D&N1

3 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

Your request is in the system  .. now you need to be patient until the receipt number is reset.   Can take up to 2 weeks usually

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/k-1-visa-application.html

 

You have the only U.S. contact phone number.  Other contact options are local numbers (still to the call center)  or email.   but like said - your request is already in the system.

Okay, I guess I will just have to wait another week.

We got the email from NVC saying our case was sent to the embassy and it is okay to schedule the interview. I made the mistake of scheduling the interview as soon as possible. My fiancée went to Manila for the interview and was told the case isn't ready and to reschedule. We got the standard email a couple days later from the embassy about having received our case.

The problem is that our visa receipt number is still associated with the first interview and the website says it is an invalid number when we try to schedule the interview. We submitted feedback on the web site about the problem. We got the auto response email saying that they will send an update in 1 to 2 business days. It has been over a week without hearing anything. The receipt number still doesn't work.

I called the phone number in that original embassy email ((703) 520-2235) a few days ago to get help, but it is basically just a call center that would only say that they see our request is in the system.

I don't know how long it will take them to fix this simple issue, another week, another month, 2 months?

Is there a better way to contact the US embassy to talk to someone that can actually help with this?

8 hours ago, 2018JNJ said:

Lotus Garden is not recommended. YMMV but it's not up to our standards. 

 

jj

I agree. My fiancée stayed there last week for her medical and it wasn't good. She said there was a strange noise keeping her awake during the night and the free breakfast wasn't very good compared to hotels we have stayed at before.

1 hour ago, Balamban said:

My then fiancee took 4 to St. Luke's who took one, leaving three for the interview.

 

A few days later she had the interview at the Embassy and gave them the three photos.  I had taken a photo of her from a cell phone, and used a free online service to create the right shape, and sent that out to Target, then picked up the photos and mailed them to her (I had to send some docs anyway).  I thought they looked perfect.  But at the Embassy she says: "the machine would not accept them."  The Embassy person told her to go downstairs to the waiting area and there is a small room that says "photographs," (near the entrance) and wait in line and get new ones.  She did (the wait in line took about 20 minutes) paid 30 peso for three photos, and then she went back to the person who sent her down to get the photos and the interview continued.

 

Therefore, rest assured, if you don't have enough--you can get them there.  Note: I've never heard of this on the forums but my wife states that there were five people in line, and then later she noticed that there were about ten in line, so rejection of passport photos, based upon this observation, seems common.

 

I hope you find this useful and good luck.

Thanks for the information. I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere before that they can take photos at the embassy, so that is useful to know.

19 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

Most report back that the embassy does not ask for the additional photos.  Yet most still bring 3 photos to the interview, after all they're cheap.. and you can bring them with you to the States as you will need a few once there.  (<< Good idea)

Okay, thanks for the response.

I asked this question in the K1 progress forum, but Greenbaum suggested I ask in this forum.

My K1 visa is currently at NVC waiting to be sent to the US embassy.

I have searched the forums for an answer to this, but haven't found any.

I noticed the SLEC requirements page for Philippines medical (http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml#required-docs) mentions bringing 4 copies of the passport photos to the medical exam.

The US embassy preparations letter says to bring 3 passport photos to the interview.

 

I'm assuming that we need only 4 passport photos to take to the exam and 3 of them will be passed on to the US embassy, but I want to make sure.

Do we need 4 passport photos or 7 passport photos all together?

I have searched the forums for an answer to this, but haven't found any.

I noticed the SLEC requirements page for Philippines medical (http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml#required-docs) mentions bringing 4 copies of the passport photos to the medical exam.

The US embassy preparations letter says to bring 3 passport photos to the interview.

I'm assuming that we need only 4 passport photos to take to the exam and 3 of them will be passed on to the US embassy, but I want to make sure.

Do we need 4 passport photos or 7 passport photos all together?

29 minutes ago, Ana_and_Derek said:

I should have ignored this...those lucky bucks! Come on, just look at mine already.

 

The USCIS scan site is interesting though - according to it, < 1% of March petitions have been approved, so we've just got to be patient...easier said than done!

One thing people need to consider is that "last scan" column in the table on that USCIS scan site. You will notice the newest scan was 9/17, six days ago. So the information is a little stale.

35 minutes ago, Knome said:

omg!!! thats a lot... I  simply searched by typing WAC number in that old site and checked for all the WAC number after or before mine....so i checked for almost 27 starting from WACxxxxxx51 to WACxxxxxx78.... may be there are much more   😮

http://harveysollano.com/USCIS/uscisScanSummary.aspx

This is the web site posted in the past on here. It is showing 361 for 3/19. I think that site must scan the old  USCIS site, but I'm not sure.

I'm 3/14 on old site and 3/19 on new site and still waiting.😀