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the OP has her period already so it's too late to take the drug that can stop her menses what i suggest you do, is go ahead with your scheduled medical exam and let them know that you're on your last few days of your menses. Your period will only interfere with the urine test but some doctors/med techs will consider it if you're on your last days especially if the bleeding is not that heavy anymore. maybe slec will have you complete the other tests like the xray, blood test, pe, etc and just return for the urine test.

Good luck and don't worry too much

don't worry, your period will usually take 3-5 days at most and today is only saturday. pray that your period will be done by next wednesday then have your medical asap...if at worst you cannot take the medical 1 week before, consider rescheduling your interview date....well...good luck and we will be praying for you... keep the faith in the Lord who knows all things and who knows what's best for all of us...ok?

hey everyone,

I have a question, Is CFO important I mean do they really need it?

jenn

It's a requirement that you attend the CFO seminar

I CANT BELIEVE IT! oh my... i am so happy.. God is always good!

April 25.. george, here I come!

Congratulations!!!

I was in the same trouble, but I had ilegal brothers here. I put the truth. I don't think that it would be a problem in the future for grant the visa. Good day.

thanks to everyone who gave a reply...at least i am now more confident that i should tell the truth. God bless!

Hello, Premie,

I just want to ask you how did you get to the appointment site? I just called the USEM call center yesterday and scheduled an appointment for my interview date, I did and they gave me an appointment confirmation number, I just want to checked it on that 'appointment site" you were saying. Thank you so much.

Just follow this link:http://203.177.135.10/ivappointment/login.asp and then put your MNL case number in the box and press "check appointment date" not enter... sometimes it will take a few days to a week before you will see your appointment sched online

yah that's the site wherein you can put ur MNL case # and then it will show ur medical and interview schedule..

My fiance called again USEM call center today and ask them to resend the confirmation email coz I havent get it, so I have now confirmation email in case that's I need to get inside the US embassy on april 22 for my interview..

hi primie, i checked at the site for my appointment date and it said "case number not found on appointment list" but i have an email confirmation of my appointment date from the email address: philippines@us-visaservices.com. do you think that is valid already?

hello guys!

regarding question #37: Are Any of The Following Persons in The U.S., or Do They Have U.S. Legal Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship?

Mark YES or NO and indicate that person's status in the U.S. (i.e., U.S. legal permanent resident, U.S. citizen, visiting, studying, working, etc.).

i have 2 sisters and a brother in the US. Both my sisters are married to US Citizens and both are green card holders. My brother is studying so he is on student visa.

Some people have advised me not to disclost that i have relatives in the US while others say that i have to be honest with all my answers as the Embassy will definitely find out about it.

what do you think i should do? anyone with the same experience?

what email address does the appointment letter come from?

My wife is looking through her e mail and can't find it

this is the email add of the sender of my appointment letter - philippines@ us-visaservices.com...hope that helps

yes, much better to go there in the afternoon.

i was scheduled for medical on april 15 but i went there last wednesday for an early one. i just showed the nvc noa2 and the printed appointment sked for them to entertain me.

me (k3) and my 4-year-old daughter (k4) was already there at 11:30 a.m. and ended day one at 4:30. the physical examination took the biggest chunk of time we spent there.

on day 2, thursday, i went alone since my kid's tst result was not out until that friday. i was there by 1 and was finish with the immunization by 3. i was advised to get my release papers the following day along with my child's. however, the next day, the tst result came out to be positive so they did a chest xray on my angel. i had a sleepless night, worried that she could be afflicted by tb. and since monday is a holiday, we waited until tuesday to get the outcome.

i blurted a loud "yes!" after the screen at the guard flashed a big "immunization" on her number. so we proceeded to the 2nd floor where she got 4 shots and 1 oral. we arrived at 9 and was released by 1:30.

hi there! just went to slec today. arrived there at 12:30pm...there was no lunch break! they were all working! and there were no lines!!! everything was a breeze!!! i suggest to everyone here to go there same time. i ended up all day 1 tasks by 3:00pm! and the staff at slec were all courteous and accomodating ...i guess am just lucky they were all in a good mood!

before you can get pregnant?

i was given MMR and told not to get pregnant for the next 28 days. that was also indicated in a piece of paper given to me after vaccination.

