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To give you a point of reference, we received DQ July 17, 2023 and the interview letter April. 15, 2024. I'd keep my expectations in check. Almost an entire year from DQ to entering the US. That's not to say things can't improve (or get worse). There's just no communication about this from official sources, so no actual way of knowing anything.

Wow, glad we missed the cutoff on this. I hope it means a more streamlined process and less people having to suffer the sputum process.

Luckily, the process moved very fast once the embassy started processing us. We're heading to the US on June 30

It worked out just fine by adding the address to that account with the case number. They pulled up the info during the interview and confirmed the delivery location (we chose LBC in BGC for pickup - this took about one week FYI).

We created an account and registered a delivery address. We were asked to put in a case number, so we did. There's no appointment linked to the account at all, so that was a little concerning. I guess as long as the email address and case number matches, there should be no issue?

Hi, we're preparing our documents for our CR-1 interview on May 23rd. I've read on this forum that we need to create a US Travel Docs account and set a delivery address, and we'll need to pay our fees there as well later on. However, we were only given an appointment automatically via email and never asked to create an account. When we created an account out of curiosity today, there was nowhere to link to an existing case or anything. So, my question is: How do we link to an existing case/appointment when it was setup for us, and how would we set a document delivery address as well as pay the visa fees once required? Thanks!

No, we just used the marriage certificate and changed the name. When did your wife have to? I'm a little confused about the order of how things happen here.

CR1 Spousal Visa, got interview letter today for May 23rd. Just preparing valid IDs for each step of the process in advance. The main issue is that we recently changed her name to her married name on her passport, so I'm concerned that her previous IDs will no longer be considered valid for the CFO. We just want to make sure to have all our ducks in a row early on so this doesn't hold us up. I'm having a very difficult time determining what they consider to be a 'valid photo ID', how many of them they require, etc. The CFO site does not clarify what IDs they accept, only that they need "two valid IDs ASIDE from the valid passport". I've read conflicting reports from users here. We currently have the updated passport and the NBI clearance. I've read that this is all you need from multiple users, but they're all from about a decade ago. Her other IDs are all in her maiden name, and I'm unsure of their validity now. Does anyone have clarity on if the passport + NBI clearance will be enough to complete the CFO, or if my wife will need to rush to update a bunch of IDs she'll probably never use again...

Finally! Felt like we were going to wait forever. Congrats to y'all

July 17

CR1 I just got my interview email saying my wife's interview is on May 23rd! Is it normal that we wouldn't have to schedule it...?

It's even more baffling considering that the US government makes quite a bit of money off CR1.

I got a feeling we're up soon. This is the most movement we've seen in a while.

Always love being a part of history ...

Manila is safer than most big US cities. You'll be fine walking around just about anywhere in the day time. Grab has just about completely eliminated the need for taxis in Manila. Back in the day, taxi drivers would overcharge you at any chance they got, though.

And here's what I got from my response: NVC documentarily completed this case on 17-JUL-2023. As of JAN-2024, the NVC is scheduling IV interview appointments for the U.S. Embassy in MANILA, PHILIPPINES for Immediate Relative applicants that were documentarily complete on or before JAN-2023. Seems like they're just spitting out random dates. Or there's a difference between IR1/CR1 timing? We are CR1

This is pretty outdated. We have received newer messages stating as of JAN-2024 with a DQ date of JAN-2023 for example. My congressman also gave me an old email they received back in November with an even earlier DQ date. Seems like they're clearing out stragglers before catching up to our cases. Or so I hope that's the case.

There will be no different reply, only the same canned messages they've been sending for the past year. All we can do is wait.

The next coping mechanism is to say they're doing it every January and June now, so... more waiting, woo.

There's a chance, but honestly nobody knows absolutely anything at this point.

When you do the medical before your interview, do they send the results in advance to the embassy or did they give you something to take with you? Just curious as to how that process goes. We might consider doing it soon due to the sputum scare as well.

Was a bit nervous to schedule medical since we have no information on when the next mass expedite will be, or if there even will be one. So we'll be waiting for things to move forward first.

Hopefully nearing the finish line for this batch of mass expedites... fingers crossed for all of us.

I fully expected another 5-6 month wait when I saw it happen the first time. Looks like an October/November update, which is why we haven't scheduled medical yet. Frustrating to wait, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. A little ways to go and we'll be there. We just need to set the next group up with the expectation that this is the new normal.

There's some hope that this delay won't be nearly as long as the last one. Someone posted that there was a bunch of appointments opened up in November, so crossing fingers for another mass expedite soon... I've set my expectations for January so that I'm not disappointed, though.