Interview Date and New Tax Year Questions

[MikMac 0]

Hi,

I'm applying for a CR-1 visa, handed in packet 3, and been set an interview date in Bangkok for 5th April. However, I'm meant to be going on holiday to the Philippines the following day, so the questions I have are:

 

Can I attend the interview, and if my visa is granted, keep my passport, go on holiday for a week, then mail the passport back to the IV unit at the embassy for them to process the visa into my passport? Or do they have to keep the passport there and then at the interview?

Alternatively,

If I was to re-schedule the interview, the interview date would highly likely be after 18th April (Songkran holidays for the country), which would technically mean, the most recent tax transcripts we submitted (2015), would no longer be the most recent, 2016 tax transcripts would be. If i took this route, would we need to submit the new tax transcripts (which would be a hassle I'm keen to avoid as we used a joint sponsor too)?

 

Last option would be to cancel my holiday, which I'm also keen to avoid.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

 

 

[Haltom Family 40]

On 3/9/2017 at 11:25 AM, MikMac said:

Hi,

I'm applying for a CR-1 visa, handed in packet 3, and been set an interview date in Bangkok for 5th April. However, I'm meant to be going on holiday to the Philippines the following day, so the questions I have are:

 

Can I attend the interview, and if my visa is granted, keep my passport, go on holiday for a week, then mail the passport back to the IV unit at the embassy for them to process the visa into my passport? Or do they have to keep the passport there and then at the interview?

Alternatively,

If I was to re-schedule the interview, the interview date would highly likely be after 18th April (Songkran holidays for the country), which would technically mean, the most recent tax transcripts we submitted (2015), would no longer be the most recent, 2016 tax transcripts would be. If i took this route, would we need to submit the new tax transcripts (which would be a hassle I'm keen to avoid as we used a joint sponsor too)?

 

Last option would be to cancel my holiday, which I'm also keen to avoid.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

 

 

Hi Mike, thank you for sharing your journey.  But I believe you already know what is the best thing to do, and what to prioritize.  You just need to make a choice.  Hope this helps. And Congratulations, you're almost there.