US Immigration from Philippines

I filed our I-30 form September 17, 2024. In October our estimated completion date was 4 months. In November it jumped to 9 months, and now 6 months. I paid the fee and submitted all the required documents and photos, plus a few extra photos showing our 5 year time-line together. Is there anything else we can do to speed up the process? We got married in the Philippines in November 2023. But she works in Singapore and will be filing her request from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We are headed to Brazil on vacation this April. It turns out that Brazil is reinstating their visa requirement on US Citizens based on reciprocity. IE, since the US requires visas for Brazilians, Brazil is reinstating their visa requirement for US Citizens. So I have to get a Brazil visa for the trip, whereas my wife and stepdaughter will be admitted visa free using their much more favorable Philippine Passports. My wife thinks this turnaround in passport power is hilarious.

My wife is preparing for an interview at the US Embassy Philippines. We want to ensure that we have all the proper documents. I was previously married therefore, I requested my divorce decree from the state court of New Jersey. The state of New Jersey issued digital online documents with seal and signature and also issue the order by the court authorizing digital signatures post Covid these documents look like copies.

My question is if anyone knows I ve had the experience of submitting digital documents. Are these documents accepted by US embassies?

Thank you in advance

Im worried now that with all the garbage going on in the White House and so many Fed. employees being fired, Will that affect now with all our filings and Pattionings being delayed or cancelled??

I can't pinpoint it, but my gut tells me something ain't right in how we're trying to schedule. Please tell us if we're on the right track or not. This is what we do.. We login and we land here.

The fact that "Fee Payment" is blank is messing with my head. I don't get why that box is even there. Is it intended to be a payment status? If so, why is it empty? If we didn't pay, would we not be able to login?

We click "Schedule IV appointment, and we're taken here.

We click the drop down and only see "Manila OFC". Selecting this gives us the infamous "No Slots Available".

Are we going about this correctly?

Mahalo,

Bill and Dina