biggish data

proper attire for CFO?

it is better not to wear short shorts or anything that is short or sleeveless clothes \ it is better to wear sandals or shoes but not flipflop it is ok to wear jeans and shirt.

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-06-23 00:33:00

I just money to my mahal and she paid it at the bpi branch in Davao. Then sent me the picture of the reciept and I scheduled the interview for her. They didn't give me any ####### bc I am the petitioner. Good Luck

well the OP is asking about paying not scheduling

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-07 05:51:00

Actually it CLEARLY states that you can pay online through Bancnet, or if you're already a BPI customer you can pay online too. I tried at the time to pay via Bancnet, but I didn't have a bank account listed. But many in the Philippines would have a bank on the bancnet system.

Anyway, yes, we paid in person, but in the packet 3, regarding the K1, it does clearly state that you can pay in person, OR online via BPI or Bancnet. You would theoretically just enter her passport number in the transaction.

yes i know, but i would advice to just pay personally i mean the beneficiary paying it online sometime get problems scheduling their appointments

but it is up to the applicant if they want to pay it online or in person. BPI banks are everywhere, sometime they're having probs of the amount sometime it is short of cents and they can't schedule because it is short but that's a rare case, anyways goodluck to the OP.

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-07 00:46:00

http://www.ustraveld...yMyVisaFee.html

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-07 00:40:00

no. for k1 you can't pay it online, she should go personally, requirement for paying visa for k1 is the passport and they use her passport # on the receipt as her receipt #.

Edited by hcdt, 06 July 2012 - 10:17 PM.

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-06 22:09:00

After NOA2 AND YOU HAVE YOUR MNL # (don't need to wait for the letter from the embassy )

(open all of these links then save them to your bookmarks so you have them for easy access)

Embassy:

http://photos.state....3__rtf2_003.pdf

The DS-156 can be difficult to complete sometimes, if you have issues try a different web browser. I had problems getting it to print with IE8, Chrome, Firefox, finally got it to print using Safari.

http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/

When scheduling online with the embassy you need to include the "XX" at the beginning of the passport number, your passport number IS your receipt number.

Priorty Date; this is the date the NOA 1 was accepted.

Make sure to print two copies of the interview confirmation page as you will need one for St. Luke's and the other for the embassy.

Contact Info for USEM:

Embassy (Manila) Phone Number (and email)

(632) 301-2000, extension 5184 or 5185

** (214) 571-1600 or (646) 254-3546 (these are USA numbers)

local number: USEM 3012000 loc 5184/5185 call them around 3-4:30pm

For general inquiries: IVManilaReplies@state.gov

To enable us to electronically sort the messages and provide better, more timely responses, you should follow the instructions below.

The subject line of your email should indicate the visa applicant’s last name, first and middle name (ex. DOE, John James), case number/USCIS receipt number, visa category and priority date.
Messages should be limited to 500 characters or less.
The mail size should not be more than 15 KB.
Do not submit documentation or attachments with your message as our system is unable to receive inquiries with attachments.
Do not send your inquiry more than once as duplicate inquiries will congest our system and delay our response time.

St. Luke's:

http://www.slec.ph/u...l#required-docs

Have copies of passport bio page, confirmation page from scheduling interview online at embassy, and of course the 2X2 photos. (copy of annulment is asked for at times)

http://www.slec.ph/us/registration/

Preregister at St. Luke's, it saves time when you arrive.

CFO:

ALL exiting required to attend.

http://www.cfo.gov.p...atid=140#ThirdA

Required documents & "OTHER DOCUMENTS" they ask for at CFO: copies of; CENOMAR, certified birth certificate, bio page of passport, visa page from passport, pictures together, from USC - bio page of passport, birth certificate, divorce decree (if been married before) are the most common. The "other documents" clause can be ANYTHING with those nit-wits at CFO.

** From the Family Code of the Philippines: it's 21-25 years old for advice and 18-21 years old for consent.

Art. 14. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned. Such consent shall be manifested in writing by the interested party, who personally appears before the proper local civil registrar, or in the form of an affidavit made in the presence of two witnesses and attested before any official authorized by law to administer oaths. The personal manifestation shall be recorded in both applications for marriage license, and the affidavit, if one is executed instead, shall be attached to said applications. (61a)

Art. 15. Any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five shall be obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application therefor.A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought,together with the written advice given, if any, shall be attached to the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement.

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-02 09:18:00

This thread was exactly what I was looking for. I got my case number earlier this month, called the NVC and found out they sent the case to Manila on 22 June. Everytime I call the embassy, they say that the case was received electronically but was told that I couldn't schedule the interview until the physical package is received. After reading this thread, I'm just going to say screw it and schedule the interview 2 or 3 weeks out. Besides the medical, all the required documents are in hand. Praying everything works out....

did you ask NVC to give you the MNL case # even just tru phone? you can also get when you email NVC, the # is all that important to continue setting the appointment. and if you do your medical and they ask you about your MNL case # just tell slec that you don't have the hard copy yet that it is still at your fiance but you do know the # just wright it on a paper, Plus they will ask for the confirmation letter of your interview, but the 2 things i said is also optional, you can do the medical even you don't have MNL case # and interview date yet you can still do the medical, it is weird here in PI

but reminder the validity of your visa will be based on the validity of your medical, medical's validity is only 6 months, so if i am the one going to go to my interview i'll do my medical a week or 2 before my interview date so that i have enough time and i won't have to hurry

