SemperAye

On 4/2/2025 at 3:27 PM, maryaaaa said:

 

 

Bring a copy of the printed email, valid ID and a copy of it.

 

Just got my visa yesterday!

 

SOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOUUUU!

 

Did you get a packet with it that you’re not supposed to open because immigration will open it at the airport? We heard this rumor but can’t confirm.

Thanks

Just received the message that the visa is ready for pick up!

so it only took a week getting it mailed to the VAC.

1 hour ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

If you mean the VAC I would probably prefer that option as well

16 minutes ago, maryaaaa said:

 
VAC! 💪🏻 Embassy will receive the docs after a day. 
 

I sent mine via LBC Saturday and still hasn't arrived. Ughhh. Haha!

Nice! LBC is reliable, just slow

Oh yeah, VAC for sure lol

1 hour ago, maryaaaa said:

 

Amazing! ♥

 

Time to send the following:

• Passport
• Pink slip
• Printed email
• Document submission form

 

 

I’m thinking we might drop off at the NVC  like the pink slip suggests vs mailing like the email suggested. Likely safer. Thoughts?

Thanks all!

We did get an email later that same day stating they submitted the medical electronically, THAT WAS FAST!

Here's what it said, hope this helps someone else.

Hey VJ!

Here's a new one...

I couldn't find any threads on this since the medical/interview process has changed (that you still attend your interview without medical clearance).

Background: My in-laws had to take the 8 week sputum culture, and my father-in-law was positive and is undergoing treatment. They still attended their visa interview and were issued 221(g)'s pending medical clearance.

We just received email notification that my mother-in-law's sputum culture was negative.

It's our understanding that within a week SLEC will electronically forward medical clearance to the embassy.

Most estimates I could find online have the embassy issuing a visa within 4 weeks, but I couldn't find anything solid on this.

I'd assume her medical would expire in June if we go by when she started the process, or does expiry start AFTER they issue the clearance. It looks to me that most people in this situation are given a 3-month validity, so I'd assume we have a few months at least?

Does anyone know when we should drop off the passport at the NVC along with the document submission form?

Has anyone been through this, and have a timeline for visa issuance?

Thanks!

On 1/6/2023 at 6:42 PM, Chancy said:

 

 

No, that won't work in Manila.  The document screener at USEM will see from his records that your dad has not cleared the visa medical yet, and won't allow him to proceed with the visa interview.  No exception to this policy of the consulate in Manila that I know of, ever.  You don't have to cancel the appointment, though, as your mom may still interview without your dad.  SLEC would have advised your dad to not show up for the interview before the results of his sputum culture testing are released.  Here again is the consulate policy that I posted in your previous thread --

 

"In some cases, the SLMCEC will direct the applicant to engage in subsequent testing, requiring rescheduling of the original visa appointment. You must follow the guidance from the medical provider and will not be admitted if this is the case. SLMCEC does have the authority to provide this guidance to applicants; following this guidance and not appearing for your interview is the correct course of action and will not adversely affect your visa case." -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html#medical_exam_instructions

 

FYI, but this^ has been removed from that page.

We're going through this right now in Manila.

Apparently, the recommendation now is to attend your original interview date, and you'll get a refusal letter with instructions on how to get the embassy the medical information required, which at that point they'll issue the visa.

I find that in Philippines you can't rely on any third party such as SLEC to be up-to-date on processes.

Thanks for the comments all.
 

I figured out what the problem was!!!!

We didn’t see a small part of the instructions that said, essentially, to NOT select our visa category, and instead, select “interview scheduled by NVC” or something like that. So basically we were trying to schedule the wrong appointment type lol! Once we selected the correct type after canceling and redoing the application, everything worked and we got the barcode confirmation.

This is really the fault of them trying to use a visa interview scheduling system for fingerprinting.

Hope this helps someone else.

Did you ever get it to work? The site is broken for sure.

Has anyone sucessfully scheduled a VAC fingerprinting appointment at  https://www.usvisascheduling.com/en-US/?

