Danoco

yove just got word from delbros visa is in route right now

ok spoke to another nice lady at the embassy ,and they say yoves paperwork was reviewed on april 21 friday ,and that the visa is being issued today ,or tomorrow ,but no later then wendsday ,and she should expect it no later then friday. does this sound right

ok dumb question since im the only one in my time slot for visa interview. but i know the embassy was slowed last week do to the easter holiday and people were gettin there visa's late. i bought yove's ticket for the third of may im thinking i should of waited, but im impatient any think it'll make it before the third. her interview was the 18th it was approved. i spoke to sandy at the embassy she tells me theres no AR its just hasnt been put together.

Congrats to all of you who are approved and soon be together. I am soooo tired of phone calls and emails, and chat

i can so agree and im down to 12 days till she gets here so every minute is just dragging on an on

[Donaco... how did the interview go?

lol well expect defeat and you wont be disappointed lol we were APPROVED

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

after all the doubts still.... it really goes well with yove!

Long vacation for me here in VJ ........ but still im here @ Mindoro for long holy week vacation for me and my son @ the beach. Anyway regarding about ur last post for me ..... YES ..... it happened as i should wait till my fiance baptism to be a member of the church, but he already done with his indoctrination here in manila before he flew back to Georgia. My fiance embrace my religion without hesitation, the only thing we need to do is wait for the baptism bcos even i fly now to Georgia and be with him wont make difference might be sent home when i almost finished my 90 days in US without being married by church ( like what happened to "mizz" fiancee in VJ, he post his inquiries with this ). Since i did inquire with PatientlyWaiting about expiration of visa's, i knew now that i have other options to do not to lose our visa's and mizz didnt knew dat, so his fiancee went back to manila b4 30 days never got married. And now it will be a big "ISSUE" to embassy about not pursuing the mariage but went for 30 days. He will reapply again but have more worries, we could live and wait for more months than waiting for years doing the petition again , we're still trying to balance everything, and i dont have much more to worries bcos there's nothing more to get worried for what we've already experienced from the start of the petition filing till the issuance of visa. I still got our passports , stamps, & visa's ...... only a ticket away. Did manage to change flight bookings without adding charges.

Importantly ive got the blessings of my family & my fiance side too for watever decisions we will make in the coming days..... months..... ill keep you all guys posted

again...... lets keep the VJ spirits alive!!!!

-rebelheart-

well i was in a religious background so much so that they tried to make me a catholic priest, but im hardly religious at all. ive been married before so the wedding isnt that big a deal for me .however for yove it is. so we decided to have a civil wedding in america and to return 2 years later to her province for a big family wedding for her. on our second anniverary. her

congrats, too bad you wasted all those calls to your congressman's office :-)

lol ya but i think one of the aids is coming down to buy a car for there son lol

ok several things one yove made the lady laugh she was very honest about everything about us how we meet etc. and it was very funny. some of the women there forgot to pay BPI others forgot police documents. the women was very kind to yove she showed her the folder with big red letters on the folder APPROVED i'ld say thats a pretty good clue. also with the error in her birth record it went through no problem. yove first name was misspelled LLovemyl instead of Yovemyl it took 2 weeks ,but we had it corrected by having the clerk from her province fly into manila to post the correction. it cost a few hundred dollars to fly back an forth ,and pay for her time from work ,but well worth it. also yove was asked for her baptismal certificate which she had ,but its not required. she had put all her paperwork in order in a nice binder that impressed embassy personal. with all that said we'll let you know anything new

Thanks PW...you've been a great help in this thread...

Danoco...I hope Im not in AR...Im praying hard its just a delay...

its possible with easter theres a delay we can only hope thats all it is. anyways yove is outside the embassy its 3:30 ,and im sure there are several girls outside waiting lol. im hopeful ,but not expecting to get the visa im pretty sure it'll be an AR

Visa were delayed because of the long vacation. I just got my Visa today but it was issued April 11.

Donaco... how did the interview go?

lol well expect defeat and you wont be disappointed lol we were APPROVED

Thanks PW...you've been a great help in this thread...

Danoco...I hope Im not in AR...Im praying hard its just a delay...

its possible with easter theres a delay we can only hope thats all it is. anyways yove is outside the embassy its 3:30 ,and im sure there are several girls outside waiting lol. im hopeful ,but not expecting to get the visa im pretty sure it'll be an AR

you know your goin nuts when your counting down the minutes till the interview and praying that we dont get the dreaded AR. yove meet several women during her medical that have been in contact with each other. they all went to the store bought binders to better organize there paperwork for there interview something i think we read here. we'll let everyone know the moment we know her interview is 23 hours and 58 min left till the interview

Hello there guys! Hi pw...how's everything? It's been awhile since i post in vj...I had my visa interview last april 4 & my fiance is with me during the interview...until now I haven't got my visa from delbros...they said its not yet release by USE and when I called USE it is still being processed...we were not told personally by the consul if we are approved or not but we saw the approved sticker on our case folder...we were not told we are on AR...and I can't think of wny reason to be on AR...it's just frustrating coz the others got their visas after 3days & to think some of them live in the province while I live in manila...so anyone here who's experiencing the same thing...i know how you are feeling right now. I just pray that things will turn out ok...God bless to all of you!

sounds like your in the dreaded AR hopefully it wont be to long there only 4 weeks as an average. unfortunatly the embassy wont tell you your on an AR

i think everyone´s envelope is like that, cuz mine is too...anyhow, as rebelheart said, no worries

Congrats again!