BUT if you get your visa few days before your medical expires USEM will call you if you're going to fly so soon or not yet so soon they will ask you to re-do your medical they send it to them then you'll get a visa with 6 months validity

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-01 23:13:00

the other reason why you'll see receipt not found is that the receipt sometime takes time before it gets into their system, sometime it takes 4 hours to 24 hours before you can set your appointment after paying your visa, but sometime takes a little bit longer, but it doesn't mean your case isn't in the USEM yet, i know about it because we have friends working at USEM, you don't have to wait for the package to be physically present at USEM on the time you're going to set an appointment because once there's mnl case # it is already in their system/computer, a lot of my friends ask me to set their appointment for them and i seen once you enter you MNL case # you'll see your name and some info. are already there i have 4 friends that after getting their MNL case # they paid their visa then the next day they asked me to help them setting their appointment because they don't know how to do it online because we can't deny it is really hard to connect tru phone call i did set their interview and i set their appointments they are close friends i am happy they trusted me

and it takes 2 weeks or less before the package gets at USEM so within that time you can do your medical and gather all the docs you need before going to your interview. but if you're not really in a hurry to be with your fiance/e it is ok to just wait

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-01 21:18:00

you do not have to wait for your case to get to manila because they already have it in their system,and I'm sure you're not going to go to your interview right away you still need to do the medical, while doing the medical and gathering the docs you need your docs will be already at USEM, there's a lot of my friends that after getting their MNL case # even without hard copy they paid their Visa and set an appointment. as long as you have your case number you're good to go, when doing medical they asked for interview confirmation letter not the NVC letter, even on your interview UNLESS if you're cr1,

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-06-29 20:06:00

you can now pay your visa at any BPI branch, set your interview appointment and do the medical before the interview, the USEM isn't sending instruction letter anymore for k1 applicants you can download it at their website but you are good to go as long as you have your MNL case #.

congratulations

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-06-28 06:33:00

St. Mary Euphrasia Foundation - Center for Overseas Workers (SMEF-COW)
Good Shepherd Convent
1043 Aurora Boulevard
Quezon City
Tel. (632) 913-6439
Fax (632) 913-6438
E-mail: smef_cow@yahoo.com.ph
ofws@pldtdsl.net
migrants@pldtdsl.net

Commission on Filipinos Overseas
Citigold Center, 1345 Pres. Quirino Avenue
Cor. South Superhighway, Manila
Tel. (632) 561-8321 ext. 104, 105, 201-204, 300-304
Fax (632) 561-8332
E-mail: cfodfa@info.com.ph;
cfomieo@info.com.ph

People's Reform Initiative for Social Mobilization (PRISM)
2nd Floor Equitable PCI Bank Bldg.
2422 Taft Avenue
Malate Manila
Tel. Nos.: (632) 525-3114,
(632) 525-3783,
(632) 525-4314
Fax No.: (632) 5253114
E-mail: prism_inc06@yahoo.com.ph

CFO Cebu
Causing Lozada Building
Osmena Boulevard corner M.J Cuenco Street
Cebu City, Philippines

CFO Cebu

Landline # +63 32-255-5253

this are the CFO addresses in Manila and Cebu after September only CFO cebu and CFO manila will be available

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-11 06:28:00

This is confusing the %$^ out of me for some reason. One place says the counselling (and interview?) is done at CFO office (where you pick up the sticker now) and no longer done at PRISM and SMEF-COW after July 16th, then states SMEF-COW is still going to still do it until Sep. It also states only 12 people a day for US then later says 70 people a day...

I am sure the OP is correct in the information but I'm completely confused with regard to what, where and when has to be done so my fiancee has checked all of the boxes.

I don't mean to complain, but my brain is burned out from trying to explain the entire process (foreign police clearance, medical, CFO and interview) over the phone with a bad connection lately.

me too i am confused also with the peer counseling 70 slots a day and that 12 slots a day, but that's what they put on their website, but i don't think they will only give 12 slots a day for fiance and spousal since there's a lot of applicants

so i am thinking we're going to be either in 70 slots or 12 slots

yes on july 16 there will only 2 offices going to give seminar then after September only CFO manila will give seminar, a lot of my friends are going to get seminar before the 16th so that all they have to do when they get their visa is to have their CFO sticker

Edited by hcdt, 07 July 2012 - 09:09 PM.

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-07 21:08:00

did i understood it correctly that we have to attend Guidance and Counseling and Pre-departure orientation in 2 separate days? and also dont they accept reservations anymore? thanks

ever since it is first come first serve

it is only 1 day you're going to get the sticker right after the seminar IF you already have the Visa when you did the seminar but if you don't have the visa yet you can still do the seminar but you need to go back to get your sticker once you have your visa, i think what they're saying in their announcement that after September it will be one office who will give seminar here in Manila as of now there's 3 offices giving CFO seminar but After July 16th there will be only 2 then after September there will be only 1,

hcdt

Female

Philippines

2012-07-07 20:33:00