September 2015 Filers

[mcssae7883 36]

Thanks, nice to have a contact on the inside. That link you gave me doesn't work, or a least, it isn't loading for me.

My pleasure to be of help! Hmm, not sure why it's not working for you... Here, I've copied and pasted it below --

American Embassy Manila Contact Information

Email Addresses

For general inquiries (other than K visas)

consmanilaniv@state.gov

For seafarer concerns

mnlnivsea@state.gov

Office Address

Embassy of the United States of America

1201 Roxas Boulevard

Ermita, Manila

Philippines 1001

Postal Address

Local

Consular Section

Nonimmigrant Visa Unit

American Embassy Manila

P.O. Box 151

Manila

International

Consular Section

Nonimmigrant Visa Unit

American Embassy Manila

F.P.O. A.P. 96515

Contact Numbers

(02) 976-8500 to 02

- for calls within the Philippines and other countries aside from mainland United States

(703) 520-2235

- for calls from mainland United States.

Our call center numbers are for general inquiries and scheduling appointments only (K visa information and interview appointments are handled by the Immigrant Visa Unit). NO TELEPHONE inquiries on an applicant’s case will be entertained. All case-specific inquiries must be in writing. The call center is accessible from Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Manila time, except US and Philippine holidays.

Please visit the Nonimmigrant Visa Application Procedures page for complete information on how to apply for a nonimmigrant visa to the United States.

BEFORE submitting questions/concerns to us, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.

Under United States law, visa records are confidential. The Nonimmigrant Visa Unit will only respond to visa inquiries from the applicant or from the applicant’s legal representative with a signed Form G-28 (Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Representative). In cases of minor applicants, inquiries will be entertained if they came from one or both parents of the concerned.

To assist us in responding more promptly when corresponding with us, please include the following:

• Full name of the applicant(s) as written on the passport
• Date and place of birth of the applicant(s)
• Date and classification of visa application
• Succinct summary of case

We appreciate if the writer can provide us an email address where we can send our response.

We try to respond to most inquiries and to answer most letters within 3 to 7 days. However, complicated cases requiring research or thorough review may require two weeks or longer.

Edited September 24, 2015 by mcssae7883

[Erick and Marj 11]

My pleasure to be of help! Hmm, not sure why it's not working for you... Here, I've copied and pasted it below --

American Embassy Manila Contact Information

Email Addresses

For general inquiries (other than K visas)

consmanilaniv@state.gov

For seafarer concerns

mnlnivsea@state.gov

Office Address

Embassy of the United States of America

1201 Roxas Boulevard

Ermita, Manila

Philippines 1001

Postal Address

Local

Consular Section

Nonimmigrant Visa Unit

American Embassy Manila

P.O. Box 151

Manila

International

Consular Section

Nonimmigrant Visa Unit

American Embassy Manila

F.P.O. A.P. 96515

Contact Numbers

(02) 976-8500 to 02

- for calls within the Philippines and other countries aside from mainland United States

(703) 520-2235

- for calls from mainland United States.

Our call center numbers are for general inquiries and scheduling appointments only (K visa information and interview appointments are handled by the Immigrant Visa Unit). NO TELEPHONE inquiries on an applicant’s case will be entertained. All case-specific inquiries must be in writing. The call center is accessible from Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Manila time, except US and Philippine holidays.

Please visit the Nonimmigrant Visa Application Procedures page for complete information on how to apply for a nonimmigrant visa to the United States.

BEFORE submitting questions/concerns to us, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.

Under United States law, visa records are confidential. The Nonimmigrant Visa Unit will only respond to visa inquiries from the applicant or from the applicant’s legal representative with a signed Form G-28 (Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Representative). In cases of minor applicants, inquiries will be entertained if they came from one or both parents of the concerned.

To assist us in responding more promptly when corresponding with us, please include the following:

• Full name of the applicant(s) as written on the passport
• Date and place of birth of the applicant(s)
• Date and classification of visa application
• Succinct summary of case

We appreciate if the writer can provide us an email address where we can send our response.

We try to respond to most inquiries and to answer most letters within 3 to 7 days. However, complicated cases requiring research or thorough review may require two weeks or longer.

Thank you for being so helpful! Is the address I'm supposed to mail to the International Consular Section Address?

[mcssae7883 36]

Thank you for being so helpful! Is the address I'm supposed to mail to the International Consular Section Address?

