US Visa Help Thread II

[hyperbolicsine]

AFAIK, not included yung weekends

Kelan kaya earliest na matatanggap yung passport kung friday naginterview?

[hyperbolicsine]

ah..kelan ba expected date ng travel mo na nakalagay sa ds 160 dati?december pa naman balak namen na magtravel..ok lang ba na magpasa na ngayon ng ds 160 at magbayad kahit december pa balak magtravel then last week ng november magpapaschedule ng interview or 1st week ng december?

Pwede ka naman magpa-interview ng maaga. 5 or 10 years naman ang validity pag multiple. Tapos 3 years naman pag single entry. Para kung sakaling ma-deny ka, pwede ka hanap ibang options for your trip.

Kase kung december ka pa pa-interview tapos december ka rin magtratravel, malamang nakabili ka na ng airline tickets nun at naka-reserve na sa hotel.

[traveler68]

Have you heard about the changes in renewing tourist visa? Heard on the news that it is now much easier to renew an expired tourist visa. There's no more interview but you still have to make an appointment and you have to renew the visa within a year.

The VISA REISSUANCE PROGRAM (VRP) is indeed an expedited process normally not requiring an interview. This reminds me of a nearly similar procedure in the past called "drop box" which no longer applies.

The questions they ask you upon personal submission of your passport(s) and upon your finger-scanning are for verification purposes. However, the Embassy explicitly reserves the right to call you for an interview if they so require. There had been actual cases where a VRP applicant received a call from the Embassy requiring him to appear for an interview notwithstanding the fact that said applicant was qualified to renew through the VRP.

Carefully check the VRP requirements listed in the official US Embassy Manila website to see if you are qualified to renew under the expedited process. Good luck!

[cozhunexists06]

IMHO, chances are slim, and I'm being gracious . In the VO's mind, you are high risk : single, 20s, female, no job, nursing graduate (even if you don't tell them, was it not asked in your DS 160?).Even if your dad has 20k dollar account, still it is not yours. No strong economic nor family ties. But since you are scheduled in March, it would be a good learning experience to say the least.

nakakaiyak naman un... hehehe.... but i'm planning to take business course this june... and mageenroll na ko sa monday... would that be an advantage? coz' you know i really don't like my course... and kung sakaling advantage na enrolled na ko sa course na un, pano ko kaya sya maisisingit kung and nilagay ko na sa ds-160 ko is not employed and ang reason ko is because i'm still dependent to my parents? pde pa kayang baguhin ang ds-160 form at ibahin ko ang reason ko kung bakit wala pa kong job? kahit na may appointment date na ko? thanks for helping... i just wanted to have my vacation... naiinggit kasi ako sa mga friends ko na nakapunta na ng hollywood. hehe.

[sonwild24]

Hello.. Nagbabalak po akong mag apply ng tourist visa this year. pa-assess naman po:

31 years
Maried
Working as IT Technician for 2 years and 1 month
salary 4,500 QR equivalent to P51k plus
Peso Savings P250k plus
Qatar Savings 15k Qatar Riyal
My wife is also working here in Qatar as Admin Assistant (Pero wala pa syang plano kumuha ng visa nya dahil 6months pa lang sya dito)
Father & Mother nasa Pinas
twin siblings pareho nasa Dubai.
wala kaming cars or lupa na nakapangalan sakin...
Newly married lang po last march 2011 at wala pang anak..

TIA...

[hteira]

Pwede ka naman magpa-interview ng maaga. 5 or 10 years naman ang validity pag multiple. Tapos 3 years naman pag single entry. Para kung sakaling ma-deny ka, pwede ka hanap ibang options for your trip.

