Visas on hand

[top_secret 2,347]

So exactly 7 months to the day from when we filed the I-130's, we have visas on hand.  We will try our luck with CFO on Monday, and I got them tickets flying into LAX in 2 1/2 weeks.

 

We had the visas sent for pickup at 2GO's DAU office since my wife kind of lives in the boonies so home delivery could be unreliable and would almost certainly add an extra day. They started tracking in Manila the second day after status changed to "issued" on CEAC and they were available for pickup the day after that.  So interview and issued status on Tuesday.  Available for pickup in DAU on Friday. Delivery to 2GO's MOA office or anywhere else in Manila would not have been any faster.  If anyone does have then sent to 2GO's DAU office note that the address they give for the pickup has not been 2GO's DAU address at least 5 years.  So you would want to go to the "new address" where they moved their office like 5 years ago, not the "old address" where they are still telling people today to go pick up their passports.
 
They started tracking on 2GO's e-Trace tracking web site using the UID number from https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph or https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/  The UID is the number in brackets next to your e-mail address in the upper right hand corner when logged in, or it also appears with the bar code on the printout from registering delivery address.  We never could track it with 2GO by case number or passport number.  The status also changed to "Passport has been received from the consular section, and is currently being processed for delivery" on the dashboard page when logged on to the ustraveldocs/cgifederal web site and on https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-passportretrieve.asp .  

[JeanneAdil 6,405]

Congratulations

and best to u in your new life

[Adventine 3,189]

Congratulations! You're in the final stretch. Good luck with CFO and the COVID tests.

[RO_AH 1,656]

Congrats!!

[MarryMe987654 244]

On 10/8/2021 at 10:47 AM, top_secret said:

If anyone does have then sent to 2GO's DAU office note that the address they give for the pickup has not been 2GO's DAU address at least 5 years.  So you would want to go to the "new address" where they moved their office like 5 years ago, not the "old address" where they are still telling people today to go pick up their passports.
 

Yeah, I had a little bit of trouble picking up from 2GO office in 2019. I went to the closest 2GO office in Balibago then they told me that the visa packets are in 2GO Dau. I went to 2GO Dau near Jenra and  knocked on the door because they were already closed but I can still see people inside. They were nice enough to let me pick up my visa packet.

 

Anyways, congrats! 

[top_secret 2,347]

22 minutes ago, MarryMe987654 said:

Yeah, I had a little bit of trouble picking up from 2GO office in 2019. I went to the closest 2GO office in Balibago then they told me that the visa packets are in 2GO Dau. I went to 2GO Dau near Jenra and  knocked on the door because they were already closed but I can still see people inside. They were nice enough to let me pick up my visa packet.

 

Anyways, congrats! 

 

Well in 2021 nothing has changed.😂🤣. The ustravelsocs website very clearly directs you to pick up the passports and visas at a 2GO office located in Balibago Shoppers Mart.  2GO's DAU office hasn't been there for at least 5 years or more.   It is indeed about a block past Jenra which is not at all the address ustravelsocs.com notifies you to pick it up.

[Stevephoto 230]

Awesome! Congrats!

[MarryMe987654 244]

On 10/10/2021 at 3:07 AM, top_secret said:

 

Well in 2021 nothing has changed.😂🤣. The ustravelsocs website very clearly directs you to pick up the passports and visas at a 2GO office located in Balibago Shoppers Mart.  2GO's DAU office hasn't been there for at least 5 years or more.   It is indeed about a block past Jenra which is not at all the address ustravelsocs.com notifies you to pick it up.

Good thing it is close to Susie's so I got to reward myself with their palabok and leche flan

Edited October 12, 2021 by MarryMe987654