Dennis&Dane

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

first I want to wish you good luck on anticipating the timing for the interview...

when the NVC receives your petition they will assign a case number to it.. and they will give it to you when you call them.. the best time to call is about 8am or 11:30pm EST...

they will also tell you when the petition has been sent on to the USEM in manila..

after it is sent then you can start calling the Dept of State (search on here for the number) they will tell you when your eligible to schedule your interview...

for us it was a 56 day wait from the time out packet was received at the NVC but most are alot quicker! I hope yours is...

GOOD LUCK!!!!! Our interview date is the 10th

Yup, alot of us have endured that AP #######... but like all things you will pass thru it... but if you want to read my angry rant about it here is the link

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=220968

Our packet was stuck there for 41 days...

Northwest tickets oneway from Manila to Lexington KY are $814.60 total... round trip is about $1200.00 go to Nwa.com and check prices!

2 months ago you could book from Dallas to Manila for $800 roundtrip.

Hopefully after Christmas is over, and gas / oil price go down, there will be some more great deals on flights to PI.

I wish they would go down now...lol I am very hopeful of buying a ticket very soon

Northwest tickets oneway from Manila to Lexington KY are $814.60 total... round trip is about $1200.00 go to Nwa.com and check prices!

In my opinion that if you are back to manila to do your medical and interview then why should the US embassy care where you went during the time you are waiting... But if you lived there you will need police clearance from there...

If I am wrong someone else please chime in and correct me.

Got our inteview schedule today! NOV 10th

So NVC sent our petition to Manila USEM Oct 07... I have been calling the embassy 888 number to get an interview.. and everyday I have been getting the same answer.. they cant schedule an interview because the hard copy docs are not there yet... so, I got worried that it had been lost so today I called NVC they confirmed it had been sent.. then I called DOS they said Congrats..your interview is November 20, 2009 @7:00 am.

well tonight I called back to the embassy to try to get the appointment changed to earlier.. the embassy asked how I got the interview date.. I told them.. then they acted like I was crazy.. and said to call back in 2 - 4 weeks to try to change it...

anyone got a clue whats going on?

congrats!!!!!

I have some news too I think..... I called the DOS this morning and the woman said Congrats your interview is sceduled for Nov 20th....... But this was just a few hours after the embassy said it could not be scheduled yet.... Oh well I am thinking positive right now...

Who is left? out of our little group? Us april filers? Chris and Mara started this thread But they are Married now.... Anyone???? not atleast have an interview scheduled?

soooo.. my question is why wasnt the woman arrested for being a peeping Jane?

Hi Guys, I am so frustrated... 41 days AP at NVC now our file hasnt shown up at the Embassy...NVC says sent it oct 7... Dont know really what to do next..... This is Crazy...

oh my timeline isnt correct... only the electronic copy has reached the embassy...

Congrats :dancing: :dance:

Doesn't getting married in the US and then filing a Report of Marriage with the Philippine Embassy or Consulate have the same effect? A few months after you report tthe marriage, you should be able to request a copy of your Philippine marriage contract from NSO.

It has the same Legal effect.. but its more an issue with with personal preference. Having a license that is signed by her priest and witnessed by her family is what we would like to have... but without scrapping an almost finished K-1 I cant seem to find a way to do that...

we are not yet documentarily qualified to set an interview date... everything in this process drags by so slow... I hate to see a weekend coz I know that its 2 days they are not working...

but I do check back here to see everyone elses progress... so keep on posting..

OK, We are planning to be married on December 18th (GOD Willing) and we get her visa in time... In Gatlinburg Tennessee. And we want to go back to the Philippines for another wedding ceremony after AOS. Hopefully Dec 18th 2010.

I know that being a K-1 recipient we must marry within 90 days of entry into the US.. and we have to have a legal Marriage licence.

We would also like to have a legal Philippine marriage licence as well.... is this at all possible?

Any thoughts, Facts?

Thanks.

D&D

hoping to be document qualified soon so we can get our interview date set....

Congrats in advance.. we are planning to get married in the states SOON next yr same date of our wedding here in the philippines :-)

congrats to you guys! I kinda wish that we would have gone the CR1 route now... I am so ready to take her hand in marriage.. and all this waiting is killer...good luck on your journey!

Well, I think if I understand her train of thought correctly... even though philippine govmt recognizes the us license.. She just WANTS license from the phils. I know that it is not necessary but.. If it will make her happy and it something that she wants then I will make my best effort to get it for her..

And her wanting it is based upon the fact that in the PH there is "no Divorce" and I think she wants me to make that commitment to her..

no... I dont just think I know she wants me to make that commitment... LOL and I have no issues with that at all.. She is a special lady and I never plan to let her go anyway...

Thanks for all the good info... our marriage in the Philippines wont happen for a year or more, but tonight its not busy here at work and seemed like a good time to gather info for the future... so thanks again for the help... and she will be glad to hear that we can indeed get a license there as well as here..

so what is the process of getting the license, I have read on here something about a "free to marry" from the US Embassy then a 10 day wait for the contract? and Im not sure where you get the contract from?

Just having the ceremony is really not the issue... We also want a philippine marriage contract. Is this at all possible since we will already have a US marriage license?

OK, We are planning to be married on December 18th (GOD Willing) and we get her visa in time... In Gatlinburg Tennessee. And we want to go back to the Philippines for another wedding ceremony after AOS. Hopefully Dec 18th 2010.

I know that being a K-1 recipient we must marry within 90 days of entry into the US.. and we have to have a legal Marriage licence.

We would also like to have a legal Philippine marriage licence as well.... is this at all possible?

Any thoughts, Facts?

Thanks.

D&D

hoping to be document qualified soon so we can get our interview date set....

How do you get a hold of a congressional liason? I am prepared to write, call, email, whomever if our petition is not out of AP by the end of the month. 21 days today and this is really getting on my nerves. My name is extremely uncommon, so no false positive returns are possible. I had fingerprints done for the FBI when I was 17 and worked for a daycare center; it was required as a condition of my employment. I have nothing else... no parking tickets, no moving violations, nothing. This is so frustrating! And my father is getting sicker and our wedding date is just 105 days away... I am keeping that day regardless and we will just have to start the process over on the I-130 and K3 UGH!! Good luck to all of you. I hope we will be free of this nightmare soon. And may others not fall in the same trap. Malena

Do a search online for your congressional rep for your district. The rep will have a website and you can email them, call them or as in my case drop by since the office is two blocks away. Each congressional representative has a specific person to address these issues...

Thx ...Gald i found yall too....How did you get your 3rd packet from embassey without them recieving you stuff yet?

They are already out... several folks come back to help those that just got in AP.

Thank you so much for the help, ScottThuy! I will do a search and see what I can find May we all have an end to this nightmare soon and be reunited with our loved ones sooner rather than later. Malena

Hang in there guys! 41 days for us.. I finally went to my congressmans office and within 4 working days was out.. now did the congressman do anything? I dont know... maybe it was on the way out the door anyway.

But when you go to the congressmans office you will have to fillout/sign a privacy release so that they can make an inquiry..

Good luck to all!

Congrats!

yup yup me tooo!!!! I am in the same boat.. used up all of my luck finding the perfect lady!

Picture if you will....

Just how lucky are you really?

Are you that lucky?