Your dilemma just made us realize its not all cases that if you are in metro manila you will get the visa in 3 to 4 days after approval. My fiancee is from Mindanao and shes planning to wait for the visa in Manila after interview then have it stamped at the CFO so the time she gets back to Manila is only to board her plane to join me. We are thinking positive here that she will be approved

. . good that Ive read this thread and now we can talk about just waiting for the visa in Mindanao and go to Manila one day ahead of departure day to have the passport stamped at the CFO.
We both hope you get your visa soon. Goodluck