Royal Thai Police Clearance requirements for K1 visa

[AnnChad14 2]

I'm planning to get my Royal Thai Police clearance this week but we only have NOA1 and NOA2.We don't have the Packet 3 yet because we're still waiting for our new case number from the NVC. Is it possible for me to get a Police clearance with the scanned copy of NOA 1 and NOA2?I'll also bring my passport and my working permit since I'm from Philippines but I'm working here in Thailand. Thank you

P. S. I already have my Royal Thai police clearance last month but it's in Thai and the letter I used to get it is from my school. I don't know if I can use it for my K1 visa application.That's why I'm going to get a new one and tell them to have it in English.

Edited August 20, 2017 by AnnChad14

[JFH 12,189]

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[NDB052714 122]

On 8/20/2017 at 11:33 AM, AnnChad14 said:

I'm planning to get my Royal Thai Police clearance this week but we only have NOA1 and NOA2.We don't have the Packet 3 yet because we're still waiting for our new case number from the NVC. Is it possible for me to get a Police clearance with the scanned copy of NOA 1 and NOA2?I'll also bring my passport and my working permit since I'm from Philippines but I'm working here in Thailand. Thank you

P. S. I already have my Royal Thai police clearance last month but it's in Thai and the letter I used to get it is from my school. I don't know if I can use it for my K1 visa application.That's why I'm going to get a new one and tell them to have it in English.

Noom applied for and received his Police Clearance before Packet 3. And it was provided in English. He did have a copy of NOA 2. He's Thai...not sure the process is the same for expats. 

Edited August 23, 2017 by NDB052714

[AnnChad14 2]

On 8/20/2017 at 11:00 PM, JFH said:

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On 8/20/2017 at 11:00 PM, JFH said:

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What do you mean?

[AnnChad14 2]

1 hour ago, NDB052714 said:

Noom applied for and received his Police Clearance before Packet 3. And it was provided in English. He did have a copy of NOA 2. He's Thai...not sure the process is the same for expats. 

Thank you for the reply. So he didn't have a letter from the US embassy when he got his police clearance? I called them and they told me to bring it. May I ask how many days or weeks did your fiance wait for his interview? 

[NDB052714 122]

1 hour ago, AnnChad14 said:

Thank you for the reply. So he didn't have a letter from the US embassy when he got his police clearance? I called them and they told me to bring it. May I ask how many days or weeks did your fiance wait for his interview? 

Hello and you are welcome! No, he didn't have anything from the US Embassy when he bot his police clearance. All he had was NOA2. At the time we were told to allow 5 weeks for the police clearance, so we decided he should try to get it while we were waiting for the case file to reach the Embassy, so we would be a little bit ahead. It turned out that he received the Police Clearance in a week, well before the case reached the Embassy. 

 

Noom never received Packet 3 ... apparently it was miss directed or lost in the mail. We had been notified that the case had been received by the Embassy on August 15, and after waiting for  Packet 3 for a few days we decided to go ahead and send the Packet 3 documents anyway; they were mailed on August 23, 2016 (yes, 1 year ago today). He then received Packet 4 on August 26 with notification that the interview was scheduled for September 7. So just a couple of weeks to wait. He had his medical exam at BNH on September 5...interview on September 7 and received his passport with visa on September 9. 

 

Best of luck to you!

 

[AnnChad14 2]

Thank you so much for the information you gave about your process here. I really appreciate it a lot. I hope they'll schedule my interview after 2 weeks  of sending the packet 3. We're still waiting for our case number from the NVC.It's been 10 days of waiting for the case number. Would it be okay if I'll call them tomorrow? 

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11 hours ago, AnnChad14 said:

Thank you so much for the information you gave about your process here. I really appreciate it a lot. I hope they'll schedule my interview after 2 weeks  of sending the packet 3. We're still waiting for our case number from the NVC.It's been 10 days of waiting for the case number. Would it be okay if I'll call them tomorrow? 

Yes, I think it is okay to call now. 

