Originally Posted by suzanne4
Babies are normally added at the time of the interview and the visa fee paid then, at least that is what has been done in the US Embassy in Manila in the past. That is the only exception that is made to the rule. Any others must get their approval made on a DS-230 before anything can be done with them. But a newborn has never had any issues, at least that I am aware of and have never seen one that was kept back to travel later on to meet up with the mother.
If the visa bill cannot be paid that day, then that is another story all together.
Thanks suzanne4, I will call the embassy in Manila as soon as I get my interview schedule. I am just hoping we could have her passport already by that time so that all her docs will be complete at the time of the interview. As of today, I still have to follow-up her birth cert from the hospital because they said they will release it two weeks after her birth, then I have to go to the NSO to request an NSO certified birth cert which is needed to apply for a passport here in the Philippines. Obtaining an NSO birth cert alone would already take 1-2 months, then another 3 weeks for the passport. I just hope we get her passport in time for the interview.