Cindy2014

Congrats cindy! I got a sched for my baby also! Goodluck n Godbless to us!

Thank you Ulymd. Glad to hear! Congratulations in advance!

Sorry Hank, but i am not laughing. I am very happy that you were planning on spending extended time in the Philippines during your wife's intervew. It did not matter to you how long it took because you and she were together in the Philippines anyway.

But I don't have that luxury. I am in New York, Candy is stuck in the Philippines, and today I am going to see my doctor because he thinks I need liver surgery to stop the cancer. I can't have it while the visa is pending because I will be called upon with only 4 days notice to drive to JFK Airport, pick Candy up, handle luggage ant take her home. I can't do that post op, and since I don't have the remotest hint as to when the Gods at Mount USEM will give these two mere mortals their visa, I can;t risk surgery now.

And I can't even tell my doctor how long to put it off for.

And if I have the surgery now, there will be NOBODY to take care of me at home. Not so when Candy is here.

She is ready to leave right now. I am ready to receive her right now. And the only thing stopping is is a bunch of bureaucrats who can't be bothered getting visas out the door at a reasonable speed. If I managed my company the way they managed their embassy, I would be oujt of a job in short order.

Can you understand now why most of us need these visas ASAP?

I am very happy you had the luxury of time that most of us don't have. I definitely don't have it, and right now USEM is jeopardizing my health because of their bureacratic indifference to the people they claim to be serving.

Can you understand why I am angry?

I am sorry to hear that. Do they know your condition? They might be able to expedite Candy's visa for medical and humanitarian reasons. Hope everything turns out well.

Hello everyone! Just to give you all an update on my case that it may help others in the future as well. Here's my timeline:

May5-Interview

May8- Ready

May9- Administrative Processing

May14- Ready

May19- Ready

May20-Ready(AM)

May20-Administrative Processing(PM)

May22-Issued

May28-Got a text from 2go that my visa is ready for pick up. Visa on hand!

23days after my interview, I have the visa on hand. This is great news for me and fiance that everything went well. Because of this wait time, I already gave birth to our daughter. This now opens a new chapter--CRBA. Hope this helps everyone!

Hello vjers!

Just an update for everyone who might experience this in the future. What I did was I sent an email to acsinfomanila@state.gov and they forwarded the appointment letter to me after a day. It includes the passwords and information of the appointment.

Hank, yes i did try to go back to their website but it didnt bring me back to the confirmation page. I tried booking an appointment again but it says that i already have one. Ill give them a call tomorrow. Thank you!

Biaobiao, i just booked it like 30-45mins ago. Maybe I should give it more time for the email to arrive? Thank you!

Good news to you! Congratulations!

Hello vyers!

I need some help on this one please. I made an online CRBA appointment for my newborn baby at the manila us embassy website. After seeing that my appointment was confirmed, the page colapsed when I was just about to print the appointment letter. Is there any way that I can get a copy of the appointment letter sent back to me? I believe there's a code that's part of the letter that I need to have during the interview. What should I do? Thank you all in advance!

Yeah I am trying to figure out if its a coincidence or not. Either way, this process is very very taxing on a couple. Good thing is i certainly know my relationship is sound.

Any updates on your status?

Is there a limit in checking the schedule appointment page online? For some reason mine is saying you have exceeded the limit for viewing this page and it will reset tomorrow? How many times can I check per day? It is really hard to schedule an appointment since nothing is available every time I check. And I wasn't aware that there's a limit to it. How would I know that there's an opening if I don't keep checking. Can anybody please help or advise me on what to do. Thank you so much!

That happened to me before. I just checked the next day and it allowed me to check again.

Might want to be a bit careful on this too. Certain airlines have policies that don't allow people to fly extremely close to their due date for the obvious reason that giving birth within the 27 inches of seat you get could be extremely problematic and there could be complications. Certainly worth checking before actually booking a flight.Â

Hello Teripid! I looked into this and delta airlines does not have restrictions for pregnant women. Though they suggest to speak to your health care provider (which I did get a med cert), they don't restrict pregnant women to fly. Thank you for the concern! Really hope and pray that my visa would get issued today.

Ours says it can't be located either. Has been that way since the second ready. Makes me feel like its lost. Lol, which I'm sure its not.

