Student Visa from Philippines - Why does the US Embassy push this visa so much and advertise it

[jan22 3,043]

15 hours ago, DELTAFOXTROT said:

Nope, Cuz I see them get asked daily about why is it taking so long for a CR1 visa to get and appointment and the person has never answered that questions in years.  I always reply to them you should of done a K1 instead.

 

They do seem to mention the Allie and partnership the USA and Philippines have when it comes to military conflict with China, or trying to push Pride Month.

 

The US Embassy in Manila deals more with VA opening and closing, outreach etc, the only visa they ever mention is the Student Visa, I wonder if the person who is doing their FB account (The person isn't an American I can tell by what they post) is pushing these Student Visa.

You don’t know the number or topic of inquiries the Embassy gets…most do not come in via Facebook.  The Facebook account serves the entire Embassy and has to address US policy on a variety of topics.  They are unlikely to try to deal with anything involving immigrant visas , as they are very legalistic and case specific, rather than general information that all could use.

 

Whether the person doing the actual posting is an American citizen or not, I can guarantee to you that everything that is posted is reviewed by and cleared by a US officer from the Public Affairs office in the Embassy.

[DELTAFOXTROT 44]

On 9/2/2024 at 9:22 PM, jan22 said:

You don’t know the number or topic of inquiries the Embassy gets…most do not come in via Facebook.  The Facebook account serves the entire Embassy and has to address US policy on a variety of topics.  They are unlikely to try to deal with anything involving immigrant visas , as they are very legalistic and case specific, rather than general information that all could use.

 

Whether the person doing the actual posting is an American citizen or not, I can guarantee to you that everything that is posted is reviewed by and cleared by a US officer from the Public Affairs office in the Embassy.

For sure it is cleared by an American, this is the Philippines.  Thankfully last few weeks they are talking about WW2 rememberance and getting student visa to USA.   They will go into a stuff like pride month or silly stuff like the Ber months.

 

You can tell by the wording and some topics whomever runs the FB page for the US Embassy is non American, If I post something about the current president of the Philippines having an arrest warrant out for him in the USA and put a link it is taken down pretty fast, which is kinda funny.

 

From what I have seen is getting to an American inside the US embassy is rather difficult, you have to go thru non americans first, even doing a visa interview inside the US Embassy.

 

A few years ago I tried to go to the US Embassy and get a ballot to vote for the Federal Elections in 2018, the Philippines security gaurd didn't want me to go front entrance and kept telling me the Embassy was closed for holiday, I kept telling them the US embassy never closes.  Finally after ignoring them I got to the front entrance and was told the US Embassy was closed, I called their bluff and the finally handed me a phone thru a window and finally I was able to talk to an  American and they found me a ballot.

[jan22 3,043]

6 hours ago, DELTAFOXTROT said:

For sure it is cleared by an American, this is the Philippines.  Thankfully last few weeks they are talking about WW2 rememberance and getting student visa to USA.   They will go into a stuff like pride month or silly stuff like the Ber months.

 

You can tell by the wording and some topics whomever runs the FB page for the US Embassy is non American, If I post something about the current president of the Philippines having an arrest warrant out for him in the USA and put a link it is taken down pretty fast, which is kinda funny.

 

From what I have seen is getting to an American inside the US embassy is rather difficult, you have to go thru non americans first, even doing a visa interview inside the US Embassy.

 

A few years ago I tried to go to the US Embassy and get a ballot to vote for the Federal Elections in 2018, the Philippines security gaurd didn't want me to go front entrance and kept telling me the Embassy was closed for holiday, I kept telling them the US embassy never closes.  Finally after ignoring them I got to the front entrance and was told the US Embassy was closed, I called their bluff and the finally handed me a phone thru a window and finally I was able to talk to an  American and they found me a ballot.

While this is far from the OP’s topic and question, I would like to address a couple of your statements that are not accurate, as they may cause future misunderstandings for others with other topics.

The “silly stuff” you mention is included to give people a sense of American culture and wide variety of interests, attitudes, and humor — as we all do in life, the Embassy FB page does not focus solely on “serious” topics.  
 

The Embassy FB page is 100% managed by an American officer.  They will take down any post that appears to be more about domestic issues than foreign affairs related or that has potentially sensitive information, including law enforcement issues.  And, anything with an outside link will be immediately taken down for cybersecurity reasons, as it could introduce a virus into the system.

 

Most importantly, US Embassies DO close for holidays — they close for all US federal holidays and the majority of the local county’s federal holidays, up to a total number allowed per year.  They may be open for a local federal holiday, if it exceeds the annual total allowed.  (They also close for the two days that are the “weekend” for the host country).  There is always a US officer on duty 24/7 for emergencies involving an American citizen (for example, the death of an American citizen, a crime involving a US citizen, etc) when the Embasst is closed.  It was almost certainly the duty officer you spoke with on the phone.  BTW, not all duty officers would have deemed your request an emergency and would have told you to return when the Embassy was open, unless it was almost the last day to get a ballot.

Edited September 4 by jan22

[DELTAFOXTROT 44]

21 hours ago, jan22 said:

While this is far from the OP’s topic and question, I would like to address a couple of your statements that are not accurate, as they may cause future misunderstandings for others with other topics.

The “silly stuff” you mention is included to give people a sense of American culture and wide variety of interests, attitudes, and humor — as we all do in life, the Embassy FB page does not focus solely on “serious” topics.  
 

The Embassy FB page is 100% managed by an American officer.  They will take down any post that appears to be more about domestic issues than foreign affairs related or that has potentially sensitive information, including law enforcement issues.  And, anything with an outside link will be immediately taken down for cybersecurity reasons, as it could introduce a virus into the system.

 

Most importantly, US Embassies DO close for holidays — they close for all US federal holidays and the majority of the local county’s federal holidays, up to a total number allowed per year.  They may be open for a local federal holiday, if it exceeds the annual total allowed.  (They also close for the two days that are the “weekend” for the host country).  There is always a US officer on duty 24/7 for emergencies involving an American citizen (for example, the death of an American citizen, a crime involving a US citizen, etc) when the Embasst is closed.  It was almost certainly the duty officer you spoke with on the phone.  BTW, not all duty officers would have deemed your request an emergency and would have told you to return when the Embassy was open, unless it was almost the last day to get a ballot.

Incorrect for the most part they leave up all posts, Just don't include a link to like a news article and they take those down.

 

It was like Halloween time when the Embassy was shut down for the Philippines holiday I think they call it All Souls Day, when everyone goes to the graveyards and spends the night.

 

I was finally able to get someone to come to the front entrance of the US Embassy and finally give me a phone out thru the like the glass door area and the American person told me they had a skeleton staff, but he did take care of my request.  I did have a handful of Philippines Security Gaurd tell me the Embassy was closed for Holiday but as I told them the US embassy never closes.  I did ask the American dude on the phone what happens if something happens to a US Citizen while they had an "Skeleton Crew" and he said they handle that on case by case basis.

 

I was pretty sure they were gonna accomodate my request at the US Embassy, they take care of US Citizens in the Philippines.

 

 

[Talako 781]

Given the combative nature of all of his posts, I believe he might be the guy who changes his forum name from time to time.  I can't remember all the previous names, but I do recognize the writing style.