Good.........I don't plan to take that long for her too get

Just had my medical and the lady said that i shouldn't get pregnant within 1 month

hi everyone,

to give you a background of our journey ...

jan 16 -->> we got our medical and interview schedule: medical - march 3 & interview - mar 10

jan 23 -->> i went for an early medical, day 1

jan 24 -->> i had problem with my chest xray and was scheduled for sputum smear tests on jan 28, 29, 30

jan 28-30 -->> sputum smear tests -- on the 30th i was told to come back the ff day for pulmonary evaluation

jan 31 -->> pulmonary evaluation -- i was told that all my smear tests were negative but i still have to wait for 8 weeks (sputum culture); after the interview with the doctor, i was told to follow-up the result on apr 2. i was given a piece of paper with the number to be called and name of person in-charge (clark).

Apr 2 -->> i called clark and was told that i can pick-up the result anytime. he told me to bring my appointment letter, official receipt from st luke’s, and passport. I went to window G, where clark is. he then instructed me to proceed to 2nd floor for immunization. i was called at the doctors’ room. the doctor told me that since my pregnancy test was conducted long before, i needed to redo it. she gave me a stub and told me to pay P495 at the cashier’s in 5th floor. after payment i was instructed to go to 4th floor for the urine collection. when result was out, i was instructed to proceed to 2nd floor and wait for further instruction. after about 20mins, i was called to the immunization room and was given MMR. i then proceeded to ground floor for the releasing of the xray film and vaccination sheet. since my appointment for embassy interview has lapsed i was given a new schedule, apr 8, 730am. thanks god!

apr 8 -->>

i arrived at the embassy ground at 515am and was called to queue at gate 3 at exactly 6am. the guard checked the appointment letter + valid id to gain entry to the embassy. next stop is the entry to the building where the interview was conducted. here you need to pass your bags thru the xray machine. just follow the arrows leading to the immigrant visa section. upon arriving at the immigrant visa section, another guard would ask for appointment time and will tell you where to get seated. the guard will instruct you when to queue to get your ticket stub. just relax and read the interview instructions shown on the tv monitor. they present it both in english and tagalog.

step 1. obtaining a ticket stub -- here you have to submit the appointment letter and ALL DS forms. in my case, like what others advised here in vj, i filled-up that portion of ds-156k where it says DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE: my fiance/e's name, signature, date today, and place (Manila, Philippines). once you get the stub, time to start waiting for next action.

step 2. finger scanning -- i heard my name called over the PA system for finger scanning at window 16. there is an assistant there who will get the stub and help in the scanning. once done, i got my stub back and returned to my seat.

step 3. submission of documents -- i saw my number flashed on the board (6027) and the corresponding window number, 14. i greeted the filipino pre-screener good morning. he asked what my petitioner's name is and i said so. then he asked for the ff: (a) my fiance's affidavit of support -- he returned the 1st 2 pages of the i-134 which purely contain instructions in filling it up; (B) my fiance's income tax return -- i gave 2006 and 2007 but he just got 2007 and returned the other; © w2 -- i gave 2005, 2006, 2007 but he just got 2007; (d) birth certificate; (e) nbi clearance; and cenomar. he asked me if i have photos. i tried to slip-in my 20-page clear folder full of photos but he told me to just flip the pages and i did so. he asked me a couple of questions and noted my answers in a piece of paper: when and where did you meet your petitioner? have you ever been out of the country and where? when was the last time you were together in person?

