US Immigration from Philippines

Hello group I'm wondering if anyone knows how long it takes for USCIS to send an approved and issued I-131 Reentry permit to the US Embassy in Manila Philippines? It was approved on November 20 2024 and no tracking number was available after we recived the approval notice at the US address the permit was to initially be sent to the Embassy cause I was in the Philippines at the time and was planning to be there when the permit arrived I have since had to return to the US and still will use the permit for a later date. I called the Embassy many times and noone seems to know where the permit is USCIS says I can reapply and pay the fee over to have it reissued and it will take another year or so for approval has anyone been through this issue?

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask, sorry. I'm coming from Manila with my two sons who will be citizens once they get here. I live near Cleveland, but I'm not sure if I can use it as a port of entry. Thank you!

Hi all,

I helped my wife schedule her biometrics and interview appointment for her IR-1 visa on the https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/en/immigrant-visa website. I saw on one of the guides that you need to pay a visa fee of some sort before you are even able to schedule an appointment, but it never prompted us to pay. Did we do anything wrong? Thanks so much for any advice!

This would be for TB follow up mostly. I see the website says M-F only, just asking.

I am currently living in the Philippines with my fianc and we are trying to decide between getting married in the Philippines and applying for a CR-1 visa or waiting to get married and applying for a K1 visa and get married in the US.

Currently the processing time for a CR-1 visa in about 12-16 months and the processing time for a K1 visa is showing at about 4-7 months. We would like to take advantage of the shorter processing time but only if we can continue to live together in the Philippines. Looking at all the information I can find on the internet, it is not clear to us weather I need to return to US to process the K1 visa and wait for her to travel to the US after she receives the visa or if I can file for and have processed the visa while we continue to live in the Philippines. We are both retired in our respected countries so getting her a work permit upon arrival US is not an issue.

If anyone has had experience with this, can you please let us know.