December 2010 Manila Embassy Interview Thread

[jaybie3 0]

for K1 lang ba ang visa interview appointment, sa F2A spouse pwede rin bang mag pa visa interview appointment

[TomD 4]

After 6 weeks of waiting for the Embassy to make a decision regarding my wifes VISA, I had to go to my Senators office and seek assistance.

This is what I got...

Please see the below response from the U.S. Embassy in Manila.

Senior Constituent Services Rep.

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

3322 West End Avenue, Suite 120

Nashville, TN 37203

FROM EMBASSY

Date: December 10, 2010

This is in reply to your inquiry regarding the visa concerns of your constituent, TomDXXX.

The case is currently under review by a consular officer. As soon as the review is completed, we will contact the applicant to resume processing the visa application.

WOW now I feel much better. I though they were not doing anything :bonk:

[TomD 4]

Got this from the Senators Office today

Control No: 35820

Reference: XXXX

Date: December 15, 2010

This is in further reply to your inquiry of December 8, 2010, regarding the visa concerns of your constituent, TomDXXXXXx.

We are pleased to inform you that an immigrant visa was issued to the applicant today, December 15, 2010. The visa packet will be delivered to the applicant’s designated address by guaranteed courier service.

Immigrant Visa Correspondence Unit

Consular Section

U.S. Embassy, Manila

1201 Roxas Boulevard

Manila, Philippines

THIS E-MAIL IS UNCLASSIFIED AS DEFINED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12958

VISA APPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!

Now she just need to get her CFO and Ticket. She might make it here by Christmas... :dance:

[Glenn n Bryan 0]

Congratulations Tom!!

[TravellingNomad 12]

congratulations TomD!!

i can't believe at how late things are sent. not sure if it's the post office or NVC. a week before the interview, wife kept asking when the appointment letter was gonna come. i told her it might come the day before, but not to worry because she got the email version of it already. well the interview date came and went...and what comes in the mail yesterday?!?!?!?!...you guessed it...the interview appointment letter

[TomD 4]

Thanks for the Congrats Glenn & Bryan and to you TravelingNomad congrats as well. I hope Feb gets here ASAP!!! ...

I was looking at Kayaks over the weekend in the Knoxville TN area and visited with some friends. I left on Friday and I didn't have a chance to speak with my wife but was able to break away and monitor emails from my friends computer. There was no information about her receiving the Courier package so I was thinking things are moving slowly cause of the holidays. When I got home on Monday my wife calls me. That's how we have worked it because she has no home phone and if she is at work I don't want to disturb her. So she calls and is really excited cause she has her VISA package in hand. It was delivered Saturday evening! Whoa! The kicker is that is was delivered by an Embassy Employee and not a courier according to my wife. Isn't that nuts. For those who don't know or haven't followed my trials and tribulation I was pi$$ed for the last month about the poor service I felt the embassy was providing. I made phone calls, sent letters and emails inquiry's to my State Congressman and Senators office. They were telling me there was not much they could do, yada, yada .. I told them that they have been in the spotlight enough these past few years and it was not for good press. I told them they could try, that's doing something. I am not speaking directly to them mind you, but to their aids. It might have been a coincidence ( I like to think it was me ..Feeds my ego ) because I had already been waiting 6 weeks for the Embassy to get off its A$$ but within a week of my contacting them my wife got her VISA and it was delivered by and Embassy employee.

So if you take anything away from all of this it in my view should be don't give up. These people work for us and they need to be reminded from time to time that everyone has a boss.

Someone else ask how long doe it take to get a response should you mess up in the interview and not have all your documentation. Well for us it was 6 weeks...

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS and remember its okay to lose faith in the government but never lose faith in yourself. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Oh I got an email from American Airlines and they are offering a 20 % discount till Dec 30. This is the code for that Promotion Code: LNGK5QA66EL6