How to schedule an interview in Manila...?

[FamilyGuyT 9]

So we are waiting for NVC to receive our package. I've read several hundred threads about all this stuff and its starting to get confusing!!

Some posts say that WE don't schedule the interview but the NVC does. Other posts say WE schedule it and its hard to get an appointment.

Please clarify for us....and if we schedule it, is there any tricks to getting an open slot?

Another question.... is it a bad gamble/risk to schedule the interview online after receiving the DS-160 receipt but BEFORE the Embassy sends out their instruction letter?

thank you so much!

[BobH 17]

Pretty much everything you need is at http://manila.usembassy.gov/iv_appointments.html

[Anoushka Drew 5]

Hi

Congratulations on your quick approval.

I have been using these links to guide me in this process:

http://visaconnection-philippines.com/#

http://www.k1-visa.net/cms/Home/After-Filing-the-K1/INTERVIEW/Schedule-an-Appointment

I was able to get my MNL number two weeks after our approval and I paid the visa fee few days after that. So far, I never had difficulties in getting an appointment. I have been reading that some applicants do not receive the letter from the Embassy so I just took the advices from VJ members to just go ahead, pay and set an appointment.

You can use this link to check your visa status

https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/

Based on my experience, I set up an appointment when I saw our status "in transit" to the consulate.

And regarding the DS160, I am still filling out the form.

[C-ma'am 684]

**Post moved from K1 to Philippines. Question is embassy specific

[Hank_ 9,174]

So we are waiting for NVC to receive our package. I've read several hundred threads about all this stuff and its starting to get confusing!!

Some posts say that WE don't schedule the interview but the NVC does. Other posts say WE schedule it and its hard to get an appointment.

Please clarify for us....and if we schedule it, is there any tricks to getting an open slot?

Another question.... is it a bad gamble/risk to schedule the interview online after receiving the DS-160 receipt but BEFORE the Embassy sends out their instruction letter?

thank you so much!

You are K-1 visa, you will schedule your own interview appointment.

The embassy does not send out the instructions letter, it is online. The letter the embassy does send out (that rarely arrives) is just a letter letting you know you can start your application.

Online is the best way to schedule your appointment.

For details on the complete process follow the flashing arrow below then click the link, from that link is information on the complete process for Manila.

Once you get your MNL # it will be ROCK n ROLL time!!!

[JIJourney 96]

What everyone said is correct.

When we called the Embassy they said just print the packet 3 online

[FamilyGuyT 9]

Thanks guys.....appreciate all the help and the links so much!!

I'm thinking we will do the ds-160 now since you have to have the receipt # to schedule interview, get the police clearances started and once we have an mnl# make the appointment asap.

Am I missing anything?

[Anoushka Drew 5]

Hi,

Hope you can visit this link

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/manila/325288/packets/K1%20and%20K2%20Interview%20Preparation%20Instructions%20-%20English%20_10%20October%202013_.pdf

this is an instruction from the Embassy

[Hank_ 9,174]

Thanks guys.....appreciate all the help and the links so much!!

I'm thinking we will do the ds-160 now since you have to have the receipt # to schedule interview, get the police clearances started and once we have an mnl# make the appointment asap.

Am I missing anything?

There is much you can start to do, follow the embassy instructions letter, it lists everything that is required for the interview.

NBI (FOR TRAVEL ABROAD, green colored form), CENOMAR, NSO birth certificate are just some of the things you can start to gather.

Read the instructions letter a few different times, print out a copy and use it as your checklist:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/manila/325288/packets/K1%20and%20K2%20Interview%20Preparation%20Instructions%20-%20English%20_updated%2004%20Feb%202014_.pdf

[FamilyGuyT 9]

Hi,

Hope you can visit this link

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/manila/325288/packets/K1%20and%20K2%20Interview%20Preparation%20Instructions%20-%20English%20_10%20October%202013_.pdf

this is an instruction from the Embassy

Yes, we've read that letter several times...lol thank u!

and the Philippine specific instructions. I think my brain is just on overload due to approval being so unexpected. Would love to get her here before cold weather sets in!! The Ozark mountains are beautiful in the fall.

[FamilyGuyT 9]

There is much you can start to do, follow the embassy instructions letter, it lists everything that is required for the interview.

NBI (FOR TRAVEL ABROAD, green colored form), CENOMAR, NSO birth certificate are just some of the things you can start to gather.

Read the instructions letter a few different times, print out a copy and use it as your checklist:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/manila/325288/packets/K1%20and%20K2%20Interview%20Preparation%20Instructions%20-%20English%20_updated%2004%20Feb%202014_.pdf

Hank....we haven't even begun to read about what we need to do "after" she gets here and get married. Thought I would ask you a quick question while I had your attention... Do you have to have paperwork done/filed before the 3 months in U.S. expires or can you marry the last week and start paperwork after the deadline to marry?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hank....we haven't even begun to read about what we need to do "after" she gets here and get married. Thought I would ask you a quick question while I had your attention... Do you have to have paperwork done/filed before the 3 months in U.S. expires or can you marry the last week and start paperwork after the deadline to marry?

No you do not have to file AOS within the 90 days, you just need to be married within the 90 days of POE.