Manila Embassy Interview/Visa Status

[rea 1]

Success at the interview!

My fiance's interview was last Friday July 6th. I am with her in Manila staying accross the street from the embassy. Everything went smoothly and at the end of the interview I presented a letter to the CO requesting that my fiance pick up the visa in person. Today she received a call from the embassy informing her that the visa will be available for pick up tomorrow! It will be 5 days total including the weekend since the interview. We are both relieved and joyfull. Thanks for all the support from the VJ community. We will be able to make our flight home next week now!

The only thing left to do here in Manila is to get the CFO stamp after she picks up the visa tomorrow. I guess we need to figure out where to go!

Kevin and Jena

wow! congrats!

[jerrylee 0]

Success at the interview!

My fiance's interview was last Friday July 6th. I am with her in Manila staying accross the street from the embassy. Everything went smoothly and at the end of the interview I presented a letter to the CO requesting that my fiance pick up the visa in person. Today she received a call from the embassy informing her that the visa will be available for pick up tomorrow! It will be 5 days total including the weekend since the interview. We are both relieved and joyfull. Thanks for all the support from the VJ community. We will be able to make our flight home next week now!

The only thing left to do here in Manila is to get the CFO stamp after she picks up the visa tomorrow. I guess we need to figure out where to go!

Kevin and Jena

:dance: Congrats!!! :dance:

[Ano 0]

Success, a whole string of approvals! Wishing you all a lifetime of happiness.

Napakagaling mo!

[Bernie4Bien 0]

Success at the interview!

THAT'S WONDERFUL! CONGRATS KEVIN & JENA

BiEn

Edited July 11, 2007 by Bernie4Bien

[jackieadam 0]

hello good day to all of you!i would like to ask regarding about the iisuance of DMV ID. Today i had my SSN CARD finally which i just applied last june 4. Its really good that I have it earlier for application of my AOS. After that me and my husband went to DMV for an ID application. However, they said that my k1 visa will expires on aug. 29, 2007. that means i will be just wasting my money if i will get dmv id coz that will tend to expire my dmv id too. they advised me to change my passport name into my married name then renew that visa. my concern is where can i possibly go to change my name appeared in my passport to be after with my husband's surname? Because until now they dont even recognized my SSS which is my surname is my husband's surname. thank you for your help. Also since I got married last JUne 16 what will happen if my fiancee visa will expire?

[crambajoy 0]

I'm leaving on a jet plane now I know when I'll be back again coz my wife got her visa today!! Just like 30 min ago.It ONLY took 3weeks exactly for her to receive her visa.Thanks to all the VJs for your support. and to all still waiting..have patience your time will come.I booked my flight on the July 18.

[sweethoney 0]

I'm leaving on a jet plane now I know when I'll be back again coz my wife got her visa today!! Just like 30 min ago.It ONLY took 3weeks exactly for her to receive her visa.Thanks to all the VJs for your support. and to all still waiting..have patience your time will come.I booked my flight on the July 18.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

i got a text from delbros also that mine is out for delivery starting today up to 2 days. i checked on delbros website also and THANKS GOD !!! i am expecting it until friday because i live in the province.

[ElMasGuapo 0]

Hi everyone,

My fiance recieved her visa yesterday!

It was exactly 7 days. She lives in mindanao.

I wish the best for everyone who is still waiting for theirs

as always,

take care,

[kev_n_jena 89]

Yes, Congratulations everyone that has had success.

I was going to give the emabassy an A+ on their efficiency and constantly correct information. That was until the very very last advice we received from them. When Jena picked up her visa it went very smoothly. They called her to the window at exactly the time they told her on the phone. After she got the visa the lady mentioned her CFO stamp and gave Jena a one page print out with addresses in Manila. Jena explained that she had already taken the course and only needed the stamp. The lady told her which CFO office was the closest to the embassy so we took a cab to that address. 2nd floor of the Equitable-PCI Bank Building 2422 Taft ave. After Jena checked in I asked the guard how long she would be and he told me 2 hours. I explained that all she needed was the stamp since she already had the seminar. The guard then informed us we would need to go to Citigold Center, 1345 Pres. Quirino Ave. for the stamp.

So all in all I had to drop the grade of the embassy to an A-, but still a wonderfull job.

I guess now we have alot of extra time since our flight isn't until Tues. 17th. We may call NW and see if the have seats open on an earlier flight.

BTW, we stayed in the Boulevard Mansion for P1650 per night. Its old but not that bad. Watch out for the laundry service, it's kind of expensive.

