Corgent

Is the issue with the original copy provided by PSA or with your own scan of it? Is the PSA's original copy acceptable?

Yes. It is an expedite with conditions. You will wait the normal amount of time to be DQ'd by NVC, but when you are DQ'd, NVC will forward your case to the Manila embassy right away and you may attempt to self-schedule an interview as soon as the embassy receives it. I recommend emailing the NVCExpedite email address when you DQ to request that your case be forwarded.

I'll give you a recap of what my wife and I did after just completing this process. I acknowledge I took some risks while attempting to speed-run it as quickly as possible. This is with an expedite with conditions. On Mar 29, 2022 while still in the NVC process awaiting DQ we scheduled her appointment at SLEC for April 21st. I felt confident we would be DQ'd by that date based on published NVC processing times. This ensured we would not have to wait long to complete her medical after DQ. If we failed to DQ, then it is simple to reschedule a new medical exam (all you have to do is schedule a new exam and their website automatically cancels the old one). Note I would not have done this without an expedite. The expedite is what allowed us to be confident we would be able to schedule an interview soon after DQ. On the same day we DQ'd on April 11th, we emailed the NVCExpedite email address to request that our case be forwarded to the Manila embassy. They replied the next day and our case status updated to 'In Transit' on the 14th (Visa Status Check). Due to the extended holiday weekend, we had to wait until the 17th for our case status to update to 'Ready' (but it would have been received by the embassy much faster if it were not for the holidays). When your case status goes 'Ready' then you are eligible to book an interview appointment through CGI. While I was at work, my wife started watching CGI like a hawk, and was able to grab an appointment slot the same day our case was received by the embassy (the same day it went 'Ready'). I highly recommend joining @hunny&me's group chat as it was very helpful (on this occasion my wife was the one who announced the open slots to the group chat for others to book their slots). My wife proceeded to pass her medical on April 21st and her interview on May 5th. Our visa status has since updated from 'Ready' to 'Issued' and we are waiting for delivery within the next few days.

Medical/hardship. Before DQ, while waiting to be reviewed. My wife did pass her interview so we're just waiting for the visa now.