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lemajeca   5

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Hello? Just wondering if there's someone here who has been on AP for more than a month and then already received his/her visa?

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yes.

We had a first interview on July 8th (2013), second interview on July 22nd (they seemed to find it odd that a US man with a Ph.D. would want to marry a Filipina who never went to college), and then administrative processing until last week. The visa was finally listed as issued on Aug 29th, coincidentally 4 days after I got a senator to send in a query about the reason for the delay in approving the visa.

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yes.

We had a first interview on July 8th (2013), second interview on July 22nd (they seemed to find it odd that a US man with a Ph.D. would want to marry a Filipina who never went to college), and then administrative processing until last week. The visa was finally listed as issued on Aug 29th, coincidentally 4 days after I got a senator to send in a query about the reason for the delay in approving the visa.

Why did you had a second interview? Did they denied you at your 1st interview? Was your visa on hand now? Wow thats a long wait. Scares me

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I wasn't able to be there for the first interview, and apparently they didn't like the way wennie couldn't answer some of the questions without having to look it up in the documents (my salary for instance), and her ability to speak english gets worse if she's stressed, as she was by the end of the first interview. When I called to talk with the consular officer after, he said they were concerned about the education level difference (apparently getting a Ph.D. makes some consular officers think they can say whom you're allowed to marry). After talking with the consular officer on the phone for about 20 minutes he said he thought it would be approved given the information I supplied, but it still took a month to get through administrative processing. They wouldn't say way, I called about once a week to inquire, and was only told "we're still filling out the paperwork".

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yes.

We had a first interview on July 8th (2013), second interview on July 22nd (they seemed to find it odd that a US man with a Ph.D. would want to marry a Filipina who never went to college), and then administrative processing until last week. The visa was finally listed as issued on Aug 29th, coincidentally 4 days after I got a senator to send in a query about the reason for the delay in approving the visa.

i was interviewed July 11, so i hope they are now working on our case. do you think it really helped when your senator send an inquiry to them?

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i was interviewed July 11, so i hope they are now working on our case. do you think it really helped when your senator send an inquiry to them?

No idea if it would have been processed that week anyway, but it can't hurt to try to get your senator to inquire on your behalf.

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Why did you had a second interview? Did they denied you at your 1st interview? Was your visa on hand now? Wow thats a long wait. Scares me

Most don't have to do two interviews, even with AP, only if the embassy is seriously "seeing" fraud issues do they pull someone back in for another interview. I read with some countries the embassy get a lot nastier than USEM right out of the gate.

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Most don't have to do two interviews, even with AP, only if the embassy is seriously "seeing" fraud issues do they pull someone back in for another interview. I read with some countries the embassy get a lot nastier than USEM right out of the gate.

oh USEM be good to me... husband is sick... he badly needs me...

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I wasn't able to be there for the first interview, and apparently they didn't like the way wennie couldn't answer some of the questions without having to look it up in the documents (my salary for instance), and her ability to speak english gets worse if she's stressed, as she was by the end of the first interview. When I called to talk with the consular officer after, he said they were concerned about the education level difference (apparently getting a Ph.D. makes some consular officers think they can say whom you're allowed to marry). After talking with the consular officer on the phone for about 20 minutes he said he thought it would be approved given the information I supplied, but it still took a month to get through administrative processing. They wouldn't say way, I called about once a week to inquire, and was only told "we're still filling out the paperwork".

Do you plan to send your wife to school once she reaches the states so she too will get some respect like you? Or does the huge education gap not bother you a bit?

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She's here now. We're going to get her into some classes over the winter so she can get a GED. After that if she wants to go to college or get a part time job during the day is up to her - we're living in a college town that's short of daycare options for working parents, and since she likes taking care of small children that might be a good option for her. The education gap doesn't bother me much, other than I'll be bringing some popular science books home for her to read so she can understand better what I do and what various colleagues who come over for dinner are talking about.

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Hello? Just wondering if there's someone here who has been on AP for more than a month and then already received his/her visa?

Hi are you still in AP ? Do you know of any red flags why they put you in AP ? Did you ever call the embassy about your case ? I was interviewed in Manila last July 18, 2013 and still in AP until now.

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Hi are you still in AP ? Do you know of any red flags why they put you in AP ? Did you ever call the embassy about your case ? I was interviewed in Manila last July 18, 2013 and still in AP until now.

i'm still on AP. i wonder who's working now on our case. is it USEM here in our country or DOS in US. during my interview, consul said i was approved. tried to contact but they dont tell us the reasons.

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i'm still on AP. i wonder who's working now on our case. is it USEM here in our country or DOS in US. during my interview, consul said i was approved. tried to contact but they dont tell us the reasons.

When was your interview ? Are you and your husband both Filipinos ? Did you work or live abroad ? DOS told me that my case never went to them.

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