THREE years before the pandemic, the infection of delay due to oversubscription was already eating into the waiting anxieties of US immigrant visa applicants like expectant fathers outside maternity wards.

In March of 2017, the over-21 unmarried sons and daughters of US citizens in the F1 family preference category were looking at priority dates: Only those whose petitions were filed on or before Dec. 15, 2005 could expect to be interviewed at the US Embassy in Manila.

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