BOKURAGAITA

5 hours ago, Commish10 said:

Cebu City

I don't think so, Toledo is in Cebu Province. Im from Cebu and a lot of people confused the boundary of Cebu Province its city and municipalities. just saying

On 3/1/2021 at 4:09 AM, Commish10 said:

My fiancee lives in Toledo. She needed a covid test just to enter Cebu.

Toledo City is in Cebu Province. 

53 minutes ago, payxibka said:

So many things wrong. 

 

1)  Philippines was never subject to a travel ban

2) Annoying them won't make them reopen for routine processing any faster

3)  is your petition even showing "Ready "?

4)  applicant schedules there own interview online

Hi @payxibka i agree. 

My fiancé called 10x yesterday and nobody answered, i emailed and same response auto reply. Our petition has been ready since June 2020 and until now or even petitions ready earlier than mine has no changes at all. 

It's weird. 

I don't even understand what is going on. My future in laws kept sending messages and asking updates. I told them we wait until next month and they offered help, they actually been asking for me and my fiancé's approval if they could send email and make phone calls to people that could hear their request to our petition since they work in Fed Govnt. I know their job won't make changes but they are hoping it could help, overall IDK🥺. They need me and my children but didn't expect this would take much longer but i really wish next month there some kind of miracle. cross finger. 

59 minutes ago, Milmauka said:

Metro Manila mayors voted 9-8 in favor of moving to MGCQ Match 1st.  Hopefully the powers that be approve their wish.  At least it gives us a date for something to hope for.  Cross your fingers...

i read this today: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1397420/fwd-explainer-what-to-expect-when-metro-shifts-to-mgcq/amp 

cross finger🤞

I know many were asking the same question but do you have any info or updates about K1 whose application ready at the embassy?  The official website in Manila updates once a week and answered autoreply once in 3weeks. 

I heard people say hopefully March 2021 embassy will start giving k1 schedule but  i dont know if its true. 

Thanks. 

5 minutes ago, Allovertheworld said:

Have you sent any correspondence to your local goverment officials in the Philippines?  Have you sent anything to your congressman or contacted your President?

 

With the Philippines under the strictest lockdown since March 2020, and only a very few cases  I think you had like 1900 cases yesterday, There is no reason for your country to be shutdown.

 

With all the lockdowns, curfews in your country it will be a long time until the US Embassy will return to normal processing.  

I think the statistics every region is not accurate at all. In Visayas they said there are like 15+ positive in one day but the next day has more negative and very less positive. 

This is crazy. 

33 minutes ago, Adventine said:

@BOKURAGAITA I second the suggestion that you should postpone doing your medical until you have an interview appointment at USEM. Once you have an interview date, you can schedule the medical just before the interview.

 

Remember that your future K1 visa's validity is tied to your medical exam, so it works in your favor to wait for now. Otherwise, you may end up with a K1 visa that you can only use within an extremely short period of time. Maybe not enough time to get wrap everything up in the PH before relocating.

Thank you @Adventine that's my fiancés idea but im not really in a rush to do another Medical because yes i agree that i might ended up having short time to pack things. 

Thank you 😊

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

I think it dumb, but Jan to June are the only medicals that qualify for the extension.   The smarter thing would be to cover all pandemic medicals but its the government. 

 

I wouldn't do another medical until they resume normal processing.   

I don't know what to do anymore and the Embassy website has no update but keep posting about alliance and PH & US relationship they even suspend the Tourist Visa Appointments. 

They don't answer applicants and request and we were hoping 30days before the 6mo expire because they want us to call them and BAM its not gonna happen anymore. 

Thank you again @payxibka. 

4 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Due to the pandemic,  the CDC has authorized the consulates to extend the medical validity by an extra month.

Thank you @payxibka but i have a question. 

Are we still eligible to make a request for an interview if they have a month extention?

My fiancè really thought were done the 6mo and we even planned to do it again maybe next month. 

5 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Is that the 6 mo. or 7 mo. expiration ?

