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Nobody discriminate our Filipino doctors and nurses. We have the best and well-trained people in the medical field around the world and I am very proud of them. More compassionate, caring and understanding to their patients.

The allowing of this type of behavior and script-writing is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by the Filipino community.

This is rude and disgrace to all Filipinos. Let's demand for apology from ABC and Desperate Housewives.

Join/Sign the Petition.

Not sure about 'best' but know that the U.S. imports a lot of RNs into the country each year because of a severe shortage of nurses here.

yeah, so US is flooded with filipino RNs.

seems to me to be a lot of complaining for no real reason. Since we have free speech, I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion. There's alot of poor doctors in the US too....so go figure.

i was just curious on how long it takes to go through administrative review? what is the longest that someone has been in administrative review? we have been in administrative review for 2 months now.

it means that there are some missing documents that you didn't show to the Consul, but as soon as you gave them what are they're asking for, the process resumes, In Philippines, we can call the US Embassy for any up dates, I've seen as long as 6 months in Philippines if you will not follow up

We're dealing with the US Embassy/Manila right now in administrative review on our daughter's visa. It's been 5 months and counting.

My bad, I thought this post had died, but my wife, thankfully, got her visa a couple weeks ago.

As long as the US Embassy/Manila keeps screwing up, the threads will continue to rise from the ashes. In my case, I'm wondering why they want to pick on a 3 year old daughter of 2 american citizens by putting her in AR, while, for the most part, they seem to hand out non-immigrant visas like candy.

Please excuse the language... BUT ####??!!! Feb 07?? That scares the sh*t out of me. I'm so sorry for you. I hope you hear something soon, cause I could be going the same length... ugh

My daughter's visa application has been in AR since April 10th. That would make it 5 months today. This involves an approved petition by 2 US citizens. We wouldn't even have known we were in AR if I hadn't asked our US Senator to check into it. I'm extremely pissed that the US Embassy treats American citizens like s**t. This is total BS in my opinion.

Administrative Review is such a bunch of BS. We have been waiting for an Immigrant visa for our daughter for 5 months now in AR. Our petition was approved in the US, and they did take her passport. What's up with this AR? It must mean..."Hey we have a backlog because we don't do our job very well, and take too many breaks." Contacting our US Senator was the only way we even found out we were IN AR. How lame is that? The US Embassy/Manila treats US Citizens like #######, in my opinion.

governments and common sense do not mix

good post. I agree fully on all points. We're trying to get our adopted daughter here from the Philippines and have been waiting 5 months since the visa interview, with no word why the visa has not yet been released. Even our US Senator couldn't get much information out of them. I'm royally pissed off that non-immigrant visas, and work related visas come before approved petitions by American Citizens. I'm also really pissed that the US Embassies don't seem to have any checks on their ability to make decisions. They don't seem to have to inform anyone about anything, and that's in violation of what this country's supposed to be all about. Needless to say priorities for USCIS and foreign consulates seem to be to grant special favors to law breakers and pick on those who are following the rules. Maybe its being done on purpose to screw the country up so bad that no one will want to come here anymore.

hi everyone! just curious, how long are you allowed to stay in Manila after your Visa gets approved?

its still a long road ahead of us but we're just doing our personal timeline and would want to make sure that everything related to lani's personal businesses are wrapped up before the deadline. thanks!

words of wisdom......never book your flight until you have the visa and your passport in your hands. Take it from me, I know.

My wife and I, both American citizens are near the end of the adoption process of her neice., now our daughter,...3 years old. Her visa is being processed in the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines right now. The international adoption process is very difficult, but not impossible to do without a lawyer. I would suggest that you go to www.adoption.com and look under international adoption. I would also suggest that you go to uscis.gov and read about the rules that USCIS has concerning international adoptions. They are extremely complex, and no one will tell you what you need to do, you're basically on your own without an attorney.

We hired an attorney in the Philippines to process our adoption, and we had to make 3 appearances in a foreign regional court to get the adoption finalized for the Philippine Government. It was only then that we were granted an approval for our I-600 petition by USCIS. We had to prove that the child's mother abandoned the child, and that her father was too sick to work to support the child. I would have to say that this process is about the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life, but I'm glad we did it. It has taken us 3 years at this point. I've become a miniature expert on the foreign adoption process, USCIS and their rules, and the difficulties of getting a passport for your adopted child in a foreign country. You will, or should spend hours researching this on the internet before you decide to do this. Good luck, and feel free to message me if you need any help........

There's a little bit of information here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20070518-4.html

Visas for parents of U.S. citizens are being capped, while visas for siblings and adult children are eliminated.

A new merit-based system similar to those used by other countries will give preference to attributes that further our national interest such as: job offers in high-demand fields, ability to speak English, and education.

Monday's vote is only a procedural vote to bring the bill to the floor for debate, not a vote on the bill itself.

The House of Representatives will kill this bill. They are much more responsive to the thoughts of the American people on Immigration, seeing as they only serve 2 year terms instead of 6 year terms. The vast majority of American citizens, myself included, are sick and tired of illegal aliens taking advantage of our immigration system, health care system, welfare system, and educational system. Giving any kind of path to citizenship to people who have violated immigration laws and evaded deportation, cheapens all of our efforts to gain citizenship and immigrate through legal channels.

In my opinion, the Senate bill should be killed in the House, and I hope it is.

The only thing you can do is call and call and call the Embassy and ask about your case.

I would, but the problem is that, last time I tried, I couldn't figure out how to get through to them by phone. None of the numbers on their website worked for me at all. I've also read that the more you bug them, the slower they get. Thanks for the advice though.

Our 3 year old daughter's I-600 form was approved last August 2006. Her interview with the presence of my wife's sister and brother in law was successfully completed in the US Embassy in Manila April 2007. Since the embassy took her passport we assume that the visa has been approved, and it's only a matter of processing. The National Visa Center told me that all matters for that case with them are now complete, and that there would be "further processing" in the US Embassy in Manila. Here it is, one month plus after the interview and we are still waiting for her Visa to be delivered to her. She lives with my wife's sister in Zamboanga del Norte, about 300 miles south of Manila. Is this normal procedure? How much longer do we have to wait for her to get the Visa? It now appears that we will have to reschedule all our flights because of this delay. Would appreciate any input or advice. I posted this in the Consulate forum but received no replies, so I thought this forum would be more appropriate. Thanks!

It's been one month since my 3 year old daughter appeared with my sister in law and brother in law at the US Embassy in Manila. We have legally adopted her in the Philippines already, and USCIS approved our petition last August 2006. Her first inteview date was in January, but we had to postpone due to certification hassles for her passport. She was rescheduled to April, and from what we understand the interview went well. The US Embassy took her passport, told my in laws that it would take 2 weeks to get the visa because they had to send the file back to the National Visa Center. I just checked with the National Visa Center and they said that they had completed her visa petition and that the US Embassy Manila had to complete "further processing." What does that mean, and how long does that take? Any ideas???? It should be a done deal seeing as both my wife and I are US citizens and the child is my wife's neice. How much further processing is necessary? The visa needs to be delivered to Zamboanga del Norte.