Bangkok embassy asking for DS160 payment receipt

[BrandonJT 0]

My fiance had an interview in Bangkok last week, and was sent away for a few additional documents. No problem for most of them. Have a new appointment next week already. But there is one thing they said that I'm still confused about.

 

They wrote down the things that were needed, and one of the things they wrote was that they needed a receipt for payment of the DS160. Underneath this they wrote "ustraveldocs."

 

That doesn't make sense to me, because my fiance had the appointment confirmation printed that includes the MRV fee payments section and the barcodes. In the MRV fee payment section is the Receipt Number. I logged into USTravelDocs again to reschedule the appointment which redirects to usvisascheduling when you login, but there's nothing about anywhere to get a receipt. I even sent an inquiry through their system on the usvisascheduling saying what the embassy officer said and wrote, and the response they gave makes it seem like we already have what we need for that.

 

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Thank you for writing to the U.S. Visa Service Desk.

 

We understand that you wish to retrieve a copy of the Consular fee receipt for your interview.

When you have scheduled your appointment with the Consular fee receipt number for the visa fee you have paid, please print a copy of the Appointment Confirmation letter and bring it with you together with DS-160 form, passports and other supporting documents when you attend your interview. You will note that the receipt number is annotated/registered in the said Appointment Confirmation letter for your scheduled appointment. You may not need to bring a copy of the Consular fee receipt.

 

We hope this information is helpful to you.

 

 

 

Based on that, we already had that in the documents when we went to the appointment. I can print the e-mail receipt I got when I made a credit card payment, but that doesn't have any of my fiance's information on it, it just shows my information since it was my credit card.

 

The embassy instructions don't show the credit card option in the packet and only talk about paying in person at a bank, but I know the packet is outdated (June 2022) as it also mentions mailing in documents which is no longer done.  There are other places on the embassy website that talk about paying your DS160 fee by ETF payment, but nowhere can I find mention of credit card payment.  Would the system have given me an option to pay by credit card if the embassy doesn't accept that payment method?

 

I've attached the receipt I received in my e-mail, as well as the appointment confirmation which shows the same receipt number that was attached as part of the registration for the appointment in the usvisascheduling website. 

 

Anyone have any ideas on what they are asking for? 

I know my fiance has to bring the appointment confirmation, but I will send the e-mail receipt as well I guess.

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