Kase kung december ka pa pa-interview tapos december ka rin magtratravel, malamang nakabili ka na ng airline tickets nun at naka-reserve na sa hotel.

ah..3 years pala validity pag single entry akala ko 1 year lang..btw, congratz nga pala.sa pagbabasa ko ng mga previous post i believe na makakapasa ka.basta try lang at maniwala.kaya nga basta kahit ano maging outcome pag nagpa-interview kame ng family ko atleast nakapagtry. sabe nga ng iba dito wala namang mawawala kundi $$$ lang..

[Al3xia]

ano yng mga hinihingi usually para proof of employment?

[traveler68]

ano yng mga hinihingi usually para proof of employment?

Certificate of employment issued by the company you are working for. Usually yung HR ng company ang authorized signatory nito.

[drspidey]

nakakaiyak naman un... hehehe.... but i'm planning to take business course this june... and mageenroll na ko sa monday... would that be an advantage? coz' you know i really don't like my course... and kung sakaling advantage na enrolled na ko sa course na un, pano ko kaya sya maisisingit kung and nilagay ko na sa ds-160 ko is not employed and ang reason ko is because i'm still dependent to my parents? pde pa kayang baguhin ang ds-160 form at ibahin ko ang reason ko kung bakit wala pa kong job? kahit na may appointment date na ko? thanks for helping... i just wanted to have my vacation... naiinggit kasi ako sa mga friends ko na nakapunta na ng hollywood. hehe.

Once submitted online, you cannot change the DS160 anymore. Only when there are errors or missing entries can the VO reopen it. Nangyari ito sa nephew ko na college student, last Oct 2011. Family application sila. Dun sa DS 160 niya, nilagay niya "student", tapos college education lang ang lumabas. The VO required him to put also his highschool and elementary education. So he had to go out of the embassy, look for an internet cafe, and refill up his "reopened" DS160. Nakabalik na siya after lunch. Nabigyan naman ng 10M.

Regarding your plan to reenroll. Be ready with your enrollment certificates, forms and receipts. When the VO asks you why you have no work, then isingit mo na itong info na ito. Have a snappy answer, and pray that you can convince him that you are not a flight risk.

[hteira]

Once submitted online, you cannot change the DS160 anymore. Only when there are errors or missing entries can the VO reopen it. Nangyari ito sa nephew ko na college student, last Oct 2011. Family application sila. Dun sa DS 160 niya, nilagay niya "student", tapos college education lang ang lumabas. The VO required him to put also his highschool and elementary education. So he had to go out of the embassy, look for an internet cafe, and refill up his "reopened" DS160. Nakabalik na siya after lunch. Nabigyan naman ng 10M.

Regarding your plan to reenroll. Be ready with your enrollment certificates, forms and receipts. When the VO asks you why you have no work, then isingit mo na itong info na ito. Have a snappy answer, and pray that you can convince him that you are not a flight risk.

hello po..nabanggit ninyo na as family apply ng nephew ninyo.paano po ba kapag family application?individual ba yung ds 160?bale tatlo kasi kame papa-interview ako, yung son namen at live-in partner ko. hindi pa kame kasal. sabay-sabay din ba interview?

[sophos]

hello po..nabanggit ninyo na as family apply ng nephew ninyo.paano po ba kapag family application?individual ba yung ds 160?bale tatlo kasi kame papa-interview ako, yung son namen at live-in partner ko. hindi pa kame kasal. sabay-sabay din ba interview?

Fill up DS-160 for each applicant then upon schedule may portion dun na add family members.

[sophos]

Hi ZeeZee07! Sorry, I posted thison the older forum.

Thank you! Yes I was approved!

The lady before me was denied (I heard the consul saying "this blue paper will explain to you the reason of your denial"). So natakot na ako bigla. Hehe.

