December 2010 Manila Embassy Interview Thread

[BB & MJ 3]

Thank you!When i called and sched yesterday only Dec 1st until Dec 9 are open.No available slots yet after that.Usually they'll open it up a week before your target date.Good luck!

Thanks. I'm going to try to reschedule again starting tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day). Hopefully I'll get luck. I'm targeting Dec. 16th or 17th. Good luck on your fiancees interview

[idaho_and_surigao 3]

Bring the Appointment letter as TAHOMA sugguested....

yep thats one of the docs listed in the instructions.

[Walter & Meg 0]

Is the USEM accepting appointments for January at this time or are they only doing December ? My fiancee lives in Mindanao and will not have everything to make the trip until that time. I am wondering if it is worthwhile to buy a pin now and schedule an appointment for Jan. 18. If they are not accepting appointments for Jan. then it is useless for me to buy a pin. Thanks to all !

[Tahoma 2,292]

HI! Did ur fiance ever received notification from USEM manila that he's now eligible to sched?My fiance hasnt received it yet but i called and confirmed for the arrival of actual packet.Make sure they have the actual physical packet of your case prior your fiance's appointment.Good luck!My fiance is sched on the Dec 1st!yay

Chinook never received a letter from the Embassy telling her that she was eligible to schedule an interview. I'm glad we didn't wait for that letter, because we would still be waiting!!!

Instead of waiting for the Embassy to send a letter that may never arrive, it's better to simply keep calling the call center until the Embassy has entered your packet into their system and the call center allows you to book an appointment.

Best wishes to everyone...I hope you get the dates that you want...and the best of luck with bringing home THE PINK!!!

[idaho_and_surigao 3]

Chinook never received a letter from the Embassy telling her that she was eligible to schedule an interview. I'm glad we didn't wait for that letter, because we would still be waiting!!!

Instead of waiting for the Embassy to send a letter that may never arrive, it's better to simply keep calling the call center until the Embassy has entered your packet into their system and the call center allows you to book an appointment.

Best wishes to everyone...I hope you get the dates that you want...and the best of luck with bringing home THE PINK!!!

Great advice. I have heard about 50% of the K1's never get the letter!

[idaho_and_surigao 3]

Is the USEM accepting appointments for January at this time or are they only doing December ? My fiancee lives in Mindanao and will not have everything to make the trip until that time. I am wondering if it is worthwhile to buy a pin now and schedule an appointment for Jan. 18. If they are not accepting appointments for Jan. then it is useless for me to buy a pin. Thanks to all !

No. If you need a Jan appt, I would wait to buy the pin until they switch over to the new call center number and system (supposedly 12/1) and then start calling every day until you can get a Jan in appt. Where in Mindanao? My Fiancee' is from Tagbina, Surigao Del Sur. We/she lived in Cavite though. Always good to go back to Mindanao....She is from way back in the Jungle...

Edited November 24, 2010 by idaho_and_surigao

[Walter & Meg 0]

My fiancee comes from CDO, I am apprehensive about how the new system will work, that is why I would rather set the appointment for Jan 18 now under the old system and pay before the 30th at BDO. I had my fiancee last week go to a BPI branch to inquire about the paperwork she needed to pay for the appointment after Dec 1, and they told her that they did not know what she was talking about, that she should go to BDO. You would think that BPI would be training for the transition. That is why I am apprehensive.

[jean&chard 0]

My Fiance is scheduled on Dec 9th @ 7am.

:dance:

Goodluck to every one.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving Day also.

Hope to end our 2010 with a BANG! (PINK slip)

God Bless us All!

[BB & MJ 3]

The Manila Embassy is closed today right? I haven't tried today. I'm going to try to reschedule tomorrow.

Edited November 25, 2010 by BB & MJ

[mcdsnight 5]

The Manila Embassy is closed today right? I haven't tried today. I'm going to try to reschedule tomorrow.

keep us update bb&mj...

[idaho_and_surigao 3]

The Manila Embassy is closed today right? I haven't tried today. I'm going to try to reschedule tomorrow.

Hey bro, the embassy is closed, but the call center is OPEN. I asked them this last week when I called in, so give it a shot yet today if you want!

I also have a question for you, chazzie et. al. I received the letter from the NVC today dated the 19th.

Dear Petitioner,

The State Department's NVC has recently recieved an approved I-129f filed on behalf of your fiance. This letter is to let you know that within a week the petition will be forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post where your visa interview will take place.

then it has her name

recipet number

case number

etc etc.

Now my question is...did your letter look like this??? When I was in AP a lot of other people got one, two or even THREE copies of a letter like this, even though there case WAS STILL IN AP! I have called the NVC twice last week and they told be it was out of AP and going to Manila, however ever reading this letter and hearing others stories I am a bit paranoid! So did eveyone's letter from the NVC say...'within a week'???

thanks~

Edited November 25, 2010 by idaho_and_surigao

[BB & MJ 3]

Hey bro, the embassy is closed, but the call center is OPEN. I asked them this last week when I called in, so give it a shot yet today if you want!

I also have a question for you, chazzie et. al. I received the letter from the NVC today dated the 19th.

Dear Petitioner,

The State Department's NVC has recently recieved an approved I-129f filed on behalf of your fiance. This letter is to let you know that within a week the petition will be forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post where your visa interview will take place.

then it has her name

recipet number

case number

etc etc.

Now my question is...did your letter look like this??? When I was in AP a lot of other people got one, two or even THREE copies of a letter like this, even though there case WAS STILL IN AP! I have called the NVC twice last week and they told be it was out of AP and going to Manila, however ever reading this letter and hearing others stories I am a bit paranoid! So did eveyone's letter from the NVC say...'within a week'???

thanks~

I did receive my letter in about a week after calling the NVC. Yours should be in the system now.....

[mcdsnight 5]

just called the visa hotline. I was advised to check the website for a new number to call if I want to reschedule my date of interview later than Dec 8. He said to call back on Dec and dial the new number.

Good luck guys!

[mcdsnight 5]

just called the visa hotline. I was advised to check the website for a new number to call if I want to reschedule my date of interview later than Dec 8. He said to call back on Dec and dial the new number.

Good luck guys!

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3024.html

Scheduling of visa appointments (through call center number 982-5555 or online appointment website http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph; from mainland U.S. call 214-571-1600)

[idaho_and_surigao 3]

just called the visa hotline. I was advised to check the website for a new number to call if I want to reschedule my date of interview later than Dec 8. He said to call back on Dec and dial the new number.

Good luck guys!

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3024.html

Scheduling of visa appointments (through call center number 982-5555 or online appointment website http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph; from mainland U.S. call 214-571-1600)

Thanks! I was thinking that would be the way it is. I will call next week to schedule for a mid/late December interview.