step 4. interview with the consul -- interviews with the consul are conducted in a closed door cubicle or at least semi-closed. i was assigned in window 27. the consul was a lady in her late 20's or early 30's i should say. she was not very friendly when i got in. she did not even smile. as far as i can remember, she asked me the ff questions: what is your name? your petitioner's name? what website did you meet? what does he do for a living? how old are you? how old is your petitioner? have you been married before? how about your petitioner? so neither of you have been married? any children? how about your petitioner? so neither of you have children? what took you so long to get married? how many times did he visit you? when was the last time he visited you? what made you decide to get married? what is your petitioner's occupation? how many people live with your petitioner? where does he live? what is his ethnicity? do you know where he went to college? does your petitioner have any brother or sister? have you ever applied for a us visa? did you work in canada? have you ever been out of the country? many more ?s i cant recall. rest assured all of them are related to the documents you submitted. in my case, she did not even look at me when she asked and when i answered her. she kept looking at the documents. at one point she was browsing the 129f folder that my fiance submitted. just know your fiance by heart and you will be fine. she also read the notes taken by the filipino pre-screener and asked questions from there. the last question asked of me was 'do you have a photo album?'. i slipped in my clear folder to her and she browsed thru it. after returning it to me, she said 'looks everything is fine. just wait for your name to be called at the releasing' . to confirm what i just heard from her, i asked her if i am approved. she said 'yes you are' and she smiled at me for the first time. i thanked her and she said you're welcome (smiling).

step 5. releasing -- my name was called to window 37. i was given my appointment letter with the pink slip stapled on it. i was told to proceed to delbros to pay for the delivery fee and that i can go afterwards.

step 6. payment -- at a delbros counter i was asked to fill-up a form. when done, i paid P250 and that's it!

we can't thank god enough for answering our prayers. we are now waiting for the delivery of my visa.

to everyone who posted here, thank you for generously sharing your experiences. without a doubt it made our journey a lot easier.

godbless everyone.

ram & analise

Congrats! I love happy endings!

Hi All,

TinTin had her interview today at the US Embassy in Manila. We are happy to report that 1) document verification was complete at the time fo the interview, 2) Her K1 Visa was Approved and 3) the embassy approved our request for a visa pickup at the embassy, thereby bypassing the use of delbros's delivery services.

BAYVIEW PARK HOTEL: We arrived into Manila in the afternoon the day before and checked into the Bayview Park Hotel for 1 night. It is located across the street from the US Embassy. We were on the 10th floor with a direct view of the Embassy Street Entrance for K1 applicants. Reservation was made over the internet on the Hotel's direct web site. Rate was $75/night for double. Web site provided efficient real time processing. Used US issued Visa card with no problem Immediate confirmation: both on-screen and emailed. One issue was that the Web "Advertisement" stated breakfast buffet was included, but the confirmation made no mention of it. On check in, was told confirmed reservation did not include breakfast. No big deal to us - but a little shady...

The hotel is a 15 story hotel. 200 rooms or so. 3 classes: DELUXE and two levels of "suites". By filipino standards, it was not bad. By US standards, it was like an old tired "Best Western". OK - just run down. frayed carpets, cracks on the walls, missing grout in the bathroom, chipped furniture. Mattress was good. Base room rate was $59 - but with all the taxes - total was $75. billed in pesos, conversion rate ok at 41.5/dollar. They are pretty strict about late checkouts after 1pm. There is an escalating late check out fee that goes up each hour until, by 6pm, its the price of another full night. The good news is that most likely you will be back from the embassy by 12 or 12:30pm and will be able to check out before 1pm.

Our interview time was at 7:30pm. We arrived at 7:15am. No lines at all at guarded street entrance nor the security checkpoint going inside the embassy building. We were in the "blue seats" within 5 minutes of walking up to the outside gate.

Step 1: All 7:30am appointments were seated together. Starting about 7:40am, the group was directed to the first station to get a ticket number and submit DS forms and appointment letter. There were maybe 70 people in the 7:30am group. The 70 people were sent in order of arrival. It took about 45 minutes for all 70 to get through and get there numbers. From a few inquiries, it seemed that the first of the 7:30am appointment group arrived before 4am and the last arrived approximately 7:45am. We arrived about 7:15. For my money, I wouldn't trade the 45 minute "advance" that the first folks in the group got for the 3.5 - 4 hour wait that it cost them. I was glad we came over to to the embassy just a few minutes before our appointment time.