Anyway, the questions are:
1) Why do you want to go to the US?
2) Where in the US do you plan to tour?
3) Have you been to places outside the Phils?
4) I was asked what I did in two countries I went to in the past 5 years. (So, make sure na alam mo kung ano yung mga ginawa mo sa mga countries na napuntahan, especially sa mga not-first-choice-to-tour countries like Iran, Dubai, Afghanistan, Burma, etc.)
5) What do you do for work?
6) What is your net monthly? (The DS-160 has your gross. You should know what your net should be because I have the impression that given your gross, they have an estimate of what your net should be. Syempre, dapat alam mo kung magkano takehome mo.)
7) What I did in my previous work? He said he was in the same field so meron syang mga technical questions. (e.g., What are "resistors" or what is Physics. Mga ganung level! Haha). Honestly, I had the hardest time answering this because hindi siya naniniwala sa akin. Nevertheless, nagstick ako dun sa unang sinabi ko kase yung talaga ang alam kong tama... So pwedeng kunwari alam niya para mahuli nya kung nagsisinungaling ba ako... or mali talaga ang alam niya... or mali lang ako - hmm, No! )
8) What was my course in college?

No documents were asked. I don't know yung validity though. Will let you know.

Congrats sir! 10 years na yan. Enjoy your vacation

[hteira]

Fill up DS-160 for each applicant then upon schedule may portion dun na add family members.

ah..kapag nagpa-interview po kame same date and time po?at same widow/consul kame maiinterview?

[GilmoreGal]

thanks hijackthis

hi pexers, itatanong ko lang sana pagkatapos bang makapagfill-up ng ds 160 ilang months bago makapagpa-schedule ng interview?

last week ako nag submit ng ds-160 and nagbayad, sched ko first week of may na ang may availablility

[sophos]

ah..kapag nagpa-interview po kame same date and time po?at same widow/consul kame maiinterview?

upon schedule of appointment specify mo yun kasama na applicants then pipili ka ng schedule. Yes, same window kayo lahat.

[happy_bear]

Hi,

I just want to know my chances for a tourist vis approval. I am scheduled for an interview this march.

female 30 y/o
have not been out of the country
working at NGCP (previously a Govt company but now it is already a private company
do not have much in my bank account
currently I'm working while reviewing for my board exam this may (cpa board exam)
purpose of visit in the US: I just want to visit my grandfather (grandfather is very ill and has months to live)
length of visit: maximum of 2 weeks

Thanks

Hi help naman po regarding this.

[hyperbolicsine]

upon schedule of appointment specify mo yun kasama na applicants then pipili ka ng schedule. Yes, same window kayo lahat.

Pwede ka ba mag-paschedule ng appointment kahit di pa tapos yung DS-160 (basta nakabayad na)? I have a friend who wants to schedule it as soon as possible kase nga May na raw yung next appointment pero di pa siya nakakafillout ng DS-160?

[hteira]

upon schedule of appointment specify mo yun kasama na applicants then pipili ka ng schedule. Yes, same window kayo lahat.

thankz for your help..

[hyperbolicsine]

mukang madugo pala ang interview mo. buti na lang nakalusot ka! yey! nung nag-apply ako last 2007 for a student visa 3 lang questions: kanino ako mag-stay, anong course ang kukunin ko (digital arts chorva) and kung may experience ako sa course na yun na ang sagot ay wala.. kaya tumataginting na 'sorry, we cannot issue you a visa right now.' ngayon ko na nga lang narealize na mahina **** ang chance ko nun, single at 21 pa lang ako nuon eh..

hoping and praying na this time makalusot kami ni hubby! makapagpapicture man lang sa Hollywood!

thanks sa reply mo at congratulations na din!

Thanks! Hindi naman mahirap, smooth naman yung interview. Kaso minsan nga lang, medyo di mo maintindihan kung ano talaga exactly yung tinatanong. So ipa-clarify mo nalang sa consul.

[hyperbolicsine]

Hi help naman po regarding this.

Are you married? kids? income? properties? family in the phils?

Im sorry to learn about your grandfather. Pero, from US Embassy FAQs, the embassy is more concerned about what will bring you back to the Philippines after the trip rather than the purpose of your trip to the US.