Yes we got it yesterday from delbros!!!! thanks jeeleebee but....her yellow envelope is cut...an entire 2-3 inch corner is cut she says it looks like scissors or a razor...corners are exposed

just read in another forum how this person had to open her package to get out her passport for the CFO stamp and was then put into interigation in the US

Sorry for your loss , caillen

Danoco, I have found tickets one way, all the way from Manila to Indianapolis or Chicago, or Detroit for 800 $ taxes included ( NW own online site ) . The combination AA and JAL flights from manila are the cheapest way to go but have nasty connection times, or alot of connections, June flights for them holding in the 570-650 USD$ range. I got a line on a travel agent in makati I will check on next week

Remember the reason for the season folks. God Bless and good luck

hmm for yove leaving on may 3rd was only 640 via hongkong transfering to american airlines to chicago then to boston 3 flights 23 hours 3 hour layovers 1 in hong kong 2 in chicago

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MNL: Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l

HKG: Hong Kong Int'l

ORD: Chicago O'Hare

BOS: Boston Logan

Manila, Philippines to Boston, MA: 9352 miles 24 hrs 29 min

Cathay Pacific Airways Flight CX912 on an Airbus A330 (jet) in coach class

(breakfast)

Departs Manila, Philippines (MNL) Wed, May 3 8:50a 2 hrs 0 min

Arrives Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG) 10:50a

1 adult in booking code M, covered by fare (A1) below

Layover in Hong Kong 1 hr 55 min

United Airlines Flight UA896 on a Boeing 747 (jet) in coach class

(lunch, movie)

Departs Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG) Wed, May 3 12:45p 14 hrs 37 min

Arrives Chicago, IL (ORD) 2:22p

1 adult in booking code V, covered by fare (A1) below

Layover in Chicago 3 hrs 38 min

United Airlines Flight UA878 on a Boeing 757 (jet) in coach class

Departs Chicago, IL (ORD) Wed, May 3 6:00p 2 hrs 19 min

Arrives Boston, MA (BOS) 9:19p

1 adult in booking code V, covered by fare (A1) below

Note: The flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) is overnight.

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Tax: US Customs Fee $5.00

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i also found prices for early june at this price but after june 6th they go up

Sorry for your loss , caillen

Danoco, I have found tickets one way, all the way from Manila to Indianapolis or Chicago, or Detroit for 800 $ taxes included ( NW own online site ) . The combination AA and JAL flights from manila are the cheapest way to go but have nasty connection times, or alot of connections, June flights for them holding in the 570-650 USD$ range. I got a line on a travel agent in makati I will check on next week

Remember the reason for the season folks. God Bless and good luck

hmm for yove leaving on may 3rd was only 640 via hongkong transfering to american airlines to chicago then to boston 3 flights 23 hours 3 hour layovers 1 in hong kong 2 in chicago

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$592.50 in US Dollars

1 adult @ $592.50

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Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee.

Ticket issuance restricted.

Airport legend:

MNL: Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l

HKG: Hong Kong Int'l

ORD: Chicago O'Hare

BOS: Boston Logan

Manila, Philippines to Boston, MA: 9352 miles 24 hrs 29 min

Cathay Pacific Airways Flight CX912 on an Airbus A330 (jet) in coach class

(breakfast)

Departs Manila, Philippines (MNL) Wed, May 3 8:50a 2 hrs 0 min

Arrives Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG) 10:50a

1 adult in booking code M, covered by fare (A1) below

Layover in Hong Kong 1 hr 55 min

United Airlines Flight UA896 on a Boeing 747 (jet) in coach class

(lunch, movie)

Departs Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG) Wed, May 3 12:45p 14 hrs 37 min

Arrives Chicago, IL (ORD) 2:22p

1 adult in booking code V, covered by fare (A1) below

Layover in Chicago 3 hrs 38 min

United Airlines Flight UA878 on a Boeing 757 (jet) in coach class

Departs Chicago, IL (ORD) Wed, May 3 6:00p 2 hrs 19 min

Arrives Boston, MA (BOS) 9:19p

1 adult in booking code V, covered by fare (A1) below

Note: The flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) is overnight.

