Manila Embassy Interview/Visa Status

[sway 0]

I've decided that I should be there at Novelyn's interview and I was wondering...

If approved, will they allow you to pick up the visa that afternoon or the next day?

I only ask because I don't have a lot of vacation time left and it would be so nice if she could fly back with me!

Hi there,

I am not giving you false hope, but my husband and I asked to pick up my visa the next day but they won't grant it unless it's emergency the consul said. My visa was release after 15 days of waiting. Delbros on my province sucks.

You being there on your fiancee's interview will give her confidence. Goodluck on her interview!

[jerrylee 0]

I've decided that I should be there at Novelyn's interview and I was wondering...

If approved, will they allow you to pick up the visa that afternoon or the next day?

I only ask because I don't have a lot of vacation time left and it would be so nice if she could fly back with me!

Hi there,

I am not giving you false hope, but my husband and I asked to pick up my visa the next day but they won't grant it unless it's emergency the consul said. My visa was release after 15 days of waiting. Delbros on my province sucks.

You being there on your fiancee's interview will give her confidence. Goodluck on her interview!

Thanks for the reply! It's terrible that Delbros took so long to deliver the visa to you. If we have to have it delivered it would only have to go to Laguna which should not take nearly as long (I Hope ).

I have read other posts where the USC has requested to pick up the visa and it was granted, so it seems that it may just be based on which Consul does the interview, how they feel that day, what the weather is like, or if they had a fight with their spouse morning or the night before )

[Pinay Wife 47]

Is it true that if you will be using a private courier (like UPS,FedEx) to send the AOS package, it will be mailed to a different address than sending it thru the United States Postal Services?

Ours was sent thru the postal office so am not really sure if the address differs using a private courier....my friend will mail her AOS tomorrow using either UPS or FedEx and she asked me about this since another friend too said address differs...

According to USCIS Direct Mail Instructions, for non-USPS deliveries (e.g. private couriers), the address to use is:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Attn: FBASI

427 S. La Salle - 3rd Floor

Chicago, IL 60605-1098

[MarieandBryan 0]

Is it true that if you will be using a private courier (like UPS,FedEx) to send the AOS package, it will be mailed to a different address than sending it thru the United States Postal Services?

Ours was sent thru the postal office so am not really sure if the address differs using a private courier....my friend will mail her AOS tomorrow using either UPS or FedEx and she asked me about this since another friend too said address differs...

According to USCIS Direct Mail Instructions, for non-USPS deliveries (e.g. private couriers), the address to use is:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Attn: FBASI

427 S. La Salle - 3rd Floor

Chicago, IL 60605-1098

Thanks a bunch Ms. Cora! And CONGRATULATIONS on your wedding..Best wishes! Love your pics..You look beautiful in your wed gown...and very sexy too...

Marie

[David-and-Mae 15]

I've decided that I should be there at Novelyn's interview and I was wondering...

If approved, will they allow you to pick up the visa that afternoon or the next day?

I only ask because I don't have a lot of vacation time left and it would be so nice if she could fly back with me!

Hi there,

I am not giving you false hope, but my husband and I asked to pick up my visa the next day but they won't grant it unless it's emergency the consul said. My visa was release after 15 days of waiting. Delbros on my province sucks.

You being there on your fiancee's interview will give her confidence. Goodluck on her interview!

Thanks for the reply! It's terrible that Delbros took so long to deliver the visa to you. If we have to have it delivered it would only have to go to Laguna which should not take nearly as long (I Hope ).

I have read other posts where the USC has requested to pick up the visa and it was granted, so it seems that it may just be based on which Consul does the interview, how they feel that day, what the weather is like, or if they had a fight with their spouse morning or the night before )

I'm from Binan, Laguna and my visa took 7 days after the interview (plus holiday and weekend). You can still both try asking the consul if it's ok to pick up the visa. If you will not be granted, it's not going to be so bad being delivere by Delbros.

Good luck on your interview!

--Mae

[jerrylee 0]

I've decided that I should be there at Novelyn's interview and I was wondering...

If approved, will they allow you to pick up the visa that afternoon or the next day?

I only ask because I don't have a lot of vacation time left and it would be so nice if she could fly back with me!

