I'm a little late to the discussion but I just wanted to chime in and give all that are waiting a little encouragement. We finally received notice of our K-1 interview date (Mar 22, 2006). There's no less than fifty-eight K-1 and K-3 interviews scheduled for that day. She never received a packet 3 and I'm still not sure what's supposed to be in that. The letter in the packet 4 was dated Jan 26 but it took about 3 weeks for my fiancee Dez to receive it. I kind of wish I had done more research on the requirements for the interview but I didn't think the interview was going to come this soon. I've been pretty stressed out and in the dark this whole time and we have a little 7 month old baby and her first son to take care of too so I've been worried almost to the point of insanity everyday. Thank goodness baby already has US citizenship and an SSN. His passport has his 1 month old baby picture it, how cute.
Just a word of advice: get your required documents as soon as possible, don't wait. Dez worked for 2 years in UAE which is where we met. She needs to get a police certificate from UAE but the information on how to do this is scarce. The UAE embassy doesn't readily facilitate obtaining police certificates from outside of the country, but I've read that this is possible. So now I'm paying to send her back to Abu Dhabi to get one in person. As you might guess, it's not easy for Filipinos to get tourist visas to UAE! On top of that her father sadly passed away last week and I'm sending her home for the funeral. So she's got to fly home, then fly to UAE, make it back for the medical and the embassy interview, all in less than one month. And there's no guarantee that the AD police can provide this certificate in the time she will be there. If you think you've got problems, just remember me, and stay on the path you've chosen.
Manila Embassy Interview
in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion
Posted · Edited by jlin
Hi everybody,
I'm a little late to the discussion but I just wanted to chime in and give all that are waiting a little encouragement. We finally received notice of our K-1 interview date (Mar 22, 2006). There's no less than fifty-eight K-1 and K-3 interviews scheduled for that day. She never received a packet 3 and I'm still not sure what's supposed to be in that. The letter in the packet 4 was dated Jan 26 but it took about 3 weeks for my fiancee Dez to receive it. I kind of wish I had done more research on the requirements for the interview but I didn't think the interview was going to come this soon. I've been pretty stressed out and in the dark this whole time and we have a little 7 month old baby and her first son to take care of too so I've been worried almost to the point of insanity everyday. Thank goodness baby already has US citizenship and an SSN. His passport has his 1 month old baby picture it, how cute.
Just a word of advice: get your required documents as soon as possible, don't wait. Dez worked for 2 years in UAE which is where we met. She needs to get a police certificate from UAE but the information on how to do this is scarce. The UAE embassy doesn't readily facilitate obtaining police certificates from outside of the country, but I've read that this is possible. So now I'm paying to send her back to Abu Dhabi to get one in person. As you might guess, it's not easy for Filipinos to get tourist visas to UAE! On top of that her father sadly passed away last week and I'm sending her home for the funeral. So she's got to fly home, then fly to UAE, make it back for the medical and the embassy interview, all in less than one month. And there's no guarantee that the AD police can provide this certificate in the time she will be there. If you think you've got problems, just remember me, and stay on the path you've chosen.
Good luck and cheers!
JL