catherine marie

Just want to share our succesful crba and passport application,my daughter just got approved last aug.25,!and heres how i started it!i gather all the docs i need,according to the checklist,and arrange it properly,then send it through lbc,after a week we got our appointment,and while waiting for the appointment time i kept reading posts from this website and gathering more and more info...and YES it helps a lot!....before we go to the embassy we made sure that i have all the docs and proof that i can think of!arrange it according to the checklist,i put the photos in one paper,,tips,,photo at the hosp.when i deliver the baby was a big help,and ofcourse my boyfriend got to deliver her and thats a big help too!they say baby's charm is a help,thats true coz the consular officer loved all her growing up pics,and she just laughing and trying to play with her!..and this is how our interview started,our appointment was 8:30,we went there 7:30,the guard asked for our appointment letter,i told him we dont have they just email us,and he directed us to go in,after the security checks,we go in and the lady on the desk ask for the last name and i noticed there are only 5 names on the list,hers was the2nd,she told me to pay at window 15,and air21 then wait at the window 9-12 for my daughters name to be called,,we waited i think about 45min.and then we was called at window 9,there the lady asked to see the baby and then our docs.my husband told her that we arranged it and she said thank you,then she looked at all the papers and give us back the papers that she dont need!ask us some questions and have us fill up some papers and sign it!then she told us to wait again for the interview,but in a little bit after they study my daughters papers she called my boyfriend back to the window and show him a sample of crba,and have him check the spelling and sign it!it only took us 10min at that window then we wait again for the consular officer's interview,about 45min.again,then in a small room we was called,she just have us raise our right hands and sign on some papers,then ask my bf to tell her about our relationship and how it started,then asked him when was the first time he go out of the country,and that was last 2013,so she said that fulfill the physical presence,and then have him an oath to support her till shes 18,thats the legitimation part!and looking at the pics of him holding the baby at the hosp.and telling them that he deliver the baby,fulfill the blood relation!then after that she showed me the sample of crba certificate if that will be ok!she told us that those papers will be at DC in 3days,and it will take3-4weeks for the crba certificate and 2-3weeks for the passport to be deliver in our house,,then way it goes thank the good Lord for the success of our application!it only took us 3hours in the embassy and were done,!