Hi there,

I am not giving you false hope, but my husband and I asked to pick up my visa the next day but they won't grant it unless it's emergency the consul said. My visa was release after 15 days of waiting. Delbros on my province sucks.

You being there on your fiancee's interview will give her confidence. Goodluck on her interview!

Thanks for the reply! It's terrible that Delbros took so long to deliver the visa to you. If we have to have it delivered it would only have to go to Laguna which should not take nearly as long (I Hope ).

I have read other posts where the USC has requested to pick up the visa and it was granted, so it seems that it may just be based on which Consul does the interview, how they feel that day, what the weather is like, or if they had a fight with their spouse morning or the night before )

I'm from Binan, Laguna and my visa took 7 days after the interview (plus holiday and weekend). You can still both try asking the consul if it's ok to pick up the visa. If you will not be granted, it's not going to be so bad being delivere by Delbros.

Good luck on your interview!

--Mae

If it has to be delivered it will be to Southville, Binan, Laguna...its nice to know it will be fast!

I just hope we can pick it up though

[David-and-Mae 15]

Well, it looks like our AOS packet is ready to go tomorrow, the 26th of July. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Today, we traveled down to Licking, MO to see one of the two civil surgeons in the area (105 miles from our home) and got the rest of the paperwork done. They insisted that I take the full medical since I could not provide them all the records of the medical I had at St. Lukes. I had to explain to the attending nurse who will do the paperwork and to the civil surgeon himself that I got everything done and that all I needed is the I-693A. It was a challenge in convincing them because they laid it all out that I redo everything, otherwise, no paperwork from them. I had to show them this instruction (and good thing I was carrying it around) "If you are a K-1 fiancé(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement (I-693A), not the entire medical report" for them to believe me. They even had to check it to USCIS' website for confirmation. HA! Finally, the nurse did the paperwork and gave me a sealed envelope for $50 . Oh well, what matters most now is I'm done assembling the AOS packet and ready to go tomorrow, which means no filing fee increase for us! Thank God, everything went smoothly for us and fell right into places. I was beginning to lose hope that we will be able to beat the target date of mailing it.

I got another question, though. Do I have to include this sealed envelope in our AOS packet or will have to provide it on AOS interview? Aside from that envelope, the nurse gave me copies of what's inside it. Can somebody lighten me up on this before I mail it away???

P.S.

I had TB skin test last Monday and they read it today. Somehow, the red swollen mark was 12mm and supposedly, I am positive. They explained it to me that since I came from the Philippines and mots of us were given some kind of vaccine when we're a child, I got the anti-bodies for tuberculosis and such, so there's really nothing to worry about it. Whew! But they had to take a good look at my chest X-ray (the one from St. Lukes) just to make sure that I have no problem, whatsoever and then the civil surgeon made an extra note about the result of the TB skin test. So there!

I've decided that I should be there at Novelyn's interview and I was wondering...

If approved, will they allow you to pick up the visa that afternoon or the next day?

I only ask because I don't have a lot of vacation time left and it would be so nice if she could fly back with me!

Hi there,

I am not giving you false hope, but my husband and I asked to pick up my visa the next day but they won't grant it unless it's emergency the consul said. My visa was release after 15 days of waiting. Delbros on my province sucks.

You being there on your fiancee's interview will give her confidence. Goodluck on her interview!

Thanks for the reply! It's terrible that Delbros took so long to deliver the visa to you. If we have to have it delivered it would only have to go to Laguna which should not take nearly as long (I Hope ).

I have read other posts where the USC has requested to pick up the visa and it was granted, so it seems that it may just be based on which Consul does the interview, how they feel that day, what the weather is like, or if they had a fight with their spouse morning or the night before )

I'm from Binan, Laguna and my visa took 7 days after the interview (plus holiday and weekend). You can still both try asking the consul if it's ok to pick up the visa. If you will not be granted, it's not going to be so bad being delivere by Delbros.

Good luck on your interview!

--Mae

If it has to be delivered it will be to Southville, Binan, Laguna...its nice to know it will be fast!

I just hope we can pick it up though

Hey, I'm from Southville too, Las Vegas Street, Ph 6. What street are you from? How come we never met before? We should have been friends while I was still there.

