We received notice that the Embassy in Manila has received the documents from the NVC and we are now able to schedule the interview.
I have the instructions on how to do this but we need to wait until mid August because she has the appointment to renew her current passport.. (Current Passport has her married name on it)
Currently she is in the process of having her name changed once the divorce is recognized in the Philippines.. She was divorced in England and she will have that divorce recognised in the Philippines so that she can have only her given name on the passport.
My question is: should we wait to file the DS-160 until she has the passport with her family name on it or would we still be able to file the DS-160 with her current passport that has her married name on it.?
The notice that we received stated that we have one year to start the scheduling process for the interview from the date of this notice. (Which was June 23, 2022)
We don't want to waste time renewing the current passport if it will be unacceptable.. If that is the case we will wait until the divorce is recognized in the Philippines and file the DS-160 once she has her family name on her passport. (This process should take a few more months)
I will try to reach out to the Embassy also to see if they can help to answer this question.
Please advise and thoughts.
Thank you