That came to mind as well. Lol

AI & I can definitely feel for you. This is just totally crazy, Im starting to think these statuses are far from the truth. Yesterday my status changed twice in the AM it was ready and by pm to admin processing again.

Does your passport have any update?

RL

That's exactly what happened to me today. Ready in the AM and admin processing in the PM. My pregnancy hormones are not helping with being patient either.

Starting today, I can't locate where my passport is. It says there's no update available via ustraveldocs.com and email. How about yours?

Yes we did that already. The online reservation system is now mandatory. It is a bit touchy but otherwise works well. Her appointment is Wednesday morning, May 21.

I asked her if she wanted a day or two to rest from the main event, and she said no she wants to get it all done. She is an amazing powerhouse of energy.

That's great! She means business which is always good!

Should reach issued by the end of the week and visa in your hands by Monday.

P.S. DId you do your CFO? Candy is going tomorrow. We are not waiting for the visa for that.

Yes I did. I didn't wait for my visa to arrive. I got my certificate already and by the time my passport and visa arrives, I only need to get the sticker which you can get at the airport as well. I believe there's an online appointment for CFO starting May 15th. She should check the website for the details.

I'm not sure if the ink color would really matter. But if I'm not mistaken, they require black ink for the first few documents that we sent out. Maybe someone can enlighten you on this matter. Btw, DHL has a fast delivery for documents/packages.

I have an interview on may 22, documents to bring are all set in... Question is the affidavit of support,1040 and paystub are all scanned.. Not a orig copy.. Do i need to wait and ask my fiance to send an orig copy? Thank somuch ....

Yes, you would need original documents for affidavit of support, form1040 and paystubs. Ask your fiancé if he can send it overnight. The consul would need the affidavit of support with the signature of your fiancé in black ink. Hope this helps! Good luck!

Oh for paystubs scanned copy would be sufficient.

Yup this is my second administrative processing after four ready statuses. I am so ready to fly now.

Quick update again. As of today May20th, my status changed from Ready (fourth ready status) to administrative processing.

I just got off the phone with Candy after a successful interview. So we now join the ranks of those playing the final waiting game.

Congratulations! I would suggest that you check your status via ceac and ustraveldocs everyday and write down the updates that you get as a guideline. Hope you'll get your visa fast!

Just an update. The CEAC website shows that my status got updated today May20th with its FOURTH 'Ready' status.

Nobody can say when a visa will be issued. Yours is taking a "normal" amount of time and steps for processing. Nothing to worry about. You just need a little more patience.

Truth is I'm currently 9months pregnant that's why me and fiance are getting very worried. But yes, there's nothing that we can do but to wait, be patient and hope for the best. Everything happens for a reason indeed.

If it makes you feel any better. Mine is now on its fourth rotation of ready. We had no 221g or anything like that. :-/

Sorry to hear that. I hope that we get our visas very soon. :'(

The person at the embassy who answers the phone has no better infornation than you do. I still think you are just a few days away from issuance. Just a little more patience.

I'm crossing my fingers and my toes. I will definitely update vj.

Was there another Administrative Processing between May 14 and May 19 that maybe you missed? Looks to me lke you are very close now to issued, maybe a couple of days.

I'm positive that there was none. I checked the ceac website before I called the embassy today (Ready May14) and after the call I checked it again still with the 'Ready' status and the updated date of May19. I really do hope so that it gets issued within this week. Thank you for replying.

Good day. I had my interview at the USEM in Manila last May 5,2014. I was told that I'm approved, they kept my passport and didn't give me any 221g letter. I checked the CEAC website religiously. My status went like this:

May8- Ready

May9- Administrative Processing

May14- Ready

May19- Ready

I also tracked my passport via ustraveldocs and it is still with post up until today. I'm just wondering, is it normal to have 3 'Ready' status updates?

Hi everyone. I was approved for a K1 Visa last May 5, I guess I'm just too excited to have it with me but when I called the Embassy, I was told by the agent that my visa is still with the embassy. The the agent told me not to book any tickets yet because there's no exact turn around time when my visa will be delivered. I don't want to panic but we already booked our tickets; my fiance will be flying here in the Philippines and we'll leave together on the 24th of July.

Can anyone share their experience please. Is this normal?

Hello! We have the same interview date. Have you received your visa yet? Mine says the status is Ready (May14). Thank you!