Step 2. About 9am we were called for fingerprint scanning. Nice filipinos working at that station. TinTin had to redo her scans about 7 times, but finally they came out clear enough. There was some hypothesis being discussed that the problem was hand lotion she had used. Don't know for sure, but after wiping her hands off a few times, got a scan that was "good enough" to be accepted.

Step 3. About 10:45am was called to window for prescreening. Filipino woman was "efficient". She wasnt overtly friendly - nor overtly mean. Asked a few questions - Who was I? When did I arrive in the Philippines? How many visits did I make? How did TinTin meet me? Any prior foreign travel for TinTin? Collected NBI, BC, Affadavit of support, 2007 ITR, 1099s, Letter of Self Employment, Bank Account Statements. Did NOT ask for CENOMAR. Looked briefly at photo album. Not interested in any other proofs of relationships (letters, chat logs, plane ticket boarding passes, etc) She really acted like she was just interested in collecting information for the American Consul - she didn't seem interested in the information, just transcribing some things onto a worksheet and collecting documents. She didn't care if she got the info from TinTin or Me - she just wanted forms and info. Total time less than 5 minutes.

Step 4. About 11:15 was called to room for American Consul interview. TinTin and I walked in together, and said Good Morning. This guy was a total piece of work. Young, arrogant, disinterested. Didn't bother to reply with even a hello. Immediatey "dismissed" me with "Step outside, I'll let you know if I need you". That curt..no nice to meet you, could you step out for a while, I would like to speak with tintin in private..thank you....nothing. without even making eye contact: "Step outside, I'll let you know if I need you." Needless to say, I was pissed! So, I stepped outside after making a point to get his eye contact and say "Good Morning" again.. grrrr..... TinTin was inside only about 5 minutes. Simple questions. Any previous marriages her, me. Any children her, me. What do I do for a living. Very Simple questions, TinTin said he never even made eye contact with her - just kept his eyes on his computer and asked the questions. "After 5 mnutes, he said, Ok you are approved. Step outside." TinTin then said that we had a letter for him. He looked up - suprised - and said "a letter??" It was a written request to pick up the visa at the embassy rather than wait on Delbros. He checked with one of his colleagues and then came back and said OK. Now please wait outside. Just an all around pissy attitude - not someone who should be working with human beings! (I know, I know, we ARE happy that the day went smoothly, no tough questions, no issues, approved visa, approved for embassy visa pickup - but as an American, I was certainly embarrassed to have this guy be the "poster boy" for TinTin's first dealing with an American. And it was pretty damn insulting to be dismissed without even a "Hello, would you mind waiting outside for a few minutes" by some beaurocratic peon.)

Step 5: Releasing Window at 11:50am. Almost everyone that was in front of us (5 different people) was being told they were on A.R. pending a variety of documents that they needed and were missing. The list was quite amazing - many basic things like no Last Year's ITR, no W-2, No DS-157. No Medical exam yet (!), wrong size pictures, etc. And all 5 got the word that they will be contacted in 4-6 weeks after Document Verification was completed. Most seemed not to know anything about what Document Verification was.

A NOTE ON DOCUMENT VERIFICATION: We paid for Document Verification exactly 4 weeks before our embassy interview. We texted Delbros per their procedure and received back the confirmation texts from them the same day we paid. Even so, I called the embassy 3 weeks in advance of our interview to confirm that our document verification had been completed and make sure that all was fine. Suprise suprise - I found that the embassy had no information that we had paid the delbros fee yet and therefore the Doc Verification process had not been started. I called delbros that day, had them call the embassy that day and also sent a fax with payment receipts and delbros confirmation text messages to the embassy that same day. I then called back every day for the next 4 days until the embassy confirmed that we had been submitted to NSO for the doc verification to commence. Our name/paperwork was submitted to NSO on Monday 24 March. We confirmed during the interview today that that document verification had, in fact, been completed prior to our interview. (so that means it was completed in no more than 9 business days) There are a lot of threads on VJ on the document verification process. My recommmendation while they are still working out the kinks in this new process is that you pester the heck out of both delbros and the embassy well before your interview date to ensure that they get it done before your interview. They did have a copy of TinTin's Cenomar in her file, which they did NOT get from us - so my assumption is that it came from the document verification process.

