Cambodian VJ Thread

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Our USCIS 4 month window to get a visa is up today. 8-8-2007. I have just done a 3rd IV inquiry, and will do it once week til I hear something from these people. We have only received one email communication from P.P. since 4-9-2007 I797 approval. NOA 2.

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I think you should give DOS a call. I got more info from them than the embassy in PP. Just hand in there.

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I think you should give DOS a call. I got more info from them than the embassy in PP. Just hand in there.

I totally 2nd what Lace said. I've gotten much more info from DOS than I ever did from PP embassy. I had asked the DOS about the validity date given on the NOA2 and they told me that it is extended as needed and it's nothing to worry about. Here's a summary of my experience with the embassy since NVC sent our papers to PP:

5/29 NVC sends to PP Embassy

6/2 delivered by DHL

6/25 fiancee sent packet 3 to embassy from the PP post office

7/9 to 7/27 send several emails(once a week) asking if they have any information and i told them i sent packet 3 already.

7/29 I finally get an email response saying they "Your case has just arrived the post here."

8/1 mailed packet 3 to embassy again from the PP post office

8/1 DOS told me that packet 3 has been mailed to my fiance.

8/6 DOS told me that our packet 3 has been approved and awaiting interview date to be scheduled!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should try sending your packet 3 again just to play it safe and by all means send them emails. Sometimes I'd send 2 emails per week. I only received one response from them on 7/29. As soon as we get an interview scheduled I'll be on my way back to Her!!!!

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Hi guys, thanks for the encouragement...I have thought about calling the dos, just dont do it....Are using this number? 202-663-1225? or 603-334-0700?

That is very interesting imformation there NT. The noa2 and timeline worry. You postal mailed pack 3 again? Why? As you can read back in the thread, we got ours out July 18. Thea mailed it from a PP post office. She does not live that far from the embassy. And the dos told you pack 3 had been mailed to yr fiancee? How long does it take.....in PP?

And the dos said yr pack 3 had been approved? It has to be approved? Geeezzz.....Very interesting. Thanks for the reply....Makes me feel better....

So the embassy is communicating with the dos, but not the petioners or appllicants.....

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Hi guys, thanks for the encouragement...I have thought about calling the dos, just dont do it....Are using this number? 202-663-1225? or 603-334-0700?

That is very interesting imformation there NT. The noa2 and timeline worry. You postal mailed pack 3 again? Why? As you can read back in the thread, we got ours out July 18. Thea mailed it from a PP post office. She does not live that far from the embassy. And the dos told you pack 3 had been mailed to yr fiancee? How long does it take.....in PP?

And the dos said yr pack 3 had been approved? It has to be approved? Geeezzz.....Very interesting. Thanks for the reply....Makes me feel better....

So the embassy is communicating with the dos, but not the petioners or appllicants.....

I've been calling the 202.663.1225 ext.100 and I find that the best time to call is early or late in the day otherwise you'll have at least a 10 to 15 minute wait. We decided to mail packet 3 again just to be on the safe side because at the time we had no response to all the emails I sent asking if they have received the papers from NVC, if packet 3 has been sent, or if packet 3 has been received. I saw that Lace tried sending again so I thought we'd give a try also. Except that we did not use Pyramid because they wanted to redo the forms themselves and I was confident there was nothing wrong with the packet 3 i put together. I'm not Cambodian but one of my best friends at work is Cambodian and has been helping me so I knew we had everything right. My fiancee also lives in PP so it's been convenient for her to mail stuff cuz the post office is not far from her beauty school she's attending. Yes the DOS told me that packet 3 had been mailed to her and on the same day she mailed packet 3 for the 2nd time and it was just coincidence. I don't know how long it takes to receive packet 3. I previously got emailed packet 3 from a fellow member here back in late May I think.

The DOS told me that as the papers make their way through the embassy, the information is updated in the DOS computers. So it's best to call the DOS to get updates because you'll most likely not get any info from the embassy via email. It was crazy to get an email on July 29 from the PP embassy stating they finally received the papers from the NVC. I called DHL and found out that our papers had been delivered to PP embassy on June 2.

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Got it NT, thanks for yr help. Am not Khmer either.

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well I see I am gonna have to leave work a half hr early.....they close 5:00 est that would be 4:00 cst. I get home from work at 4:00pm cst.... I am outa here in the morning at 6:00am....