Any of those Postal Addresses will do. But I am unsure with sending them a written letter... Our postal service here in the Philippines is EXTREMELY crappy, I highly doubt that it will come on time. So I did a search, and I found that you can actually send requests via email... YAY! But please note that the MNL CASE NUMBER is needed, so this can only be done AFTER the petition is approved.

Source: http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3230.html

For general inquiries: support-philippines@ustraveldocs.com

For case-specific inquiries: IVManilaReplies@state.gov

To enable us to efficiently manage the messages and provide better, more timely responses, please follow the instructions below:

• The subject line of your email should indicate the visa applicant’s last name, first and middle name (ex. DOE, John James), case number/USCIS receipt number, visa category and priority date.
• Messages should be limited to 500 characters or less.
• The mail size should not be more than 15 KB.
• Do not send your inquiry more than once as duplicate inquiries will congest our system and delay our response time.

Before submitting your inquiry, please review our website where you will find answers to many of your questions regarding the immigrant visa process. http://manila.usembassy.gov/index.html

Edited September 24, 2015 by mcssae7883

[letsgonats 4]

Ok, just read that post again.

The refusal to travel to US was made by Canadian officials (at Toronto Airport). The person was not denied entry to US!

All it shows that Canadian officers took up to themselves to determine the eligibility whether the person would be or not allowed to enter US.

The was not issue with the visa, the officers had no(or poor) knowledge on how to read and understand the validity of such visa.

Toronto Pearson Airport is one of the preclearance airports:

http://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/operations/preclearance

So it was CBP, not Canadian officials that denied entry. It wouldn't make sense for the Canadian officials to be opening the packet that is supposed to remain sealed until entering the US.

[MarieDino 12]

Yay our check got cashed today

I'm guessing NOA1 E-notification by tomorrow... patience!

[SuperSaiyanVisa 21]

As promised ill keep updating the status of cases RECEIVED on August 31st using the case tracker app. There is a total of 180 K1 applicants with that RECEIVED date (which as some have pointed out gives a NOA1 of about Sep 2nd)

There was major activity today bringing to total approvals to 23/180 but sadly there was alot of RFEs 16 to be exact !

The good news is the processing is moving right along and those with later received dates are speeding closer to a NOA2. hope this helps

[Chuck and Rosana 34]

Yay our check got cashed today

I'm guessing NOA1 E-notification by tomorrow... patience!

You might get it today but definitely tomorrow.

[PatGia 16]

Electronic NOA1 received about an hour ago. Happy!!

[uppercasedee 15]

Electronic NOA1 received about an hour ago. Happy!!

Woohoo!

Our check was cashed today, so fingers crossed

[PatGia 16]

Woohoo!

Our check was cashed today, so fingers crossed

Yes, should pretty soon for sure. I woke up today and saw my check cleared overnight, I'd been impatiently waiting ever since.

[Analisa 7]

Any NOA2s today? Not sure when to expect mine but I'm starting to get anxious! I received my NOA1 email on the 10th, saying they received it on the 4th and got my physical notification on the 14th. Hoping to hear something within a week but I know 2-3 weeks is likely.

[ambt0610 11]

Any NOA2s today? Not sure when to expect mine but I'm starting to get anxious! I received my NOA1 email on the 10th, saying they received it on the 4th and got my physical notification on the 14th. Hoping to hear something within a week but I know 2-3 weeks is likely.

I'm just days behind you, so please advise when yours comes through, so I can get my hopes up higher!

[idyllic420 31]

As promised ill keep updating the status of cases RECEIVED on August 31st using the case tracker app. There is a total of 180 K1 applicants with that RECEIVED date (which as some have pointed out gives a NOA1 of about Sep 2nd)

There was major activity today bringing to total approvals to 23/180 but sadly there was alot of RFEs 16 to be exact !

The good news is the processing is moving right along and those with later received dates are speeding closer to a NOA2. hope this helps

Thanks for the info you might get different numbers by tonight or tomorrow morning!

[katie123 7]

Any NOA2s today? Not sure when to expect mine but I'm starting to get anxious! I received my NOA1 email on the 10th, saying they received it on the 4th and got my physical notification on the 14th. Hoping to hear something within a week but I know 2-3 weeks is likely.

Let us know when you hear something.

[Prystine 184]

New mantra "Patience, have patience....man I really wish I knew what that was so I could have it..." lol