Well, next stop is a last trip back to Samar to say goodbye to the family there, then CFO, then to the airport heading to the West Coast of the US.

Thanks to all here on VJ, from whom we have learned so much.

Warm Regards,

Samby & TinTin

Congratulations and thanks for your tips in the doc ver process. What number do we call to follow up if our docs are already at the USEM? My interview is on april 23 and i paid march 14. I got a text message from delbros that they received our payment. Hope you can give me the number to follow up. thanks in advance!

thanks chris but u know what i did after paying delbros at metrobank last march 5? i sent them a text march 6 and same day i got the confirmation text from them that they got my payment and same day i called them to confirm my payment, same day i sent delbros and USEM a fax of my metrobank receipt with all the infos. grrrrrrrrrr i did everything, i paid exactly a month before my interview. actually im not in a hurry yet coz my tentative flight is may 10 coz i need to do alot of things here before i can be with my honey, but i just feel bad becoz after exerting so much effort about this document verification to avoid delays, what did i get? nothing worked. *crying*

When i said followup, i meant a week after paying, not the day you got text from Delbros verifying payment.

We paid on Feb 4, we got text from Delbros that had got our payment on Feb 5.

On Feb 11 one week later we called Delbros and verified they had notified the embassy we had paid. they notified the embassy on Feb 11. We had confirmation they had done it.

It appears you paid metrobank, and got the text from Delbros, and you called them the same day, but you didnt follow up a week later to see if they had notified the embassy. In your case it appears they did not notify them until your interview. Delbros is not the greatest on notifying the embassy. You have to check up on them.

Chris

hi chris, what's the phone number of DELBROS to check if they notified the embassy regarding the doc ver fee?

Every petition gets document verification now. Every single case. You will all have it done. It is a new procedure to stop all the fake NSO documents they were receiving. They will take the NSO documents you gave them and match what is in the NSO database. You need to pay the document verification fee at metrobank 4 weeks before your interview to not have any delays. Also call delbros one week later to make sure they notified the embassy you paid it and they can start, alot fo times Delbros forgets to notify the embassy you have paid it. your visa will be delayed until they do the verification.

Chris

Yes i agree with this..

I have personal experience from 2 K1 visa applicants who did not pay the doc ver fee but were easily issued visas. They didn't pay the doc ver fee before the interview date. After the consul granted the visa, he didnt inform them that they need to pay the doc ver fee. They were still given their visas. These friends of mine are very much single, never been married and have no problems with their names in NSO. I guess that gives them an advantage. BUT I would still suggest that you pay the doc ver fee as this has been stated in the newly-released PACKET 4 that I downloaded. Better safe than sorry.

I have a question about this,

if you do not give them the documents until you have the interview, how can they verify them before it?

You need to bring your own NSO-certified copy of your BC and CENOMAR. The USEM will verify these versus the original docs on file at the NSO.

Thanks to everyone who gave a reply. I talked to my fiance and he will correct it and send it via FEDEX. That really got me worried there!!!

This is indeed confusing and probably depends on ones perspective. For Myla and I we filled up the form online at the same time and just sending each other the form thru yahoo during chat until we agreed on all the entries.

For question # 11 we checked the box for I intend and on the space provided below. .we wrote " I intend to make specific contributions for my future spouse______________ once she arrives in the USA with regards to her basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing and other provisions such as access to her family in the Philippines like phone calls and internet etc. ......."

Actually it was also my perception that I should put NONE but, she thought that it would be better to be specific. Didn't want to argue, hehehe.

Hopefully there is one here who checked I DO NOT INTEND, on their I-134 and did just fine during the interview to give you peace of mind.

Goodluck!

