Physical before NVC recieves documents, Philippines

[MandMfuture 0]

We just received our NOA2 (-:

From what I understand both the physical and interview for the Philippines are conducted in Manila. Marisa lives in Cebu and I will be traveling there at the end of the week. Is there any reason we could not travel to Manila to take care of the physical before the NVC receives the documents. Otherwise do you set up the physical earlier in the week of the interview to avoid island hopping twice.

Advice and direction are appreciated.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

NVC has to receive the documents first and generate your MNL case number.

YOu can call and get that number before receiving the hard copy int he mail from them(this will come after it has been sent to the Manila embassy).

Once you have the case number you can then set up medical and the interview. The medical generally takes 2 days to complete. Then they prefer 1-2 weeks afterward you do the interview. This allows time for the medical to process and forward the results to the embassy.