I-129F Petition Approved, but we have 2 more weeks

[thongd4me 69]

I don't have the hard copy in hand yet, but that is imminent.

I have the Affidavit of support & last 3 years tax transcripts here

as well as yearly tax statements for 2007 & 2008 and the last

4 salary statements for 2009.

I just left the hard copy of my employment letter (have a scanned

one here) home. Should I ask to send me another one in Thailand,

as there is time before I leave to have it in hand?

More importantly, as we are here, can we call or email the consulate

about the interview? Her retirement date is not set absolutely but

that looks promising in light of what happened since we met with

her friends at the ministry of education. Things are going to move

faster I gather so I have to what the next single important step

will be.

Thanks to all my friends.

TD4Me

Apologies in advance if this should be in the consular posting area,

but I thought it also qualified under process & procedures.

[thongd4me 69]

I reviewed the post-NOA2 guide again and besides the

employment letter (will request that to be sent to Thailand),

we will be lacking the following for the interview until I

can send it to her from the US when I return:

6. A copy of the NOA2 that you received in the mail.

Question: can the interview be scheduled without this hard copy?

[rsn 135]

I reviewed the post-NOA2 guide again and besides the

employment letter (will request that to be sent to Thailand),

we will be lacking the following for the interview until I

can send it to her from the US when I return:

6. A copy of the NOA2 that you received in the mail.

Question: can the interview be scheduled without this hard copy?

No idea - things at the BKK embassy seem to change often. You should get in touch with someone who had a recent interview and ask them to post the packet 3 checklist/instructions that they received. The forms posted on the embassy's website might not be the latest ones, so you should confirm with someone else first before using them.

[rsn 135]

Note that the NOA2 was not requested by the embassy at all last time I went through. The only thing you needed the NOA2 for was to get the police certificate in Bangkok, and then you only needed a copy.

[thongd4me 69]

Note that the NOA2 was not requested by the embassy at all last time I went through. The only thing you needed the NOA2 for was to get the police certificate in Bangkok, and then you only needed a copy.

Thanks Ray for the 2 replies; I often saw notes about the Police Certificate but didn't realize

the NOA2 certificate was required for that. I'll check the Thailand portal for recent interviewees

for the recent checklist as well as the consulate reporting area.

[Ning 619]

Note that the NOA2 was not requested by the embassy at all last time I went through. The only thing you needed the NOA2 for was to get the police certificate in Bangkok, and then you only needed a copy.

Thanks Ray for the 2 replies; I often saw notes about the Police Certificate but didn't realize

the NOA2 certificate was required for that. I'll check the Thailand portal for recent interviewees

for the recent checklist as well as the consulate reporting area.

Your copy of the employment letter will suffice.

I think you can use anything that indicates she will have interview to get the police cert. In our case we didnt need anything at all but people here on V J have reported they needed something.

Cases sent by NVC to BKK first go to the consulate section not directly to the embassy section. This is why the embassy at times reports they do not have the case when people are sure it should be in Thailand. It is also the reason for a delay in the embassies reaction to cases. It takes 3 days to a week just to transfer cases.

When you know your NVC case number contact the consulate section. It is directly across the street from the embassy in the bottom of the high rise. Contact the duty officer. I did this by email.Keep in mind the consulate section will not answer questions about the actual visa process.

Your interview will be schedualed only after the P 3 is at the embassy section. You can check the current interview schedual by finding it on their web site. The embassy sees about 700 cases per month. Many of those are not immigration based but still require the officers time. This is why it can take 30 to 60 days to get an interview date. There was one case reported here on V J that they said took only 2 weeks to get the interview. When you see the interview schedual you will see how unusual that must have been.

If you want to call the embassy about visa related matters it is best to go to a Thai post office & buy pin number which allows a certian number of calls. This gets you past the canned answers & delays.

[thongd4me 69]

Your copy of the employment letter will suffice.

Thanks

I think you can use anything that indicates she will have interview to get the police cert. In our case we didnt need anything at all but people here on V J have reported they needed something.

We'll work through that somehow; I expect the NOA2 copy in Thailand within a week

Cases sent by NVC to BKK first go to the consulate section not directly to the embassy section. This is why the embassy at times reports they do not have the case when people are sure it should be in Thailand. It is also the reason for a delay in the embassies reaction to cases. It takes 3 days to a week just to transfer cases.

When you know your NVC case number contact the consulate section. It is directly across the street from the embassy in the bottom of the high rise. Contact the duty officer. I did this by email.Keep in mind the consulate section will not answer questions about the actual visa process.

I emailed the NVC (hoping to get any information they could provide, giving

our names & birthdates) but so far they haven't replied, only acknowleged my inquiry.

Your interview will be schedualed only after the P 3 is at the embassy section. You can check the current interview schedual by finding it on their web site. The embassy sees about 700 cases per month. Many of those are not immigration based but still require the officers time. This is why it can take 30 to 60 days to get an interview date. There was one case reported here on V J that they said took only 2 weeks to get the interview. When you see the interview schedual you will see how unusual that must have been.

Thanks

If you want to call the embassy about visa related matters it is best to go to a Thai post office & buy pin number which allows a certian number of calls. This gets you past the canned answers & delays.

We shouldn't have a problem calling; she has 2 cell phones.