Bangkok Embassy Packet 3 Content

[SanFrancisco-BKK 0]

So, what is the latest consensus on the list of documents to be send back to Bangkok Embassy in respond to Packet 3? From all the reading I have the following:

1. DS 230 Part 1

2. DS 156 Online version with bar code

3. DS 156K

4. Two photographs (2'x2')

5. Copy of the passport

6. Check list.

Did I miss anything?

I know that she will need much more documents to the interview.

TIA

[nycandrewusa 0]

So, what is the latest consensus on the list of documents to be send back to Bangkok Embassy in respond to Packet 3? From all the reading I have the following:

1. DS 230 Part 1

2. DS 156 Online version with bar code

3. DS 156K

4. Two photographs (2'x2')

5. Copy of the passport

6. Check list.

Did I miss anything?

I know that she will need much more documents to the interview.

TIA

Hello People:

We just got our K1-Fiance Visa approved! at the US Embassy in Bangkok. I studied and read this web site for many hours before and the many experiences. It gave me some insight and helped in our progress. So now, just for good luck, and for good Karma, I will put some advice on the board:

#1. Make sure that your Thai finance’s Birth Certificate and House Residence paper be translated and “stamped certified” by Thai immigration. I read on this website someone wrote that the translation is only needed for when you get to the US, that the translation can be done in the usa, that all you need for the interview is the originals.>That’s wrong! Yes you need the originals and you need to get it translated now, before the interview. Also get it stamped by the Thai Govt. Have the translated copies ready for the Thai woman who screens all paper work, before you get to the American who will interview your fiancé. My girlfriend did it the day before the interview, by luck we got it done, because we found out from the translation store across from the consulate at the last minute that it is needed. That Thai woman at window 5 was ready to reject us because she thought we didn’t have them.

#2. The DS-156 must be filled out online on the US govt. website. Their not going to take handwritten filled forms. Even though the form says type or print, they wanted it typed on the website and then printed out with the barcode. You must have the barcode! You see I made the mistake of just printing out the form out from the US govt. website, then we filled it out by hand, with black ink pen. -Wrong! If you do this they are going to make you go to the two computers inside the consulate, go back to the website, fill out all the information online, then press “continue” and it will check it, and then print it out. This delayed us for almost 2 hours. First of all there are two computers set up like ATM’s inside the consulate. It takes about 30 minutes to enter all the info again, so you have to wait on line for the people in front of you. Each person takes about 30 minutes, so if there are 1 or 2 people in front of you, you might be waiting more than an hour to use the computer. Many Thai people can’t read the English or don’t know how to use the computer so there are delays. The Chinese woman next to me said she had no idea you got to fill out this form online; neither did I. It was not clear in the instructions. Because they send the old DS-156 form to you with package 3, then there is a letter that tells you that you got to go to the website and print out the new form, but it is not so clear in saying that you got to fill out the form on line before you print it out. So I would suggest that you fill out the info online at home in comfort on your computer.

PS – I read on the Thailand thread on this website that someone wrote you don’t really need the barcode, that the Thai women just rips that last page off. -That’s wrong! You need that bar code and its got to be all filled out.

#3 You need to have the Affidavit of support notarized, if you’re outside the US no problem. The consulate will do it for you. It costs $30.dollars. Make sure you bring some money. I saw a lady who didn’t come with enough money to get her notary so she had to go back to her hotel, but the consulate closes at 2pm. I was going to get my W-2 tax forms notarized, but the woman at the window said its not really necessary at this embassy, she says she never sees that request, each stamp would have been $30. Dollars! 3 US tax forms would have been almost $100. Dollars!

#4. You need to go to the post office across the street from the consulate, behind the Sidhorn building to pay $100. dollars in order to pay for your K-1 Visa. You cannot pay for your K-1 at the consulate. Just go into the post office and tell them you need to pay K-1 Visa American Embassy, they will understand, they will give you a receipt. I paid with Thai Baht. 3600 baht. You might want to do that before you go in for the interview. Otherwise your going to have to go back out, climb stairs over the walkway bridge over the street, then go back, in through security again. Bring money or you will have to search for an ATM. I paid almost $200. dollars for my petition, so I thought that covered the Visa too, not so, the visa is extra, that is separate from the petition costs. The consulate is a different US dept. than the dept. in the US.

#5 The people at the US embassy do have a human side to them. Its not like they are robots with no hearts. They are not looking to knock you down and reject people. They are not overly obsessive with details that would make it almost impossible for anyone to get a Visa. There was a sense of fairness during the whole process. We were there for about 4 hours total.

OK, BROTHERS AND SISTERS! I HOPE THIS HELPS SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE.

PEACE AND LOVE

ANDREW