Take care everyone and good luck to all,

See you in the USA!

Kevin and Jena

[jerrylee 0]

I'm leaving on a jet plane now I know when I'll be back again coz my wife got her visa today!! Just like 30 min ago.It ONLY took 3weeks exactly for her to receive her visa.Thanks to all the VJs for your support. and to all still waiting..have patience your time will come.I booked my flight on the July 18.

:dance: Congrats!!! :dance:

I'm leaving on a jet plane now I know when I'll be back again coz my wife got her visa today!! Just like 30 min ago.It ONLY took 3weeks exactly for her to receive her visa.Thanks to all the VJs for your support. and to all still waiting..have patience your time will come.I booked my flight on the July 18.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

i got a text from delbros also that mine is out for delivery starting today up to 2 days. i checked on delbros website also and THANKS GOD !!! i am expecting it until friday because i live in the province.

:dance: Congrats!!! :dance:

Hi everyone,

My fiance recieved her visa yesterday!

It was exactly 7 days. She lives in mindanao.

I wish the best for everyone who is still waiting for theirs

as always,

take care,

Congrats!!!

[jerrylee 0]

Yes, Congratulations everyone that has had success.

I was going to give the emabassy an A+ on their efficiency and constantly correct information. That was until the very very last advice we received from them. When Jena picked up her visa it went very smoothly. They called her to the window at exactly the time they told her on the phone. After she got the visa the lady mentioned her CFO stamp and gave Jena a one page print out with addresses in Manila. Jena explained that she had already taken the course and only needed the stamp. The lady told her which CFO office was the closest to the embassy so we took a cab to that address. 2nd floor of the Equitable-PCI Bank Building 2422 Taft ave. After Jena checked in I asked the guard how long she would be and he told me 2 hours. I explained that all she needed was the stamp since she already had the seminar. The guard then informed us we would need to go to Citigold Center, 1345 Pres. Quirino Ave. for the stamp.

So all in all I had to drop the grade of the embassy to an A-, but still a wonderfull job.

I guess now we have alot of extra time since our flight isn't until Tues. 17th. We may call NW and see if the have seats open on an earlier flight.

BTW, we stayed in the Boulevard Mansion for P1650 per night. Its old but not that bad. Watch out for the laundry service, it's kind of expensive.

Take care everyone and good luck to all,

See you in the USA!

Kevin and Jena

:dance: Congrats!!! :dance:

News like this really starts my day off right!

Even though our interview is still a month away, it gives me a sense of relief to see so many approvals.

Edited July 11, 2007 by Novelyn & Gragg

[C&M14 0]

Me and my 3 kids had our interview today and we were approved!!!!

I just want to thank everybody here for the all the help and information you gave to me which I credit for having a very smooth-sailing interview experience. By reading about other people’s experiences and advices here, it helped me to know what to expect and come to my interview prepared. We were also very fortunate to have a very nice Filipino Pre-Screener who didn't smile much but were joking with my kids and a very nice woman consul who were smiling all throughout the interview. God bless them!

We woke up at 4:30 am, left our Sucat house at 5:40 am and arrive at the embassy at past 6 am. Our interview was set at 7 am. The vendors at the waiting shed told us that 7 am applicants were not yet called and offered us some chairs for rent. I figured that since it is already past 6 am, we will not be waiting too long before the guards will call the 7 am applicants so I didn’t rent any chairs and just waited standing up. At 6:20 am, me and my kids went to the embassy gate to find out if they could already let us in. The guard told us that they are not yet calling 7 am applicants and asked us to go back to the waiting shed. But the other guard told him to let us in since they will be calling the 7 am applicants soon anyway. So we went in, had our things scanned, then was given 7001 for our ticket number.

At 8:00 am we had our finger scanned, then at 8:30 were called for our pre-screening. The Filipino pre-screener was nice and even joked with my kids which made us laughed. I was so tensed the whole morning and so it helped me felt at ease. Documents asked from me were:

- Birth certificates and baptismal certificates – I told him I didn’t bring any baptismal certs, only our birth certificates and he said ok.

- NBI clearance

- Affidavit of support with 2006 ITR, W2, employment letter. He didn’t get my other supporting documents like recent paystubs, 2005 & 2004 ITR, bank statements, stocks certificates etc.

- Divorce decree of my fiancée

- He only asked for ATM receipts for money sent by my fiancée as my proof of relationship. ( He didn’t ask for emails, chat logs, snail mails, gift receipts or phone records. I felt a little bad that he didn’t ask for those since I took a lot of time and effort to organize them)

- Pictures together

- My old passport since I told him I have been to the US before

- He didn’t ask for my CENOMAR but I offered it to him, and he accepted it.

