Manila Embassy Interview/Visa Status

[rea 1]

Dear All,

I would like to verify...

I still got no appointment packet in my hand, however, I want to go for early medical exam (2 weeks earlier than the my sched). What must I bring in lieu of my appointment packet?

hi there. if that's the case call st. lukes to pick up your packet there. thats what i did. although i got my packet 3 days after calling st lukes but its good to have extra ... anyways once you get there, a day b4 your med, you can visit them and tell the guard that you're there to get your packet so in the next day, (for your med) there wont be anymore mess... good luck...

hi ronmay, i wonder what extension number should i be connecting to when i call SLEC to pick up my packet 4 and appointment letter?

rea

[Christine n Carl 0]

Hello

Got another question regarding DS-156 Form. Block 24 ask's "At what address will you stay in the US?"

Well I do not recieve mail at my physical address but at a PO BOX. I have been using the PO BOX on all references to my address in the past to ensure any mail would make it to me. This question implies a physical address. Should I put my physical address vice my mailing address?

Thanks

Physical Address!!!

Sheriff

Thankyou for quick reply.

Carl

[Christine n Carl 0]

Hello

Got another question regarding DS-156 Form. Block 24 ask's "At what address will you stay in the US?"

Well I do not recieve mail at my physical address but at a PO BOX. I have been using the PO BOX on all references to my address in the past to ensure any mail would make it to me. This question implies a physical address. Should I put my physical address vice my mailing address?

Thanks

I had a problem with one form when I just put my physical address and my PO sent it back to USCIS.

It wasn't the DS 156 [did it on it also]! but ever since that happened I type Physical address ! BLAH BLAH and Mailing Address! Blah blah. and if not enuf room I put an attachment.

Worked all the way thru AOS

Beckypua,

Thanks for response.

Good luck

Carl

[Dogwood_Poet 16]

Question, I just went to the interview appointment site and double checked and it is now showing Kathlene's original interview date of June 6th! I went after she got her all clear from St Luke's and it gave me an appointment date of August 9th for her interview.

Should I call the embassy to confirm the right date? I went back a couple of times when I saw the new date and it came up every time, is this a computer glitch or should I be really worried? (I'm already worried a little now)

[RonMay 1]

Dear All,

I would like to verify...

I still got no appointment packet in my hand, however, I want to go for early medical exam (2 weeks earlier than the my sched). What must I bring in lieu of my appointment packet?

hi there. if that's the case call st. lukes to pick up your packet there. thats what i did. although i got my packet 3 days after calling st lukes but its good to have extra ... anyways once you get there, a day b4 your med, you can visit them and tell the guard that you're there to get your packet so in the next day, (for your med) there wont be anymore mess... good luck...

hi ronmay, i wonder what extension number should i be connecting to when i call SLEC to pick up my packet 4 and appointment letter?

rea

hi! i cant really remember calling them using an extension no#. i just kept on calling hoping i got lucky. keep trying every no#.

im not positive if this is the number but i got this in the manila embassy site for SLEC :521-0020, 521-8647 or 524-6083

good luck!

[Pinay Wife 47]

Hello everyone! I’m happy to be back on-line. I arrived on June 12 and still trying to get settled here.

My son and I were delayed at Immigration and Customs (Portland POE). It took us 1 and a half hours to clear both! Our flight was the only international arrival when we went through Immigration and my son and I were asked to line up at a counter manned by a young officer and to cut a long story short, we were the last to clear Immigration. The young guy was very thorough, looked at each and every page of the brown envelop I handed him, scrutinized the answers, looked at the picture of my fiancé, but he only asked me a few questions like, “you are immigrating?” and I said, “yes, hopefully”. He also asked when our wedding date was. And then, he handed me back the brown envelops I gave him. So I said “no, you are supposed to keep them” and he said “really?” so I said “yes”. And he asked me to come with him to a room so he could check with his supervisors. And of course, I was right hehehe. Been here at VJ too long to know that. He finally told me I’m good to go.

Another cause of delay was one of my boxes was opened by Customs because they saw a small box with tubes and bottles (my son and I hoarded Pond’s cleansing foams and detox toner hehehe). Since we were the only passengers left, we were surrounded by 3-4 customs people. They saw that I packed with me 6 pairs of step-ins and they joked and asked me if my name happened to be Imelda. Ang kawawang fiancé ko, namuti na ang mata sa paghihintay. He was just happy to see me and my son step out of the glass doors.

