Calling all under Administrative Review US Embassy Manila

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Well, add our names to the approved "pending routine checks" status. What is particularily disturbing is that they let my girl leave her interview on Dec. 5 with all indications that the visa is approved. She even saw the green sticker on the folder that read "k1 visa approved." But then I call the embassy a week later, and the visa has NOT been released by the embassy because they are awaiting some sort of "checks." Called the Dept. of State number and all I got out of them is that the status on her visa is "pending." You gotta love pending, pending what? Pending the volcano blows? Pending the pope visits the Phil? The state department lady reassures me that there is nothing "wrong" with our application, that its just going through "routine procedures." But I find that answer BS because "routine" is approval the same day as interview. They approve hundreds of 60 year-old grandfathers petitioning their 18 year-old fiancees who have only visited their children (oops I mean fiancees) once, but they hold up our application. It is very frustrating indeed.

Hi BJZags. Well I think we have the same situation. I left the embassy so excited expecting that i will be leaving for US soon to be with my fiance but unfortunately after 3 weeks i havent received my visa. I have no idea that something is wrong when i left the embassy until i called them after a week and told that my case is under review. I think it will be easier to accept that something is wrong if they ask me for additional docs or what or if they ask anything from the interview which is not really basic. Imagine the consul just ask me my name, my petitioner's name, where did we met and what's his work. That's all written in the forms!!! The consul also instructed me to fill-up a form as soon as i arrived in US airport for our daughter's citizenship which consul commented that our daughter will be automaticcally be US citizen as soon as she arrives in US. And then what!!! Hold our visa for some unexplainable review!! I just hope we receive our visa soon.