Joe

Oh dear, I think I better call him now and tell him to make a new form I-134. Actually we had a discussion regarding this and he insists that he did the right thing. On my part, I didn't even like the sound of it that he "DOES NOT INTEND" for make contributions for support? What was he thinking? Anyway, I have to make that call so we can save time. Joe, I do hope someone shares her/his experience of checking "DO NOT INTEND" and got an approval.

hello! can anyone please help me out? i just received the form 1-134 from my fiance (USC). I noticed that on item #11 "I ( ) intend ( ) do not intend to make specific contributions to the support of the person(s) named in item 3" my fiance checked DO NOT INTEND and wrote on the space below NONE. Is that correct? He says that the form itself says that he is willing to support me so why does he have to say he needs to make specific contributions? I am not sure if this is correct. I have a feeling that he shouldn't have even checked the box at all. Any USC who has done this before? What should he have done? My interview is on April 23. We can't afford any mistakes at this point. PLEASE HELP ME ANYONE OUT THERE?

Anyone have April 29th interview in Manila. Also have a question, does my fiancee need to bring 6 2x2 photos to the medical?

yes

Does my fiancee need to bring 6 2x2 photos to the medical?

yes

i am not sure but have heard if you have a corrected doc. it slows things down with doc.ver. thats why most are in the loop hole of not knowing. i could be wrong and someone will correct me. but from what i read on here it what i can come to realize. it might not be your case so dont freak out good luck

I'm worried coz everytime i get a copy of my BC that has supplemental report ,it always take like 1 weeks before I get a copy of it.. I hope the one that verifies the documents knows the cases like this.....

thanks anyways for your reply.

rose

why does your BC have a supplemental report? what is your case? Mine has a correction on name but it is indicated in the NSO secpa paper copy with annotation below. The annotation states my correct name. what's yours?

can my fiance go to bank of the philippine islands and do this? She lives in CDO and I couldnt find any metro bank there. Also, how long before the interview should this be done, or does it matter?

no you cannot pay at BPI...they don't accept DELBROS payments

They will VERIFY your BC and CENOMAR in NSO

Hello fellow Vjers, I got one question to add to this: What should we do with our NSO docs for the verification? Do we have to send it to USEM upon/after paying the fee at Metrobank? or We will just keep them with us until the interview?

the doc verification fee is for delbros. they will verify your docs at the NSO then send them to the USEM. You will not get the docs. Just keep the deposit slip you paid for at Metrobank as your proof that you had paid delbros for doc ver fee. However you also need to get your own BC and CENOMAR in NSO secpa paper for your own copy for the interview.

Hi all, I took some paper and pen with me to the interview so I could capture all the moments.

Well, Thursday night ended for us by going to sleep at 7 pm. I woke up at 2 am and so did Rose, so we decided to start our day then. Just taking our time and getting ready. We were out the door at 5am and quickly found a cab. It was your standard Manila cab (beat up, no straights, and a great contibutor to the ozone layer). This guy was one of the wildest driver's I've encountered. The would bet money the guy thought I was a NASCAR scount checking out his talent. I eventually him to slow down n we are not in a hurry. I was tempted to offer him 100php to take his time because we wanted to get there in 1 piece. He continued to jockey for postion and show off his runway talent. We arrived at the embassy at 5:45 and the arena of junk sellers were in full force. I was fed up after about 5 minutes of listening to them. We did have 1 objective: find a person to hold Rose's cell phone will we were in interview and did for a fee of 100php. [i came to find out later that we could have left it at the embassy gate for free, for future reference]. I knew I would be hungry, so we walked across the street to get away from the vultures. I saw 2 Starbuck, neither open it appreared. So, I went into the Yellow Cab pizza and got some half baked potatoes to go. We went back across the street to the embassy, more poeple trying to sell a passport photo. I said we have 2 extra, you want to buy from me, half price. After I finished eating, I noticed that the real line was down the street. I was a little upset. We got in the long line. As I was talking to people, I was getting a random sample survey and quickly dicsovered a pattern, everyone was there for travel or work visa. HMMM I kinda had that feeling since it had been a while since they set any dates. We went through the metal detector, I had 3 bottles of water with me, but only had to drink 1 of them. Once inside about 6:45, we were seated at the infamous bullpen of blue chairs. The guard was sending rows of people up to retrieve numbers. I took a quick scan of the room and counted about 130 people still waiting for numbers and about 50 people already with them give or a dozen. Rose got her number at 7:10, #7004. Wow number 4 of the K1 folks. Next is waiting for finger scanning. It is true what you heard about trying to hear you name being called. The decible level must be set at wisper on the speaker. It was not too bad at first, but once people in front of completed their finger scanning, they had no reason to keep quiet. I was very irritated with the loud mouth guy behind who was trying to teach the history of the stock market. I gave him the customary U.S. look back at him with a little eye roll, similar to the treatment a talker would receive at a movie theater. The funny part was he was still waiting for finger scanning. We were called to window 16 for finger scanning at 8:55 along with the 3 other K1 filers, who all arrived at the embassy long before us. We then went to window 26 at 9:45 for prescreening. The person ask Rose 2 questions and me 2 questions. When she had Rose sign the papers, I noticed she was shaking and just to mess with her, I asked her if she knew the date.