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Well I got a hold of the DOS. A lady told me that the consulate did postal mail a packet 3 on July 13th to the both of us. She said her imformation shows that one of them was returned for a invalid address. She cannot tell which one it is. Both of our addresses are good, nothing wrong there. And niether one of us has received a thing from the consulate. Our July 18 postal mailed pack 3 does not show up in her computer as being received or approved. So....What to do with this immigration unit in P.P. Seems they have total lack of respect when trying to communicate with a K1 parties that are waiting for instructions that the DOS said you will receive soon

The lady was friendly and understands our situation and told me to email them everyday, give me the phone number and told me to call them. And to resend pack 3. She also said that I could ask them to email a pack 3. All this trying to get a pack 3, when we already have one and sent it in......I just dont get it.

Jeff

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Your packet 3 is most likely sitting at someone's desk at the Embassy. They appear to do them in batches and update their system all at once. Meaning, once it stacks up is when they decide to update their system. Again, I am only speculating here.

It took over 4 months for the physical packet 3 to arrive to my us address in the US. Despite what they say they only mail the physical packet 3 to the USC. Take the lady's advice and email them. You want to be very specific in the email with dates. When you mailed packet 3, when the post office said they would arrive, and why is it taking them so long to get to it? The email does go into their system as when I called DOS the lady saw the entry. Basically, make it look as they are not doing their job and that the ball is in their court. That's politics for you.

From reading your post it *could* appear as the Embassy already send you the packet 3 and the ball is in your court.

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Lace, if the consulate is only sending out "1" pack 3, that would be to me, then it would be my address that was invalid. And this would be impossible. My address is very simple rural america with my own mailbox at the end of the driveway. If it got to my town post office, it would get to me. The lady at the dos says that the consulate may have thought this case has been abandon, because os the invalid address, and may not be working on it at all. Then the ball is in no court.

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Example of invalid address:

Your Address

123 George Street

Springfield, IL

What They Type

123 Gworge Street

Springfield, IL

Or

321 Gwobe Street

Springfield, IL

Or

123 George Street

Sprlmgfewld, IL

Yes, they can make typo. My street address was mistyped. They put a "w" instead of "e". My city was also misspelled. The post office was still able to find my location anyways. I would just ask them to email packet 3 to you and send it again. The Embassy in PP is a pain to deal with.

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Got another pack 3 postal mailed july 16 (cambodia 16). Been emailing the consulate everyday.......

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Above message should read August 16th.

But I have made contact with them Today I received an email from them stating they recieved ds-230 part 1 but not a completed I93 checklist......Qrazy, thea says she put all the stuff in the envelope and sent it. Heres what they said:

Thanks for your emails. We received the completed DS-230 Part 1 on August 20, 2007. However, we also need a completed visa checklist (I-93), too prior scheduling an appointment. You may send us the completed checklist by email attachment.

So? Completed means check marks on the checklist of the parts that apply to you? It was done. And she signed and dated it. And anyone who will accompany her to the inerview. Her son. Maybe they mean they dont have it. I dunno. This what a weeks worth of emails everyday does.

Regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

US Embassy Phnom Penh

#1, St. 96, Sangkat Wat Phnom,

Khan Doun Penh, Phnom Penh

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Above message should read August 16th.

But I have made contact with them Today I received an email from them stating they recieved ds-230 part 1 but not a completed I93 checklist......Qrazy, thea says she put all the stuff in the envelope and sent it. Heres what they said:

Thanks for your emails. We received the completed DS-230 Part 1 on August 20, 2007. However, we also need a completed visa checklist (I-93), too prior scheduling an appointment. You may send us the completed checklist by email attachment.

So? Completed means check marks on the checklist of the parts that apply to you? It was done. And she signed and dated it. And anyone who will accompany her to the inerview. Her son. Maybe they mean they dont have it. I dunno. This what a weeks worth of emails everyday does.

Regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

US Embassy Phnom Penh

#1, St. 96, Sangkat Wat Phnom,

Khan Doun Penh, Phnom Penh

Once they receive everything and clear you for an interview be prepared to wait even more someone to schedule the interview. We're now headed into week 3 waiting to be scheduled an interview!! Maybe I should email everyday to get a response also. I've been sending emails once a week.

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Nt, Thea is gonna print sign scan and send to them today. Maybe that is the way these people like it, bug them to death till you get an answer.....email them everyday.

At least we know now they have not forgot about us...

J.