January Interview at US Embassy Manila

[jayzar 1]

hello guys. just wanna give you an update. my document verification arrived to the US Embassy last Monday, Jan 14. and my visa was printed yesterday, Jan 17. And today, my visa together with my passport and other docs were forwarded to the Delbros by the embassy. I AM SO HAPPY and so as my baby, carl.

i called delbros and they told me to expect until wednesday next week since my delivery address is only here in manila. yyeeeeepppppeeeeeeee!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

and CONGRATULATIONS to those who are already done with your interview. just wait patiently for your visa.

God bless us all and to the upcoming interviewees...

Hello Beng and Carl, CONGRATULATIONS!

Delbros texted me today, saying they gonna deliver the visa by tomorow, or within the next two days.

I dunno, i paid the doc.verification before my interview, but USEM didnt require me to. But anyway, Im happy that Il have my visa tom til monday!

YIPEEE!!

-jyz

[Roserick 0]

WoW.. This is good news.. Congratulation guys!!

Beng and Jyz.. I hope you guys have a safe flight to America.. Again Welcome to America..

Were the money problems begin.. Hehehehehe.. Just kiddin..

So beng how many days from your interview till you got a response from USEM or Delbros about this..

Lucky for Jyz.. How many days did it take for you from the Interview?

[Tim & Cai 15]

WoW.. This is good news.. Congratulation guys!!

Beng and Jyz.. I hope you guys have a safe flight to America.. Again Welcome to America..

Were the money problems begin.. Hehehehehe.. Just kiddin..

So beng how many days from your interview till you got a response from USEM or Delbros about this..

Lucky for Jyz.. How many days did it take for you from the Interview?

I was gunna ask the same thing hehehehe

[beng_and_carl 0]

well, i was interviewed on Jan 8. Then, my document verification was done on Jan 14, a week after my interview. Then, on Jan 15, the consular officer approved my documents and visa. And then, my visa was printed on Jan 17, released to Delbos the next day, Jan 18.

i received a text message from Delbros right after I called the embassy on Jan 18 to check my visa and the text message was saying that Delbros will deliver my visa in 1-3 days. So, I'm expecting it to receive tomorrow, Monday, in my office address.

as i've said before, for late registered birth certificates an d for those who have corrections on their BCs, pay the document verification at least 3 weeks before your interview date to avoid delays on the delivery of your visa.

i hope this info helps.

[Roserick 0]

well, i was interviewed on Jan 8. Then, my document verification was done on Jan 14, a week after my interview. Then, on Jan 15, the consular officer approved my documents and visa. And then, my visa was printed on Jan 17, released to Delbos the next day, Jan 18.

How do you know this info? Do USEM Manila gives this much info?

[jayzar 1]

i was interviewed jan 16,

delbros texted jan 18,

visa packet delivered jan 19.

no doc verification for me, USEM said. (sayang 650 ko dun ah!) but its okay, it is for my peace of mind naman

[Roserick 0]

i was interviewed jan 16,

delbros texted jan 18,

visa packet delivered jan 19.

no doc verification for me, USEM said. (sayang 650 ko dun ah!) but its okay, it is for my peace of mind naman

Thanks Jyz.. Wish us Luck!!

[jayzar 1]

i was interviewed jan 16,

delbros texted jan 18,

visa packet delivered jan 19.

no doc verification for me, USEM said. (sayang 650 ko dun ah!) but its okay, it is for my peace of mind naman

Thanks Jyz.. Wish us Luck!!

not juz luck , il pray for you!!!

[Tim & Cai 15]

i was interviewed jan 16,

delbros texted jan 18,

visa packet delivered jan 19.

no doc verification for me, USEM said. (sayang 650 ko dun ah!) but its okay, it is for my peace of mind naman

Thanks Jyz.. Wish us Luck!!

not juz luck , il pray for you!!!

God deserves all the credit and glory for all of this. God is good all the time. I am happy I was able to give heads up on the delbros thing. So Bing if your visa is gotten on the 21st it took 10 bisness days for yours even with the week delay.. Thats not too bad And Jyz yours was really quick.