After that we went to winow 27 at 11:10 for the real interview, we had a femal CO. She asked Rose the following questions.

1) Where did we meet? answered correctly

2) Why did she like me?answered correctly

3) What do your parents think about you leaving? answered correctly

4) Does he have brothers/sisters? Yes, answered correctly

5) Is he married? answer Yes, {wrong answer}

6) What does he do for a living? answered correctly

7) What was his previous job? Paramedic {wrong answer, I drove an ambulance}

8) What does he do for hobby? answered correctly

9) What interests do you share? answered correctly

10) What did your fiance learn in school? answer, fire {wrong answer, I have a BS in Environmental Science [ to Rose's defense, I have an AS in Fire Science and AA in Liberal Arts}

11) What kind of wedding do you plan to have?answered correctly

12) What did your fiance tell you about the climate in California? answer, He said it was the same as here, the CO said it was nothing like here.

So, I just sat there in dismay, thinking she doesn't know anything about me. I would have been worried, but I noticed that the CO was just firing questions at here, thinking more about where she will go for lunch than the answers (or incorrect answers ) Rose was giving. The CO said, "Well everything is in order and you are approved to receive your Visa, please wait outside for your name to be called." Rose said thank you and I chimed in, "Maam, I have a letter typed out for a request for Visa pick up because we are leaving next Friday." She responded 'can I see the letter?" I gave it to her and she said OK, you can pick up Monday or Tuesday.

We both thanked her and went outside. At 11:25, we were summoned to Window 38, and it was the moment of truth. Will it be the pink slip or the white slip? The first question the guy asked after looking at the papers was what phone number to call when Visa is ready. As he turned the pages, I saw the pink slip that I saw on some others earlier in the day and was geatly relived. We left the embassy at 11:40 and recovered Rose's cell phone.

As promised, I saved every detail, except for the headache I had all morning I left, and the street vendors did not sell asprin and neither did the 7-11 across the street, go figure. Life is Good, and God has been good to us.

Thank to everyone on VJ, here is to another success story.

PS. Sorry, if I have any grammatical errors, I will not be proofreading.

Congratulations Chuck and Rose!!! I am so happy for you both!!! Thanks for your detailed sharing of your interview experience. God bless you on all your future plans!

if your looking for round trip tickets to manila and back this site is good. http://www.bt-store.com/

hi i checked out this site and it's only for flights from the US to other countries. it didn't give me any flights for Manila to US. thanks anyway for the info.

Me too, my interview date is April 23 7:30 am...see you there! God be with us...

hi patiently waiting and picha, my interview date is also on the 23rd of april 7:30am...please do keep in touch. how are you doing now? have you paid the visa fee already? when are you going for medical exam?

my interview is on april 23 at 7:30 am

hi to all april 23 interviewees! good luck to us all! hope to meet you there guys! let's all pray for one another!