[Skeeter211 2]

Well, it looks like our AOS packet is ready to go tomorrow, the 26th of July. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Today, we traveled down to Licking, MO to see one of the two civil surgeons in the area (105 miles from our home) and got the rest of the paperwork done. They insisted that I take the full medical since I could not provide them all the records of the medical I had at St. Lukes. I had to explain to the attending nurse who will do the paperwork and to the civil surgeon himself that I got everything done and that all I needed is the I-693A. It was a challenge in convincing them because they laid it all out that I redo everything, otherwise, no paperwork from them. I had to show them this instruction (and good thing I was carrying it around) "If you are a K-1 fiancé(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement (I-693A), not the entire medical report" for them to believe me. They even had to check it to USCIS' website for confirmation. HA! Finally, the nurse did the paperwork and gave me a sealed envelope for $50 . Oh well, what matters most now is I'm done assembling the AOS packet and ready to go tomorrow, which means no filing fee increase for us! Thank God, everything went smoothly for us and fell right into places. I was beginning to lose hope that we will be able to beat the target date of mailing it.

I think its terrible how some doctor's are either misinformed or just flat out try and take advantage of the new immigrant. I have followed the AOS forum lately as that is where we are now in the process. It seems quite common that Docs try and force a full medical exam on the K1's even though its clearly not needed by the guidelines. I'm sure many unknowing immigrants and their spouses consent because they trust a doctor knows best. I'm sure that is why they do it.....because they can get away with it. I'm glad you were able to stick to your guns and that they finally gave in.

I got another question, though. Do I have to include this sealed envelope in our AOS packet or will have to provide it on AOS interview? Aside from that envelope, the nurse gave me copies of what's inside it. Can somebody lighten me up on this before I mail it away???

Yes...send that sealed envelope in with the AOS packet as proof that your shots were updated. Keep your copies, but mail the sealed envelope with your packet. Mine wasn't labeled with the contents by the Doc, so I just wrote on the outside of the front of the envelope, "I-693A". Good luck!

[Skeeter211 2]

Just for documentation of the source of information on the last post, the intructions for the form I-485 read:

"Fiancé(e)s.

If you are a K-1 fiancé(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement, not the entire medical report.

You may include the vaccination supplement with your adjustment of status application.

"

Good luck!!!

Scott and Mirasol

[fish 0]

Hi VJ Philippines,

Please allow me to rave, I got my greencard today so I'm free from the immigration for another two years. Thank you so much for all the help. Oh and I passed my driver's license exam the other day finally my journey has only begun. I never thought that driving would be such a liberating experience and empowering for someone who only traveled by jeepneys, fx, and MRT back home. Bear with me I'm just happy for ol the good blessings I got this week!

Anyway, time to look for work, I'm an Accountant forever!

Thank you everyone, especially Sheriff Uling and PW. This site has helped me alot. Mabuhay ang Manila VJ Thread!

Cheers!

[jerrylee 0]

Hi VJ Philippines,

Please allow me to rave, I got my greencard today so I'm free from the immigration for another two years. Thank you so much for all the help. Oh and I passed my driver's license exam the other day finally my journey has only begun. I never thought that driving would be such a liberating experience and empowering for someone who only traveled by jeepneys, fx, and MRT back home. Bear with me I'm just happy for ol the good blessings I got this week!

Anyway, time to look for work, I'm an Accountant forever!

Thank you everyone, especially Sheriff Uling and PW. This site has helped me alot. Mabuhay ang Manila VJ Thread!

Cheers!

:dance: Congratulations!! :dance:

[Dogwood_Poet 16]

Kathlene's interview is August 9th at 6:30am. We have a friend in Manila who has a boarding house and will take Kathlene to the Embassy. I have two quick questions. (sorry if the answer is already somewhere, the search is not working)

1. Does Kathlene need to get there about an hour before her scheduled time, or earlier?

2. She lives outside of Cagayan de Oro City on Mindanao, how much should she bring to make sure she has enough for Delbros payment?

Thanks for everyone's help! We both are so excited as the interview draws near and are hoping to be back together by September!

