Tips on US Visa application with a Philippine passport

This is a repost from 2008 haha I don't know if it is still the same but I hope this can help!

I went to the US Embassy with an armload of brown envelope placed inside a plastic envelope. Inside the brown envelope are important documents that might increase my chance of having the much coveted US Visa. Although I am just renewing my visa, having an old/expired visa does not guarantee that the US consul will grant you a new one.

Steps in applying for International Driver's License

Automobile Association Philippines

683 Aurora Blvd.,

Quezon City 

7230808

Step by step application of international driver's license:

1. Fill up a yellow form which you can get from the customer service area upon entry. 

2. Photocopy your driver's license preferably still valid for a year. 

3. Submit your application form with 2pcs. 2x2 white background picture and driver's license.

4. A number will be given. Wait for your number to be flashed on the screen above window 2.

5. Listen for your name to be called, you have to sign the international license in window 1.

6. Once your number is flashed on the screen, go to window 2 and pay PHP1, 200.

7. Check your international license info and get receipt. 

US Visa tidbits!

I went to the US Embassy with an armload of brown envelope placed inside a plastic envelope. Inside the brown envelope are important documents that might increase my chance of having the much coveted US Visa. Although I am just renewing my visa, having an old/expired visa does not guarantee that the US consul will grant you a new one.

So, weeks before up to the day before the interview date , I have accumulated most of the documents that would prove that I am a returning visitor and will not overstay in their country. In the Pavilion area, a lady beside me even showed all documents placed neatly in a folder that she was willing to show to the consul as she was previously denied.

US Visa... Approved!

August 21, 2008

US Embassy
8 am appointed time
7 am- 10:30am

The very first time I had my US interview was year 2004. To tell you honestly, I have no recollection whatsoever with what have transpired that day. This significant mental block as my DH will tell you is called my selective memory gap phase lol~

So now, I am writing it down. Next time I will have an interview, I will be able to "remember".

Yesterday, while I was double checking and flipping through my application form, I noticed that I haven't filled out the date as to when I signed the form. So, I quickly wrote down the date but to my dismay, I saw that the pattern should have been dd-mmm-yyyy. Ohmygas, I wrote down mm-dd-yy. I called up my travel agent and ask for another copy of the form and forward it through email to me. Good thing he saved it. I called DH and told him to print it for me. Problem solved!

That night, DH insisted that I set my alarm at 5:30 am. *darn* "too early"- or so I thought. So while watching a movie I was tinkering with DH's hand-me-down cell phone. I put it under calendar and set a meeting at 5:30 am. All is well, we slept early and then 5:30 am comes and no alarm. Good thing, DH woke me up to tell me that it's close to 6 am. What happened with the alarm? Turned out, I set it as meeting and not turned on the alarm lol~ I rushed to the bathroom and got out of the house by 6:30 am... a world record. DH drove me to U.N. Ave. for my scheduled 8 am interview.