Panama Filers

[kellyk 4]

9 hours ago, TandClaudia said:

I would HIGHLY recommend using the Dr at Paitilla Medical Center for the medical appointment. The Dr was very professional, patient, spoke English and Spanish, and was very helpful.

 

The X-ray was completed the same day, along with the blood serology. 

 

Rather than having to return for a second visit, you are given a user name and password for a website and all of the results are loaded there. 

 

The Dr. anticipated that our file would reach the embassy by Wednesday this week.  

Thanks for the update- we just received word that our appointment will be on August 20th. We're going to try and book the appointment in Paitilla ASAP! =)

We sent our docs on Wednesday to the Embassy and received our appointment date on Monday. 

Edited August 5, 2019 by kellyk

[TandClaudia 330]

Congratulations!

 

i was under the impression that interviews were always held at the end of the month. I’m happy that this isn’t the case.  

[TandClaudia 330]

We initiated the Police Certificate on Thursday 8/1/19 and it was ready on Wednesday 8/6/19.  She had to pay for it to be Apostilled.  That took a few hours and $15.

 

The medical results have been sent to the embassy.  We are just waiting for the Venezuela police certificate to arrive from Caracas. 

 

interview is next Thursday.

 

[TandClaudia 330]

I'm flying out tonight for our interview tomorrow. 

 

DHL should be delivering our last documents today.

[kellyk 4]

3 hours ago, TandClaudia said:

I'm flying out tonight for our interview tomorrow. 

 

DHL should be delivering our last documents today.

Safe travels- all the best on the interview tomorrow! 

[dwilder 74]

On 8/14/2019 at 7:13 AM, TandClaudia said:

I'm flying out tonight for our interview tomorrow. 

 

DHL should be delivering our last documents today.

How did it go?!

[TandClaudia 330]

@dwilder @kellyk @panamerican @Juliee@Sarge2155 @Greenbaum @nosleep @TBoneTX@Elif_and_Greg@Daniela M_______ @oflyingbunnyo @everyone else who helped us.

 

We were approved!!!!  Thank you to all of you.  

 

it was the strangest, but also the most fitting interview for our situation.  The officer interviewed both of us in both English and Spanish and it was mostly “open ended” questions.  I’ll write a summary later, but now I need to rest. I’ve had 4 hours of sleep, including my catnap prior to the interview. 

 

I need to regroup before I start bugging you all about CEAC status and passport delivery.  😁😂😂

[Juliee 59]

8 minutes ago, TandClaudia said:

@dwilder @kellyk @panamerican @Juliee@Sarge2155 @Greenbaum @nosleep @TBoneTX@Elif_and_Greg@Daniela M_______ @oflyingbunnyo @everyone else who helped us.

 

We were approved!!!!  Thank you to all of you.  

 

it was the strangest, but also the most fitting interview for our situation.  The officer interviewed both of us in both English and Spanish and it was mostly “open ended” questions.  I’ll write a summary later, but now I need to rest. I’ve had 4 hours of sleep, including my catnap prior to the interview. 

 

I need to regroup before I start bugging you all about CEAC status and passport delivery.  😁😂😂

Congratulatios!!!!

[Sarge2155 4,587]

11 minutes ago, TandClaudia said:

@dwilder @kellyk @panamerican @Juliee@Sarge2155 @Greenbaum @nosleep @TBoneTX@Elif_and_Greg@Daniela M_______ @oflyingbunnyo @everyone else who helped us.

 

We were approved!!!!  Thank you to all of you.  

 

it was the strangest, but also the most fitting interview for our situation.  The officer interviewed both of us in both English and Spanish and it was mostly “open ended” questions.  I’ll write a summary later, but now I need to rest. I’ve had 4 hours of sleep, including my catnap prior to the interview. 

 

I need to regroup before I start bugging you all about CEAC status and passport delivery.  😁😂😂

Good job my friend, good job!

[TBoneTX 45,297]

Great news and a great feeling!

Be sure to post a thorough consular review so that others facing the same might learn.

[panamerican 36]

Happy to hear about the positive outcome and glad to know I could help! Congratulations!

 

It's a great feeling knowing there are other Panamanian/American couples doing this. Up until the day of our interview, it felt like no one else from Panama was working through the same process 🤣

[oflyingbunnyo 119]

21 hours ago, TandClaudia said:

@dwilder @kellyk @panamerican @Juliee@Sarge2155 @Greenbaum @nosleep @TBoneTX@Elif_and_Greg@Daniela M_______ @oflyingbunnyo @everyone else who helped us.

 

We were approved!!!!  Thank you to all of you.  

 

it was the strangest, but also the most fitting interview for our situation.  The officer interviewed both of us in both English and Spanish and it was mostly “open ended” questions.  I’ll write a summary later, but now I need to rest. I’ve had 4 hours of sleep, including my catnap prior to the interview. 

 

I need to regroup before I start bugging you all about CEAC status and passport delivery.  😁😂😂

Major congrats!!!! 

I know being approved is probably one of the best feelings ever  

Remember that there might be a little inconvenient here and there in regards to getting the visa and that the CEAC status changes are very different for everyone and usually all over the place jumping from one status to another back & forth.

Me and my fiance were a little bumped out because we expected to receive my visa last week and due to having to retake my fingerprints since the CO forgot to take these back at my interview and (speculation/possibly) mothers day here in Costa Rica the CEAC status had not moved whatsoever but just today they touched our case again and I'm positive I'll get my visa in due time ! 

Edited August 16, 2019 by oflyingbunnyo

[TandClaudia 330]

Thanks @oflyingbunnyo 

Her CEAC status still say “Ready”.

 

Im ready for it to flip to A/P. 

 

The officer said that she should have her passport in 5-10 days.  

[TandClaudia 330]

 

On ‎8‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 12:38 AM, TBoneTX said:

Great news and a great feeling!

Be sure to post a thorough consular review so that others facing the same might learn.

 

I have posted my consulate review.

 

I think that the embassy staff gets a commission from the photo booth in the consulate.  Every person in our group had to re-take their passport photo, and the security guards "conveniently" had change for people who needed smaller bills. 

 

 

[TandClaudia 330]

On ‎8‎/‎5‎/‎2019 at 2:39 PM, kellyk said:

Thanks for the update- we just received word that our appointment will be on August 20th. We're going to try and book the appointment in Paitilla ASAP! =)

We sent our docs on Wednesday to the Embassy and received our appointment date on Monday. 

 

Good luck with your interview today!