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Dec 15th 2003, 2:13 am
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Hi,
My fiancee handed packet 3 to the embassy a couple of hours ago. She told me that the embassy took her passport and told her to go back to the embassy tomorrow at 1. Is there any reason why they took her passport?
Richard
My fiancee handed packet 3 to the embassy a couple of hours ago. She told me that the embassy took her passport and told her to go back to the embassy tomorrow at 1. Is there any reason why they took her passport?
Richard
Dec 15th 2003, 2:31 am
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LiL,
What do you mean by "handed packet 3 to the embassy"?
Do you mean that she submitted the DS-230I and the checklist? Or did she submit the DS-156 and all the other forms and documentation?
Did she have a conversation with a consular officer or did she just turn in whatever it was at the window outside the door of the consulate building?
Regards, JEff
What do you mean by "handed packet 3 to the embassy"?
Do you mean that she submitted the DS-230I and the checklist? Or did she submit the DS-156 and all the other forms and documentation?
Did she have a conversation with a consular officer or did she just turn in whatever it was at the window outside the door of the consulate building?
Regards, JEff
Originally posted by LiLGuru7
Hi,
My fiancee handed packet 3 to the embassy a couple of hours ago. She told me that the embassy took her passport and told her to go back to the embassy tomorrow at 1. Is there any reason why they took her passport?
Richard
Hi,
My fiancee handed packet 3 to the embassy a couple of hours ago. She told me that the embassy took her passport and told her to go back to the embassy tomorrow at 1. Is there any reason why they took her passport?
Richard
Dec 15th 2003, 2:34 am
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Originally posted by jeffreyhy
LiL,
What do you mean by "handed packet 3 to the embassy"?
Do you mean that she submitted the DS-230I and the checklist? Or did she submit the DS-156 and all the other forms and documentation?
Did she have a conversation with a consular officer or did she just turn in whatever it was at the window outside the door of the consulate building?
Regards, JEff
LiL,
What do you mean by "handed packet 3 to the embassy"?
Do you mean that she submitted the DS-230I and the checklist? Or did she submit the DS-156 and all the other forms and documentation?
Did she have a conversation with a consular officer or did she just turn in whatever it was at the window outside the door of the consulate building?
Regards, JEff
Richard
Dec 15th 2003, 2:43 am
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Richard,
Based on what you said here, I don't know why they took her passport.
If you had said she spoke with a consular officer and turned in all of her other materials, I would have said they took her passport to put a visa in it. That's what keeping the passport and saying "come back tomorrow at 1:00" usually means. But in this case, I can't imagine that....
Maybe, because she has traveled to Bangkok from Cambodia to submit the DS-230I and checklist in person, they are going to interview her tomorrow? Does she have everything ready and with her for an interview (which she should, since that's what submitting the checklist means)?
Good luck, I'll be interested to learn what happens.
Regards, JEff
Based on what you said here, I don't know why they took her passport.
If you had said she spoke with a consular officer and turned in all of her other materials, I would have said they took her passport to put a visa in it. That's what keeping the passport and saying "come back tomorrow at 1:00" usually means. But in this case, I can't imagine that....
Maybe, because she has traveled to Bangkok from Cambodia to submit the DS-230I and checklist in person, they are going to interview her tomorrow? Does she have everything ready and with her for an interview (which she should, since that's what submitting the checklist means)?
Good luck, I'll be interested to learn what happens.
Regards, JEff
Originally posted by LiLGuru7
She handed in DS-230I and the checklist. But why would they take her passport?
Richard
She handed in DS-230I and the checklist. But why would they take her passport?
Richard
Dec 15th 2003, 2:50 am
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Originally posted by jeffreyhy
Does she have everything ready and with her for an interview (which she should, since that's what submitting the checklist means)?
Regards, JEff
Does she have everything ready and with her for an interview (which she should, since that's what submitting the checklist means)?
Regards, JEff
But it's weird though. I have never heard of this situation before. I'll be suprise if they do interview her tomorrow. But aren't interviews schedule early in the morning?
Richard
Dec 15th 2003, 3:44 am
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Originally posted by LiLGuru7
Hi,
My fiancee handed packet 3 to the embassy a couple of hours ago. She told me that the embassy took her passport and told her to go back to the embassy tomorrow at 1. Is there any reason why they took her passport?
Richard
Hi,
My fiancee handed packet 3 to the embassy a couple of hours ago. She told me that the embassy took her passport and told her to go back to the embassy tomorrow at 1. Is there any reason why they took her passport?
Richard
My Cathy had to leave her passport in Madrid, until the visa was approved, and stamped in it- at which point it was given to her.
That is the point of all this, no? That little visa stamp?
Dec 15th 2003, 1:49 pm
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Originally posted by ironporer
Perhaps to stamp the visa in it?
My Cathy had to leave her passport in Madrid, until the visa was approved, and stamped in it- at which point it was given to her.
That is the point of all this, no? That little visa stamp?
Perhaps to stamp the visa in it?
My Cathy had to leave her passport in Madrid, until the visa was approved, and stamped in it- at which point it was given to her.
That is the point of all this, no? That little visa stamp?
Richard
Dec 15th 2003, 2:14 pm
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It is not an unusual situation. As to why I don't know for sure but probably to put the stamp in it. It did cause me concern when I had to leave my passport in the Colombian consulate when I obtained my marriage visa. It was returned fine though. I also had my passport taken from me from an armed attendant in Venuzuela. That was because when I entered it was mistakenly stamped in the exit column instead of the entrance column. Two hours later it was returned and I missed my flight. So you can bet that I inspect carefully each stamp that is placed in it now.
Originally posted by ironporer
Perhaps to stamp the visa in it?
My Cathy had to leave her passport in Madrid, until the visa was approved, and stamped in it- at which point it was given to her.
That is the point of all this, no? That little visa stamp?
Perhaps to stamp the visa in it?
My Cathy had to leave her passport in Madrid, until the visa was approved, and stamped in it- at which point it was given to her.
That is the point of all this, no? That little visa stamp?