Thank you to all who sent best wishes my way. I’m still adjusting. The one good thing about the adjustment period is that I am eating less. I seem to have lost my appetite for food but that is good because I can see that I’m losing inches off my waist. I really need to lose more inches if I am to fit inside my wedding dress.

I forgot that during late spring and summer, there’s still light at 9pm here in America! I miss seeing the stars at 7pm.

To those who already got here in the states and went thru the immigration officer, did they check your xray film? Mine he did not check it and i even offered to show it to him but he didn't care. So i am wondering now, because all i knew this xray film was to be used at my Port of Entry in the US. I arrived today June 13 In the US.

From past posts, it appears that only Honolulu POE requires the x-ray film. To those transitting through Hawaii, better hand-carry your x-ray with you as Immigration will ask for it.

and my friend had a different answer to her G325 from the DS-157, but we were told that we'll just have to correct everything, make it "right" in the final DS-forms for the interview... i hope itll work on you too

Agreed. Any errors must be corrected as soon as they are caught. Embassy makes room for honest mistakes but not for knowingly giving incorrect information.

Updating list. It’s good to see new additions to our list. Welcome to our list. To those who have incomplete timelines and Manila case numbers, would appreciate if you can provide those as the info really help those who are still waiting for interview dates. Thank you.

If there's an error or if I missed any update, do let me know.

Legend:

OK - Visa approved

AR - Admin Review/Add'l Docs Required

ME - Military Expedite

AO - Age-Out (Derivative approaching age 21)

Name..................NOA2....MNL REC'D..PACKET...INTERVIEW..MNL CASE#..STATUS..DELIVERED/#OF DAYS/PLACE DLVRD

K1 LIST

01..Skeeter211......01-17-07..02-27-07..04-02-07..05-03-07..2007-52xxxx..OK..May 11/08 days/Davao

02..chadandlira.....01-25-07..xx-xx-xx..04-02-07..05-09-07..2007-536xxx..OK..May 16/07 days/Gen. Santos

03..Honeysweet......02-01-07..02-20-07..xx-xx-xx..05-10-07..2007-540xxx..OK..Jun 01/22 days/??

04..chadmides.......02-12-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..05-17-07..2007-547xxx..OK..May 24/07 days/??

05..gracy_byron.....02-08-07..02-28-07..xx-xx-xx..05-18-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..May 23/05 days/Pick up

06..joemaria........02-12-07..02-28-07..xx-xx-xx..05-22-07..2007-55xxxx..OK..May 28/06 days/Manila

07..Jeng............02-13-07..02-28-07..03-31-07..05-22-07..2007-554xxx..OK..May 28/06 days/Manila

08..imaskin.........02-21-07..xx-xx-xx..03-30-07..05-24-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 06/13 days/CDO

09..princess sutil..02-20-07..xx-xx-xx..04-02-07..05-24-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 01/08 days/??

10..orion44.........02-22-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-05-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 12/07 days/Muntinlupa

11..David-MaeForev..02-27-07..03-14-07..xx-xx-xx..06-07-07..2007-564xxx..OK..Jun 14/07 days/Laguna

12..JeffK...........03-08-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-18-07..2007-573xxx

13..Almi and Randy..03-07-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-19-07..2007-57xxxx

14..elmasguapo......12-15-06..01-08-07..xx-xx-xx..07-03-07..2006-xxxxxx

15..CountryBoy......03-29-07..04-23-07..xx-xx-xx..07-04-07..2007-608xxx

16..dave&evan.......04-12-07..04-25-07..xx-xx-xx..07-05-07..2007-60xxxx

17..trakon2002......04-05-07..xx-xx-xx..04-25-07..07-11-07..2007-613xxx

18..happyinlove.....04-14-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..07-11-07..2007-xxxxxx

19..C&M14...........05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..05-25-07..07-11-07..2007-62xxxx

20..2hearts1beat....05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

21..busycharlie.....05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

22..rea.............05-01-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-06-07..2007-xxxxxx

23..Bernie4Bien.....05-01-07..05-18-07..xx-xx-xx..08-06-07..2007-xxxxxx

24..Anthony Julie...05-xx-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-07-07..2007-63xxxx

25..shaggy474.......xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-10-07..2007-xxxxxx

26..Novelyn&Gragg...05-10-07..06-06-07..xx-xx-xx..08-13-07..2007-xxxxxx

27..JoanBill........06-09-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-14-07..2007-xxxxxx

K3 LIST

01..AnneiyandJacky..11-28-06..xx-xx-xx..02-27-07..04-17-07..2006-685xxx..AR..Co-sponsor

02..CherylandMike...02-05-07..02-26-07..05-03-07..05-16-07..2007-546xxx..OK..May 23/07 days/Cebu

03..Robor007........02-06-07..02-26-07..03-30-07..05-16-07..2007-546xxx..OK..May 23/07 days/Mandaluyong

04..jeffry..........02-07-07..02-26-07..xx-xx-xx..05-16-07..2007-546xxx..OK..May 18/02 days/??

