Yet Another Set back US Embassy manila

[mjaye65 5]

Interview Date June 15 US Embassy Manilla.

Administrative Hold awaiting further Documentation.

- GO to NSO and request NSO certificate of death for first Husband and have them contact the Embassy for pick up.

- Go to NSO and get an original copy of the marriage contract and other documentation related to the same.

- Obtain an NBI Clearance under the last name of the first husband and dispatch it through 2 GO couriers to the embassy along with her passport. (The embassy retained the children’s passports while in administrative hold)

From about June 21 till now we have been calling the same Visa information line which we found out this past Monday is the wrong place to call to get real answers after you have finished the interview itself.

This is the call center for Visa Scheduling and general visa questions.

Monday I showed frustration and the agent told me it was just a call center and that I could call the embassy main line and work my way through and get more details on the true case status.

This is what I did and I found out that the case was reviewed by a case officer on June 30 and that a letter was mailed out on July 6th asking for clarification and explanation why the death certificate issued by the hospital is not registered at the NSO.

We found out the next day by going to the NSO that it is registered there and they did get a copy of the death certificate from the NSO but that the name on these documents does not match his real name. There is two parts to his first name and the death certificate issued by the hospital and registered at the NSO by the hospital in 1993 do not list both parts of his first name.

My lady is now in Manila trying to either get the documents amended or an affidavit certifying that although the names are different the two names are the same person.

I am not sure if either will satisfy the embassy but I have all my fingers and toes crossed. If any of you out there have dealt with similar issues please let me know how to handle this pleaseee..

So now the wedding plans are again on hold and so is the plane tickets until we work through this new hurdle placed before us.