Manila Embassy Interview

[jeeleebee 0]

thanks all! i really wanted to share my good news here asap so the people in AR would have some hope

purpledonkey, this really means you're next!

[caillen 0]

Hello everyone..I have question about that CFO seminar. The gal I spoke with from cfo manila said I dont need to make an appt for my fiance..its a walk in basis. All he has to bring is 3 identification card and the 250 pesos. The time is either 10-12, 1-3, 3-??...so its not really a whole day seminar..more like 3 hrs? Am I right? Kinda confuse with the location..the gal said its on Aurora Blvd, but the address on the website says 1345 president quirino ave????

Plss help...do I have the right info?

Thanks again.

Catherine

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

[spunky66 0]

Oh, one clerk at the NSO office in Cebu said it would take 3-5 months ; Rosemarie is going back tomorrow afternoon to meet another lady that said she could put a rush on it ( read I need a payment , under the counter ) Geeze this aint looking good

Hang in there PW , you to purple donkey

[rusty_ash 0]

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

[Bobsled 0]

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

5 to 6 months is the norm.

PW,

Can you please update our info to Approved!! She got the text from Delbros yesterday evening (RP time).

Rob

[Danoco 0]

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

5 to 6 months is the norm.

PW,

Can you please update our info to Approved!! She got the text from Delbros yesterday evening (RP time).

Rob

lol congratz i wish they could be more clear at the time of the interview sounds like there surely lacking in that dept.

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

at the current rate of interviews your looking at late aug to eary september. provided they dont hit the slow down period

thanks all! i really wanted to share my good news here asap so the people in AR would have some hope

purpledonkey, this really means you're next!

hey jeeleebee congratz any idea why you were singled out for review for an AR?? im curious with out being offensive are you over 25 ??? cause it seems like thats the age that triggers it ive seen more then not.

Edited April 5, 2006 by Danoco

[windchaser_4 0]

Hi Wind! We had a pre-trial conference at the court yesterday and another hearing is scheduled on May 23. Looks like I'm gonna be here for a while. How's your fiancee's BC coming along? Have you set another appointment with the embassy?

We will find out in a few days i guess, it's in Manila and they told my fiancee to call back in what will be 2 weeks her friday. They are suppose to starting working on it within 15 days from when it gets to Manila, i'm hoping they can give us a time period so that we can set up another interview date.....that's the plan for now. Getting a little eager tho because we want a interview by the middle of August and i heard that June is out. Anyways, like you it could be awhile. maybe even longer if we have to wait 2 weeks to get that proof of being single from the NSO.

[windchaser_4 0]

Ok I would appreciate some input from the group.

As I am typing this my fiance is getting her passport , now

In 1996 when she gave birth to her son she was using a different name ( baptismal ) that was placed on the birth certificate. Also , for some bizzare reason , her father changed the spelling of the families last name by one letter

Ok, as far as Rosemarie's I -129 is concerned and other picture ID , and her own birth certificate they are correct, it is her sons. It is his birth certificate that is ascue; he is included on her visa petition

Now I was thinking her are my choices

1) Go ahead with the interview and physcial on May 9th and 16 th , see what flys ???? Get the white slip /AR and go from there

2) Postpone the interview and physcial , and get the new correct birth certificate/ passport ; then get them to their physcial and interview together ??? 2 months for correct one to be issued thru the NSO ??

Is there a rush processing fee I can pay the NSO ???

It is kinda boiling into a logistics problem being he is 10 yr old and in Cebu ?????

Good luck and Thanks

Brad

yove just went through a similar situation we had everything corrected in 2 weeks new birth certificate an new passport to match the application

This is not accurate at all, you can not "Legally" change a BC in 2 weeks. Trust me i know, i wasted 100 bucks. It takes 3-4 months time to correct a BC if it's a typo. You can't change names without having a lawyer and going to court. There is no rush processing for NSO, if anyone says so they aren't doing it the legal way. NO ONE in the NSO offices have the authority to change a BC, you have to file with your Local Registry or Consul General. Consul General is the only one that can approve a change and just the mandatory wait time is around 25 days. It's pretty big jail time if you get it changed the fast way and they never changed it in the system and the Embassy inquires about it, which they most likely will if her and her sons BC aren't the same.

