Still nothing again today. I've emailed the embassy, the usviascheduling.com site. My lawyer has emailed them to no avail. I even called my congressman because this is #######. Guess what? The embassy isn't replying to his email either. No change in status on CEAC either. It's just frustrating. My fiance says that there she can't call a landline from her cell phone, so she can't call the embassy even though it's a local number. She could speak to them in Tagalog and probably get an answer quicker, but she says her phone plan is only wi-fi enabled to cut the cost. They do "load" and not minutes, and she said she would never be able to afford to buy enough load to call. If she went back to the embassy to check on her application, she probably couldn't get back inside since she doesn't have an appointment. Plus, from her house to the embassy is about a 4-hour jeepy experience one way. When she went to her interview, it took her a week to get over how long it took her to get there. I don't want her to go back there just to be denied entry.
Because she is bringing her two sons with her, which is what I want too, there are 3 applications. The CEAC website lists her 6-year-old first, then hers, then her 4 year-old. If that means that the case "01" is her son's, then that's the visa that has been issued, and the note on her 4-year-old says he needs to schedule an interview. Even though their interview was October 15th. So it's a total mess.
No one on any forum or Google search can even answer if the visas are issued together or separately. Since case "01" has shown issued status since Oct 22nd, it should be able to be picked up at the LBC outlet store, but we can't get a tracking number to be able to claim it. Plus, what about the other two? Then, there's the CFO, which you can't even sign up for until you get the visa number.
It's no wonder people don't want to do it the legal way when it's this complicated, long, cumbersome, and confusing.