Philippines US Consulate Reviews
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2671 Review(s)
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| United Arab Emirates |  Review #19007 on February 26, 2016: |
ChicSharjah
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
It was a long wait for a breezy interview.
Arrived at the embassy 15 mins before my appointment, and there were already 15 immigrant visa applicants ahead of me. Note to future interviewees: DO NOT bring bags/purses, however small it may be, you will be refused entry (I kept reading about this in this forum yet I didn't heed the warning: I was initially denied entry because of my small bag – even if it contained only my wallet LOL). I had to hurry back to the hotel nearby (thumbs up for Aloft) to deposit my bag and just bring along my rather large wallet. Only papers are allowed inside, and given the bulk of documents I brought, I had to use a woven shopping bag to keep everything in.
Numbers are called in windows where they collect documents to add on to the I-129F file they already have. I handed over my DS-160 confirmation paper, proof of payment and appointment letter, filled up DS-156K, original passport and a copy of it, original birth certificate... read complete review
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| Manila, Philippines | Review #18990 on February 24, 2016: |
aaron9350
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Hello, I am the petitioner submitting this review for my fiancée and her 2 girls.
We had our interview appointment at 0645 on 24 Feb 2016. We arrived at around 0545 and a decent line was there.
-1st station outside. The line we got in for K1 moved up quickly to the first step and we got out our DS160, appointment notification and passports for K1/K2. We got held up here because either we forgot or it was not clear at all the K2 applicants need to have a separate DS160 for each K2 (I added her children under her DS160 but doesn't matter)so off to an internet shop and we had them completed in about 20-25 minutes. We walked back to the embassy and completed the first step, on through security and on to the 5 step process.
-1st step was biometrics after showing the lady the ziplock with DS160s and passports. She then scanned the fingers and thumbs of primary applicant. (K2 did not need to have fingers scanned)and asked names and birth dates of K1 and K2s.
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| Manila, Philippines | Review #18932 on February 12, 2016: |
rona1979
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Fear of the unknown...yep! I was totally nervous on the day of my interview. I was alone but i didn't mind. I was at the site an hour before my appointment time coz i read in some blogs that they let applicants inside 30mins before the actual time. Inside, i still had to wait til my assigned number is called. I remember going to 5 windows. 1st window is for giving of personal info (name,fiance name, address in US etc). 2nd window is for biometrics and preliminary interview about the petition like how long have we known each other. It felt like the actual interview lol. 3rd window is for oathtaking. 4th is the real CO interview (guess what? My CO was also the one who took my oath).. Consuls rotate once in awhile.. anyway, she asked how we met... showed her photos of me and my fiance in a photobook and she said pick 3 pics that i like the best..asked if i have ever overstayed when i am out of the country... The interview just lasted for less than 5mins. Then she handed me a pamphlet abo... read complete review
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| Review #18930 on February 12, 2016: |
Dave & Gena
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Long day for Gena. Appointment time was 7:30AM but because she arrived at 7:00am she got a late number and didn't get final interview until late afternoon. She had a interviewer for her in Tagalog because her English is not very strong. The only question that the interviewer seemed upset with was "What are his hobbies?... Answer: Photography"... apparently because I only had one real hobby...???... But she passed and had no major problems although the questions were quite thorough... more than others we had talked to.
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| Manila, Philippines | Review #18925 on February 12, 2016: |
hampguy
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My partner's interview was February 5, 2016 @ 7:30 am. He was in line at 5:00 am. Lining up was pretty routine. One thing he did notice was that there were a few Asian CO's (Korean?) that were denying fiancees left and right. He also said there was a lot of crying.
My partner said his interview was very easy and fast. He was asked 4-5 questions which were all about me. He had over 2,000 pages of correspondences, pictures, receipts, airline tickets, etc. CO only commented on petition being same sex before saying "approved"
CO asked him the questions and said: "Welcome to the United States of America" John was all smiles and back at hotel by 1pm. As of today (2/11/16) my partner's birthday we are in AP. I pray that we are not in AP long. We had a 2 month set back and it has been 1 year.
John Rex prepared himself EXTREMELY well, even knowing my parent's birth dates and death dates and my summary of dissolution from 1987.
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