 

what i understood is the 7mo validity will only apply for those applicant who had their Test from January to June? mine was July to Jan. 

Just now, payxibka said:

Is that the 6 mo. or 7 mo. expiration ?

 

I don't know the 7mos but it will expire in 6mos validity. 

The last time my fiancé called and emailed the Embassy was lastweek, no autoreply from his email and they hang up when my fiancé calls. 

I don't know exactly their plans to our petition it's been over a year and it's frustrating. 

I'm so stressed out, my medical will expire tomorrow and no words from them. 

10 hours ago, angeljolie said:

Should I just do a no-show and re-register online or do I need to call SLEC? TIA!

Just bring your schedule letter whenever you are ready to do your medical. It's what they told me when i want to reschedule my medical. As long as you paid the fee. This happened last July when their website is having a problem but i dont know today.

12 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

As noted the petition validity can be extended by the embassy.   You may have to pay another visa fee as that is normally valid for only 1 year, not sure if the embassy will make exceptions because of the beer virus BS.

Thank you, i don't know what to do or say anymore. We paid our visa fee last May 2020 hopefully before it expires they give us interview. 

Thanks again.

Hi! 

Our petition was approved last year March2020, are they going to extend that if we dont get any interview? Im confused, i emailed but no response not even autoreply. 

Thank you. 

1 minute ago, Adventine said:

Interesting. I take it to mean "Post" means the Embassy. But whether or not that means you'll get an interview, not sure.

Thank you, yes i stop expecting too much but yes hopefully it will be the "interview". 

bless you.

Hi everyone. I have a question soo since we completed our ds160 and sent many emails to request for an interview we got this feedback "Escalated to Post" for 7mos. My ceac was updated Jan 11, 2021 i didnt check it but Jan 12 i did open and see it was updated. And now i check the CGI then the "feedback" is like this (2nd pic). 

It's not really a big deal because i have no idea why it says like that and idk what it mean. 

My question is, is that normal? Im a little bit surprise tho. 

Thank you. 

2 hours ago, Aiza20 said:

Hi everyone,

 

I just wanted to ask if going from Cebu to Manila do we need to quarantine before getting medical exam? 

 

Thank you for reading. 

in my July 2020 experience nope ma'am. 

I have an expiring Medical, we kept on calling the Embassy (US to Manila) because i cannot reach the Embassy myself in my own country, its weird. I'm done sending emails because it don't work and it only frustrates us however calling them is a good thing, my fiancé asked questions especially the medical that will expire Jan.

I've posted this experience in few times, the Consulate want us to call them directly after Christmas rather sending emails. The only thing that might give us a chance for interview is the expiring medical because just like you we waited long time. 

I wish you luck. Godbless 

Phi NBI Clearance? 

I heard in Luzon area no available schedule but in Visayas we have schedules available. 

8 hours ago, Jfresh26 said:

Case ready since June 15th. 

"READY" June 14th here. 

Expiring medical Jan 28 2021 but was told to call them Dec 28 2020 for emergency appointment. Hopefully this time it works, no email needed they want us to call them immediately. 

cross finger.

I don't have an interview appointment yet , my fiancé called and they told him to call again after Christmas because they will going to make a case number (not sure or is it a form) for my interview appointment (expiring medical). We've been waiting for this kind of response from them and hope it goes well. 

I'm having an anxious feeling before my Medical expires (Jan 2021) and my fiancé noticed and i told him what are these possible delays or excuses (God forbid), so he called the Embassy. He called once but they gave him a typical auto response so he called again and press a specific magic number that they picked up, jeez he don't take NO as an answer. 

He asked about possible delays or excuses and they even gave him a date to call them back to remind them to create an appointment case before my Medical expires. 

and i'm sorry to hear your process. 

3 hours ago, audreyba said:

Ohh okay. I always inquire thru email and I rarely receive a response from them. I really hope they open up for interviews. I don’t get how other visa classification can interview while fiances are still on hold. It’s not like fiances have the virus. 🙄

Me and my fiancé has the same thought. Like they make it high priority but nothing happens really.