Help!!!

[Jill and Vic 0]

Hi visa journey people!! good day! My fiance and I have our case number already, he called NVC last Friday. I tried calling the embassy for it, but they said that it is not sent to them yet. My question is, how long does it take for the manila embassy to get the case number? And when they have it, can i already pay for the visa interview fee and medical? What is the process?

[jmack 1]

as soon as you have a mnl # you can pay visa fee ...just print the deposit slip off the web site and go to bank and pay it ...once you pay the fee you can go on line to embassy web site and choose your interview date ...after that go do your medical exam i would do the medical exam 8 to 10 days before interview date ...you can pre register on st lukes web site for your medical exam ...vj has all the sites and information on what to do ..or ask other members ....good luck ...

[Grant PDX 183]

It takes a week or so for your visa package to make it to Manila. It could be a bit longer, but you don't have to wait to start processing in the Philippines. The MNL case number is all you need. Get all your papers together, have your fiancée send everything he needs to send, setup your interview, register for your medical, etc. GO GO GO.

We received the MNL case number for my fiancée a week ago, on a Friday. Monday she paid the visa fee, her Monday night we made the interview appointment, this week she will do the medical, next week the interview. I've already sent and she's received the I-134 and my divorce decrees and other things for the interview (I sent after the NOA2, before the MNL was available). She will have her interview 26 days after NOA2, 18 days after the MNL case number was received.

Again, it takes about a week for your case to make it to Manila, I'm giving it 2 1/2 weeks prior to the interview. But everything else needs to happen in between. You don't need to wait for Manila to receive it before processing. Your timeline is now totally in your hands.

Good luck!

[Jill and Vic 0]

as soon as you have a mnl # you can pay visa fee ...just print the deposit slip off the web site and go to bank and pay it ...once you pay the fee you can go on line to embassy web site and choose your interview date ...after that go do your medical exam i would do the medical exam 8 to 10 days before interview date ...you can pre register on st lukes web site for your medical exam ...vj has all the sites and information on what to do ..or ask other members ....good luck ...

Thanks for that info.... So i dont actually need to call the US embassy or anything? Coz what they told me is to wait for the letter and such....

[Jill and Vic 0]

It takes a week or so for your visa package to make it to Manila. It could be a bit longer, but you don't have to wait to start processing in the Philippines. The MNL case number is all you need. Get all your papers together, have your fiancée send everything he needs to send, setup your interview, register for your medical, etc. GO GO GO.

We received the MNL case number for my fiancée a week ago, on a Friday. Monday she paid the visa fee, her Monday night we made the interview appointment, this week she will do the medical, next week the interview. I've already sent and she's received the I-134 and my divorce decrees and other things for the interview (I sent after the NOA2, before the MNL was available). She will have her interview 26 days after NOA2, 18 days after the MNL case number was received.

Again, it takes about a week for your case to make it to Manila, I'm giving it 2 1/2 weeks prior to the interview. But everything else needs to happen in between. You don't need to wait for Manila to receive it before processing. Your timeline is now totally in your hands.

Good luck!

Oh thank you very much!!! I will get on with the fees then.

[Louis and Aya 17]

Edited because I must be retarded.

Good luck with the rest of your journey

Edited May 6, 2013 by Louis and Aya

[Ratty and C 13]

Edited because I must be retarded.

Good luck with the rest of your journey

You just made me laugh so hard. Good luck to all...waiting for the NVC to give me an MNL#, should be any day now.

[jepongsky 3]

It takes a week or so for your visa package to make it to Manila. It could be a bit longer, but you don't have to wait to start processing in the Philippines. The MNL case number is all you need. Get all your papers together, have your fiancée send everything he needs to send, setup your interview, register for your medical, etc. GO GO GO.

We received the MNL case number for my fiancée a week ago, on a Friday. Monday she paid the visa fee, her Monday night we made the interview appointment, this week she will do the medical, next week the interview. I've already sent and she's received the I-134 and my divorce decrees and other things for the interview (I sent after the NOA2, before the MNL was available). She will have her interview 26 days after NOA2, 18 days after the MNL case number was received.

Again, it takes about a week for your case to make it to Manila, I'm giving it 2 1/2 weeks prior to the interview. But everything else needs to happen in between. You don't need to wait for Manila to receive it before processing. Your timeline is now totally in your hands.

Good luck!

****good to have some information here. i just also called today and received our mnl # but the file is not yet sent to embassy. so with your post, you are saying that i can go ahead to bpi and just pay the visa bill just by giving them my mnl #? will they look for anything else? and after we pay we can set our appointment in st.lukes and get an interview date online?

im am so happy and excited to finish the next stages of our journey and be with my love soon:)

[Jill and Vic 0]

****good to have some information here. i just also called today and received our mnl # but the file is not yet sent to embassy. so with your post, you are saying that i can go ahead to bpi and just pay the visa bill just by giving them my mnl #? will they look for anything else? and after we pay we can set our appointment in st.lukes and get an interview date online?

im am so happy and excited to finish the next stages of our journey and be with my love soon:)

Hi! I am very thankful that i posted this, helped a lot... I came from the bank today. Just go to BPi and pay, just make sure that you have a US Visa Fee deposit slip, which you can download from ustraveldocs.com/ph. It'll give you instructions from then on. Also, try to pay in the morning coz it will be 4 hours after paying before you can set up an interview appointment. If you do it around 3pm, your payment will be carried over the next day, and can make the appointment in the afternoon of the next day. Anyway, it's an easy process. tonight, i will set up the apoointment for interview. and will do the medical next week. hoping that by May 27th, everything wil be A-okay!!! Good luck!!

[jepongsky 3]

thanks a lot jill and vic...hope we can finish up to interview until the end of this month. Goodluck to you also.

[jepongsky 3]

and also, can i ask what to bring in the medical exam after paying the fee in bpi. do we need to bring the copy of our noa2 or any documents with our mnl # on it?is there any requirement we need to bring to allow us to do the medical on that day. i just want to be sure i have everything. thanks:)

[Grant PDX 183]

Look at the instructions on the St. Luke's website. http://www.slec.ph/#

Basically it's copies of your interview letter (that you print after setting up your interview online), passport photos, passport (and photocopy of the info page), petitioner's info including address and phone number (if you don't have it memorized, have it written down with you). Check the website and make sure you're prepared. Also, it's not required, my fiancée didn't take it, but if you have prior immunization records it can be helpful to take that.

Good luck!

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