US Immigration from Philippines

Filed the ir2 visa paperwork and it's being sent to the us embassy in the Philippines. Filed for the interview to the expedited because my wife is pregnant and expecting in September and was denied. Anyone have any suggestions or should I give up on expedited the interview.

Hello - I feel like I've seen some mixed experiences on this topic across different countries/visa types - we've yet to receive a Welcome Letter though our Manila Case # for NVC was given in January (K1-FTP) and thus we started gathering documents in preparation for the eventual Visa Interview. I've inquired through the NVC website about the Welcome letter and so has my fiance with the embassy Manila- she recently received a response from them stating "For the applicant to be eligible for a visa interview, we need to receive both the electronic and physical files...It is important to note that we cannot conduct an interview without the physical file"

We are a bit concerned we are just waiting this out without real action from us - DS-160 is filled out, extra documents prepared for 1-134, fees payed, and keeping a close eye on the appointment scheduling site. We're worried it'll be months or longer for them to reach out to us again. Is it absolutely crucial for us to wait on official instructions to come to her after they have the physical file?

Hello. I will be assisting my wife with filing her N-400. She has her 10-year GC via K1 visa. We got married in a civil wedding here in NY. We recently came back from the Philippines where we married again in a Church wedding. Should her answer be "2" times married for the N-400? We also don't have any official "proof" of our church wedding besides photos, vendor receipts and receipts from the church. Will that suffice?

My interview was scheduled on February 4, 2025, I went to embassy but didn't let me in b'coz my medical was not completed yet and i believe that you need to do your Biometric first before your interview. Now that I completed my medical exam and I'm having hard time to reschedule the interview, no slot available. This new website is way to hard to get the slot unlike the old one. PLEASE HELP....

My fiance made it to USA from the Philippines. We got her SS card then we got married. She would like to change her name. I understand we would have to go back to the social security office. How does this work when her main ID is her Philippines passport with her old name? If she wants to fly somewhere, she has to book in her old name? We want to get a bank account setup, is it easier before or after the name change? Basically, we don't know how the name change works.

Is there anything we will need to do differently on the AOS paperwork?

Thank you for your help