Asian Charm: IMPORTANT NEWS for US Visa Applicants from the Embassy of United States (Manila-Philippines)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

IMPORTANT NEWS for US Visa Applicants from the Embassy of United States (Manila-Philippines)

ON GMA NEWS ONLINE :

No more walk-in inquiries for US visa applicants starting Wednesday (8 May 2013)

Starting Wednesday, May 8, walk-in inquiries for United States visas will no longer be allowed at the US Embassy's Immigrant Visa Unit.

In an email message to GMA News Online on Tuesday, Deputy Press Attaché Cynthia Cook said the embassy had accepted walk-in inquiries until recently, but this needs to be changed to better serve the public.

“Due to the widespread availability of accurate information about the immigration process from official US government sources, the Embassy determined that we could most effectively serve the visa-seeking public if, in the interest of efficiency and fairness, we limited in-person appearances at the immigrant visa unit to those applicants with previously-scheduled interviews,” Cook said.

In a reminder posted on its website, the US Embassy said it will allow those with "emergency needs" but on a case-to-case basis. "Applicants with emergency needs (i.e., ageing out cases, visa correction requests, and expiring visas) will be allowed to come in on a case-by-case basis," it said.

Those who want to schedule a visa appointment may call the embassy's call center at (632) 982-5555 or (632) 902-8930 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Also, it said applicants may arrange an appointment online at http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph.

Those who need to submit additional documentation should proceed to the 2GO outlets at Robinsons Place Manila or SM Mall of Asia.

They may also send the documentation to the U.S. Embassy via any branch of 2GO courier service (Attn: Immigrant Visa Unit) together with a copy of the embassy's 221g refusal letter (MNL-IV-22A).

On the other hand, the embassy said returning resident applicants may still submit completed returning resident application forms at Window 38 every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Applicants with questions regarding their case should contact the Immigrant Visa Unit by email atIVManilaReplies@state.gov. — with Andrei Medina /BM/LBG, GMA News

For details of the Reminder from the Embassy of the United States (Manila,Philippines), please click on the link below for more info :

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3023/important-reminder4.html

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