APPROVED

[RUJEN 139]

My better half had her interview om 02-24-22 and the lady Consulate said she was approved !!!

She said the Consulate was very friendly and asked just the basic questions except for one,

She asked how many rooms were in my house.

26 months from 129F to approved, a very long time but well worth it.

IT would not have been possible without all the fine people here on VJ.

Thanks to all that helped along the way..........

[abaa 21]

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you two. I hope you have a wonderful reunion. This gives hope to those of us still waiting.

[PWB 213]

12 hours ago, RUJEN said:

My better half had her interview om 02-24-22 and the lady Consulate said she was approved !!!

She said the Consulate was very friendly and asked just the basic questions except for one,

She asked how many rooms were in my house.

26 months from 129F to approved, a very long time but well worth it.

IT would not have been possible without all the fine people here on VJ.

Thanks to all that helped along the way..........

Congratulations, take your victories when you can because the race has just started.  Waiting 26 months has prepared you for the next step in the process, AOS.  We are at 16 months and waiting on the interview and no end in sight.

[RUJEN 139]

10 hours ago, PWB said:

Congratulations, take your victories when you can because the race has just started.  Waiting 26 months has prepared you for the next step in the process, AOS.  We are at 16 months and waiting on the interview and no end in sight.

Thank you, we both know one battle is won with many more to come, we will just take them on as they come, but at least she will be here !!!

[Stevephoto 224]

On 2/25/2022 at 2:29 PM, RUJEN said:

Thank you, we both know one battle is won with many more to come, we will just take them on as they come, but at least she will be here !!!

Awesome! Congrats! The next battles are easey-peasey compared to the initial, well, stuff! PM me if you want a list of what we submitted along the journey. For now, breathe and enjoy the moment!

[Kurt and Kristina 72]

Congrats to you both! 

[Kathy and Jesse 16]

Was the interview in USEM or online now?

[NoMansLand2020 298]

Just now, Kathy and Jesse said:

Was the interview in USEM or online now?

They are not doing online interviews. 

[Kathy and Jesse 16]

How long did it take to get interview from approval?

[Steve2022 41]

Congrats.  Combining your times spent waiting, that is around 5% of a human lifetime.

[RUJEN 139]

18 hours ago, Kathy and Jesse said:

Was the interview in USEM or online now?

it was at the USEM in person

[RUJEN 139]

17 hours ago, Kathy and Jesse said:

How long did it take to get interview from approval?

sent 129F 12-19

NOA2 06-20

sent to Manila 01-22

interview 02-22

 

Edited March 3, 2022 by RUJEN

[Kurt and Kristina 72]

I'm wondering with covid (kinda) behind us, the Philippines (NCR) at the lowest alert level, and most of the Philippine government getting back to full capacity, that back logs should be cycling through.  I did some armchair analysis and it looked like that before COVID, there was about 30+ K1's for the PH per month, during COVID (and recently) about 10 per month. 

 

My hope is that with a -20 per month for about 2 years, the back log should be able to be address and get back to 'normal' cycle times.

 

Or should I just enjoy my utopian thoughts by myself..  

[Talako 756]

2 hours ago, Kurt and Kristina said:

I'm wondering with covid (kinda) behind us, the Philippines (NCR) at the lowest alert level, and most of the Philippine government getting back to full capacity, that back logs should be cycling through.  I did some armchair analysis and it looked like that before COVID, there was about 30+ K1's for the PH per month, during COVID (and recently) about 10 per month. 

 

My hope is that with a -20 per month for about 2 years, the back log should be able to be address and get back to 'normal' cycle times.

 

Or should I just enjoy my utopian thoughts by myself..  

I'm confused with the 30+ per month.  Last December (2021) it was 376.

 

 

For the December (2019) before Covid, it was 492.

 

 

More data points: December 2018 was 492.  December 2020 was 59.

 

Seems to me they are ramping up, but I don't think we can know how long the backlog will take given drop outs, reduced submissions, and maybe a new flood now that it has opened back up.

[Chancy 6,233]

4 hours ago, Kurt and Kristina said:

I did some armchair analysis and it looked like that before COVID, there was about 30+ K1's for the PH per month, during COVID (and recently) about 10 per month.

 

Pre-COVID, Manila issued 470 K1 visas per month on average.  During COVID, the average dropped to around 40 per month.  Since July 2021, USEM is slowly getting back to pre-COVID visa issuance levels, but it seems the backlog of cases is in the thousands.

 

Visual representation of the actual K1 issuance statistics at USEM -- https://visawhen.com/consulates/manila/k1