was just too happy to finally get it after a harrassing several hours falling in line under the sun. I went home immediately and never looked back.

Was I supposed to place my right thumb print on the NBI Clearance? Someone told me that the thumb print info is already embedded in the bar code above the right thumb box.

Will the embassy care about the Right thumb mark? Should I buy a black stamp pad and start putting my right thumb print there?

Information on what you did/submitted would be greatly appreciated.

with many thanks,

mac

Hey! I got exactly that same scare myself when i went got my NBI clearance. I got home and realized i forgot to have my thumb print marked on there. I freaked out and drove right back to the NBI office only to find out that i could have gotten a black stamp pad and put my thumb mark on the clearance myself...lol

So it's your call...go back to the NBI office and spend about 5 mins to get you thumb mark on it...or buy a stamp pad. Whichever is most convenient for you....just make sure you have your thumb mark on your NBI clearance.

[Danoco 0]

i hope you don't have an AR but really what are you expecting the congressman's office to do within the first few days of an AR?

Unfortunately delays are a part of this process and we do have to accept them. If you beleive your fiance will gat an AR then it seems that really all you can do is make sure she finds out exactly what she needs to do to remedy it. I know you call manila quite often and that is good, but it seems that you have all the information you alrady need without involving a congressman who really cannot do anything unless the situation really gets out of hand.

I guess i am just trying to dispel the myth that a congressman has some kind of real power at the consulate level when really just calling manila as you already do helps you as much, if not more than, a congressmans aide doing it. Because i get so tired of people going through vermont and not getting a noa2 within 2 weeks asking "should i call my congessman?" of course we all know manila is not a consulate for the faint of heart, but still i would not put much faith in a congressman's office aide in being able to do much.

just my 2 cents

note the vermont crack wasn't intended for anyone having real problems or anyone on this post. thanks

well i look at things in a buisness view the bigger the person calling asking the more response you recieve. i own 2 used car dealerships, and i take an extremely lean salary choosing to reinvest the bulk of my profits back into the buisness im told that it may cause the AR. i havent gotten where i am by sitting down waiting. im very blunt and make sure that if theres an issue thats its fast tracked in every way possible. no offense to anyone, but im not the type that can sit back an wait im the guy that makes a lot of noise the guy you want to get rid of ,and never have come back. lol i had an issue at an auction where there was a delay in a title being made available. i went to the dealership i bought it from, and found out the person who process the paperwork was off training someone then had vacation an it would be 2 weeks till i got it. needless to say i made such a commotion i got it that day, and if i buy a car from them since then they dread my call to find out where the title is. i've had door shut in my face by town officials when i was expanding my buisness, the 1/4 page add i put in the paper that week about the lack of leadership in the town wasnt appreciated ,and they gave me what i wanted to get rid of me. just my personality its not bad just extremely aggressive. i doubt theres any person on these boards that would do less to get the fiancee over here in america.

[scott300hp 0]

PW,

done! here's the link to the thread. I dont have a copy of my appointment letter though. They took it on the day of my interview. and silly me, i didnt make an extra copy

Wow, big kudos to you. That couldn't come at a better time. We're scheduled for a March 30th interview and still waiting for the packet to arrive.

This may seem like a dumb question, but, how did you find out your interview date without receiving the packet first? I have a link from a couple months ago that shows all interview dates (based on case #)for Feb. and March....is there a new posting for April and May? Thanks

[scott300hp 0]

Congratulations to ckoahou, Greg2005, and soulseeker

Approvals always bring tears to my eyes

Cheers,

Andrea

It looks like we are in a similar situation with our visa (K-3) and timelines. How in the world did you find out about your interview date? Thanks so much!

[goldwing777 0]

I would like any of those that got visa delivered recently to Metro Manila area to let us know how many working days it took to get the visa delivered? This could be useful information for those who are going to be getting visas in very near future to make some tentative plans about flying.

Thanks Robert & Lorna

[Danoco 0]

PW,

done! here's the link to the thread. I dont have a copy of my appointment letter though. They took it on the day of my interview. and silly me, i didnt make an extra copy

Wow, big kudos to you. That couldn't come at a better time. We're scheduled for a March 30th interview and still waiting for the packet to arrive.

This may seem like a dumb question, but, how did you find out your interview date without receiving the packet first? I have a link from a couple months ago that shows all interview dates (based on case #)for Feb. and March....is there a new posting for April and May? Thanks

You can call the State Dept and ask. There number is 202 663 1225 press1 then 0 then 0.