SAWASDEE 3 (2009 Thai thread restarted)

[daboyz 36]

I did a date calculation from NOA1 to the "touch" yesterday. It was 109 days or 3 months and 19 days. It seems so odd that many, many other timelines I have seen have been almost the EXACT same processing time (within a day or so). It makes me wonder if they process the K-1's by due date as primary and FIFO as secondary. The reason I say this is 2 fold. Large companies are VERY dependent on stats / metrics to track operational activities. Secondly I remember reading the articles on VJ about the former USCIS employee. He indicated the top priority was meeting whatever performance metrix they had established. If you think about it the 110 days would give just enough time to process apps within any 4 month window which is what the metrix currently is.

I know not everyone gets it within that time-frame but if they just shoot for xx% that might explain the coincidence.

When I was waiting for my NOA2, I used to drive myself crazy trying trying to predict when I would get it. I had a NOA1 date for the I-129F of April 14, 2008. My NOA2 was dated Sept. 5, 2008. Birch Beer had NOA1 of May 12, 2008, but he didn't get his NOA2 until January 7, 2009, four months after me. So there's really no rhyme or reason to any of this.

[daboyz 36]

I find it shocking that a convicted criminal, who is hiding in exile, can destroy a countries reputation. I hope the King intervenes in this.

The King can not intervenes as it will be as Thaksin plans. He wants to be a king himself... and will use any movement from the king and twisted as the king is intervene in his 'democrazy'.

I'm really sad... really really sad..

I don't want to get into politics so i'll just say this. I hope they don't take over the airports!!! They can after my wife leaves the country, then i don't care.

I would be more concerned about airlines not even flying there due to lack of demand. What businessman or tourist wants to deal with that mess.

[daboyz 36]

I find it shocking that a convicted criminal, who is hiding in exile, can destroy a countries reputation. I hope the King intervenes in this.

The King can not intervenes as it will be as Thaksin plans. He wants to be a king himself... and will use any movement from the king and twisted as the king is intervene in his 'democrazy'.

I'm really sad... really really sad..

In one sentence Thaksin claims to love Thailand, in the next he asks his supporters to destroy Thailand. Meanwhile the Thai people suffer because of his huge ego. Kinda odd how a convicted criminal can muster this kind of support.

[daboyz 36]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnzwdWFeNpw

[Danno2 0]

I've been researching and updating my Bangkok Embassy Packet 3 Checklist based upon the latest instructions from the Bangkok embassy. Can you take a look and see if I have missed anything?

I'm glad we were working on this over the last few months. This is ALLOT of work and organization to get this right the first time.

[scandal 951]

This is getting really scary, and sad.

State of Emergency. Rioting. Thousands in the streets in Bangkok.

Thaksin threatening a "revolution".

I know these things always seem worse from abroad than when you are close by.

I was in Thailand last fall when they were protesting, and for the most part the commercial/tourist districts were not affected.

You wouldn't know anything was really going on unless you turned on the news.

My sense is that it's much worse this time, much more widespread.

I'm hoping to talk to my fiancee in ~ hour or so, and get her view.

Anybody currently in BKK who can give an eye on the street view of the situation?

[scandal 951]

I've been researching and updating my Bangkok Embassy Packet 3 Checklist based upon the latest instructions from the Bangkok embassy. Can you take a look and see if I have missed anything?

I'm glad we were working on this over the last few months. This is ALLOT of work and organization to get this right the first time.

Danny,

Your Google document is locked.

It's telling me that I'm not granted permission to open it.

[Danno2 0]

Danny,

Your Google document is locked. It's telling me that I'm not granted permission to open it.

I hate it when I do that. It should be fixed now. Bangkok Embassy Packet 3 Checklist

[Danno2 0]

Chada's in Chiang Rai for the holidays and didn't know what was going on in Bangkok. She did mention they ran into the red shirts when they were at a festival but didn't say anything else.

In reading the Bangkok post this morning it worried me as well. Besides the political turmoil 95 people have died in car accidents over the last few day. 30+% were due to drunk driving.

[bill13060 0]

Chada's in Chiang Rai for the holidays and didn't know what was going on in Bangkok. She did mention they ran into the red shirts when they were at a festival but didn't say anything else.

In reading the Bangkok post this morning it worried me as well. Besides the political turmoil 95 people have died in car accidents over the last few day. 30+% were due to drunk driving.

drunk driving will do it every time. my wife lives next to a major road in the north and two teenage boys were killed last week when thier moped got hit by a big truck. after the big truck hit the boys it went on to hit a parked car that was just two weeks old and then it went it the ditch and hit a tree. It took two big tow trucks all day to get the truck out of the ditch. My wife wanted to buy some land in the exact place the truck had it's accident and i told her that it was to dangerous to buy there and we would look for another piece of land to buy thats not near the road. it's to noisy living next to that road any way with all the traffic.

[daboyz 36]

Tanks mobilised in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Tanks have been mobilised in parts of Bangkok as part of the government's policy to maintain order under the state of emergency as declared by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday afternoon.

