Sending forms to Embassy before receiving Packet 3

[fourholesn1 0]

My fiancee was told by another Thai that once you got the case number (BNK) from the State Department you can send the packet 3 forms to the embassy, even though she hasn't gotten packet 3. This would cut one week from the process. Does anyone know if this is true and a good idea?

[tenderheartusa79 14]

My fiancee was told by another Thai that once you got the case number (BNK) from the State Department you can send the packet 3 forms to the embassy, even though she hasn't gotten packet 3. This would cut one week from the process. Does anyone know if this is true and a good idea?

it doesn't make any sense !!!!!!!!

i think you should wait till they send you the packet 3 so you can send it back to them.

but to send it to them before they send it to you it doesn't make any sense cause they didn't reserve your petition yet so they don't know anything about your petition yet .

i could be wrong and maybe someone else will give you different answer

Good luck and my best wishes for you

[Ban Hammer 13,567]

mbc

[KimandRuss 0]

There is a great Thailand thread here where you will get every answer regarding the Consulate you need.

[rin and john 71]

My fiancee was told by another Thai that once you got the case number (BNK) from the State Department you can send the packet 3 forms to the embassy, even though she hasn't gotten packet 3. This would cut one week from the process. Does anyone know if this is true and a good idea?

You need to make sure the embassy has your petition before sending them the packet 3 forms (actually you send the checklist, passport photos, copy of passport, and DS 230 part 1).

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/k_visa_packet3.pdf

For Rin, I had sent an e-mail to the embassy about two weeks after NVC received it saying she had not received the packet 3. Got a return e-mail the next day saying it had been sent out two days earlier, so we went ahead and sent the checklist, et al. The packet 3 arrived about a week later.

If you send the checklist and the embassy does not yet have the petition from NVC, then it will be discarded. There are instructions on here about finding out when the embassy receives it (although you will need to contact NVC to find out if it has been sent).

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=98172&st=0

best of luck!

John

Edited September 22, 2008 by rin and john

[rin and john 71]

Another thread on tracking your petition from NVC to the embassy.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=139815

[Mononoke28 135]

My fiancee was told by another Thai that once you got the case number (BNK) from the State Department you can send the packet 3 forms to the embassy, even though she hasn't gotten packet 3. This would cut one week from the process. Does anyone know if this is true and a good idea?

You need to make sure the embassy has your petition before sending them the packet 3 forms (actually you send the checklist, passport photos, copy of passport, and DS 230 part 1).

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/k_visa_packet3.pdf

For Rin, I had sent an e-mail to the embassy about two weeks after NVC received it saying she had not received the packet 3. Got a return e-mail the next day saying it had been sent out two days earlier, so we went ahead and sent the checklist, et al. The packet 3 arrived about a week later.

If you send the checklist and the embassy does not yet have the petition from NVC, then it will be discarded. There are instructions on here about finding out when the embassy receives it (although you will need to contact NVC to find out if it has been sent).

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=98172&st=0

best of luck!

John

Great post! And yes, it is the same in Colombia. You don't send the embassy the forms they ask for in packet 3 until you know for sure they have your case. Sending them before that will not help you one bit. But sending them once they receive your case and before they send out packet 3 will save you weeks of waiting.

Diana

[fourholesn1 0]

Thanks John that is exactly what I needed to know. I'll call NVC tonight and see if they have sent the DHL package yet.