US Embassy, Manila, interview wait time.

[mrmarouka 0]

My wife went in for her interview at the US Embassy in Manila at 7am, and it is nearly 10:40. I am just concerned. Does it normally take this long?

They sequester all cell phones at the security checkpoint before anyone is allowed inside of the embassy, so I have no method of contacting my wife until she is finished and leaves the embassy, so I'm sure you can imagine that I am a bit worried.

Thanks,

Mark

[Tom and Novie 1]

My wife went in for her interview at the US Embassy in Manila at 7am, and it is nearly 10:40. I am just concerned. Does it normally take this long?

They sequester all cell phones at the security checkpoint before anyone is allowed inside of the embassy, so I have no method of contacting my wife until she is finished and leaves the embassy, so I'm sure you can imagine that I am a bit worried.

Thanks,

Mark

We arrrived at 0500 but still waited all morning and then were told to go out and have lunch and come back after 1pm.. We finished before 3pm.. It is first come first serve but arrival time does not necessarily dictate the order. We arrived very early.. long before the embassy opens and the guard sent us to a waiting area. The waiting area filled in over time then at 0700 the guard indicated it was time to line up. As it turned out, the last people to arrive just turned around and left the waiting area and went to the line. The effect being that the earlier you arrive the further back the line you end up.. We were among the last few to be interviewed and first to arrive. Don't worry..

[mrmarouka 0]

We arrrived at 0500 but still waited all morning and then were told to go out and have lunch and come back after 1pm.. We finished before 3pm.. It is first come first serve but arrival time does not necessarily dictate the order. We arrived very early.. long before the embassy opens and the guard sent us to a waiting area. The waiting area filled in over time then at 0700 the guard indicated it was time to line up. As it turned out, the last people to arrive just turned around and left the waiting area and went to the line. The effect being that the earlier you arrive the further back the line you end up.. We were among the last few to be interviewed and first to arrive. Don't worry..

Thanks for helping set my mind at ease a bit... It's difficult enough being thousands of miles away from my wife, and the fact that we never go more than 45 minutes without talking on the phone, or chatting online (except to sleep). This "radio silence" is a real killer for me.