US Immigration from Philippines

Petition was approved last month and I inquired to nvc if case number has been created.

I got a generic response from nvc that case is established but leaves the number out.

The invoice I.D. number for visa petition {CASE_NUMBER} is: {CASE_MASTER_ID}

The beneficiary I.D. number for {PA_FULL_NAME_FIRST_LAST} is {BENEFICIARY_ID}.

The National Visa Center (NVC) has received your petition from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services. Your NVC case number is {CASE_NUMBER}. Due to your petition type, you will not

receive a request for fee payment or document submission.

All case parties will be notified when this petition is forwarded to the assigned U.S. Embassy/Consulate General.

Anyone else received this message? Not sure if the case number is created or it's their way of saying to wait more.

hello everyone! I had an interview January 16 2024 and got 221g that says " to verify court order" as i have old criminal case which was already dismissed and they told me to wait on their call after that interview. So June 10 2024 i received a letter from them saying i need to nbi manila for interview and need a nbi written explanation. Did some go through this process? How much is the payment for it?

We recently received our K1 Visa Case number and were notified that our case has been received by the NVC. However, we noticed that our Case number, MNL2024662080, starts with the initials MNL, which we have been told indicates that our case is bound for the embassy in Manila,Philippines.

I am a citizen of the Philippines, but I'm currently living and working in Chiang Mai,Thailand.

We already sent an inquiry about this. But should we do a transfer of case at this point?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Effective August 19 there will be HUGE increases in the cost of the medical exams at Saint Luke's. The fees for ages 15+ increases from P18,540 to P28,250. A whopping 52% increase to nearly $500. Below age 15 the price is raised from P11,400 to P13,910. A 22% increase.

They are attributing the increase to a policy change extending IGRA TB testing to all adults. Although the increase is substantially more than the cost of IGRA testing even in the US and they had been doing IGRA testing profitably for all child applicants for years at the previous child's price. Not to mention how far out of line it is with the costs of any type of normal medical care in the Philippines.

If there is any bright side, presumably this would replace their infamous x-ray machine and reduce the number of applicants being unnecessarily sent for sputum testing.

Hi all,

Processing a K1 Visa for my fianc e from the Philippines and looking for some guidance on how we should be proceeding. Any help is greatly appreciated and thank you again for helping us on our journey!

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07/10/2023: NOA1 I-129F receive date

03/06/2024: We received NOA2 and still have yet to receive any notification by mail or email about whether or not NVC has sent our petition to the U.S. embassy.

After waiting well over the minimum 30 days to hear back from NVC before contacting (per NOA2 instructions), we contacted NVC via their inquiry form and were able to get ahold of our NVC case ID, Invoice ID, and Beneficiary ID.

05/05/2024: We have since completed gathering documents and used this information obtained from the public inquiry to fill out DS-160.

05/27/2024: We received the following communication via email from NVC

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To whom it concerns:

This notice is to inform you that NVC is currently holding your approved Form I-129F (Petition for Alien Fiance(e)), and it has been at least 60 days since we received it from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). Your case number is MNLXXXXXXXXXX.

Where local conditions and restrictions allow, some embassies and consulates have resumed processing a limited visa workload, including K-1 nonimmigrant visa applications. For embassies and consulates that were unable to resume processing their visa workload, NVC is holding your approved Form I-129F. We cannot predict when routine visa services will resume, and we cannot guarantee or predict when your case will be sent to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate General in Manila. When NVC does forward your case, you will receive another notification.

Approved Forms I-129F have a 120-day expiration date from the date of approval by USCIS. Once your designated embassy or consulate resumes normal operations, a consular officer will revalidate your petition for another 120 days. You do not need to take any action for this revalidation to happen, though you may need to provide evidence that you still qualify for the K-1 nonimmigrant visa. For the most up-to-date information about the U.S. Embassy or Consulate General's operating status, visit their website at https://usembassy.gov.

Thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
National Visa Center Director

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06/10/2024 (TODAY): CEAC case status reads: "At NVC"

The strange thing is that it seems we can schedule an interview even though we do not have the "READY" status on CEAC, but we are unsure about the following:

Are we stuck on a waiting game for NVC?

Can we move forward with scheduling an interview?

Does the U.S embassy in Manila schedule the interview for us?

Thank you all again!