We've been trying since Thanksgiving and each time we take a slot for my wife's mamma, within a few hours the appointment is removed. I have almost 10 screenshots of my confirmations in the Portal as record, but non of them seem to "stick" and I can't figure out why.

I guess we're required to have the VAC before our interview on the 16th, but it's not looking like that's possible....

Oddly, we were able to get an appointment to stick for her papa on the 13th, but i'm not sure her mamma is allowed to use that same appointment considering we were not able to add her as a dependent on the application because the system flags duplicate accounts and you can't delete accounts....

Any advice?

Thanks!

Oh, thanks guys. The instructions must not have been updated then because it told us to get both lol

Hello VJ!

Does anyone know the current process to get an NBI clearance for travel to the US? Is this something that you're supposed to make a regular multi-purpose appointment for and then ask for verbally for travel to US purposes?

On the NBI website we don't see this an an option, no matter what we select the receipt says "multi-purpose." My wife's parents already have the multi-purpose one, so we're trying to get another more recent one with the correct verbiage/color or whatever is needed.

I keep finding conflicting information.

Thank you!

Okay, I guess this is solved(ish). The system says "No Slot Available" though!

You just can't win every time LOL!

WTH now it took the case number

Update. I used the visa email here:

support-philippines@usvisascheduling.com

https://ustraveldocs.com/ph/en/contact-us#email

This was the response that I got within the usvisascheding.com website:

 

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for reaching out to the American Citizen Service Desk.

We recognize your concerns about your US Visa Application. Please note that you have contacted the American Citizen Service Desk; for assistance, kindly reach out to the US Visa Service Desk at
https://ustraveldocs.com/ph/en/contact-us

Wishing you a great day!

Sincerely,
American Citizen Service Desk.

Maybe the instructions where wrong on the website and this was the wrong website to register for the VAC appointment but I couldn't find any other options.

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

why the NVC/KCC #?  it would start with MNL2024xxxxxx

Yeah it starts with MNL but the website calls the step NVC/KCC.

Hey VJ!

My wife's parents just got their interview dates in MNL mid Jan (just under two years waiting), and we're on the step of VAC registration for visa mailing address and fingerprints, however, upon reaching the NVC/KCC Case Number step, I'm getting:
 

I know the case number is correct and there's no typo, that I can confirm with 100% certainty. I found 3 Reddit's about this, but no one has come up with a solution after many months, so I wanted to reach out to be proactive.

Has anyone else experienced this? Who should we contact?

Note: Failure to schedule your VAC appointment before your Embassy appointment will result in the cancellation of your visa interview.

Thanks so much!

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html

I just got this message today after adding a household member. No solution yet.

My bad! I thought an F1 was a type of I-130, but ya, he’s an F1.

I guess this isn’t really accurate then?

Hey! Thanks for the reply!

I think our concern is that they stopped notifying him that he was still in line, implying that he’s no longer in line… or are we reading into it too much?

Greetings VJ!

My wife’s cousin’s case I-130 has been “documentarily complete” at the NVC since March 16th 2021 according to the last text message the NVC sent on March 18th 2021. They also said in the same message that they’d follow up every 60 days to let him know he was still in line, but that hasn’t happened. I’m assuming this was a COVID thing, but has anyone else experienced this? He doesn’t know what to do and family is unhelpful! I feel so bad because it’s been over 10 years since his entire family immigrated and he was left behind at 18 years old. By the time they filed the first i-30 he was over age and had to file again

Any advice would mean the world and I’ll pass it on!

Thank you!

4 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

Question

 

Which half is Filipino and which half is Kano?

LOL...

So I entered this country on a bb visa, converted to student visa, then the fso at my school told me I should just do a 13a visa to save myself money every year. My classmate yesterday asked me if I knew if I would then be charged the local domestic tuition rate, or if the school would continue to charge me an additional fee (double)? I think this is a good, valid question, although I think I already know the answer lmao! Anyway, before I go and make a fool out of myself by asking my school, what are my chances of being charged as a local moving forward? Do I have any ground to stand on? Thanks!