CRBA no available appointments

[shfantomx1 4]

Hi all,

I was getting ready to send my wife the papers needed for our baby girls CRBA and decided to look on the embassy website and there are no appointments available online. Can I call and schedule it? Or do I have to wait for them to open up more appointments? My wife will have her visa before my child has her passport at this rate....

[Mark88 184]

Try calling/emailing them and see what they can do.

[kparz 0]

Tried emailing them and even going to the embassy in person and still won't give or insert me an appoitmnent

[Mark88 184]

Which Embassy? What was their response?

[shfantomx1 4]

Which Embassy? What was their response?

US Embassy in Manila....They are booked up solid..Im looking every waking hour for an opening.

Edited June 6, 2014 by shfantomx1

[Mark88 184]

You will either have to wait, or the USC parent has to contact them. I believe Cebu accepts walkins on any day of the week. If you need one now, it looks like you can just drop by there during their opening hours to file a CRBA.

[extrachicken71 0]

i am in the same situation. there's another US embassy in Cebu? if you find out a good phone number to call, please share it with me. good luck.

[Mark88 184]

There isn't an embassy, but a consulate.

http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy19596/

[cbwoods 0]

I have the same situation with trying to get an appointment for my son's CRBA. He is 4 years old already. The online system always shows all appointment times fully booked. I have e-mailed and asked in person, only to be told the only option is through the online appointment system. It only allows appointments to be scheduled within a 4 month period. The e-mail I received stated that they sometimes open appointments when someone cancels, and on the 4th Monday of each month. The only advice given, was check the site 2 or 3 times every day.

If Cebu will allow walk-ins, I will take my wife and son there to take care of this. If anybody can verify this, I would appreciate it if they can post it on here. My job will be moving me to S. Korea next month, and I would like to move my family there with me.

[Mark88 184]

Call and ask them: http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy19596/

[SilentOdyssey 6]

{Whistle} Everybody, look here is what American Service Center at U.S. Embassy proclaim on its U.S. Citizen Service page, also can be seen in CRBA page:

Starting August 1, 2014, all appointments for Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) and Adult Citizenship applications at U.S. Embassy Manila will be made through a mail-in appointment scheduling system in order to provide better service to our clients. The on-line appointment system will no longer be available. The new mail-in system will reduce the wait time for appointments and help you prepare for your citizenship appointment at the Embassy.

So, we are all back to grade-school days where all line up-to-please-our-teachers and Principal to places such as the caferta or going home. Guess no more first come, first serve walk-in appointment. This is it, mail-In then.

Remember this, pre-July 1st CRBA checklist is now outdated, and this is new revision page which I only found out yesterday. Glad I didn't buy airfare ticket. Whew!

I printed out new CRBA Checklist yesterday and this is shortcut to revised July 1st checklist here.

[SennaBrigante 92]

Wow. They made something inefficient even more inefficient.