I assume by ascue you mean his last name is different. If you want to correct it and it's not a typo it takes 3-6 months to change. A lawyer in Manila told us that also.

My advice is either to just try with what you have and be honest or postpone the interview like i did and file for a change. In my situation we had no choice but to postpone it and correct the BC, because we would prolly have got denied. We decided to take the extra 5 months or so to get it right and not have to worry about getting denied or worse.

I have a link that shows how to go about a change and lists the requirements. http://www.census.gov.ph/data/civilreg/irr_ra9048.html

Let me know if i understood your situation right.

[windchaser_4 0]

Hello everyone..I have question about that CFO seminar. The gal I spoke with from cfo manila said I dont need to make an appt for my fiance..its a walk in basis. All he has to bring is 3 identification card and the 250 pesos. The time is either 10-12, 1-3, 3-??...so its not really a whole day seminar..more like 3 hrs? Am I right? Kinda confuse with the location..the gal said its on Aurora Blvd, but the address on the website says 1345 president quirino ave????

Plss help...do I have the right info?

Thanks again.

Catherine

Not sure on the location but i know they wanted info on the K-1/K-3 petitioner also, they wanted my tax returns to show i was single. They actually wanted all the copies of my fiancees papers i sent her for the interivew! I said NO WAY! of course. I just made a copy of my tax returns that had the case numbers and SS# blacked out. no way i'm giving that info to a government worker from another country i don't know. Anyways, they want alot of info on you also. They wouldn't give my fiancee the cert. for a Passport until she did. Yes, it's first come first serve, althought i would get there before the time for the seminar because they don't have many people a session and it takes time to fill out the paperwork. Thats what my fiancee learned.

[Danoco 0]

Ok I would appreciate some input from the group.

As I am typing this my fiance is getting her passport , now

In 1996 when she gave birth to her son she was using a different name ( baptismal ) that was placed on the birth certificate. Also , for some bizzare reason , her father changed the spelling of the families last name by one letter

Ok, as far as Rosemarie's I -129 is concerned and other picture ID , and her own birth certificate they are correct, it is her sons. It is his birth certificate that is ascue; he is included on her visa petition

Now I was thinking her are my choices

1) Go ahead with the interview and physcial on May 9th and 16 th , see what flys ???? Get the white slip /AR and go from there

2) Postpone the interview and physcial , and get the new correct birth certificate/ passport ; then get them to their physcial and interview together ??? 2 months for correct one to be issued thru the NSO ??

Is there a rush processing fee I can pay the NSO ???

It is kinda boiling into a logistics problem being he is 10 yr old and in Cebu ?????

Good luck and Thanks

Brad

yove just went through a similar situation we had everything corrected in 2 weeks new birth certificate an new passport to match the application

This is not accurate at all, you can not "Legally" change a BC in 2 weeks. Trust me i know, i wasted 100 bucks. It takes 3-4 months time to correct a BC if it's a typo. You can't change names without having a lawyer and going to court. There is no rush processing for NSO, if anyone says so they aren't doing it the legal way. NO ONE in the NSO offices have the authority to change a BC, you have to file with your Local Registry or Consul General. Consul General is the only one that can approve a change and just the mandatory wait time is around 25 days. It's pretty big jail time if you get it changed the fast way and they never changed it in the system and the Embassy inquires about it, which they most likely will if her and her sons BC aren't the same.

I assume by ascue you mean his last name is different. If you want to correct it and it's not a typo it takes 3-6 months to change. A lawyer in Manila told us that also.

My advice is either to just try with what you have and be honest or postpone the interview like i did and file for a change. In my situation we had no choice but to postpone it and correct the BC, because we would prolly have got denied. We decided to take the extra 5 months or so to get it right and not have to worry about getting denied or worse.