Note: You must change terminals in Chicago (ORD).

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Fare (A1): UA MNLBOS VLPH1 fare (rules) $554.25

Tax: US International Arrival Tax $14.50

Tax: US Customs Fee $5.00

Tax: US Immigration Fee $7.00

Tax: USDA APHIS Fee $5.00

Tax: US Passenger Facility Charge $4.50

Tax: US September 11th Security Fee $2.50

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Total for 1 adult passenger: $592.50

(as of Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:22am)

Hi jose and everyone here!

How's helen? does she manage to fly to illinois now? As for me i passed everything in Embassy before helen, but me and my fiance got some delays from church here in manila, they dont want me to fly with Ryan last Apr. 3 , so im still here in manila but i already rebooked my ticket and my son Lloyd on Apr 25. It's more into culture thing in Manila, my church here thinks that im eloping with an american guy and im tried living-in together, so wer just waiting and trying to obey church. But im keen to fly to ATL by 3rd week of April with my son.

-rebelheart-

rebel are you saying your church made you change your flight because it didnt approve of your current wedding plans ???? im goin assume this is a protastant religion not catholic???? even if either it seems a little extreme to make you change your flight. and by no means am i tryin to insult your faith , im just in shock that your church would ask you to do this. i was raised catholic myself ,but will marry out of my church for yove's faith. my church may not be happy, but have set down no demands on me nor did yoves church do so on her. seems a little extreme for a church to make you alter your flight

Caillen---------11-07-05--11-30-05--xx-xx-xx--04-11-06--2005-821xxx

goldwing777-----11-09-05--12-05-05--03-18-06--04-11-06--2005-822xxx

so what happen ?????????????????

Ok, I know this is a bit premature , and I didnt want to start a new thread for this

I am having a hardtime,myself online, buying tickets for Rosemarie and Josh from PI to LAX. Easy to buy from LAX to Manila online. Anyone got any recommendations ???? EVA wont let me do it. I am just planning ahead here, and I wont buy tickets till the Visa's are in their hands

So far my options are

NWA

PAL

and ?????????

any input for travel agent in Cebu , Manila ( contact info ) that you all trust and is reputable

Regards

Brad

No new news on the BC, or Cenomar or Passport

http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

go there you'll need to create an account you wont be able to find better rates (if you can let me know)

MNL to LAX do a 1 way 30 day search

Nakashima-------11-04-05--11-23-05--03-17-06--04-07-06--2005-818xxx

so any word on there interview ?????

Thanks for asking. Sorry if I wasn't able to update after the interview. The thing is, I am on AR yes, you've read it right I somewhat expected it because I have a child already and I am guessing that it was a Cenomar thinggy again.

Ill update you soon guys

Sheila

well at least if it helps i've been tracking AR's on asawa.org and here the average for the base ones is 4 weeks, but if you are missing paperwork theres no idea when

Nakashima-------11-04-05--11-23-05--03-17-06--04-07-06--2005-818xxx

so any word on there interview ?????

(sorry for the repitition, I posted this in the "general area" and meant to post here in the Manila Thread)

Well, we've waited and waited but still no packet 4 for my wife. I went ahead this week and sent her a copy of the appointment letter that I received. I never got a complete packet, just the appointment letter, and my wife never got squat. Her medical is scheduled for April 20th and it's already April 7th. We know that she needs to bring the copy of the appnt. letter, 2x2photos, passport, and all vaccination and x-ray records. Is this all she needs to bring? I mean, based on other posts we feel confident that we know all the contents of the packet already, but someone said that the DS-156(k)(157) forms may be a little different and the bank may only accept the ones in the packet when stamping them. Have I waited to long to ask the Embassy to forward the packet? Will St. Lukes receive it in time?

Thanks for any responses.

call the embassy ext 5184 sandy ask her to forward her packet to st lukes pick it up there it takes 1 day

Disregard my last post, i didn't see your last post

Well Rosemarie is filing for the petition change tomorrow; they ( the NOS ) say they can do it in 3 weeks but I dont believe them. Soooooooooooooo

I get confused by that response they gave her, the only thing i can think of is like PW said they just change the BC on NSO paper but not in the system, which i think can be a problem.

if they go to manila where the records are input to the system wont that solve that problem, we'll know in 10 days (philipineen time) if what yove did is correct or not.

Best way to tell is just goto the local NSO and get a copy, only takes a day or two. That will be whats in the system. Anyways, with your connection i would guess it is right.

well she got her Cenomar from there it had her correct spelling of her name

Disregard my last post, i didn't see your last post

Well Rosemarie is filing for the petition change tomorrow; they ( the NOS ) say they can do it in 3 weeks but I dont believe them. Soooooooooooooo

I get confused by that response they gave her, the only thing i can think of is like PW said they just change the BC on NSO paper but not in the system, which i think can be a problem.

if they go to manila where the records are input to the system wont that solve that problem, we'll know in 10 days (philipineen time) if what yove did is correct or not.

