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My fiancee will be traveling with her cousin who live and work in thai. I gave her the direction and number of the hospital and the post office name. And they're gonna find themselve a guide who will take them to places they needed to. Cost around $13 a day. How much does the hotel cost around there? I hope that she have enought money to travel though. Wow we just found out today that to go into Thai you'll need a visa or passport stamp at Phnom Penh. they said that should take about 3 days to get it back. Hopefully she'll get her visa by the time of the appointment.

One more thing does my fiancee need to get a Police Report done in thailand too? I just don't see any reason why. Someone on this thread mentioned to me about writing down the police station, us embassy, and etc. Just curiouse. man now that we got an interview date, days seems to be passing by quick. Don't have time to rest.

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My fiancee will be traveling with her cousin who live and work in thai. I gave her the direction and number of the hospital and the post office name. And they're gonna find themselve a guide who will take them to places they needed to. Cost around $13 a day. How much does the hotel cost around there? I hope that she have enought money to travel though. Wow we just found out today that to go into Thai you'll need a visa or passport stamp at Phnom Penh. they said that should take about 3 days to get it back. Hopefully she'll get her visa by the time of the appointment.

One more thing does my fiancee need to get a Police Report done in thailand too? I just don't see any reason why. Someone on this thread mentioned to me about writing down the police station, us embassy, and etc. Just curiouse. man now that we got an interview date, days seems to be passing by quick. Don't have time to rest.

I stayed at the SC Park Hotel for around 1200 Baht or $30USD per nite, and it was pretty nice with air conditioning, and a very nice breafast buffet for about 150 Baht or $4USD. Any 'good' taxi knows where the US Embassy is, and can easily find the hospital too. You might as well have her go by and pay her visa fee at the post office too, $4000 Baht, or about $100 USD. She only needs to get police certifications from any country she has lived in, countries she's just visited on tourist visas dont count.

Bill

Edited December 3, 2006 by TucsonBill

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Hey thanx a lot. Hopefully everything will be ok.

While I'm expecting the packet 4 to arrive here in the state right before the interview date. Does anyone have the packet 4 scan. I heard that packet 4 contain the list of order on how they wanted the paper works to be present. I've been reading that on the day of the interview, you have to turn in the application in. Are they talking about the packet 3 paperwork? At what window exactly, cuz I been getting mix messages. Some said it's window 1 and 2 and the other said at window 5 and 6. Which one, really. Just trying to get a head's up before time.

Thanx'all

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Hey thanx a lot. Hopefully everything will be ok.

While I'm expecting the packet 4 to arrive here in the state right before the interview date. Does anyone have the packet 4 scan. I heard that packet 4 contain the list of order on how they wanted the paper works to be present. I've been reading that on the day of the interview, you have to turn in the application in. Are they talking about the packet 3 paperwork? At what window exactly, cuz I been getting mix messages. Some said it's window 1 and 2 and the other said at window 5 and 6. Which one, really. Just trying to get a head's up before time.

Thanx'all

I am not sure how it works for Cambodia, but for Thailand, I posted the entire packet 3 contents to this thread a few pages back. I tried taking the packet 3 forms directly to the Embassy, but they would not accept them and said I had to mail them in so I sent them in via EMS (confirmed next day delivery). I have not gotten my packet 4 yet, but when it comes I'll post its contents as well.

Bill

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OK - As I noted earlier, it appears that the US Embassy in Bangkok honored my request to open a provisional file as Pao received her Packet 3, 4 days after I faxed the request, and I am fairly certain the file had not yet arrived from the NVC yet. It appears that she he got a second packet 3 when the file made it to Bangkok, and the packets differed ONLY SLIGHTLY. The second packet included a 'letter' personally address do Pao, (real name Sarewan) - in which I have blacked out the more personally identifiable information. The letter also lists her daugher, Sabrena, as she plans to accompany Pao.

The second item included in the second packet 3 that was not included in the first packet three, were the instructions for completing the visa application itself online as is required now, as it must be prited out with a bar code. Other new instructions, as indicated in my last post that were included in the first packet 3, regarded the mailing of the passport style photos along with photo copies of the photo pages of the passports for Pao and Sabrena, (and of course the checklist and biograhpic data forms).

Therfore, I have now updated my post of the packet 3 contents to include a copy of both addtional peices that came with the second packet 3 that were not included in the first packet 3 we received. Here are the links again:

http://members.visi.net/~soxrox/Packet3-Bangkok-TIF.zip

or

http://members.visi.net/~soxrox/Packet3-Bangkok-PDF.zip

The TIF archive are high resolution scans and is about 2.5 MB and the PDF archive (converted) is about 1.5 MB.

