My fiance is currently at her interview! Do they allow cell phones inside the embassy because I sent her phone texts.

I'm so nervous and excited at the same time!


I guess I can only wait now. Any idea on how long this process may take? Her letter said her appointment today was at 7:30.


Please pray for us and that everything will go smoothly.

This is the last step for us and I want to finally be done with this long long loooooooooooong visa process!

most embassies do not allow cell phones they confiscate them at the door. but good luck to you!!! i am sure you will hear the exciting news soon.

I doubt she has her phone with her inside.


What time is it in the Phill?

Hope she calls you soon with good news.

they do not allow cell phones in the Embassy. hopefully you'll hear something by noon to 1pm Manila time. it's now
7:48 there. your wait is close to an end. best of luck

Can't wait to hear the good news.

No cells in the embassy. Good luck Claudeth and I hope all goes well

Wow! It could really take a possible five-six hours? Well, it's no worse than the wait times my sweetheart had to endure at St. Luke's last week. :/

I texted her yesterday and recommdend she take a snack along this time.

It's almost a sureal feeling that the interview is today. After months and months and months of waiting, it's almost hard to believe it's finally here!


I've visited my fiance in her country twice now and even saw the outside of the embassy on my last trip. That building gave me the chills, LOL! The can only imagine what she's going through right now but I know her well and she's a very intelligent, resourceful, and strong woman. If anyone can handle it, I know she can.

Congratulations and best of luck to you both Vann. A thrilling moment in life!!!

just depends on what time the interview is taking place. maybe she's being interviewed right now. do you have any fingernails left?

Good Luck

As of now? Not after just reading a very disturbing post about a person whose fiance was grilled very hard by this one CO in the Manila Embassy. I'm not sure if you've read the thread but the man was saying things like: "The CO was denying girls left and right and if I wasn't there with my gal she wouldn't have been approved".

Now I'm even more nervous.

Relax, don't always believe every post you read

OK, I'll try.

hey, dont worry so much. We had our interview on August 13. We were one of the last to be interviewed close to 11:30. I would say that most got approved. Out of the many we saw only 2 seemed upset. Most were giving thumbs up and were smiling when they came out of the interview.

Anyhow our interview was very quick about 3 minutes. If your paperwork is in order, I think you are ok.

Hang in there...

LOL! I'm literally looking for "Philippines" on everyone's profiles, LOL! I'll admit that it reassures me most to hear these comments from those who went through the Manila Embassy as I'm always hearing that Manila seems to be the toughest of all the embassies when it comes to these issues.

Well, I'm worried because I might have screwed a date up on my affidavit of support and I just barely meet the 125% poverty level requirement.

I'm the sir of Roy and Yazi. try not to let that get you stressed right now. hopefully everything will be fine

Well, then thank you, sir!

I keep trying to tell her and myself "We made it this far so why wouldn't we make it the rest of the way?"

I'll keep the faith and thank you!

oops, my wife just called. better log off now. you'll make it. looking forward to the approval you'll be posting.

It is 10:19 there right now so she must be getting close to being done. Hopefully you will receive a very pleasent phone call really soon.

Well, thank you very much for all of your support. I'm truly happy for you and your wife and look forward to celebrating here soon.




Thanks!

Well, LOL! It will more more of a phone TEXT than anything as she can't afford to load her phone for more than a minute's worth of call, heh heh. Maybe I'll call her, though!

Text will work I think Claudeth got done about 11:15am Manila time so hopefully it is almost over.

Forgive my blunt questioning but what time was her interview scheduled?

My fiance's was scheduled at 7:30.

Best of luck!

still no word from my fiance. Her appointment was set at 7:30. She's been there four hours now. How long could the wait times possibly be?

Claudeth's letter was for 7:00am and she was done at 11:15 so you have to be right there....any minute now

I sure hope so. What causes such a long time in the embassy, anyway? I heard there are multiple "Windows" for the interviews. Basically just long lines?

I heard that most of the interviews are no longer than 30 minutes in length. Others have said as little as 3 minutes.