[jayzar 1]

i was interviewed jan 16,

delbros texted jan 18,

visa packet delivered jan 19.

no doc verification for me, USEM said. (sayang 650 ko dun ah!) but its okay, it is for my peace of mind naman

Thanks Jyz.. Wish us Luck!!

not juz luck , il pray for you!!!

God deserves all the credit and glory for all of this. God is good all the time. I am happy I was able to give heads up on the delbros thing. So Bing if your visa is gotten on the 21st it took 10 bisness days for yours even with the week delay.. Thats not too bad And Jyz yours was really quick.

:thumbs:

[delbertjohnson 0]

Hello Everyone,

we were interviewed at the USEM on January 9th. On this day, we had a nice pre-screener at window 23. During the pre-screening, the fire alarm went off and this part of the embassy was evacuated. Upon returning in the building, we went back to window 23 where the pre-screener finished gathering what documents he wanted (NBI,photos, letters) but didn't gather the 134A (affidivit of Support or cenomar of my fiancee). I didn't find this out until until the following week from my finacee told me that she believed they didn't have a copy of the 134A. The consulate does have a copy of an old cenomar that I provide in the case from the onset of the filing. Upon returning to our seats to be called into the interview, this is what occurred and the following result that is troubling to both me and my fiancee. Once with the interviewer, he asked her name in which she replied. Then he asked me my name, my occupation, about my divorces and my children in which I willfully answered all of his questions honestly. He continued to review the documents that were in our case file along with documents gathered by the pre-screener. At this time, he told us to go out to the waiting area and to wait for her name to be called. He did not indicate that there was a problem or a reason for denial. We went back to our seats and then we were called to window 37. The lady at this window had the pink slip ready for the delbros payment when I told her that we would like to request to pick up the visa at the embassy due to DHLhaving problems finding my fiancee's house to deliver packet 4 which was mailed on Dec 17 but was not received until Jan 4th. The lady then stated that she would have to give the letter of request to the officer and that we would be called back to the window with the officer's decision. Upon being called back to window 37, my fiancee was given a purple appointment card and was told the we would be contacted. This was Wednesday, Jan. 9th. On Monday, we called the embassy to inquire about the process of the printing and receiving the visa and the lady, (Grace- USEM) stated that the officer was having the documents reviewed via Delbros and NSO. I stated to Ms. Grace that my fiancee had paid for the delbros fee back on Dec. 11 and that the lady at window 37 was given the receipt of the payment. Ms. Grace stated that the verification could take up to 1 month and that to contact the USEM periodically. At this time, I was very upset due to the fact that I had booked her departing flight with mine leaving Manila on the night of Jan. 17th. We called the embassy several times before I left Thursday night along with my fiancee calling Delbros International to verify that they had received the payment for verification. The lady at Delbros said that she had seen her documents and that they were back en route to the embassy. As of Friday, the 18th of Jan. when my fiancee called the embassy in which she talked to Sophia (who is very rude and straight forward (stated to fiancee that the case is still not approved). This was very disheartening to my fiancee and myself as there was no indication from the consulate officer nor anyone that we were in contact with during the day of our interview that we were not approved. What is the problem here? Do we need to tell them that we believe they forgot to get a copy of the 134A and the updated Cenomar? I plan on calling the embassy tonight (Sunday- Monday- Manila) and get to the root of the problem. My fiancee doesn't want me to mention to them about the 134A cause she is afraid of another delay. I told her that I would request another appointment ASAP so that these missing documents that should have been taken or asked for during the interview process could be presented. It is not my fiancee's or my fault that they didn't ask for them nor find them in our very organized paperwork and supporting documents of our long standing commentment to one another. If anyone could give us some strong, concerning advice on what direction to take, please reply as soon as possible. She is so depressed,scared and discouraged as I am not there in body to support her.

Your advice is greatly needed ASAP.

Thanks!

