US Embassy Manila PH - Waiting Visa interview Schedule for Parent of US Citizen

[Tinskee 30]

Not sure if theres is already a thread for those waiting interview schedule specifically in US Embassy Manila PH for their parents. If there is one please direct me.

 

I am petitioning for my mother and already Documentarily Qualified. Now waiting for the interview schedule. Just trying to see other peoples timeline waiting schedule in US Embassy PH for reference.

 

Below is my timeline after I130 was approved:

 

04/30/24 Checked the document tab, the Approval is attached. 

 

05/01/24 Received email notification that case is Approved and that they mailed the notice.

 

05/04/24 Received email notification that they sent the case to Department of State for visa processing

 

05/06/24 Received welcome email from NVC with the case number and invoice ID number

 

05/07/24 Submitted payment for AOS and Form DS260

 

05/09/24 Submitted AOS Docs

05/11/24 Submiited DS 260 Form

05/14/24 Submitted Civil Docs

05/17/24 Received RFE 

05/28/24 Responded to RFE

06/04/24 Received NVC notice for Documentarily Qualified

 

 

 

 

[top_secret 2,411]

Currently at US Embassy Manila, IR5's are taking almost a year from when they became documentarily qualified to receive interview dates.  They are currently up to cases that were documentarily qualified in August 2023.  They had been making significant progress reducing even longer backlogs for IR5's but for the last couple of months they have not moved much.

[Tinskee 30]

2 hours ago, top_secret said:

Currently at US Embassy Manila, IR5's are taking almost a year from when they became documentarily qualified to receive interview dates.  They are currently up to cases that were documentarily qualified in August 2023.  They had been making significant progress reducing even longer backlogs for IR5's but for the last couple of months they have not moved much.

I see, thanks for your update! Really appreciate it. 

[KRM345 0]

@top_secret Hello, my parents are documentarily qualified last September 2023, You've mentioned as of right now they're processing August 2023. I was just wondering where this information can be found as I've been looking everywhere to find out when they will receive their interview dates. Based on the information you provided, Does that mean they could probably receive interview dates next month? Thank you so much! Looking forward to your response.

[An D 27]

1 hour ago, KRM345 said:

@top_secret Hello, my parents are documentarily qualified last September 2023, You've mentioned as of right now they're processing August 2023. I was just wondering where this information can be found as I've been looking everywhere to find out when they will receive their interview dates. Based on the information you provided, Does that mean they could probably receive interview dates next month? Thank you so much! Looking forward to your response.

The information is not exactly officially released. This is based on anecdotal evidence of other people in the process (through this site, Facebook, or other means). As far as next month, nobody has any idea what is being planned at USEM. They were starting to move things along a little bit in late March, April and May, and then they took a big step back. Now, the backlog seems to be expanding even further. The furthest back DQ case yet to receive an interview date is sometime in late August (perhaps August 23rd or so). If you are very early to mid September, it's possible you could be included in the next wave of interview letters, which COULD happen in the next month or so (if one even happens). They are REALLY dragging their feet and it just appears to be getting worse than better. 

Edited July 19 by An D

[MarryMe987654 244]

Similar timeline to the OP. Waiting on IL now. We've been DQ'd since May 29. I recently requested an expedite based on financial hardship, hoping that my mother could attend my graduation in May next year, but that was not approved. I will try again in a few weeks with a medical reason since I've recently been sick and can use the doctor's note as evidence.

Good luck to us!

[top_secret 2,411]

On 7/19/2024 at 8:28 AM, KRM345 said:

@top_secret Hello, my parents are documentarily qualified last September 2023, You've mentioned as of right now they're processing August 2023. I was just wondering where this information can be found as I've been looking everywhere to find out when they will receive their interview dates. Based on the information you provided, Does that mean they could probably receive interview dates next month? Thank you so much! Looking forward to your response.

 

 

The Facebook group "IR5 US VISA PROCESS" is almost entirely Filipinos petitioning their parents.  It is fairly well moderated as far as FB groups go.  The admins and members there are somewhat organized about notifying everyone any time a batch of interview letters go out and what documentarily qualified dates are included.

 

No one could possibly predict what US Embassy Manila will do next because they act really erratically.  But you could argue that September 2023 'might' be included in the next batch, and they are overdue for sending out ANY recent interview letters.

[franning1003 5]

Hello everyone, we too are waiting for Visa Interview for our parents DQ Dec 23, 2023. Does anyone have any update on what month Manila, Philippines embassy is processing now?

[Tinskee 30]

2 hours ago, franning1003 said:

Hello everyone, we too are waiting for Visa Interview for our parents DQ Dec 23, 2023. Does anyone have any update on what month Manila, Philippines embassy is processing now?

From what i have read in the facebook forum,  those that are DQ Aug 2023 are currently the ones receiving interview letter right now.