How long do you have to schedule an interview and Medical once Manila receives it?

[coa24 69]

Been looking for this answer for some time and been unable to find it. Is there a time limit to how long you can wait to schedule your medical and interview once Manila receives the application? I know you can start right away, but when does the embassy say, okay, this person has yet to call for appointment therefore no longer a valid application? Just trying to think of the just in case scenarios.

[RoJ10 18]

You can find the information you needed from here http://manila.usembassy.gov/kvisas.html

And if you have your Manila Case Number try to check it on this website http://ceac.state.gov/

and if the status is ready , then you can sign up on this website http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/

and this will even ask your case number and then it will provide you when is the soonest you can set your appointment for interview.

And by the way, you can't book your appointment date if you haven't paid it yet. Detailed instructions are given just follow.

As of for the medical, make sure that the gap between your interview will be max a week. "I mean you had done it a week before your interview"

Well , just read carefully the instructions and you won't get lost.

About the call, you can call if you want. But many had said that ideally just book your appointment online. Sometimes you won't get to talk to the person you need (that's what they said).

[coa24 69]

Thanks for the information. What I was actually wondering was if there was a time frame you had to schedule an interview before they will no longer grant you an interview. For example, they send you package three, but for unforseen reasons, you were not able to schedule a medical and interview for 6 months after they sent you packet 3. How would that affect the visa process? I am hoping to have approval of our application at USCIS in the next couple of weeks, and plan to interview as soon as possible, but just trying to think ahead.

[RoJ10 18]

As far as I remember, on my fiance letter NOA2 it was written there as till when the case is valid. But if you will go further than the specified date then I do not exactly know what possible step you could do. But ideally people tried to accomplish everything on the timeframe or before deadline indicated.

But maybe you can try to call the US Embassy regarding that information. It's really unusual for some people here to not rush before deadline.

Some claimed that technically your case is valid for 1 year. But, what I do not know exactly is from which date they will start the count.

[Hank_ 9,171]

Been looking for this answer for some time and been unable to find it. Is there a time limit to how long you can wait to schedule your medical and interview once Manila receives the application? I know you can start right away, but when does the embassy say, okay, this person has yet to call for appointment therefore no longer a valid application? Just trying to think of the just in case scenarios.

One year from approval date of the NOA2, USEM will extend the petition validity up to a year, just create your profile online and then do nothing....