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Hi al...

Congrats to those you just passed the interview .... and congrats to all those who will soon

Quick question: We received an email from the Manila embassy regarding our upcoming IR1 (immigrant) interview. In the email, it said to register our visa delivery address or else our visa will get delayed. However, the link below seems to broken:

http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-steps.asp

Can someone confirm? Thanks!

Merry Christmas everyone and have a very happy New Years!

Haha! Nice goodluck to us! have you received your P4 letter?

Nope...have not. Seems like this part will be delayed. Ill post if I receive something.

Jan. 7 2016 interview!! yeah! cc 11/14

Can I do medical once we get the Letter/email?

Thanks and goodluck to all!

congrats...we have the same day. we'll see you on line...just look for our baby on the left !

congrats to all those people who got their dates and to all those upcoming.

i called earlier this afternoon and I got january 7th.

my cc was november 16th.

Hey all,

Anyone for Philippines has their interview scheduled for end of December?

Hello elliotrick23,

I just got my case complete today. My scan date was Oct. 13th, so 34 days. A couple of us around my scan date has taken longer than the 30 days so don't be surprised if it goes to next week. But good thing was no checklists or RFE's

Just to add, I called on the 30th day and the rep told me that it was going to go under supervisors review that same day. It took a little longer (6 days) but at least not the mandated 42 days.

Best of luck to you!

oops typo...supervisor review took 4 days not 6.

Hello all!

I just got my 3rd N/A today.

Scan date was Oct. 13th so it took 34 days.

Looking forward to this next step in the process!

Hoping for a CC this week and also wishing all waiting for cc good news this week...... my scan date 16TH Oct.

Hello elliotrick23,

I just got my case complete today. My scan date was Oct. 13th, so 34 days. A couple of us around my scan date has taken longer than the 30 days so don't be surprised if it goes to next week. But good thing was no checklists or RFE's

Just to add, I called on the 30th day and the rep told me that it was going to go under supervisors review that same day. It took a little longer (6 days) but at least not the mandated 42 days.

Best of luck to you!

My supervisor review took less than 5 days. A number of persons here took just about the same time to get reviewed

I certainly hope so!

got the 3rd NA today, will call soon to confirm CC

hey congrats. looks like they might be a little behind.

I do not want to ruin your hopes or anything like that, but from own experience I know that supervisor review is BS... It'll take 42 days to review... And some of us, not even after 42 days being under supervisor review we did not get an answer.

I hope that won't be the case in your situation! Make sure you call again later today!

Not at all. Its good to have realistic expectations

I'll definitely call later tonight...thanks again!

Pretty sweet, right? And the waiting time is short as well

wait time was not so bad either

well, spoke to a very nice service rep named valerie and said today was actually the 30th day. she said no matter, she'll put it under supervisor's review and have it reviewed today. whether thats true or not, we'll see.

no mention of the new 30 to 45 day window.

i'll post back later.

thanks for all the replies and best of luck to all.

wow...called right at 7am and got in on the first try...first time that ever happened...lol.

Hi there! Well, it's actually the 31st day And yes, there was someone here that got CC exactly 2 days ago. You should definitely call today and ask for an update. Keep us posted! P.S: my scan date is 14th of Oct so 1 day after you and I'm so calling them later ) Good luck!

whups....you are correct

I will call and let you know.

Greetings all....

My scan date is Oct. 13th (today being the 28th day since the scan date). Did anyone receive case completes around this date?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I submitted my K1 Visa petition on September 30th and received my NOA1 on October 5th. I have been checking the USCIS status page daily to see if it updates with NOA2, but thus far have not seen any updates beyond the NOA1. However, tonight I received a strange email telling me to setup an account at the following site:

https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/

The heading of the site only states "Apply for a US VISA in Philippines"

I have not yet received any other instructions regarding this site, however, based on a google search, it seems that this is the site that we use to schedule interviews at the US embassy in Manila.

Has anyone else experienced this and can I basically take this to indicate that my petition was approved by CSC and the NOA2 is on the way given that they are already setting up my account for the interview?

Thanks!

definitely looks like a scam site.

It took me 5 days for me to see the invoice.

From the date your documents are scanned in!

Sweet! They scanned the packages last week so hoping to get lucky and wait just 2 more weeks.

Got that 3rd magical N/A this morning!!!

Eeeek, now hopefully i make it in this next batch of interviews for November!

A big congrats!

I wonder if the 30 day review timeframe applies to when they scan the AOS/IV package, OR when they receive the DS-260; OR whichever they receive last.

Just sent over the DS-260, my packages are scanned and now the wait begins.

Please my AOS just showed "Paid" .Now my question is this. Does the i 864EZ has a barcode on it (like all the bages when it shows "Paid') other than the Barcode Cover provided by NVC. I'm a bit confused here .Someone help!

i-864ez does not have a barcode.

I honestly don't think it is a coincidence. It seems like after people call (especially if they are over the estimated times) they get good news very shortly afterwards. But congrats either way on being one step closer!

So after a week of my IV bill showing in IN PROCESS, I decided to call NVC last night. Similar to Greg Phan, they gave me the old schtick of it takes up to 7 days for the IV to bill to get processed and that I should give it a couple more days. Interestingly, the operator did get off the phone and told me to hold on while she reviews my case.

Anyway, woke up this morning and boom, IV invoice is showing PAID.

Lol...perhaps not a coincidence at all.

just checked and status shows paid. Coincidence or result of call, not sure.

Good stuff! Congrats!

Which should mean mine will show PAID soon.

Should......lol.

If it doesn't show PAID by tomorrow, I'll start dialing.

Good morning all,

I paid IV bill 6 days ago and status still shows in process. Do I need to call? I figure if I do they will say give it 30 days per script.

thanks

Im right up there with you. Paid IV bill on 10/12 and funds were withdrawn from my bank on 10/14.

I get the sense that the NVC might be getting bogged down...seems like processes are taking somewhat longer than in summer.

If you do call the NVC, I would be very curious as to what they say.

No.

Unless your C corporations file quarterly payroll tax returns and deduct ss, medicare and estimated income tax on your behalf and issue you a w-2 form. Otherwise, you are self employed.

Luckily, that is exactly what my C corporations do...all of which are documented on the payroll stubs, W-2s and income tax forms.

Thank you for the affirmation.

I'm now concerned that I might confuse them. I sent them three tax returns. The first two years, one of my businesses was a sole proprietorship. Hopefully my explanatory letter will clarify things but who knows.