QUOTE(MR2nice @ Nov 17 2007, 01:30 PM)

Good news this morning. I received an email from HCM Embassy (see below). I've already filled out the form ahead of time so she will submit it directly to the Embassy first thing Monday morning. Hopefully this will save a couple of weeks instead of waiting for the snail mail to arrive. Hopefully we'll get the interview date soon.
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We have received your fiancee's case from the National Visa Center.
Her case number is HCMxxxxxxxxxx.
We sent your fiancee an Instruction Package (Packet 3) on November 17.
The packet was sent to the following address:
xxxxx
Your fiancee is requested to return the completed DS-230 Part I to us as soon as possible. We cannot schedule your fiancee for a visa interview until we receive this form. If your fiancee has not yet received the
packet after one month of the mailing date, she can come to our office to pick-up a packet in-person or contact us to request that we mail another packet.
If you have further inquiries, please do not delete your original email with all correspondence.
Sincerely,
Information Unit Staff
Consular Section
U.S. Consulate General HCMC
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Congratulations Mr2nice! Must be a great feeling to be so close. I am not to far behind you. It looks like it took 11 days from NVC to the embassy sending you the email. NVC sent my petition on 11/15, so
hopefully the embassy will have it by the end of this week.
Did you send an email to the embassy, or did they send it on their own? Unfortunately, the embassy in Thailand does not send a notification when they receive the petition, they just send out packet 3. I will send them an email at the end of the week to see what is happening. Like you, I already have the necessary packet 3 forms completed and ready to go.
Good luck!