I have a link that shows how to go about a change and lists the requirements. http://www.census.gov.ph/data/civilreg/irr_ra9048.html

Let me know if i understood your situation right.

actually windchaser if you will check my post history you will see on feb 16th i posted that yove had a problem on her birth certificate we had it corrected by march 6th. she left for her province on feb 20th do to the fact that the airport only flies to her province monday wensday and friday. we had to pay for a clerk from her province to fly from her province to manila on wensday she stayed with yove in her apt. they flew back friday of that week. we had to pay a weeks wage for the clerk and ,buy her ticket both ways. the following monday is feb 27th she applied for a new passport (i guess it faster in her province) she had the passport the following week.

now the problem with yoves birth certificate was typo of her first name they made her first name look like LLovemyl instead of Yovemyl they made the y look like two L's instead of a Y maybe last names require more work or maybe you were unaware that the clerks can go to manila to correct the problem providing your willing to pay for there time. thats more then 100 dollars plus yove stayed with the clerck the whole time. also her family is very well established family ,and well known in the community im not sure why. but it took exactly 2 weeks. feel free to send me an private tell if you require additional proof im sure i can show you her new birth certificate, i also had a lawyer involved from manila who has double checked everything and its in order

Edited April 5, 2006 by Danoco

[JoseandHelen 3]

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

5 to 6 months is the norm.

PW,

Can you please update our info to Approved!! She got the text from Delbros yesterday evening (RP time).

Rob

Hey Rob congrats....so if you look at the time of interview you were never in AR. It was just unknown Congrats bro

[windchaser_4 0]

actually windchaser if you will check my post history you will see on feb 16th i posted that yove had a problem on her birth certificate we had it corrected by march 6th. she left for her province on feb 20th do to the fact that the airport only flies to her province monday wensday and friday. we had to pay for a clerk from her province to fly from her province to manila on wensday she stayed with yove in her apt. they flew back friday of that week. we had to pay a weeks wage for the clerk and ,buy her ticket both ways. the following monday is feb 27th she applied for a new passport (i guess it faster in her province) she had the passport the following week.

now the problem with yoves birth certificate was typo of her first name they made her first name look like LLovemyl instead of Yovemyl they made the y look like two L's instead of a Y maybe last names require more work or maybe you were unaware that the clerks can go to manila to correct the problem providing your willing to pay for there time. thats more then 100 dollars plus yove stayed with the clerck the whole time. also her family is very well established family ,and well known in the community im not sure why. but it took exactly 2 weeks. feel free to send me an private tell if you require additional proof im sure i can show you her new birth certificate, i also had a lawyer involved from manila who has double checked everything and its in order

More power to yah if you did that way legally i just don't see how that is legal according to the law but you know how things work in the Philippines. Anyways, we talked to lawyers, NSO in Manila and the Local Registry not to mention the laws in place. They gave us no other option but to file locally and wait. We even ask to do it in Manila but they wouldn't let us because her hometown has a LR. So here we are waiting for almost a month now.

[Bobsled 0]

Thanks all.

Jose, yeah, it was the uncertainty. There is a post around here of a couple who didn't hear anything from the USE for like a month. They weren't on AR, but they didn't have their visa either. That's the part that sux.

Edited April 6, 2006 by Bobsled

[rebelheart 0]

Hi jose and everyone here!

How's helen? does she manage to fly to illinois now? As for me i passed everything in Embassy before helen, but me and my fiance got some delays from church here in manila, they dont want me to fly with Ryan last Apr. 3 , so im still here in manila but i already rebooked my ticket and my son Lloyd on Apr 25. It's more into culture thing in Manila, my church here thinks that im eloping with an american guy and im tried living-in together, so wer just waiting and trying to obey church. But im keen to fly to ATL by 3rd week of April with my son.

Question: Is it true or anyone here been gone through POE of ATL sucks??? anyone had experiencing entering ATL here? i dont have choice dats my POE bcos my fiance is from Atlanta. Ive read some info from other post in VJ. thats why my fiance tried to visit manila to accompany me in interview and also thru POE bcos ATL was a big terminal and uses train to shift terminals for u to collect ur luggages.

say my regards to Helen, Thanks!

-rebelheart-