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Hi, just updating my status for any of you who are waiting for your interview date. Our case was DQed at the NVC on June 15 of this year and we just received an interview appointment letter just yesterday. So don't give up hope, the process is moving along.

 

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Steve and Nicha
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I saw on Facebook yesterday that someone with a NOA2 of March 20 got in transit on January 25.  Ready on Feb 1 and interview scheduled on Feb 16 for BKK.

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We got an email (as did it seems like everyone that was cancelled based on the Thai US Visa facebook group) asking us to schedule an appointment for Dec. 23. They showed 50 slots available for each ti

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We got approved one day after (requested Friday, approved Monday), the date you put on your request does not seem to matter much, they will just approve it and then you choose the date that is availab

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On 12/16/2020 at 8:56 PM, dr224 said:

Hi, just updating my status for any of you who are waiting for your interview date. Our case was DQed at the NVC on June 15 of this year and we just received an interview appointment letter just yesterday. So don't give up hope, the process is moving along.

 

edit: we are an IR-1 visa applicant

Congratulations and good luck with the interview.  My wife is DQed on July 27, so hopefully she isn't too far off.

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On 12/19/2020 at 4:44 PM, alcuin said:

Congratulations and good luck with the interview.  My wife is DQed on July 27, so hopefully she isn't too far off.

I just got the interview appt letter today.  Interview scheduled for 2/10, hopefully that means the embassy will be open for the interview? Or is it an automated email that will need to reschedule the appointment... not sure.

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On 1/19/2021 at 8:53 AM, alcuin said:

I just got the interview appt letter today.  Interview scheduled for 2/10, hopefully that means the embassy will be open for the interview? Or is it an automated email that will need to reschedule the appointment... not sure.

Congrats, my wife was dqed October 6th i hope things keep moving at this pace. The embassy briefly closed all services due to covid concerns on the 21rst then reopened the 28th of December.

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On 1/5/2021 at 5:02 PM, Steve and Nicha said:

Has anyone learned anything further on whether the Bangkok embassy is requesting new petitions from the NVC for K1s?  By now, they should be past their canceled interview backlog.

Of course not. They closed down yet again, for a flu like virus (I've had it, that's what it is for most). So frustrating.

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13 hours ago, cbudd1989 said:

Congrats, my wife was dqed October 6th i hope things keep moving at this pace. The embassy briefly closed all services due to covid concerns on the 21rst then reopened the 28th of December.

For IR-1/CR-1 interviews, I have been tracking the interviews that have been reported on one of the facebook groups. They are making quite a bit of progress. There's one person with DQ on 9/1/2020 that got an interview on 2/27/2021. The wait time from DQ to interview date has been dropping. If the the trend continues, your DQ on 10/6 is projected to have an interview on 3/5/2021 (150 days of wait time). Our DQ is on 10/7, so there's light at the end of the tunnel!

 

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12 hours ago, PK_ said:

For IR-1/CR-1 interviews, I have been tracking the interviews that have been reported on one of the facebook groups. They are making quite a bit of progress. There's one person with DQ on 9/1/2020 that got an interview on 2/27/2021. The wait time from DQ to interview date has been dropping. If the the trend continues, your DQ on 10/6 is projected to have an interview on 3/5/2021 (150 days of wait time). Our DQ is on 10/7, so there's light at the end of the tunnel!

 

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That's fantastic news!

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6 hours ago, kappy66 said:

my petition has been forwarded to Bangkok

Fingers crossed...

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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7 hours ago, kappy66 said:

Just received notification from nvc that my petition has been forwarded to Bangkok. My petition sat at NVC since March. Will keep you all updated.

I also just got an email from the NVC saying my case has been forwarded to Bangkok. My NOA2 date was 5/15, quite a bit after yours, so it looks like the embassy decided to request a good portion of the K1 backlog all at once. Hope they start processing them quickly!

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On 1/26/2021 at 12:40 PM, J+J said:

Our case changed to in transit as well yesterday!

I heard that all cases that have been approved (NOA2) last year were shipped...so embassy is about to have a huge caseload if that's true.

If that's true, I hope they have an intelligent way of processing more than a years worth of visas.

 
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