NVC ?

[Stangman 7]

Hello!

We got our NOA2 email at 6pm CT on 11/23, how long should I expect to wait before NVC receives the petition and assigns an MNL number? I know the holiday slowed things down..

Not 100% clear on the process after getting the NOA2 about scheduling the interview. So after getting the MNL number, can we go ahead and pay the VISA fee and schedule the interview? Or do we have to wait to schedule the interview once the NVC sends the packet to Manila? I do have my packet almost ready with the DS forms and all our evidence to be sent to the Philippines soon. Getting very excited, we're hoping to have the interview in the beginning of January..

Thanks!

[penguin mahal 0]

I got my NOA2 approved on Nov 23rd also. I got the physical NOA2 in the mail today 11-28. I have no clue what to do either.. My plan is to wait and have my fiance get his papers in order..

[Eric&Venus 0]

We had a huge issue with this process. Wait one week and then start calling the USCIS, DOS and NVC.

We waited for one month only to find out our packet was lost between the USCIS and NVC.

The contact numbers and other cases like this are can be found at this link.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/335457-noa2-to-interview/

Good luck

[Zen Den 18]

Hello!

We got our NOA2 email at 6pm CT on 11/23, how long should I expect to wait before NVC receives the petition and assigns an MNL number? I know the holiday slowed things down..

Not 100% clear on the process after getting the NOA2 about scheduling the interview. So after getting the MNL number, can we go ahead and pay the VISA fee and schedule the interview? Or do we have to wait to schedule the interview once the NVC sends the packet to Manila? I do have my packet almost ready with the DS forms and all our evidence to be sent to the Philippines soon. Getting very excited, we're hoping to have the interview in the beginning of January..

Thanks!

So after getting the MNL number, can we go ahead and pay the VISA fee and schedule the interview? YES =)

[Stangman 7]

Awesome! Thank you all so much!

[dindo and patty 20]

Call NVC after about a week or so and and make sure you talk to a live person. Be sure to have your USCIS # (it starts with either WAC or EAC), petitioner's name & DOB, beneficiary's name & DOB. Ask if they've received your approved petition from USCIS. If they have, ask them for the manila case # and when it was shipped to US Embassy in Manila. It takes about a week for your approved petition to get to Manila through DHL. If not, not a big deal, but call them every other day until you get the information. You can also email them at NVCINQUIRY@state.gov. On the subject line of your email, put the USCIS # and on the body of the email, put petitioner's name & DOB and beneficiary's name & DOB on the body of the email.

While awaiting for your manila case #, your fiance should already be gathering her Birth Certificate, NBI Clearance, CENOMAR, Police Clearance if she worked overseas for more than 6 months from the country where she worked, Annulment (if applicable). The petitioner should prepare I-134, employee letter, pay stubs, and tax transcripts for 3 years (you can order tax transcripts from IRS website for free), evidence of ongoing bonafide relationship, money remittance, and anything else that proves an ongoing/genuine relationship, and then send it all to your fiance as she will need these things for the interview @ USEM.

When you obtain your manila case #, you can pay the visa fee through BPI. Be sure to have your passport when paying for the visa fee and keep the receipt. Wait til the next day and schedule your interview online. You do not have to wait for the eligibility letter from the USEM. Otherwise, you will be waiting for awhile. When you are scheduling online, you'll need manila case #, passport info, and the receipt # from BPI. Give enough time in between interview date and when she plans on getting her medical done when scheduling. There is no need to schedule an appointment for medical since it is walk in. You can register through the SLMEC and fill up the registration online and this will save you an hour and a half. if you don't fill it up, they will make you fill it up on the spot @ the clinic.

A CFO sticker is needed to be affixed to your fiance's passport. If you do not have this, they will not let her board the plane. This can be done in advance and once you have the visa in hand, you can go back to the CFO office in Quirino Avenue and obtain it. Or, you can wait until visa in hand and then attend the CFO seminar and get the sticker the same day.

Below my signature are very useful links that we used three months ago. Good luck!

Edited November 29, 2011 by dindo and patty

[penguin mahal 0]

Call NVC after about a week or so and and make sure you talk to a live person. Be sure to have your USCIS # (it starts with either WAC or EAC), petitioner's name & DOB, beneficiary's name & DOB. Ask if they've received your approved petition from USCIS. If they have, ask them for the manila case # and when it was shipped to US Embassy in Manila. It takes about a week for your approved petition to get to Manila through DHL. If not, not a big deal, but call them every other day until you get the information. You can also email them at NVCINQUIRY@state.gov. On the subject line of your email, put the USCIS # and on the body of the email, put petitioner's name & DOB and beneficiary's name & DOB on the body of the email.

While awaiting for your manila case #, your fiance should already be gathering her Birth Certificate, NBI Clearance, CENOMAR, Police Clearance if she worked overseas for more than 6 months from the country where she worked, Annulment (if applicable). The petitioner should prepare I-134, employee letter, pay stubs, and tax transcripts for 3 years (you can order tax transcripts from IRS website for free), evidence of ongoing bonafide relationship, money remittance, and anything else that proves an ongoing/genuine relationship, and then send it all to your fiance as she will need these things for the interview @ USEM.

When you obtain your manila case #, you can pay the visa fee through BPI. Be sure to have your passport when paying for the visa fee and keep the receipt. Wait til the next day and schedule your interview online. You do not have to wait for the eligibility letter from the USEM. Otherwise, you will be waiting for awhile. When you are scheduling online, you'll need manila case #, passport info, and the receipt # from BPI. Give enough time in between interview date and when she plans on getting her medical done when scheduling. There is no need to schedule an appointment for medical since it is walk in. You can register through the SLMEC and fill up the registration online and this will save you an hour and a half. if you don't fill it up, they will make you fill it up on the spot @ the clinic.

A CFO sticker is needed to be affixed to your fiance's passport. If you do not have this, they will not let her board the plane. This can be done in advance and once you have the visa in hand, you can go back to the CFO office in Quirino Avenue and obtain it. Or, you can wait until visa in hand and then attend the CFO seminar and get the sticker the same day.

Below my signature are very useful links that we used three months ago. Good luck!

Thanks, that is a really good explanation.. I just have a few questions though. After I (the petitioner) gather the affidavit of support, do i send it back to the philippines for my fiance to bring during the interview? And also, how do we pay through BPI? Is there an account # they have or something like that? thanks

[dindo and patty 20]

Thanks, that is a really good explanation.. I just have a few questions though. After I (the petitioner) gather the affidavit of support, do i send it back to the philippines for my fiance to bring during the interview? And also, how do we pay through BPI? Is there an account # they have or something like that? thanks

Yes, you send it to her via DHL or FEDEX or LBC. I used DHL to send Patty documents to Cotabato. Have your fiance go to a BPI branch

and make her payment there. Make sure she has her passport. Make sure she tells the bank teller it is for a K-1 visa payment ($350.00)

and what ever the conversion rate is for that day she will pay in peso.

[Tahoma 2,292]

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