November 2010 Interviews

[I & G 1]

Congrats to all the approvals it's nice to see people happy here. Safe travels to all heading for the USA.

[Nica_In_Love 98]

It was super fast...the waiting was longer than interview LOL!! The consul spoke spanish and just asked my husband how we met, and then she asked me why case was expedited in USCIS and that was it she sent him to pay and now just waiting for passport with Visa so he can travel.. It was God's Favour and grace...I am so grateful..and sooo happy!!

As for the cold..you got your hubby to keep you warm honey so you will be fine LOL!!!

Well I am very happy for you both! When do you fly back to the States?

Hahahaha yes he keeps me warm lol, it isn't bad right now, I actually like this weather.

This is us at Chicago O'Hare Airport:

And this is us at the Sears Tower:

[TomD 4]

omg!!!!!! VISA APPROVE!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish you all the best!!!

I wish I could say the same but I still am not sure. I spoke to my wife today. Boy Filipinos are hard headed and will not accept responsibility!!! I am speaking of my wife of course. First off I tell her I am not happy that she waited so long to inform me about whats going on. So she said I already told you I am sorry in the email. Well you should know me by now. I can not let that stand. So I told her "I am sorry" are only words that have little meaning unless they are accompanied by action. They are not a get out of jail free card. Then I said oh I am sorry. Then I ask her to tell me what happened and she softly proceeded.

Turns out when she got her passport renewed last month to reflect her name change. They took her Marriage Certificate(NBO)at the Passport office. Then my little one only had a copy of the NBO. The Embassy wanted the Original. DAH!!!!!! We had already provided an Original but it was not an NBO and so she had to go to the NBO office to get one again. Then they told her that the Embassy will come by and pick it up. Really? When? The Embassy did not tell her if she was approved or not and she didn't ask. I am getting warmer by the minute. She said the people there were not nice to her except for this Black man. She spoke with 4 people total. I ask if she got the original documents back and her new passport. She said they are going to mail it to her with the results. I am hoping that the NBO will satisfy the Embassy and we get the approval but time is of the essence now as I have her ticket purchased for Dec 1. I told her to call the NBO Friday at 330 pm to see if the embassy picked our M. Cert Up. Then on Monday I wanted her to call the Embassy to see if they have it and when we can expect the Passport and other documents with our Visa. She said she would do these things. I am the bad guy now for a few day I think.

She said it was not her fault and I said NO it is your fault. You should have gotten another NBO if the one you had was used at the passport place. Why the Philippines have all the NBI, CFO, NBO bull SH** I do not know other then revenue generation and too much fraud. Glad we dont have to go to Washington DC every time we need a document.

Whew I feel better now.

So in short I dont know if we have a problem or not Houston. I am thinking not but I can not claim approval until I have something stating such. Thanks for letting me rant... I am hoping that this is all dont soon.. I am starting to feel old.............

[nix and lai 2]

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish you all the best!!!

I wish I could say the same but I still am not sure. I spoke to my wife today. Boy Filipinos are hard headed and will not accept responsibility!!! I am speaking of my wife of course. First off I tell her I am not happy that she waited so long to inform me about whats going on. So she said I already told you I am sorry in the email. Well you should know me by now. I can not let that stand. So I told her "I am sorry" are only words that have little meaning unless they are accompanied by action. They are not a get out of jail free card. Then I said oh I am sorry. Then I ask her to tell me what happened and she softly proceeded.

Turns out when she got her passport renewed last month to reflect her name change. They took her Marriage Certificate(NBO)at the Passport office. Then my little one only had a copy of the NBO. The Embassy wanted the Original. DAH!!!!!! We had already provided an Original but it was not an NBO and so she had to go to the NBO office to get one again. Then they told her that the Embassy will come by and pick it up. Really? When? The Embassy did not tell her if she was approved or not and she didn't ask. I am getting warmer by the minute. She said the people there were not nice to her except for this Black man. She spoke with 4 people total. I ask if she got the original documents back and her new passport. She said they are going to mail it to her with the results. I am hoping that the NBO will satisfy the Embassy and we get the approval but time is of the essence now as I have her ticket purchased for Dec 1. I told her to call the NBO Friday at 330 pm to see if the embassy picked our M. Cert Up. Then on Monday I wanted her to call the Embassy to see if they have it and when we can expect the Passport and other documents with our Visa. She said she would do these things. I am the bad guy now for a few day I think.

