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|  Review #7728 on June 9, 2011: |
rylin
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| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #7697 on June 2, 2011: |
Honey&Bee
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My schedule was 6:30 AM, June 2, 2011. I was up as early as 3:00 AM, to pray and eat (GUYS, PLEASE DO EAT, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!), then get ready. I arrived at the embassy, a little past 5 AM, and there was already 3 long lines; I queued at the Immigrants' line. They started letting people in around 6:15 AM, and when it was my turn, they asked for a) Passport b) Appointment confirmation. They will give you a slip that you will need to fill out and give to the 2GO counter if your visa is approved - DON'T LOSE THIS, THIS DETERMINES WHERE YOUR PASSPORT WITH VISA WILL BE DELIVERED. Then we had to go through the XRAY (like that in airports). Please search the internet of what is prohibited inside the Embassy  Inside, we had to queue again, took the ff: a) 2 copies of DS-156 b) 2 copies of DS 157 c) 1 copy of DS-156K d) Appointment confirmation and BPI receipt. They attached them together and told us to drop it at Window 39 inside the buiding. I was given the number 70... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #7693 on June 2, 2011: |
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Overall the interview process went quite well. People were professional and organized, though there was a lot of waiting time due to the huge number of applicants. I won't go through the whole process, others have written about this before.
Some observations and suggestions about my own experience:
- No proper pedestrian lane in front of the embassy which is pretty dangerous for those arriving from across the street. But a guard told me they will complete an overpass soon.
- My appointment was at 6:30, I arrived at 5:45, and was all done by 9:30. I don't think you need to arrive earlier than I did. Once they open the doors at 6:00 am the line moves pretty fast.
- I paid my visa fee online with BPI, as this was one of the options given. I only got an email confirmation, no receipt. At least 2 of the staff I dealt with were not familiar with this and had to call maybe their supervisor to check on this. Luckily I brought my ba... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #7662 on May 26, 2011: |
samton
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Monday has always been a good start for a week. That is the main reason why I chose May 23, 2011 to be my interview date. I got up very early on that day, like 45 minutes past the hour of 1am, was so excited and pretty nervous at the same time.
I arrived at the embassy 1hr & 15mins before my scheduled appointment. Well, our friends here in VJ were right that we should be there early so not to cause any problems in entering the embassy premises. All applicants applying for Immigrant visas were asked to form one line (since I'm applying for K-1, it’s an immigrant visa) as well as those for Non-Immigrant. While waiting for my passport, eligibility letter and confirmation sheet to be checked, I prepared my DS-Forms and my visa fee receipt to be given to the employee whose going to take all that I mentioned above (except for my passport cause the pre-screener was the one who asked for it) and gives you a number (my number was 7005), went inside the embassy building. You mu... read complete review
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #7659 on May 26, 2011: |
BCSTORY
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I decided to be there for my fiance through the process so I made a special trip out there to see her. We weren't sure whether or not I was going to be able to enter the Embassy, but this was no problem. My fiance and I stood in line together with the other K1 applicants, and when we checked in via the appointment letter, the guard just asked me if I was the sponsor and I just showed them I had a US Passport.
After entering we realized the Manila Embassy had totally been re-done (it's much nicer now). When you enter, you go through an initial document check and then receive your ticket with your ticket number (you need to keep this the entire time cause you'll be referring to it all day). At this point you go into the main hall where there are many windows. An electronic display board will show ticket numbers and windows to go to. Within the first 10-20 minutes you're ticket number is shown to go to a window where your fiance is finger printed. After this point you wait... read complete review
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