It is probably a good thing they added additional interview days. It was taking several months to get an interview once the petition reached Manila. When we went through it took two months from the NVC letter until the interview.

Heh! Heh! It took me three months.

I was actually grateful for that much lead time as she and I weren't financially or otherwise prepared for the interview. We were told it would take six months from the approval date for an interview to be scheduled. Needless to say, she and I were both shocked by the packet 4 which arrived to her On August 4 last month. I then had to frantically save, borrow, and ration money and hurry and gather up all my necessary documents. It was the most tedious month of both of our lives. It was a hardship so stressful we even had some of our first real arguments as a couple. LOL! Best to get practice now before marriage, I guess.

UPDATE!!!!


My baby just texted me! She told me her final interview is scheduled after lunchbreak.

I guess she was put through more than one interview but she wasn't specific. She told me she would text me again when she's completely finished and that she was going back inside.

She sounded happy so I guess it's going well! Whew!

Good news! hang in there!

Keep us updated!! Hang in there!

nice to hear. there is a pre-interview done before the one with the Co. she probably only has the interview with the CO left. your almost thru this...

Well good luck I am off to bed so will have to get up and check these posts first thing in the morning

Thanks all for your support! I will certainly keep you all updated!


BTW, what is the preinterview with the filipino like? Also--if she's feeling happy after this preinterview I assume she did well, so does the outcome of the preinterview mean likelihood of success in the final interview?

We had our interview in London supposedly at 9am. We were finally interviewed at 1:30pm. I have a chronic pain condition so I was high on painkillers. I didn't really notice the time but just waited for our number to be called. My husband had his iPod on him so he listened to that.

We had two seperate encounters. The first one was to make sure our papers in order and a bit later, my husband was interviewed at the window.

Hi!
Im so excited for you....cant wait to hear the good news.......have you heard anything yet????

Still waiting? Yeesh is anything in this world on time! I'm still sending positive thoughts your way.
I'm totally jelouse your at the finish line it must be a nail biter. Hang in there, your about to stick a fork in it.

We are waiting to hear.....LOL LOL you go Boy!!!!!!

hmm..tricky question. here's the thing. if there is something wrong with your paperwork, like some technical problem (like your fiance was married but never had the marriage annulled, etc) then they will ask you about that during the preinterview. so if they didn't say anything was missing, or something was wrong during the preinterview, i would assume things are fine...just my opinion!

Hey, everyone! LOL! Nope! No word yet but I'm still waiting! It's 2 AM in my place and I don't care! I won't sleep a wink till I hear from her!

good luck!!!

Hehe you'll definitely hear from her the moment she knows and has the chance to text, your together in this, you two made it this far together.
Your making me happy just reading about it.

Best of luck to both of you!!! You have our prayers for a happy and speedy interview!!!

We are all waiting to hear from you. My fiance is at his interview right now too!!!!! He was scheduled at 7am and its 7:33am where he is.....

Hope everything went well...

I dunno what to say! Needless to say, I was very pessimistic about the success of this process. I'm still indifferent to the fact that I've made it this far. I still can't believe it!

Thank you very much!

I hope everything goes well with your situation as well. I read about it and really felt for you as I felt all that same angst.

It was this forum that really got me through some tough times with this process. I sincerely hope everything goes all right for you. I didn't bother with a lawyer in my process. I did it the risky way and just chanced it. Trust me--I came into this process completely pessimistic and unorganized. You, sir, will make it through this. Trust me, I'm not very organized with this kind of stuff, LOL!




Thanks

Wow! Tension and waiting all around! LOL! It's great that I found this forum or there's no telling how much more of a nervous wreck I might be right now!

Good luck and God bless to you guys too!!!

Thanks Vann, I'm sure I'll be ok things have a way of working out. I'm not sure a lawyer was needed at this point, I'm feeling a bit lost frankly. I'm fairly careful about everything, I think I should have just handled this, I hired a lawyer because my girlfriend couldn't read english forms well enough, nor I Thai forms. Who knows what's right, I won't give advice on that. Your inspiring me, I thank you. If I had any advice at all, it would be learn all you can about the culture and the language, it will serve you well.