She said it was not her fault and I said NO it is your fault. You should have gotten another NBO if the one you had was used at the passport place. Why the Philippines have all the NBI, CFO, NBO bull SH** I do not know other then revenue generation and too much fraud. Glad we dont have to go to Washington DC every time we need a document.

Whew I feel better now.

So in short I dont know if we have a problem or not Houston. I am thinking not but I can not claim approval until I have something stating such. Thanks for letting me rant... I am hoping that this is all dont soon.. I am starting to feel old.............

hi tomd..

sad to hear about that... but let me ask you first... is it really NBO or NSO? cause if your speaking about NSO Marriage certificate.. when you renew you passport or a certain documents here in the philippines they really ask for your original copies (which is NSO copy) birth or marriage certificate... and your wife should really get a copy of it so that she can present it to the embassy or to the consul. and she can get a copy of it for just an hours.. cause before i have the interview this morning, yesterday i went to the NSO to get a copy of our marriage certificate,, i got there by 8am and was release around 10am... to tell your wife to be there early so that she could get it right away. so that she could call the embassy,

dont worry tomd everything will be alright... maybe they only want proof cause as you've said.. when she renew her passport her name change.. maybe the embassy/consul just want some proof... =) cheer up!!!!!!!!!!

but honestly when i have my interview early this morning... i could say that people in the embassy are nice... the filipino pre-screener just ask this questions...

-who's petitioning you..

-where did you meet..

-when did you meet...

-how many times did he visited you...

-when did you get married...

-is this your first marriage...

-do you have children...

-is she a us citizen...

then she ask for my daughter's crba and us passport..

then she ask again...

... do you have pictures together... so i gave her all the pictures i have prepare...

then she told me to wait again for my number for the finger scanning...

all in all i got the 5:45 and finished at around 8:45...

[Jon and Krissy 452]

Turns out when she got her passport renewed last month to reflect her name change. They took her Marriage Certificate(NBO)at the Passport office. Then my little one only had a copy of the NBO.

Hi Tom,

Sorry for all the hassle. I do have a question for you, regarding this 'NBO.' Having spent a ton of time in the Phils, and having dealt with a lot of paperchasing while there (for example, getting my son both his Philippines and U.S. passports) I never encountered any agency called or abbreviated 'NBO,' and google turns up nothing. AFAIK, the only agency there that issues CERMARs (marriage certificates) is the NSO, who you also mention later in your post. I'm both concerned in confused regarding 'NBO.' Can you or someone else set me straight?

Thanks,

Jon

[Jon and Krissy 452]

PS - I agree with the above poster, it would be a good idea for your wife to go to the NSO (assuming this is what it is) and get that CEMAR and walk it over to the embassy. I really doubt embassy staff are going to go get a copy for her? In fact, I'd bet my eyeteeth against it....

[thekfc 26]

Thanks for the update Tom, our BP have lowered a bit.

She did drop the ball on the MC but I think that everything will be ok - she just have to stay on top of things & keep calling.

As the above posters stated, I do think that it would have been better & quicker if she did get the required NSO document & walk it over herself.

Last week my wife went to amend her passport to reflect my last name & they did take her marriage certificate but she have another one. I told her that she needed original document to bring to the US embassy - so she went to get extra NSO marriage Certificate, NSO Birth Certificate & NBI Clearance. Either tomorrow or Monday, she will go get an other NBI clearance to the name on her amended passport, so she will have 2 NBI - one with her maiden name & one with her married name (aka name).

Yes it is is NSO - not NBO. I think he was typing too fast

[LotofPatience 65]

Congratulations to all who completed the interview successfully

Loto

[thekfc 26]

Congratulations to all who completed the interview successfully

Loto

Congrats to all

[OBX 51]

Congratulations nix and lai!

TomD sorry for the document hassle at your wife's interview. Hope things get straightened out asap and we can see your long-awaited "Approved" post.