05..luvbugs4ever....12-14-06..12-21-06..03-02-07..07-03-07..2006-8xxxxx

06..islandprincess..05-21-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

IR-1/CR-1

Name.................NOA2.....CASE CMPLT..PACKET..INTERVIEW...MNL CASE#..STATUS

01..orimai..........10-16-06..03-08-07..02-19-07..05-30-07..2006-xxxxxx..

02..Gobruins........12-20-06..04-03-07..xx-xx-xx..05-23-07..2007-50xxxx..OK

03..crambajoy.......09-19-06..05-10-07..05-23-06..06-20-07..2007-xxxxxx

04..StarProg........12-28-06..05-10-07..xx-xx-xx..06-28-07..2007-508xxx

05..islandprincess..05-21-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..2007-xxxxxx

06..DogWood Poet....11-07-06..05-03-07..05-26-07..08-09-07..2007-xxxxxx..Interview reset

[LuzyC 0]

Hello everyone! I’m happy to be back on-line. I arrived on June 12 and still trying to get settled here.

. Ang kawawang fiancé ko, namuti na ang mata sa paghihintay. He was just happy to see me and my son step out of the glass doors.

Thank you to all who sent best wishes my way. I’m still adjusting. The one good thing about the adjustment period is that I am eating less. I seem to have lost my appetite for food but that is good because I can see that I’m losing inches off my waist. I really need to lose more inches if I am to fit inside my wedding dress.

I forgot that during late spring and summer, there’s still light at 9pm here in America! I miss seeing the stars at 7pm.

Hello sis..good to hear from you!!!WELCOME TO AMERICA!!!

Gary do the same thing too when he is waiting for us at the Peoria Airport.As if the 2-3 hours delay is not enough due to bad weather..I still find time to touch up and have a lots of picture taking when we get there making Gary really worried of what's wrong with us hahhaha..siempre kailangang konting paganda muna sa restroom noh? You can see Gary's face lighten up when he saw us step out of the gate door!!! He cried and laugh at the same time!!!

It amaze me that it still maliwanag pa kahit nightime na here..ain't that pretty? and oh..the food..everything here is BIG.. ...big serving ang food nila..ang dami hindi ko talaga kayang ubusin..nakakahinayang!!!!

Anyways..Im glad your here sis...tsikahan tayo if you got more time..I know how busy you are pa..enjoy and have fun adjusting!!

[Sheriff Uling 3]

Cora...

Welcome to America! I have been waiting for you to get back online just to write that. Ang kawawang fiancé mo is a good man and a lucky man to have you. I'm wishing you all the best. Surely one of these fine days we'll have a chance to get together. What's important is that you are now here. All the time that you have been fighting and waiting to get here will be a found memory that I'm sure that you will both look back on and laugh about.

Cheers!!!

Ahmari

[intelek 0]

hi everyone,

on 6/14 we finally received our medical and appointment dates from the embassy website

July 26

August 2

but now the embassy shows our case # not on File... What gives??? Anyone else have this problem ??? Is it time to start worring ???

[jerrylee 0]

hi everyone,

on 6/14 we finally received our medical and appointment dates from the embassy website

July 26

August 2

but now the embassy shows our case # not on File... What gives??? Anyone else have this problem ??? Is it time to start worring ???

I noticed the same thing with our case number...the site was down for a while earlier, perhaps the database got corrupted?

[intelek 0]

hi everyone,

on 6/14 we finally received our medical and appointment dates from the embassy website

July 26

August 2

but now the embassy shows our case # not on File... What gives??? Anyone else have this problem ??? Is it time to start worring ???

I noticed the same thing with our case number...the site was down for a while earlier, perhaps the database got corrupted?

Thanks... that good to hear, I thoght they maybe move our date, or somebody hit the delete button on accident

[jazzy 0]

hello Cor....welcome to america! finally from the long long journey...lol...right?

well speaking of sunlight kahit 9 pm na...yes..gracey doesn't want to sleep at first kasi may araw pa daw...lol..hahahahhaha..Todd explained her many times about this sunlight issue and its hard for a 6years old to understand.... lol....