[PedroDaGr8 245]

Can confirm, my now wife, was Vietnamese living in Thailand. She filed for it once we knew the case was being sent to the US Embassy and brought the NOA2 with her. She was not able to get the certificate until after the holdiays, also there was a two week wait. That being said, the wait wasn't as bad as for her Vietnamese police certificate (they required 5 weeks, unless you wanted to give a bribe of over $1k, then it could be ready in a couple of days). 

[NDB052714 122]

9 minutes ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

Can confirm, my now wife, was Vietnamese living in Thailand. She filed for it once we knew the case was being sent to the US Embassy and brought the NOA2 with her. She was not able to get the certificate until after the holdiays, also there was a two week wait. That being said, the wait wasn't as bad as for her Vietnamese police certificate (they required 5 weeks, unless you wanted to give a bribe of over $1k, then it could be ready in a couple of days). 

what holidays? 

[PedroDaGr8 245]

3 hours ago, NDB052714 said:

what holidays? 

At that time, Christmas and New Years.

[AnnChad14 2]

4 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

Can confirm, my now wife, was Vietnamese living in Thailand. She filed for it once we knew the case was being sent to the US Embassy and brought the NOA2 with her. She was not able to get the certificate until after the holdiays, also there was a two week wait. That being said, the wait wasn't as bad as for her Vietnamese police certificate (they required 5 weeks, unless you wanted to give a bribe of over $1k, then it could be ready in a couple of days). 

Thank you for the reply! So they accepted her NOA2 even without the letter from the embassy?Did she bring her work permit? I'm planning to really get it next week because the waiting time is quite longer but I don't have the letter yet and I only have a scanned copy of our NOA2.Is it okay to have a scanned copy? Plus I'm still waiting for my work permit because it's renewed but the school didn't give it to me yet. 

12 hours ago, NDB052714 said:

Yes, I think it is okay to call now. 

My fiance called them but he was put on hold for 2 hours. He'll call them back tomorrow. 

[PedroDaGr8 245]

3 minutes ago, AnnChad14 said:

Thank you for the reply! So they accepted her NOA2 even without the letter from the embassy?Did she bring her work permit? I'm planning to really get it next week because the waiting time is quite longer but I don't have the letter yet and I only have a scanned copy of our NOA2.Is it okay to have a scanned copy? Plus I'm still waiting for my work permit because it's renewed but the school didn't give it to me yet. 

She only had the scanned copy of the NOA2 at that time. Also, yes, she brought her passport, work permit, etc. She wanted to be sure to have anything and everything that they might request. I believe she even brought a copy of her lease, just in case.  Truthfully, I have heard of some people being told that they need the packet 3 letter, but it is really rare.

Also, a word of advice, if you want to contact the embassy to find out about the case status, do it by email. Phone calls are almost NEVER productive. Emails on the other hand were routinely helpful, albeit often non-committal about certain things (meaning you needed to read between the lines). Just make sure to include the names, case number BKK2017XXXYYYY, etc in the email.

Edited August 24, 2017 by PedroDaGr8

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1 hour ago, AnnChad14 said:

 

My fiance called them but he was put on hold for 2 hours. He'll call them back tomorrow. 

I called several times, and I would call first thing in the morning and I never waited more than just a few minutes. 

[AnnChad14 2]

2 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

She only had the scanned copy of the NOA2 at that time. Also, yes, she brought her passport, work permit, etc. She wanted to be sure to have anything and everything that they might request. I believe she even brought a copy of her lease, just in case.  Truthfully, I have heard of some people being told that they need the packet 3 letter, but it is really rare.

Also, a word of advice, if you want to contact the embassy to find out about the case status, do it by email. Phone calls are almost NEVER productive. Emails on the other hand were routinely helpful, albeit often non-committal about certain things (meaning you needed to read between the lines). Just make sure to include the names, case number BKK2017XXXYYYY, etc in the email.

Thank you so much for the advice. It'll really help me. How many days or weeks did she wait for her interview? And may I ask where did she have her vaccination too?