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Immigrant (includes K1) Visa Appointments Cancelled due to COVID

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zachp   3

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Just as a heads up to anyone going to the process. I emailed yesterday asking if there was a change due to COVID-19. I just got a response that said:

 

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As of March 19, 2020, the United States Embassy and Consulate in Thailand are cancelling Immigrant Visa appointments until further notice.  We will resume routine Immigrant Visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time.  When we resume scheduling appointments, applicants who had their immigrant visa interviews cancelled due to the cessation of operations will be given first priority for rescheduling. 

 

Once we resume Immigrant Visa operations, we will contact you with a new appointment date....

 

Pretty disappointed. We were hoping to be back in the US late May but this could cause a pretty big delay in our plans.

 

Good luck to everyone else out there!

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R. Wolfe   25

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We tried to do our interview a little while ago, but (after she went to the consulate and they went over all the papers) they rescheduled it because her Place of Birth needed to be updated on her DS-160 (we told them this a month ago and they said they fixed it with no need to unseal the webform, but apparently not).

 

So anyway, we made the correction ourselves and they rescheduled the interview for April 1st. Then, of course, today they cancelled everything. What fun.

 

She should have had her visa by now and we'd just be waiting for it to become safe to travel. Instead we have to wait for BKK to descend into whatever hell is coming and then eventually recover enough for the interviews to start up again. Of course by then the six-month window on the medical paperwork could well expire.

 

They've met her, just didn't do the interview. They have all of our paperwork and it's very clear we are in a "real" relationship. I don't know why they can't just do the interview by phone (or waive it altogether) at this point. 

 

 

 

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TBoneTX   45,654

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Sincere sympathies, guys.

All visa interviews worldwide are canceled, for now.

If misery loves company, you have company.

Keep the faith, and be strong.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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