BrandonJT

Friday (today) is a holiday, as is Monday. You won't be able to call the police to make an appointment on Monday, but when my fiance did it, there was no appointment required. They just went in and did it. I don't know which hospital you chose, but Bumrungrad is quite close to the Police HQ. I would try to do both of those together if possible in a single trip. As far as expediting, I don't know if it's possible. Most things are possible for a price in Thailand, and maybe you can collect the background check faster if you pick it up in person. I don't know if that's actually an option but since my fiance was only in Bangkok for a couple of days they had it mailed to their home. My fiance went to the police HQ before they received the case number and was turned away. Because my fiance lives in Chiang Rai, they also asked if there was a way to do the background check without going to the police HQ. The answer they received was no, this is the only place you can do it..... but..... and then my fiance was given the line ID of one of the front desk officers who said they could help get it done if my fiance could not get back to Bangkok for it. So there are certainly alternatives that might be available for a premium.

I never provided any pages for the visa application except the data page. The only time I used pictures of stamps in the passport was for proof that we traveled together as proof of meeting.

I was able to schedule an appointment for interview within 3 weeks of when I finished the DS160. After being turned away the first time due to the missing documents, was able to re-schedule for 2 weeks later. Seems like the appointments isn't a long wait. I believe Tom mentioned purposely scheduling further out just to give more time to complete everything.

I believe it's the case number that starts with BKK. I don't know for sure since I wasn't with my fiance when they did it. And they will mail the criminal records check to your fiance, they don't have to pick it up.

I used this table for the vaccine requirements. Pay attention to the age ranges because that's what determines what is required and what is not. https://www.cdc.gov/immigrant-refugee-health/media/pdfs/Vaccine-Requirements-According-to-Applicant-Age-panel-physicians-p.pdf The "packet" is just what you receive in the e-mail that basically tells you that you can proceed to fill out the DS160. You need the case number from the embassy in order apply for the criminal background check. My fiance's mom had his pink book which listed what vaccines he received, but a hospital record would be acceptable as well. They would need to bring all vaccination records to the medical exam appointment. We used the Thai Travel Clinic https://www.thaitravelclinic.com/cost.html Have her go to her amphur and get her birth certificate in English. Almost all Thai official documents can be requested in English, so you will want the English version both for this purpose and for her to bring to the US. Anything not in English will need a certified translation. There is a section of the application asking if you used a preparer, but that's someone outside of you and your fiance, like if you used a company. We did it all ourselves so did not fill that part out. The embassy staff speak enough Thai for the interviews so there isn't a question about needing a translator. Make sure you print out the full I-129f they send you back in your e-mail because that's the proof of approved I-129f. That's one of the documents we were missing on the first trip to the embassy.

Yes, everything worked out. The payment receipt on the appointment confirmation was all that was needed. We're still not sure why the embassy person wrote down that they needed the payment receipt, because that already was the payment receipt. The police report was a little complicated because my beneficiary is male and not yet done the military draft, so we had to get paperwork from the military exempting him from the draft before the police would allow a background check. That took a couple of wasted trips to Bangkok, but I don't think it will be relevant for you. The medical was pretty straightforward. My beneficiary was missing a few childhood vaccinations so we made sure we got those done at a clinic before the medical, so he didn't need any additional ones and got through that easily. He did have to spend a few extra days in Bangkok because they asked him to return 3 days after the medical to pickup the results envelope.

My fiance had an interview in Bangkok last week, and was sent away for a few additional documents. No problem for most of them. Have a new appointment next week already. But there is one thing they said that I'm still confused about. They wrote down the things that were needed, and one of the things they wrote was that they needed a receipt for payment of the DS160. Underneath this they wrote "ustraveldocs." That doesn't make sense to me, because my fiance had the appointment confirmation printed that includes the MRV fee payments section and the barcodes. In the MRV fee payment section is the Receipt Number. I logged into USTravelDocs again to reschedule the appointment which redirects to usvisascheduling when you login, but there's nothing about anywhere to get a receipt. I even sent an inquiry through their system on the usvisascheduling saying what the embassy officer said and wrote, and the response they gave makes it seem like we already have what we need for that. Based on that, we already had that in the documents when we went to the appointment. I can print the e-mail receipt I got when I made a credit card payment, but that doesn't have any of my fiance's information on it, it just shows my information since it was my credit card. The embassy instructions don't show the credit card option in the packet and only talk about paying in person at a bank, but I know the packet is outdated (June 2022) as it also mentions mailing in documents which is no longer done. There are other places on the embassy website that talk about paying your DS160 fee by ETF payment, but nowhere can I find mention of credit card payment. Would the system have given me an option to pay by credit card if the embassy doesn't accept that payment method? I've attached the receipt I received in my e-mail, as well as the appointment confirmation which shows the same receipt number that was attached as part of the registration for the appointment in the usvisascheduling website. Anyone have any ideas on what they are asking for? I know my fiance has to bring the appointment confirmation, but I will send the e-mail receipt as well I guess.