Anyway..i hope ma adjust ng anak mo kaagad ang life sa america....Hopefully we can talk soon ok......just pm me your number....

GOD BLESS!

jazzy

Hello everyone! I’m happy to be back on-line. I arrived on June 12 and still trying to get settled here.

My son and I were delayed at Immigration and Customs (Portland POE). It took us 1 and a half hours to clear both! Our flight was the only international arrival when we went through Immigration and my son and I were asked to line up at a counter manned by a young officer and to cut a long story short, we were the last to clear Immigration. The young guy was very thorough, looked at each and every page of the brown envelop I handed him, scrutinized the answers, looked at the picture of my fiancé, but he only asked me a few questions like, “you are immigrating?” and I said, “yes, hopefully”. He also asked when our wedding date was. And then, he handed me back the brown envelops I gave him. So I said “no, you are supposed to keep them” and he said “really?” so I said “yes”. And he asked me to come with him to a room so he could check with his supervisors. And of course, I was right hehehe. Been here at VJ too long to know that. He finally told me I’m good to go.

Another cause of delay was one of my boxes was opened by Customs because they saw a small box with tubes and bottles (my son and I hoarded Pond’s cleansing foams and detox toner hehehe). Since we were the only passengers left, we were surrounded by 3-4 customs people. They saw that I packed with me 6 pairs of step-ins and they joked and asked me if my name happened to be Imelda. Ang kawawang fiancé ko, namuti na ang mata sa paghihintay. He was just happy to see me and my son step out of the glass doors.

Thank you to all who sent best wishes my way. I’m still adjusting. The one good thing about the adjustment period is that I am eating less. I seem to have lost my appetite for food but that is good because I can see that I’m losing inches off my waist. I really need to lose more inches if I am to fit inside my wedding dress.

I forgot that during late spring and summer, there’s still light at 9pm here in America! I miss seeing the stars at 7pm.

To those who already got here in the states and went thru the immigration officer, did they check your xray film? Mine he did not check it and i even offered to show it to him but he didn't care. So i am wondering now, because all i knew this xray film was to be used at my Port of Entry in the US. I arrived today June 13 In the US.

From past posts, it appears that only Honolulu POE requires the x-ray film. To those transitting through Hawaii, better hand-carry your x-ray with you as Immigration will ask for it.

and my friend had a different answer to her G325 from the DS-157, but we were told that we'll just have to correct everything, make it "right" in the final DS-forms for the interview... i hope itll work on you too

Agreed. Any errors must be corrected as soon as they are caught. Embassy makes room for honest mistakes but not for knowingly giving incorrect information.

Updating list. It’s good to see new additions to our list. Welcome to our list. To those who have incomplete timelines and Manila case numbers, would appreciate if you can provide those as the info really help those who are still waiting for interview dates. Thank you.

If there's an error or if I missed any update, do let me know.

Legend:

OK - Visa approved

AR - Admin Review/Add'l Docs Required

ME - Military Expedite

AO - Age-Out (Derivative approaching age 21)

Name..................NOA2....MNL REC'D..PACKET...INTERVIEW..MNL CASE#..STATUS..DELIVERED/#OF DAYS/PLACE DLVRD

K1 LIST

01..Skeeter211......01-17-07..02-27-07..04-02-07..05-03-07..2007-52xxxx..OK..May 11/08 days/Davao

02..chadandlira.....01-25-07..xx-xx-xx..04-02-07..05-09-07..2007-536xxx..OK..May 16/07 days/Gen. Santos

03..Honeysweet......02-01-07..02-20-07..xx-xx-xx..05-10-07..2007-540xxx..OK..Jun 01/22 days/??

04..chadmides.......02-12-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..05-17-07..2007-547xxx..OK..May 24/07 days/??

05..gracy_byron.....02-08-07..02-28-07..xx-xx-xx..05-18-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..May 23/05 days/Pick up

06..joemaria........02-12-07..02-28-07..xx-xx-xx..05-22-07..2007-55xxxx..OK..May 28/06 days/Manila

07..Jeng............02-13-07..02-28-07..03-31-07..05-22-07..2007-554xxx..OK..May 28/06 days/Manila

08..imaskin.........02-21-07..xx-xx-xx..03-30-07..05-24-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 06/13 days/CDO

09..princess sutil..02-20-07..xx-xx-xx..04-02-07..05-24-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 01/08 days/??

