In a recently released video of the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Consul General Kimberly Kelly, announced on July 10, 2021, that K1 visa interviews will slowly take place. She stated that the consular office is now in a position to interview a limited number of K1 visa applicants.
According to Consul General Kelly, they will schedule interviews for K1 visa applicants who had appointments that were canceled in March 2020. After these cases are completed, the consular officers at the U.S. Embassy will begin to interview cases in the order that their office received the applications from the National Visa Center (NVC).
K1 visa applicants who are not yet called for an interview are urged to be patient. There is no need to contact the U.S. Embassy unless there is an emergency that will warrant an expedited interview.
The following cases will be considered for an expedited interview:
- If your child, who is applying for a K-2 visa, will turn 21 years old before December 31, 2021.
- If your K-2 follow-to-join applicants will lose follow-to-join eligibility from the time thethe principal applicant was issued a K-1 visa.
- If you have a U.S. citizen child who will travel with you.
- The petitioner is an active-duty U.S. military member with pending deployment orders, pending Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders,.
- The petitioner has documented medical issues and is currently in the Philippines and unable to travel to the United States without assistance from the K-1 applicant.
Any other cases that do not fall within the category above will have to wait until the U.S. Embassy calls them for an interview.
