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Still waiting for wife's final interview to get scheduled at U.S. embassy in Bangkok (submitted final documents 7 weeks ago). Seems that rules about what vaccines immigrants can/should have are in flux. Anyone have recent experience with that?

Right. They compare 50% effectiveness with 97% and want to wait for the Western vaccines. Must not anger the Chinese friends.

We didn't offer a tip. Perhaps that would have solved it. We were already married in the U.S. Just trying to get our marriage recorded as official in Thailand in case I sought a marriage visa rather than a retirement visa at some point.

This reminds me of when my wife and I tried to get our U.S. marriage certificate put into the registry at the amphur. They required a stamp from a certain office. We went to that office for the stamp. That office wouldn't stamp it until another office would stamp it. We went to that office. They said they couldn't stamp it until the first office would stamp it. So, we went back to that office and were told they wouldn't stamp it until the other one did. We gave up.

My wife and I have average total expenses of around 50k/month (including health care and insurance though not including travel) though we save a lot because we live in Lad Prao (which you prob wouldn't choose unless you speak Thai).

Can they admit that and make reasonable policies that reflect those facts while saving face?

Thanks for sharing. Was that post-Trump in the Biden era or during the Trump debacle?

I, too, am interested in reports from anyone filing a family/marriage/fiance visa who can report the wait time from getting all the documents to the U.S. embassy in Bangkok and getting the final interview scheduled. We submitted our docs three weeks ago and have yet to hear from the embassy.

Thanks for sharing. I think what I need to hear is from someone in the fiance or marriage visa process who has recently gotten an interview scheduled.

I looked all around the embassy web page and couldn't find any place where they note wait times. Did you see that there somewhere?

We submitted the final documents for wife's marriage visa to the U.S. 15 days ago. Haven't heard anything from the embassy. Anyone have recent experience who can report wait time from final document submission to notice of scheduling final interview?