Jim and Mercy

[Tim & Cai 15]

I would call the embassy and tell Grace everything that happened. Extention 5184/ Good luck and God bless. We will be praying for you

[beng_and_carl 0]

Hello Everyone,

we were interviewed at the USEM on January 9th. On this day, we had a nice pre-screener at window 23. During the pre-screening, the fire alarm went off and this part of the embassy was evacuated. Upon returning in the building, we went back to window 23 where the pre-screener finished gathering what documents he wanted (NBI,photos, letters) but didn't gather the 134A (affidivit of Support or cenomar of my fiancee). I didn't find this out until until the following week from my finacee told me that she believed they didn't have a copy of the 134A. The consulate does have a copy of an old cenomar that I provide in the case from the onset of the filing. Upon returning to our seats to be called into the interview, this is what occurred and the following result that is troubling to both me and my fiancee. Once with the interviewer, he asked her name in which she replied. Then he asked me my name, my occupation, about my divorces and my children in which I willfully answered all of his questions honestly. He continued to review the documents that were in our case file along with documents gathered by the pre-screener. At this time, he told us to go out to the waiting area and to wait for her name to be called. He did not indicate that there was a problem or a reason for denial. We went back to our seats and then we were called to window 37. The lady at this window had the pink slip ready for the delbros payment when I told her that we would like to request to pick up the visa at the embassy due to DHLhaving problems finding my fiancee's house to deliver packet 4 which was mailed on Dec 17 but was not received until Jan 4th. The lady then stated that she would have to give the letter of request to the officer and that we would be called back to the window with the officer's decision. Upon being called back to window 37, my fiancee was given a purple appointment card and was told the we would be contacted. This was Wednesday, Jan. 9th. On Monday, we called the embassy to inquire about the process of the printing and receiving the visa and the lady, (Grace- USEM) stated that the officer was having the documents reviewed via Delbros and NSO. I stated to Ms. Grace that my fiancee had paid for the delbros fee back on Dec. 11 and that the lady at window 37 was given the receipt of the payment. Ms. Grace stated that the verification could take up to 1 month and that to contact the USEM periodically. At this time, I was very upset due to the fact that I had booked her departing flight with mine leaving Manila on the night of Jan. 17th. We called the embassy several times before I left Thursday night along with my fiancee calling Delbros International to verify that they had received the payment for verification. The lady at Delbros said that she had seen her documents and that they were back en route to the embassy. As of Friday, the 18th of Jan. when my fiancee called the embassy in which she talked to Sophia (who is very rude and straight forward (stated to fiancee that the case is still not approved). This was very disheartening to my fiancee and myself as there was no indication from the consulate officer nor anyone that we were in contact with during the day of our interview that we were not approved. What is the problem here? Do we need to tell them that we believe they forgot to get a copy of the 134A and the updated Cenomar? I plan on calling the embassy tonight (Sunday- Monday- Manila) and get to the root of the problem. My fiancee doesn't want me to mention to them about the 134A cause she is afraid of another delay. I told her that I would request another appointment ASAP so that these missing documents that should have been taken or asked for during the interview process could be presented. It is not my fiancee's or my fault that they didn't ask for them nor find them in our very organized paperwork and supporting documents of our long standing commentment to one another. If anyone could give us some strong, concerning advice on what direction to take, please reply as soon as possible. She is so depressed,scared and discouraged as I am not there in body to support her.

Your advice is greatly needed ASAP.

Thanks!

Jim and Mercy

well, first of all, i feel bad that you are having a hard time on this.

secondly, all i can suggest is that you call the US Embassy EVERYDAY! Don't worry, this won't harm your case. It's better that you track your progress everyday so you'll know what to expect. Besides, the document verification takes 2-3 weeks after you made the payment of the P650 fee. so, you paid in advance, therefore, you will have the result soon. you know, this document verification takes sometime and the us embassy advices us to wait for the maximum limit of their process so that we won't expect much. i was even adviced by ms. grace to wait until early february for the release of my visa coz of this document verification. and now, i'll be receiving my visa today.

so, just be patient, pray hard and call them everyday.

you'll have a positive result this week, i bet yah!

God bless and you'll be done on this K1 journey soon...

by the way, I 101% agree that Sophie is very rude and straight-forward unlike Ms. Grace who is very accommodating, friendly and nice. hehehe!

