Slight Delay due to document

[Grant PDX 183]

My fiance had her interview and needs to reorder her NBI.  They kept her passport, went to the NBI to place the order and will pick it up/send it to the Embassy via 2Go next Monday the 30th.  That was the only issue (didn't originally order with her AKA from her previous marriage).  Any idea how long it's taking after the document is returned?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

19 minutes ago, Grant PDX said:

My fiance had her interview and needs to reorder her NBI.  They kept her passport, went to the NBI to place the order and will pick it up/send it to the Embassy via 2Go next Monday the 30th.  That was the only issue (didn't originally order with her AKA from her previous marriage).  Any idea how long it's taking after the document is returned?

"Normal" turnaround time is 2 weeks. Sometimes sooner and sometimes later. No one can say for sure but history it's normally 2 weeks.

[Grant PDX 183]

Thanks boss.

 

[John & Rose 7,239]

2 hours ago, Grant PDX said:

My fiance had her interview and needs to reorder her NBI.  They kept her passport, went to the NBI to place the order and will pick it up/send it to the Embassy via 2Go next Monday the 30th.  That was the only issue (didn't originally order with her AKA from her previous marriage).  Any idea how long it's taking after the document is returned?

She can go to the main NBI office by the Doctor's Hospital and pick up her NBI AKA just three days after you request it.  We were told May 2 but got ours on April 20 after filing at Robinson's on April 17.

[Hank_ 9,174]

6 hours ago, Grant PDX said:

My fiance had her interview and needs to reorder her NBI.  They kept her passport, went to the NBI to place the order and will pick it up/send it to the Embassy via 2Go next Monday the 30th.  That was the only issue (didn't originally order with her AKA from her previous marriage).  Any idea how long it's taking after the document is returned?

 

I agree with Greenbaum, on average it adds only a couple weeks to the wait.  The embassy's new checklist states this (I guess they want to make it a scary issue) :

 

Please bring all the required documents to your visa interview to facilitate same-day approval. Note that you risk SIGNIFICANT DELAYS by failing to bring all documentary requirements to your interview. It is strongly recommended that you RESCHEDULE your visa interview date if you are unable to bring all the required documentation below. 

Edited April 23, 2018 by Hank_

[Grant PDX 183]

Thanks folks.  I knew it was required to have the AKA on the NBI, she wasn't aware and I never double checked.  She went to the NBI on the same day as the interview, April 10.  They told her to come back on the 19th to pick it up.  She's home with her family and their tiny island for fiesta and can't return to Manila until the 30th.  We were planning on her flying here the week of May 7, so it's possible it's just a week or so delay.  My fiance is so apologetic about not knowing, but it's likely just a 7-14 day delay.  We'll have decades together and the delay will give her another week or two with her cousins and friends, so not a big deal.

 

On the 30th she's also doing a second CFO appointment.  She went in Clark and spent the full afternoon, did the seminar, etc.  They had copies of my divorce certificates but required more information before they would give her the certificate, so they told her to make an appointment in Manila.  She'll do that on the 30th as well.  I have past experience with the CFO.  They've always accepted official divorce certificates.  The guy at Clark CFO required the full divorce decrees (I never had to give before) so it was another snag.  All-in-all, it's frustrating but it'll happen.  

 

Thanks much.