Bill

Edited December 3, 2006 by TucsonBill

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I am not sure how it works for Cambodia, but for Thailand, I posted the entire packet 3 contents to this thread a few pages back. I tried taking the packet 3 forms directly to the Embassy, but they would not accept them and said I had to mail them in so I sent them in via EMS (confirmed next day delivery). I have not gotten my packet 4 yet, but when it comes I'll post its contents as well.

Bill

Thanx bill

And wow it's been like more than a month and I haven't got out packet 3 yet. Imagine how long it would take for me to recieve the packet 4.

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And wow it's been like more than a month and I haven't got out packet 3 yet. Imagine how long it would take for me to recieve the packet 4.

Yeah, I second the "Where is packet 3??" and the "Thanks, Bill!".

Thanks for posting the packet 3 contents. Still haven't seen packet 3 here either and the embassy received the case on Nov 6.

We sent in the checklist, the DS-230 Part 1(signed), passport photo page copy and the photos on Nov 27 based upon examination of Bill's posted documents. We also included a cover letter asking that the interview date be scheduled before my visa expires in January. I am in Thailand and will have to play some games to try to get my visa extended so it really is a concern. If the interview isn't before then, My fiance will have to travel alone, etc. So just today, she got a phone call from the embassy with a interview date of Dec 21! They didint email or anything yet, just a phone call to her mobile.

Thanks again , Bill and hang in there for interview date. It will have to come pretty soon.

Evolution, If I get a packet 4 at all, I also will upload the docs as Bill has done.

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Evolution, If I get a packet 4 at all, I also will upload the docs as Bill has done.

Thanx alot

Tomorrow will be week number 3 for our packet 4 and it's we will be in week number 6 for our packet 3. Man it's a good thing I sent in those downloaded version of packet 3, or else I won't be seeing our interview date anytime soon. I don't know if I should email them about packet 3 not being here yet and ask them how long will it take for packet 4 to arrive.

Edited December 4, 2006 by EVOLUTION`

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Evolution, If I get a packet 4 at all, I also will upload the docs as Bill has done.

Thanx alot

Tomorrow will be week number 3 for our packet 4 and it's we will be in week number 6 for our packet 3. Man it's a good thing I sent in those downloaded version of packet 3, or else I won't be seeing our interview date anytime soon. I don't know if I should email them about packet 3 not being here yet and ask them how long will it take for packet 4 to arrive.

Now that's frustrating, you returned your packet 3 forms on Nov 15 and are STILL waiting for the interview date? Did you check to see if your BNK number showed up on the Ebassy website appointment schddule yet?

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/services/visa/IVschedule.htm

I was checking timelines for the Bangkok embassy for recent people who had interviews scheduled, and they normally received their intervew date about 10 days after they returned thier packet 3 forms. Now all the sudden we have people waiting upwards of 3 weeks? What gives? I'd send them an email to bkkembassy@state.gov, put "2nd IV inquiry, BNKxxxxxxxxxx, NAME OF BENEFICIARY" on the subject line and ask them when you should expect your interview date.

This is very frustrating, here I though we'd made it to the last step of this process of getting her visa, and now they're slow as the CSC. Looks like these latest 'new proceedures' intended to speed things up, have had the exact opposite effect.

Maybe if I'd stayed in Thailand they'd have given me our interview date too.

Bill

Edited December 4, 2006 by TucsonBill

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Now that's frustrating, you returned your packet 3 forms on Nov 15 and are STILL waiting for the interview date? Did you check to see if your BNK number showed up on the Ebassy website appointment schddule yet?

Evolution has his interview date, don't you? Bill, I think you are the sole thread poster waiting for the interview now.

Maybe if I'd stayed in Thailand they'd have given me our interview date too.

Bill

I don't think it was me being in Thailand solely that got us the interview quickly, but I do think the letter requesting expedition due to my Thailand visa probably did it. They seem pretty responsive to particular situations. Bill, have you shot them any emails recently? I saw that they just updated the IV schedule also.

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Ya. I sent one email after the first week trying to confirm receipt and they tried to say they had not recived it. I sent a second email after Pao got the name and date it was delivered (Nov 22) and they confirmed receipt - that was a week ago. I just fired off a 3rd but no reply yet.

Bill

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yea I got my interview alread.

Bill try using 4th inquiry instead of 2nd inquiry as the subject line. They replied to me within 20 minute.

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YAY! Finally - got our interview date, Jan 24th - that late in the month kinda sucks but at least we're on the schedule now We have our 'NON-legally binding ceremony set for Feb 17, and she WANTED to give 30 days advance notice to her employer, but she does not think it will be a problem that she wont be able to now... oh well!

Thanks everyone for your help and advice!

Bill

Edited December 6, 2006 by TucsonBill

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Good Luck to all for the interview!!

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Alright, congrad to you bill and your fiancee.