[TomD 4]

hi tomd..

sad to hear about that... but let me ask you first... is it really NBO or NSO? cause if your speaking about NSO Marriage certificate.. when you renew you passport or a certain documents here in the philippines they really ask for your original copies (which is NSO copy) birth or marriage certificate... and your wife should really get a copy of it so that she can present it to the embassy or to the consul. and she can get a copy of it for just an hours.. cause before i have the interview this morning, yesterday i went to the NSO to get a copy of our marriage certificate,, i got there by 8am and was release around 10am... to tell your wife to be there early so that she could get it right away. so that she could call the embassy,

dont worry tomd everything will be alright... maybe they only want proof cause as you've said.. when she renew her passport her name change.. maybe the embassy/consul just want some proof... =) cheer up!!!!!!!!!!

but honestly when i have my interview early this morning... i could say that people in the embassy are nice... the filipino pre-screener just ask this questions...

-who's petitioning you..

-where did you meet..

-when did you meet...

-how many times did he visited you...

-when did you get married...

-is this your first marriage...

-do you have children...

-is she a us citizen...

then she ask for my daughter's crba and us passport..

then she ask again...

... do you have pictures together... so i gave her all the pictures i have prepare...

then she told me to wait again for my number for the finger scanning...

all in all i got the 5:45 and finished at around 8:45...

Hi 'nix and lai',

As you know I am happy for you.

It might be NSO. She had a copy of the NSO but the Embassy wanted the Original. She explained that they took it when she got her passport and that was the problem. How FU** many Originals do people think that their are. They should be asking for cerified copies in my view. I just wish she would have been better prepared.

She went to the NSO office and got the document or paid for it and they told her she didnt need to give it to the embassy that they would be picking it up. Sounded strange to me so I told her to call them tomorrow at 330 pm and see if it was picked up. If not she needs to go to manila again and return to the embassy. If NSO said it has been picked up I want her to cal lthe embassy on Monday to verify they have it.

I also told her that everything I read said that the Embassy people were nice so I think it must have been her. I know she can be difficult even her mom says so. I think the family is happy that we married and she is leaving. They will have peace. She didnt like hearing that either. Sometimes people can also sense if you're stiff and then they become stiff.

just courious Did you have a NSO Marriage Certificate? They keep all her documents and passport so I am sure it will be fine but this was all unnessasary. They will courior them to her house I just need that to happen ASAP or atleast within 15-20 days or other things will begin to get messy.

She was not happy after we got off the phone I know that. She is just trying to do to many things and she dropped the ball. Her job should have taken a back seat and she should have gotten more envolved but she seems addictied to it.

Well I am going to get my mind off this for a while .

Take care ALL.

[I & G 1]

Sorry to hear that Tom...

[sunny29 0]

CASE COMPELET ON OCTOBER 6TH 2010

INTERVIEW DECEMBER 2ND 2010 @ 08.00 AM JUST CALL NVC ANGLE LADY TOLD ME

NVC : ?? Days

08-02-2010 : Case Number Assigned

00-00-2010 : E-Mails Given to NVC Operator

00-00-2010 : Received DS-3032 Form and AOS Bill

00-00-2010 : DS-3032 Sent by E-Mail & Paid AOS Bill Online

00-00-2010 : Received AOS Barcode (PAOSF I-130 Universal Letter)

00-00-2010 : AOS Bill Shows PAID

00-00-2010 : Sent Completed AOS (I-864EZ) Package via Express US mail

00-00-2010 : DS-3032 Accepted

00-00-2010 : Received and Paid IV Bill Online

00-00-2010 : IV Bill Shows PAID

00-00-2010 : Received DS-230 Barcode (P3U Agent Universal Letter)

00-00-2010 : DS-230 Package Sent via Express US mail

09-09-2010 : RFE FOR AOS

09-15-2010 : SENT CHECKLIST

10-06-2010 : Sign-In Failed

10-07-2010 : Case Completed at NVC

12-02-2010 : Interview Date Assigned

Embassy :

xx-xx-xxxx : Medical Exam

xx-xx-xxxx : Interview Date

xx-xx-xxxx : Visa Received

[LADYDARE 28]

congrats goodluck with your interview.

[BigSigh 12]

Wow Tom! Hopefully your journey will be over soon!

Congrats to the recent approvals! :thumbs:

Good luck to those who are coming up!