[island_princess 2]

"If you are a K-1 fiancé(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement (I-693A), not the entire medical report"

Where can we get this I-693A form? Can we download it somewhere online?

[gracy_byron 0]

Well, it looks like our AOS packet is ready to go tomorrow, the 26th of July. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Today, we traveled down to Licking, MO to see one of the two civil surgeons in the area (105 miles from our home) and got the rest of the paperwork done. They insisted that I take the full medical since I could not provide them all the records of the medical I had at St. Lukes. I had to explain to the attending nurse who will do the paperwork and to the civil surgeon himself that I got everything done and that all I needed is the I-693A. It was a challenge in convincing them because they laid it all out that I redo everything, otherwise, no paperwork from them. I had to show them this instruction (and good thing I was carrying it around) "If you are a K-1 fiancé(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement (I-693A), not the entire medical report" for them to believe me. They even had to check it to USCIS' website for confirmation. HA! Finally, the nurse did the paperwork and gave me a sealed envelope for $50 . Oh well, what matters most now is I'm done assembling the AOS packet and ready to go tomorrow, which means no filing fee increase for us! Thank God, everything went smoothly for us and fell right into places. I was beginning to lose hope that we will be able to beat the target date of mailing it.

I got another question, though. Do I have to include this sealed envelope in our AOS packet or will have to provide it on AOS interview? Aside from that envelope, the nurse gave me copies of what's inside it. Can somebody lighten me up on this before I mail it away???

P.S.

I had TB skin test last Monday and they read it today. Somehow, the red swollen mark was 12mm and supposedly, I am positive. They explained it to me that since I came from the Philippines and mots of us were given some kind of vaccine when we're a child, I got the anti-bodies for tuberculosis and such, so there's really nothing to worry about it. Whew! But they had to take a good look at my chest X-ray (the one from St. Lukes) just to make sure that I have no problem, whatsoever and then the civil surgeon made an extra note about the result of the TB skin test. So there!

I've decided that I should be there at Novelyn's interview and I was wondering...

If approved, will they allow you to pick up the visa that afternoon or the next day?

I only ask because I don't have a lot of vacation time left and it would be so nice if she could fly back with me!

Hi there,

I am not giving you false hope, but my husband and I asked to pick up my visa the next day but they won't grant it unless it's emergency the consul said. My visa was release after 15 days of waiting. Delbros on my province sucks.

You being there on your fiancee's interview will give her confidence. Goodluck on her interview!

Thanks for the reply! It's terrible that Delbros took so long to deliver the visa to you. If we have to have it delivered it would only have to go to Laguna which should not take nearly as long (I Hope ).

I have read other posts where the USC has requested to pick up the visa and it was granted, so it seems that it may just be based on which Consul does the interview, how they feel that day, what the weather is like, or if they had a fight with their spouse morning or the night before )

I'm from Binan, Laguna and my visa took 7 days after the interview (plus holiday and weekend). You can still both try asking the consul if it's ok to pick up the visa. If you will not be granted, it's not going to be so bad being delivere by Delbros.

Good luck on your interview!

--Mae

If it has to be delivered it will be to Southville, Binan, Laguna...its nice to know it will be fast!

I just hope we can pick it up though

Hey, I'm from Southville too, Las Vegas Street, Ph 6. What street are you from? How come we never met before? We should have been friends while I was still there.

Good luck on your AOS Mae, we're gonna have our biometrics next month. Havent been here for a while I missed all the posts and members

[David-and-Mae 15]

We mailed our AOS packet this morning and all along, I thought the check should be made for US Citizenship and Immigration Services since that's what we did before for our I-129F. This evening, I double checked everything and found out that it should be made for Department of Homeland and Security. Did I screw it up? Will they return the entire packet and make me pay $1010 in mailing it back or will they accept the check that we made even though its for USCIS? I was so in a rush to make sure that we got to file before the fee increase takes effective but with this quandary, I'm now really worried.

What do you think guys... Did anyone here made the check for USCIS instead of DHS for their AOS and succeeded? Please tell me. I am in tears right now and wanted to kick myself for overlooking the instructions but at the back of my mind and in my heart, I am so hoping that they will consider the check and won't have to resubmit everything.

--Mae