10..orion44.........02-22-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-05-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 12/07 days/Muntinlupa

11..David-MaeForev..02-27-07..03-14-07..xx-xx-xx..06-07-07..2007-564xxx..OK..Jun 14/07 days/Laguna

12..JeffK...........03-08-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-18-07..2007-573xxx

13..Almi and Randy..03-07-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-19-07..2007-57xxxx

14..elmasguapo......12-15-06..01-08-07..xx-xx-xx..07-03-07..2006-xxxxxx

15..CountryBoy......03-29-07..04-23-07..xx-xx-xx..07-04-07..2007-608xxx

16..dave&evan.......04-12-07..04-25-07..xx-xx-xx..07-05-07..2007-60xxxx

17..trakon2002......04-05-07..xx-xx-xx..04-25-07..07-11-07..2007-613xxx

18..happyinlove.....04-14-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..07-11-07..2007-xxxxxx

19..C&M14...........05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..05-25-07..07-11-07..2007-62xxxx

20..2hearts1beat....05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

21..busycharlie.....05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

22..rea.............05-01-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-06-07..2007-xxxxxx

23..Bernie4Bien.....05-01-07..05-18-07..xx-xx-xx..08-06-07..2007-xxxxxx

24..Anthony Julie...05-xx-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-07-07..2007-63xxxx

25..shaggy474.......xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-10-07..2007-xxxxxx

26..Novelyn&Gragg...05-10-07..06-06-07..xx-xx-xx..08-13-07..2007-xxxxxx

27..JoanBill........06-09-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-14-07..2007-xxxxxx

K3 LIST

01..AnneiyandJacky..11-28-06..xx-xx-xx..02-27-07..04-17-07..2006-685xxx..AR..Co-sponsor

02..CherylandMike...02-05-07..02-26-07..05-03-07..05-16-07..2007-546xxx..OK..May 23/07 days/Cebu

03..Robor007........02-06-07..02-26-07..03-30-07..05-16-07..2007-546xxx..OK..May 23/07 days/Mandaluyong

04..jeffry..........02-07-07..02-26-07..xx-xx-xx..05-16-07..2007-546xxx..OK..May 18/02 days/??

05..luvbugs4ever....12-14-06..12-21-06..03-02-07..07-03-07..2006-8xxxxx

06..islandprincess..05-21-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

IR-1/CR-1

Name.................NOA2.....CASE CMPLT..PACKET..INTERVIEW...MNL CASE#..STATUS

01..orimai..........10-16-06..03-08-07..02-19-07..05-30-07..2006-xxxxxx..

02..Gobruins........12-20-06..04-03-07..xx-xx-xx..05-23-07..2007-50xxxx..OK

03..crambajoy.......09-19-06..05-10-07..05-23-06..06-20-07..2007-xxxxxx

04..StarProg........12-28-06..05-10-07..xx-xx-xx..06-28-07..2007-508xxx

05..islandprincess..05-21-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..2007-xxxxxx

06..DogWood Poet....11-07-06..05-03-07..05-26-07..08-09-07..2007-xxxxxx..Interview reset

[Bernie4Bien 0]

hi everyone,

on 6/14 we finally received our medical and appointment dates from the embassy website

July 26

August 2

but now the embassy shows our case # not on File... What gives??? Anyone else have this problem ??? Is it time to start worring ???

I noticed the same thing with our case number...the site was down for a while earlier, perhaps the database got corrupted?

Thanks... that good to hear, I thoght they maybe move our date, or somebody hit the delete button on accident

same here....after reading your post, I checked ours and sure enough, our case number is not found.....but it was there yesterday when I checked.....

[StarProg 0]

Welcome to the U.S. Cora, glad you made it and hope adjusting isn't too difficult. Yeah, about the customs, I went throught the same thing last time I returned from the Philippines. I was the last person left in the area besides the 3 customs agents, and it sure makes one feel like a criminal as they scrutinize everything in your luggage. I really hope that never happens again, I really hated it. Congratulations on the weight loss.

Less than a week and I'll be outta here for 3 weeks.

[Dogwood_Poet 16]

hi everyone,

on 6/14 we finally received our medical and appointment dates from the embassy website

July 26

August 2

but now the embassy shows our case # not on File... What gives??? Anyone else have this problem ??? Is it time to start worring ???

I noticed the same thing with our case number...the site was down for a while earlier, perhaps the database got corrupted?

It has done the same thing with us, it now shows our first appointment time, not the rescheduled appointment in August I saw after Kathlene finished her medical.