US Immigration from Philippines

Ok so about 2 weeks ago NVC took all our documents for my wife spousal Visa. She is is Manila. About how long from now should we realistically expect a Visa interview in Manila? Thanks.

the children are 8 and 10.

My wife has her 10 year green card and is in the US with me.

The childrens' bio dad is gone and cant be found. The PH court is trying to serve him papers b/c he failed to appear in court to nullify the false marriage on the childrens' birth certificate. The judge said to start the paper work it'll be fine so

Please let me know thank you.

Just to clear our worries... Who else has traveled to the Philippines with just AP? We want to just make sure there are no problems at MNL or at the airport in Houston when we get back.

Especially with the virus going around and everything. We will be flying out Thursday, be back on the 9th, then we have the AOS interview on the 14th.

So much at once!!!

(She has her EAD/AP card)

Hi, did you guys experience this as well? My case was denied due to an administrative error and then we scheduled an info pass luckily USCIS accepted our evidence and decided to reopen my case he same date. DO you have any Idea what will happen next?t

Hello ! It's been awhile since I've been here on this forum. We had our AOS interview yesterday and the first question the IO asked my wife was why her middle name is not on her birth certificate. What??

Long story but she had to have her birth certificate amended through an affidavit years ago. Grandma filed her birth and misspelled my wife's last name by one letter - or it was a clerical error. My wife's first passport and all of her ID is based on the amended birth certificate. She had to renew her passport 4 years ago and needed a new birth certificate because the family lost all their legal papers in a typhoon. She had a relative go to the Civil Registrar in her hometown to get one. (My wife was OWF at the time.) She has used that certificate for everything since then and it wasn't until yesterday she was even aware her middle name is not listed. Her mother's name - which is my wife's middle name - is there, of course as the birth mother.

My wife has two first names, used her mother's maiden name as her middle name and then her last name. So Anna Belle Smith Olson. This is what is on her passport, her Philippine ID, and it is what we used on all of the USCIS paperwork. However, in looking at this "new" birth certificate, it says Anna Belle Olson (leaving out her middle name, Smith). Through marriage, my wife changed her name to Anna Belle Olson Johnson (her first two names, her maiden name and my name).

The IO asked, "so it's a clerical error?" and my wife was flustered and produced all the other documents showing the order of her name as she has used it her entire life. The rest of the interview went well and we received the standard "your case must be reviewed" letter and nothing has changed on the USCIS website. Most people at our field office have had their case switch to "card is being produced" later in the day of their interview.

My question is - should we try to get a new birth certificate for her or just wait and see? I know there is a wait time for lots of AOS folks. If we do start the process of getting an amended birth certificate, is there a process to follow? Her current BC is from a civil registrar; should we be going through PSA? Hard to believe we got this far and are looking at a possible delay. Ugh.