Thailand interview timeline?

[piyapiya 0]

Hello,

Has anyone recently been through the interview process in Thailand who DID NOT have any special exemptions which would speed the processing time (military or birth).

We have waited about 3 weeks from the time our packet 3 was received at the Embassy.

Thanks all!

-Eric-

[Ning 619]

Hello,

Has anyone recently been through the interview process in Thailand who DID NOT have any special exemptions which would speed the processing time (military or birth).

We have waited about 3 weeks from the time our packet 3 was received at the Embassy.

Thanks all!

-Eric-

BKK sees about 700 cases per month. Have you tried to find the interview schedual link on the embassy web site? A 3 week wait isnt unusual especially at this time of year.

[Karee 4,191]

Make sure you submitted an email address with packet3. They seem to want to notify everyone of the interview date via email lately.

[Andy and Pui 16]

You can try and email them at visasbkk2@state.gov. I just emailed them yesterday to see if they received my packet 3 and they said they did but they did not setup an interview yet. In the email they sent back to me they said they will send a letter snail mail to Pui and they also said to check this link to see if our case was assigned an interview date. Click on the pdf and then do a search for your number and see if it is there.

My link

[Egg & Andy 0]

The problem with that interview list is it's only updated once a month (near the end of the month).

We received packet 4 (e-mail) on Feb. 7, 2011 with an interview date of March 3rd, 2011. Our name and Number didn't show up on the interview list till around Feb, 27th or 28th.

[Andy and Pui 16]

Yeah it was the embassy who told me to look at the interview list. Nice name Andy.

[Kaiser 0]

My finacee didn't get an interview date for 7 weeks after submitting packet 3, so you shouldn't be too concerned. They only put the January schedule together in the last week of December, so if you're not on the list for April you probably won't hear much until the end of the month.

[Ning 619]

The problem with that interview list is it's only updated once a month (near the end of the month).

We received packet 4 (e-mail) on Feb. 7, 2011 with an interview date of March 3rd, 2011. Our name and Number didn't show up on the interview list till around Feb, 27th or 28th.

This is true but the list can be used to help understand why someone hasnt recieved an interview date. My own interview never showed on the schedual. My husband used that info to convince them they were interviewing people that came after our case. They admitted their mistake & allowed us to choose any date we wanted.

[piyapiya 0]

Thanks all for the extra info!

-Eric-

[ThaitoUSA 15]

This is true but the list can be used to help understand why someone hasnt recieved an interview date. My own interview never showed on the schedual. My husband used that info to convince them they were interviewing people that came after our case. They admitted their mistake & allowed us to choose any date we wanted.

We had a similar case in which people who had returned Packet 3 after us were being scheduled for interviews before my wife. I emailed them and within a day my wife had her interview date.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Please remember that the embassy takes not only US holidays off but Thai holidays off as well which causes more delays in processing cases and setting interviews.

[piyapiya 0]

UPDATE

We received our packet 4 e-mail today!!

Total time from when the embassy said they received it to interview date is March 17th to April 11th. (sorry u do the math... lol)

Her interview is May 5th.

I hope this helps anyone else still waiting... looking at close to a month, I think we got lucky.