Army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the announcement of the state of emergency did not mean that the authority to implement the policy would rest in the hands of the army. He said the military was a part of the effort to enforce the policy, which also included police.

Implementing the Emergency Decree, which was declared in Bangkok and some districts of Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya, means that authorities now had to mobilise to take care of and guard key installations and centres in Bangkok.

He said that this comprised of about 50 spots in Bangkok. Asked about the role of tanks which were spotted in certain areas of Bangkok such as the Pratunam area, Col Sansern said that certain equipment had to be deployed to enforce the state of emergency and restore order.

Col Sansern said key spots across the city where authorities would focus on are key intersections in the city which had in the past been blocked by red shirt protestors, key government installations, ministries, government offices, banks and department stores.

He added that in spots where taxis had blocked intersections, authorities would need to deploy equipment to remove the vehicles and if necessary arrest those responsible for the blockages.

The spokesman said that in the past security authorities had avoided confrontation or the use of force to maintain peace against protestors. He said that now that the state of emergency had been announced, it was time to act.

Earlier, Prime Minister Abhisit's limousine was blocked and attacked by United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protestors at the Interior Ministry. The prime minister's car was able to break through the protestors who had broken into the ministry grounds by crashing through the ministry gates.

-- Bangkok Post 2009-04-12

[scandal 951]

Danny,

Your Google document is locked. It's telling me that I'm not granted permission to open it.

I hate it when I do that. It should be fixed now. Bangkok Embassy Packet 3 Checklist

Thanks Danny.

Looks good! Of course, the checklist will vary based on each applicant's situation.

E.g. - in our case we needed change-of-name certification as well.

Btw - your new VJ profile photo of Chada is very distracting! Unless you want all us lonely guys drooling (maybe that's your intent?) suggest you switch to something a little tamer. She's smokin', man!! Wish you two all the best

[rsn 135]

Danny,

Your Google document is locked. It's telling me that I'm not granted permission to open it.

I hate it when I do that. It should be fixed now. Bangkok Embassy Packet 3 Checklist

Looks good, but a couple comments regarding submission A (docs to mail to the embassy w/ packet 3):

1. No need to mail proof of relationship to the embassy w/ packet 3 according to the new checklist. Just bring it to the interview.
2. According to DS-157k, you need to include proof of engagement w/ packet 3 as well

[Danno2 0]

Pretty quiet around here.

I spend the day working on the IM component for the Proof of Relationship attachment to Packet 3. It seems after I came back from my first trip in November I upgraded MSN messenger and it disabled my chat log history. Nice... So after pulling together files from 3 computers over 3.5 hours I have assembled a history showing 17,265 messages which is 267 pages in Ariel 8pt type with .3 top/bottom margins. Everything after 12/1 has been proofed for appropriate content. I'll probably have to spend 2+ hours going over everything before then. In case he wants the raw printouts I'm going to send Chada all the XML files on a CD. I hope to god he does not want the originals. There is nothing crazy in there but I would like to have some privacy and not kill a forest printing out 1200 pages.

BTW if you are using AT&T to track phone logs they did a system upgrade around Dec 20th that impacted the detailed calling reports. On my logs it shoes incoming calls from Chada as my cell phone calling myself. This is even though her cell phone number shows up on my caller ID every time she calls. I called AT&T and after 20 minutes of level 1 people telling me its her carriers fault and to call them I got escalated to a supervisor that said yes its their fault and happened at the exact time of a system upgrade. She promised to track down the issue and call me back. I guess you can imagine what didn't happen after that... Thank goodness Chada could pull detail billing off of her calling card.

Edited April 12, 2009 by Danny and Chada

[scandal 951]

Pretty quiet around here.

I spend the day working on the IM component for the Proof of Relationship attachment to Packet 3. It seems after I came back from my first trip in November I upgraded MSN messenger and it disabled my chat log history. Nice... So after pulling together files from 3 computers over 3.5 hours I have assembled a history showing 17,265 messages which is 267 pages in Ariel 8pt type with .3 top/bottom margins. Everything after 12/1 has been proofed for appropriate content. I'll probably have to spend 2+ hours going over everything before then. In case he wants the raw printouts I'm going to send Chada all the XML files on a CD. I hope to god he does not want the originals. There is nothing crazy in there but I would like to have some privacy and not kill a forest printing out 1200 pages.

BTW if you are using AT&T to track phone logs they did a system upgrade around Dec 20th that impacted the detailed calling reports. On my logs it shoes incoming calls from Chada as my cell phone calling myself. This is even though her cell phone number shows up on my caller ID every time she calls. I called AT&T and after 20 minutes of level 1 people telling me its her carriers fault and to call them I got escalated to a supervisor that said yes its their fault and happened at the exact time of a system upgrade. She promised to track down the issue and call me back. I guess you can imagine what didn't happen after that... Thank goodness Chada could pull detail billing off of her calling card.

I use AT&T but I have one of those pay-per-use GO phones. I haven't had any problem pulling our call records for the period Oct2008-present.

[Danny - magicgirl is bugging me to remind you that you owe us the photos from your lunch meeting.. we still haven't received them yet....]