More power to yah if you did that way legally i just don't see how that is legal according to the law but you know how things work in the Philippines. Anyways, we talked to lawyers, NSO in Manila and the Local Registry not to mention the laws in place. They gave us no other option but to file locally and wait. We even ask to do it in Manila but they wouldn't let us because her hometown has a LR. So here we are waiting for almost a month now.

actually Yove just told me her Uncle's best friend is the mayor of her province she actually campaigned for him when she was in college, i guess he autherized the city clerk to go to manila to correct the error in her birth certificate although we paid for the expenses he did expediate it for us. in this case i guess its more who ya know then what ya know,

so i guess my previous info was lacking all the facts

Ok I would appreciate some input from the group.

As I am typing this my fiance is getting her passport , now

In 1996 when she gave birth to her son she was using a different name ( baptismal ) that was placed on the birth certificate. Also , for some bizzare reason , her father changed the spelling of the families last name by one letter

Ok, as far as Rosemarie's I -129 is concerned and other picture ID , and her own birth certificate they are correct, it is her sons. It is his birth certificate that is ascue; he is included on her visa petition

Now I was thinking her are my choices

1) Go ahead with the interview and physcial on May 9th and 16 th , see what flys ???? Get the white slip /AR and go from there

2) Postpone the interview and physcial , and get the new correct birth certificate/ passport ; then get them to their physcial and interview together ??? 2 months for correct one to be issued thru the NSO ??

Is there a rush processing fee I can pay the NSO ???

It is kinda boiling into a logistics problem being he is 10 yr old and in Cebu ?????

Good luck and Thanks

Brad

yove just went through a similar situation we had everything corrected in 2 weeks new birth certificate an new passport to match the application

This is not accurate at all, you can not "Legally" change a BC in 2 weeks. Trust me i know, i wasted 100 bucks. It takes 3-4 months time to correct a BC if it's a typo. You can't change names without having a lawyer and going to court. There is no rush processing for NSO, if anyone says so they aren't doing it the legal way. NO ONE in the NSO offices have the authority to change a BC, you have to file with your Local Registry or Consul General. Consul General is the only one that can approve a change and just the mandatory wait time is around 25 days. It's pretty big jail time if you get it changed the fast way and they never changed it in the system and the Embassy inquires about it, which they most likely will if her and her sons BC aren't the same.

I assume by ascue you mean his last name is different. If you want to correct it and it's not a typo it takes 3-6 months to change. A lawyer in Manila told us that also.

My advice is either to just try with what you have and be honest or postpone the interview like i did and file for a change. In my situation we had no choice but to postpone it and correct the BC, because we would prolly have got denied. We decided to take the extra 5 months or so to get it right and not have to worry about getting denied or worse.

I have a link that shows how to go about a change and lists the requirements. http://www.census.gov.ph/data/civilreg/irr_ra9048.html

Let me know if i understood your situation right.

actually windchaser if you will check my post history you will see on feb 16th i posted that yove had a problem on her birth certificate we had it corrected by march 6th. she left for her province on feb 20th do to the fact that the airport only flies to her province monday wensday and friday. we had to pay for a clerk from her province to fly from her province to manila on wensday she stayed with yove in her apt. they flew back friday of that week. we had to pay a weeks wage for the clerk and ,buy her ticket both ways. the following monday is feb 27th she applied for a new passport (i guess it faster in her province) she had the passport the following week.

now the problem with yoves birth certificate was typo of her first name they made her first name look like LLovemyl instead of Yovemyl they made the y look like two L's instead of a Y maybe last names require more work or maybe you were unaware that the clerks can go to manila to correct the problem providing your willing to pay for there time. thats more then 100 dollars plus yove stayed with the clerck the whole time. also her family is very well established family ,and well known in the community im not sure why. but it took exactly 2 weeks. feel free to send me an private tell if you require additional proof im sure i can show you her new birth certificate, i also had a lawyer involved from manila who has double checked everything and its in order

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

5 to 6 months is the norm.

PW,

Can you please update our info to Approved!! She got the text from Delbros yesterday evening (RP time).

Rob

lol congratz i wish they could be more clear at the time of the interview sounds like there surely lacking in that dept.

Hi all,

We are very happy to share with u all that our petition is at manila embassy now. They got it last March 29, 2006..... how long wud it take until interview?

at the current rate of interviews your looking at late aug to eary september. provided they dont hit the slow down period

thanks all! i really wanted to share my good news here asap so the people in AR would have some hope

purpledonkey, this really means you're next!

hey jeeleebee congratz any idea why you were singled out for review for an AR?? im curious with out being offensive are you over 25 ??? cause it seems like thats the age that triggers it ive seen more then not.