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| Manila, Philippines |  Review #16273 on February 20, 2015: |
chiaki26
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We had our interview on February 9. We started lining up as early as 5:30 AM. We finally got inside the embassy premises a little past 7 AM.
There were basically 5 main steps to complete the interview for the day: Prescreening, biometrics, oath taking, interview, release/receiving. While there were so many people, I thought it was organized in general. There was confusion at first but as long as you read the signs and follow the ushers' directions you'll be ok.
Just a tip though: You will wait a long while for oath taking and especially for the interview. My fiancé and I were so hungry at this point lol.
I think it was almost 11 AM when we were interviewed by a CO. The CO one assigned to us was friendly. He asked both my fiancé and I questions. I was so happy when he said 'I see no problems here' and then confirmed we have been approved 
Our embassy experience, while long, was pleasant ... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #16264 on February 19, 2015: |
Murphy'sBoy
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As my name implies ..
Wife had the interview Feb 12. All went well until the last interviewer and very last topic- You need a new NBI clearance in your married name. But ma'am, the NBI clearance is only 6 months old and is in the maiden name like ALL other forms were requested to be so as to match the travel documents. Yes, but we need a new NBI in the married name .. just in case there was a problem. But you would accept an NBI clearance if it was 11 months old and in her married name? Yes. But we've only been married 3 months. Yes, but you need a new one in her married name .. OOOOOO K.
Off we went to the "releasing window". Asked the clerk if she could appeal this NBI thing. She was reluctant at first but then agreed. She came back with a big smile and I thought Great! Logic has prevailed. Wrong. She still had the smile as she said "No".
She said she'd email us a letter telling us what we needed to do and it would be in my inbox when I got home. Well, now 1 week... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #16261 on February 19, 2015: |
Murphy'sBoy
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
As my name implies ..
Wife had the interview Feb 12. All went well until the last interviewer and very last topic- You need a new NBI clearance in your married name. But ma'am, the NBI clearance is only 6 months old and is in the maiden name like ALL other forms were requested to be so as to match the travel documents. Yes, but we need a new NBI in the married name .. just in case there was a problem. But you would accept an NBI clearance if it was 11 months old and in her married name? Yes. But we've only been married 3 months. Yes, but you need a new one in her married name .. OOOOOO K.
Off we went to the "releasing window". Asked the clerk if she could appeal this NBI thing. She was reluctant at first but then agreed. She came back with a big smile and I thought Great! Logic has prevailed. Wrong. She still had the smile as she said "No".
She said she'd email us a letter telling us what we needed to do and it would be in my inbox when I got home. Well, now 1 week... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #16260 on February 19, 2015: |
brockm34
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
This was a K1 and two K2 visa's at the same time. We scheduled our appointment for 7:30am, and arrived at the embassy around 6am. Really there is no point to get there earlier than your scheduled time. We saw no significant wait time between us and the people that were at the front since 5am and those that arrived exactly on time. There were a number of full-blown immigration applicants that were ahead of us with their interview at 7am, and this seemed to slow the process because everyone we saw taking the K1 interviews only lasted about 5 minutes on average, while those ahead of us getting interviewed for actual immigrant visas took upwards of 20 mins.
The "greeters" (guides that walk around and direct you from point A to point B) will speak in Tagalog pretty much the entire time, so if you go with your fiancee be prepared for that. Their instructions can be muffled as well a lot of the time, to the point even my fiancee went 'Huh?' more than once, but luckily everythin... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #16259 on February 19, 2015: |
teddy k
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Hi everybody good day to all, just wanted to share my interview experience that i had on February 12th, had a 6:15 appointment Qued up at 5:00 alot of people already waiting, got inside at 6:30 then on to the 5 stage process finally had interview at 1:30 which lated 30 minutes cuz this guy looked over everything i sent in but in the end he said congrats your approved, but make sure you have all of your documents up to date cuz they ask me for a new AOS PLUS THE W-2 FOR 2014 TOO WHICH I HAD so everyone good luck on your journey
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