What exactly is "Delbros"?

[KansasDragon 1]

I keep seeing Delbros mentioned, and paying Delbros, but I have no idea what Delbros is...

I know about the St. Lukes fees, I know about paying the fees at the bank for the Embassy... but what is paying Delbros, and how much is it?

Seeing everyone talking about Delbros delivering, I'm guessing it is like the US Embassy's UPS, but not sure.

(Delbros = Delivery Brothers???, How's that for a wild guess...??)

[sunandmoon 450]

Delbros is a Philippine courier service. one of the services they perform is delivering visas for the US Embassy.

http://www.delbros.com/products/pad.htm

Edited August 10, 2007 by Roy and Yazi

[alexandra8886 0]

Seeing everyone talking about Delbros delivering, I'm guessing it is like the US Embassy's UPS, but not sure.

(Delbros = Delivery Brothers???, How's that for a wild guess...??)

Well Delivery Brothers is a good guess..Maybe this company is own by certain Brothers..hehehehe

Anyway, according to their site...

DELBROS manages a wide network of workforce and service partners that have mastered the principles of supply chain management and are competent in receiving and delivering packages and shipments from all over the country and the world. This network enables DELBROS to deliver goods without delay to any postal address in the country.

Delbros is the official deliverer of the US Visas..as per standard required by USEMbassy, this would have been a good standard when it comes to shipment business...

Delbros Inc.

[spidergirl 0]

I keep seeing Delbros mentioned, and paying Delbros, but I have no idea what Delbros is...

I know about the St. Lukes fees, I know about paying the fees at the bank for the Embassy... but what is paying Delbros, and how much is it?

Seeing everyone talking about Delbros delivering, I'm guessing it is like the US Embassy's UPS, but not sure.

(Delbros = Delivery Brothers???, How's that for a wild guess...??)

Delbros fees depends on the place of delivery, you have to pay Delbros after the interview at the US Embassy they have a booth in there .

[b&c 0]

Great post KansasDragon! Don't worry ... speaking for only me, I assure you there have been so many big things and little things I have not understood about this visa process. For example, people were throwing around the acronym "AR" on VJ (visajourney) one day ... I was totally baffled for hours. I know we need to use acronyms to save space, but my personal feeling is we should all be careful with them as if everything on here is common knowledge. Too often, it just adds to the frustration and confusion of an already confusing process.

One suggestion KsDragon ... I finally went to the "visa FAQ" tab located at the very top of the page, then scrolled to the bottom and reviewed the helpful hints (including acronyms, but curiously not delbros, maybe it's not an acronym? Delivery Brothers, I like that) That was a big help to me. And I found out that "AR" stands for "administrative review" which is a holding pattern for visas that are not initially approved (at least that's my understanding.)

Of course, like many other things in my life, I would rather just plow right into this without reading the instructions first.

I have some firsthand knowledge (well, second-hand from my fiancee in Cebu) about Delbros. Her interview was August 2, Delbros sent a text message on the morning of August 6 informing her they would try to deliver her K-1 visa sometime on that day, but they never showed up; apparently they couldn't find her place. I guess it's a common problem in Cebu and maybe other locations, too. At any rate, she waited at home the next day, too, hoping again that Delbros would arrive. At about 3pm, she thought she heard a motorbike. The sound was coming from a small market a short walk away. Sure enough, there was the Delbros courier on his motorbike asking anyone that would listen if they knew this girl (my fiancee.) Apparently her picture was visible in the envelope. One girl that just randomly happened to be there said she thought she remembered my fiancee from elementary school, but wasn't for sure. At about that same moment, my fiancee walked up and the girl said, "there she is!" So the courier looked over her ID and other things she was required to show and handed her the precious visa. He said if he wouldn't have found her on that second day, the visa would have been sent back to the US Embassy in Manila.

After all of the carefully crossed T's and carefully dotted I's we've been through lately, it seems like a rather precarious and unpredictable end to the K-1 journey for us. I guess I should just be glad she has it in her hot, little hands. After all, I am in the USA and have no control over what is going on there.

By the way, you asked "how much" at the US Embassy for the Delbros fee. She said she paid p165.

My final comment is this: don't be afraid to ask questions on this forum. It will save lots and lots of time and effort that so many people here already know and are graciously willing to share.

Good luck! I'm sure it will all work out!

[ken777 0]

What are the requirements to receive the delivery of the visa by Delbros? The last reply by b&c states that ID and picture match was needed. So if my fiance is not home they will not leave it with her mother or father? If they send it back to USE can she pick it up there? Any additional info would be so great.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

...Delbros = Delivery Brothers???

Yes! It's a group of black guys that pretend to be Filipino...

[KansasDragon 1]

ah, Sheriff... That explains so much..

Now I understand where all that "Hey Bro", "Wassup Bro", "Pasaload Bro".. comes from.

It's those Black Infiltrators...

[Jasman0717 9]

What are the requirements to receive the delivery of the visa by Delbros? The last reply by b&c states that ID and picture match was needed. So if my fiance is not home they will not leave it with her mother or father? If they send it back to USE can she pick it up there? Any additional info would be so great.

Claudeth wasn't home when they delivered her visa so they left it with her parents

[lirachadsbaby 0]

What are the requirements to receive the delivery of the visa by Delbros? The last reply by b&c states that ID and picture match was needed. So if my fiance is not home they will not leave it with her mother or father? If they send it back to USE can she pick it up there? Any additional info would be so great.

if she's home, she'll just present her valid ID.

if not around, her ID and authorization letter for the person receiving the packet and a valid ID.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

ah, Sheriff... That explains so much..

Now I understand where all that "Hey Bro", "Wassup Bro", "Pasaload Bro".. comes from.

It's those Black Infiltrators...

Hehehehehe!!!

[rouguewave 7]

...Delbros = Delivery Brothers???

Yes! It's a group of black guys that pretend to be Filipino...

Racism Alert! Racism Alert

Its a little known sect of the Catholic Church, that pledges to get your Visa there after "just a small donation"

Somewhere between the Jesuits and Franciscans.

Edited August 31, 2007 by rouguewave

[lirachadsbaby 0]

...Delbros = Delivery Brothers???

Yes! It's a group of black guys that pretend to be Filipino...

Racism Alert! Racism Alert

Its a little known sect of the Catholic Church, that pledges to get your Visa there after "just a small donation"

Somewhere between the Jesuits and Franciscans.

opppsss...dont be like that...im a catholic...it's up to the person if he/she believes with it.

donation isnt mandatory.

[JoanBill 0]

I keep seeing Delbros mentioned, and paying Delbros, but I have no idea what Delbros is...

I know about the St. Lukes fees, I know about paying the fees at the bank for the Embassy... but what is paying Delbros, and how much is it?

Seeing everyone talking about Delbros delivering, I'm guessing it is like the US Embassy's UPS, but not sure.

(Delbros = Delivery Brothers???, How's that for a wild guess...??)

Delbros is the visa fairy.