Questions asked by pre-screener:

- Who is my petitioner

- When did we meet and where?

- Last time I met my fiancée

- How many times he visited

- What happened to my previous relationship with the father of my kids and why we didn’t marry

- Then to my kids, he asked them where are they studying and teased one of my daughters why is she short when her two other sisters were tall. We all laughed on that.

At 9:30 we were called for our interview at Window 30. The consul was still interviewing a family so we waited outside the cubicle. After their interview, we went in and the consul smiled and ask me how I am. I said fine though I was very nervous inside. She looked over our papers and asked me the following questions:

- Who is my petitioner

- When and how did we meet?

- How many times he visited?

- Ask me if I have ever been to the US before and I said yes, and just look over my old passport.

- She asked me to tell her something about my fiancée

- Then she asked my kids what’s their birthday.

She ended the interview with “ Ok, you can go back to your seat and wait for your name to be called again and pay the fees for the delivery of your visas.” I understood what she meant but I want to make sure so I asked “ Do you mean Mam, we are approved?” And she said “Yes, you are approved and congratulations!” I said “Thank you very much Mam”. If there were no glass between us I could have hug and kiss her right there and then! LOL!

So we went out, got the pink slip and paid Delbros. We were out of the embassy at 10:15 am.

I just want to thank again everybody and Visa Journey. My journey was really smooth-sailing and problem-free because of all of you! I also want to say congrats to all were approved recently!

[RonMay 1]

hello good day to all of you!i would like to ask regarding about the iisuance of DMV ID. Today i had my SSN CARD finally which i just applied last june 4. Its really good that I have it earlier for application of my AOS. After that me and my husband went to DMV for an ID application. However, they said that my k1 visa will expires on aug. 29, 2007. that means i will be just wasting my money if i will get dmv id coz that will tend to expire my dmv id too. they advised me to change my passport name into my married name then renew that visa. my concern is where can i possibly go to change my name appeared in my passport to be after with my husband's surname? Because until now they dont even recognized my SSS which is my surname is my husband's surname. thank you for your help. Also since I got married last JUne 16 what will happen if my fiancee visa will expire?

hi we had similar issue although mine was they didnt want me to take a dmv test knowing i dont have a "green card" yet blah blah blah (here in CO) anyways its a big hassle to change your passport especially if your dealing with both aos and phil consular (more chaos)... my opinion/suggestion is, if they wont give you a drivers license its best to wait to process your aos first and wait for your GC... by filing you could use your husbands name as your last and your maiden name as you middle (like our phil law). then worry about your passport later... its ok for your visa to expire knowing you're already married. you can stay here (legally) without the aos yet. but by filing the aos, gives you more opportunity to work and get a drivers license etc when you get your GC... God bless

[vsmtghdy 2]

KEVIN and JENA, CRAMBAJOY, ELMASGUAPO and C&M14 --->>>>

Have a safe trip everyone!!!

[jackieadam 0]

hello good day to all of you!i would like to ask regarding about the iisuance of DMV ID. Today i had my SSN CARD finally which i just applied last june 4. Its really good that I have it earlier for application of my AOS. After that me and my husband went to DMV for an ID application. However, they said that my k1 visa will expires on aug. 29, 2007. that means i will be just wasting my money if i will get dmv id coz that will tend to expire my dmv id too. they advised me to change my passport name into my married name then renew that visa. my concern is where can i possibly go to change my name appeared in my passport to be after with my husband's surname? Because until now they dont even recognized my SSS which is my surname is my husband's surname. thank you for your help. Also since I got married last JUne 16 what will happen if my fiancee visa will expire?

hi we had similar issue although mine was they didnt want me to take a dmv test knowing i dont have a "green card" yet blah blah blah (here in CO) anyways its a big hassle to change your passport especially if your dealing with both aos and phil consular (more chaos)... my opinion/suggestion is, if they wont give you a drivers license its best to wait to process your aos first and wait for your GC... by filing you could use your husbands name as your last and your maiden name as you middle (like our phil law). then worry about your passport later... its ok for your visa to expire knowing you're already married. you can stay here (legally) without the aos yet. but by filing the aos, gives you more opportunity to work and get a drivers license etc when you get your GC... God bless

hi thank you very much!!so its best to wait for the aos approval before going to Phil. Embassy.