While waiting, can I do this?

[ladywhite 0]

Hello there,

I am wondering what I can do while waiting to receive packet 3, hoping to save me at least a couple of weeks of waiting.

I heard that, after knowing my case number and while waiting for my case to travel from NVC to the consulate in BKK, I could fill out a form and a checklist available online and then send them to the consulate in BKK before I actually receive packet 3.

my questions are:

1. Am I allowed to do that?

2. If that is allowed, what form do I fill out? Is it DS-230 part 1?

3. Will that make packet 4 (with the interview date set) come sooner?

Thank you for your help. I am thinking about the visa thing every day and trying to shorten my waiting time if something can be done on my part. We have waited for nearly 2 years to file I-129F because of the restrcition on my part. I don't want to wait any longer than I need to.

I appreciate your help.

[reach449 2]

Hello there,

I am wondering what I can do while waiting to receive packet 3, hoping to save me at least a couple of weeks of waiting.

I heard that, after knowing my case number and while waiting for my case to travel from NVC to the consulate in BKK, I could fill out a form and a checklist available online and then send them to the consulate in BKK before I actually receive packet 3.

my questions are:

1. Am I allowed to do that?

2. If that is allowed, what form do I fill out? Is it DS-230 part 1?

3. Will that make packet 4 (with the interview date set) come sooner?

Thank you for your help. I am thinking about the visa thing every day and trying to shorten my waiting time if something can be done on my part. We have waited for nearly 2 years to file I-129F because of the restrcition on my part. I don't want to wait any longer than I need to.

I appreciate your help.

I believe that you can do everything before packet three arrives. I hired an attorney in BKK and he told me as soon as I get my NOA2, that he will start the process in BKK even before the 129F has arrived at the embassey. He said he has all the forms to do this. I think mostly packet three is instructions on how to get your medical and police report taken care of. There might be more, but I think that is the gist of it. So by the time my 129f has arrived in BKK, my fiancee will have already have her medical and police report done and my attorney will take the completed package directly to the embassey and request an interview date.

Good luck.

reach449

Edited May 12, 2007 by reach449

[Thailand Lovers 0]

I believe that you can do everything before packet three arrives. I hired an attorney in BKK and he told me as soon as I get my NOA2, that he will start the process in BKK even before the 129F has arrived at the embassey. He said he has all the forms to do this. I think mostly packet three is instructions on how to get your medical and police report taken care of. There might be more, but I think that is the gist of it. So by the time my 129f has arrived in BKK, my fiancee will have already have her medical and police report done and my attorney will take the completed package directly to the embassey and request an interview date.

Does this mean that the fiance(e) beneficiary can request an interview date in person at the embassy in Bangkok, as opposed to sending the checklist and DS-230 via snail mail? Does going in person mean she must show all the actual interview documents to prove she's really ready for he interview, as the above quoted post seems to suggest (cf. "take the completed package directly to the embassy")? Specifically we need to know, can she do this after having applied for the police certificate but before receiving it (i.e. during the same trip to Bangkok)? So perhaps I should also ask, how long after the checklist and DS-230 have been submitted is the interview likely to be scheduled?