U.S. Embassy in Bangkok Reopening on October 1

[Dr. Bob 48]

Finally the news so many of us have been waiting for!

[TBoneTX 43,123]

Great news indeed!  Best wishes to all here for rapid, successful processing.

[R. Wolfe 24]

I received this reply to an email earlier that same day. Note that it preceded the above by several hours and so, officially, the stuff in the public statement is more current (that public statement is probably the "announcement" that my email is foreshadowing) - but here it is for reference regardless:

 

 

 

 

 

My fiance' was actually at the consulate for her interview on March 12th but was told to come back on April 1st because of a paperwork glitch (and then they closed), so I'm hopeful we'll be contacted soon. Of course her medical paperwork expired yesterday so we have that to look forward to again. Regardless, it's great that it looks like forward progress is once again possible.

 

 

 

[zachp 3]

We got an email (as did it seems like everyone that was cancelled based on the Thai US Visa facebook group) asking us to schedule an appointment for Dec. 23. They showed 50 slots available for each time, so about 300+ appointments in one day? I wonder what they're doing but at least progress is being made!

[R. Wolfe 24]

 

I don't believe that the December 23rd thing is really when the interviews will be. According to the instructions, you apply for an interview on Dec 23rd and then submit an emergency request, which they'll use to set your actual interview date. When I went through the process this morning, the emergency request page said something like the next available interview was Sept 23. That sounds too soon, but December sounds way to late. My guess is that the actual interviews (once the embassy starts processing the emergency requests) will be spread through October for the most part - depending on how many they can do in a day. That's just my guess (and hope) though. Regardless, it's progress at last!

 

 

[Steve and Nicha 35]

Thanks for your information.  But if you went through the process, did you get an actual interview date?  Or, do they not provide specific dates at the moment?

[kappy66 15]

Finally! Been stuck at NVC since 1 April... Hopefully they get rolling quickly!👍

[zachp 3]

On 9/19/2020 at 2:36 AM, x3n said:

 

I don't believe that the December 23rd thing is really when the interviews will be. According to the instructions, you apply for an interview on Dec 23rd and then submit an emergency request, which they'll use to set your actual interview date. When I went through the process this morning, the emergency request page said something like the next available interview was Sept 23. That sounds too soon, but December sounds way to late. My guess is that the actual interviews (once the embassy starts processing the emergency requests) will be spread through October for the most part - depending on how many they can do in a day. That's just my guess (and hope) though. Regardless, it's progress at last!

 

 

Yeah, I submitted our request as well. Hoping we'll get an update from the embassy today on the emergency request. We still need to do medical and the police certificate so hopefully we can get everything wrapped up quickly. I'm leaving Thailand when amnesty expires here on the 26th, it's unlikely but it would be amazing if we could travel together. Fingers crossed. 

[zachp 3]

Our emergency request was approved and we were able to make an appointment on Oct 6.

[R. Wolfe 24]

Likewise, we got notified (well she did, they didn't include me on the email this time for some reason) that our Emergency Request had been approved and we could log in to reschedule our interview. We picked Oct 13th to give us time to redo the medical exam. These were the other options at the time I was selecting: 

 

 

[Steve and Nicha 35]

This is great that you shared this screen.  It gives a good idea how often interviews are occurring.  Can you provide some information regarding how many time slots are being offered for each day?  This will give an idea how many interviews are being conducted per month.  Thanks so much!

[zachp 3]

10 hours ago, Steve and Nicha said:

This is great that you shared this screen.  It gives a good idea how often interviews are occurring.  Can you provide some information regarding how many time slots are being offered for each day?  This will give an idea how many interviews are being conducted per month.  Thanks so much!

I didn't click around a lot because I didn't want to lose our slot. It looked like there were 2 appointments per day, at least on the days I clicked. 

 

I also was not included on the email, but my fiance was. Make sure to keep an eye on the email account that signed up for the ustraveldocs site because that will be the account notified. 

[KnoxThai 44]

On 9/21/2020 at 5:12 AM, zachp said:

Our emergency request was approved and we were able to make an appointment on Oct 6.

How long did it take to approve your emergency request?

 

We submitted our request yesterday and they offered us 7 October if we are approved.

[zachp 3]

3 hours ago, KnoxThai said:

How long did it take to approve your emergency request?

 

We submitted our request yesterday and they offered us 7 October if we are approved.

We got approved one day after (requested Friday, approved Monday), the date you put on your request does not seem to matter much, they will just approve it and then you choose the date that is available. 

[R. Wolfe 24]

>  Can you provide some information regarding how many time slots are being offered for each day

 

Here's an example of the time choices. For some days there was also a 10:30 slot, but I didn't see any later than that for any day. I don't recall if 8:00 am was an option sometimes too and I don't know if they have only one applicant per slot, or any other details about the process - so make what you will of the info. I'm just really hoping we don't run into any more complications or set backs. 

 

 

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by x3n