[Tanjay 0]

Hello Everyone,

we were interviewed at the USEM on January 9th. On this day, we had a nice pre-screener at window 23. During the pre-screening, the fire alarm went off and this part of the embassy was evacuated. Upon returning in the building, we went back to window 23 where the pre-screener finished gathering what documents he wanted (NBI,photos, letters) but didn't gather the 134A (affidivit of Support or cenomar of my fiancee). I didn't find this out until until the following week from my finacee told me that she believed they didn't have a copy of the 134A. The consulate does have a copy of an old cenomar that I provide in the case from the onset of the filing. Upon returning to our seats to be called into the interview, this is what occurred and the following result that is troubling to both me and my fiancee. Once with the interviewer, he asked her name in which she replied. Then he asked me my name, my occupation, about my divorces and my children in which I willfully answered all of his questions honestly. He continued to review the documents that were in our case file along with documents gathered by the pre-screener. At this time, he told us to go out to the waiting area and to wait for her name to be called. He did not indicate that there was a problem or a reason for denial. We went back to our seats and then we were called to window 37. The lady at this window had the pink slip ready for the delbros payment when I told her that we would like to request to pick up the visa at the embassy due to DHLhaving problems finding my fiancee's house to deliver packet 4 which was mailed on Dec 17 but was not received until Jan 4th. The lady then stated that she would have to give the letter of request to the officer and that we would be called back to the window with the officer's decision. Upon being called back to window 37, my fiancee was given a purple appointment card and was told the we would be contacted. This was Wednesday, Jan. 9th. On Monday, we called the embassy to inquire about the process of the printing and receiving the visa and the lady, (Grace- USEM) stated that the officer was having the documents reviewed via Delbros and NSO. I stated to Ms. Grace that my fiancee had paid for the delbros fee back on Dec. 11 and that the lady at window 37 was given the receipt of the payment. Ms. Grace stated that the verification could take up to 1 month and that to contact the USEM periodically. At this time, I was very upset due to the fact that I had booked her departing flight with mine leaving Manila on the night of Jan. 17th. We called the embassy several times before I left Thursday night along with my fiancee calling Delbros International to verify that they had received the payment for verification. The lady at Delbros said that she had seen her documents and that they were back en route to the embassy. As of Friday, the 18th of Jan. when my fiancee called the embassy in which she talked to Sophia (who is very rude and straight forward (stated to fiancee that the case is still not approved). This was very disheartening to my fiancee and myself as there was no indication from the consulate officer nor anyone that we were in contact with during the day of our interview that we were not approved. What is the problem here? Do we need to tell them that we believe they forgot to get a copy of the 134A and the updated Cenomar? I plan on calling the embassy tonight (Sunday- Monday- Manila) and get to the root of the problem. My fiancee doesn't want me to mention to them about the 134A cause she is afraid of another delay. I told her that I would request another appointment ASAP so that these missing documents that should have been taken or asked for during the interview process could be presented. It is not my fiancee's or my fault that they didn't ask for them nor find them in our very organized paperwork and supporting documents of our long standing commentment to one another. If anyone could give us some strong, concerning advice on what direction to take, please reply as soon as possible. She is so depressed,scared and discouraged as I am not there in body to support her.

Your advice is greatly needed ASAP.

Thanks!

Jim and Mercy

Jim and Mercy ~

I know how much you both have gone through already. Well almost....God is good!! He will be with you all the way!!! God Bless you both!!! You will be together soon....trust in Him.

[delbertjohnson 0]

Thanks to all of you for the support. This delay is really upsetting both of us. Mercy is having a really hard time and is very depressed and keeps on asking me if we were denied. I tell her that we were not but that they are verifying the documents. I wished I would have had more time to take off from work to be there to support her through this wait but I had to get back to my job. It was so hard leaving her once again, a promise I made to her after I came home from my first trip to see her. If the USEM only knew what this woman has been through in her life, the disappointments, the feeling of not being loved by her own biological mom and father, they would know that this woman and this loving relationship that we have is truly a blessing from God and they would get things in gear and give us a definite answer and the visa so she could be happy and get on the plane to her loving husband to be.

I want to say again, Thanks to VJ and it's caring members for the support and may God bless each and everyone of you.

Sincerely,

Jim and Mercy.

P.S.

I believe the USEM is closed today as it is MLK Day here in the states. Government Holiday.

If anyone knows if they are open and processing, let me know as I want to call them ASAP