Saturday, December 23, 2006

Resumption of Immigrant Visa Processing by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh

Press Release

Embassy of The United States
Phnom Penh, Cambodia


On February 1, 2007, the United States Embassy in Phnom Penh will begin processing immigrant, diversity and fiancée visas for Cambodian citizens, resuming a function currently being performed by the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.

Until December 29, 2006, Embassy Bangkok will continue to process Cambodian immigrant, diversity and fiancée visas, and all inquiries about immigrant and fiancée visas must still be addressed to the Bangkok Consular Section (visasbkk@state.gov) until that date.

During January 2007, Cambodian immigrant visa processing will be on hold. The Cambodia Immigrant Visa Unit in Bangkok will close on December 29, 2006 to prepare cases for transfer to Phnom Penh. Applicants with pending cases should not return to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok with requested documentation or to make inquiries after January 5, 2007. Emergency requests for information, however, may still be addressed to the U.S. Embassy at visasbkk@state.gov throughout the January transition period.

After the transfer to Phnom Penh, all new immigrant, diversity and fiancée visa interviews will continue to be handled by appointment only. As before, applicants will be individually notified of their processing schedule. Further instructions for pending cases will be available on the embassy website after the transfer period. The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh will not be able to accept public inquiries regarding Cambodian immigrant, diversity or fiancée visas until February 1. After February 1, inquiries should be directed to visasphp@state.gov.

Please note that the return of immigrant visa processing to the United States Embassy in Phnom Penh does not affect the U.S. Government moratorium on processing orphan immigrant visas (IR3 and IR4). The Phnom Penh Embassy Consular Section cannot process orphan immigrant visa applications until the moratorium is lifted.

Released December 22, 2006.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

YEA!!!!! now we don't have to deal with the siam corruption.. only the Cambodian corruption...

Truth translation 2K.
False translation.. no visa for you.

I hope the US embassy in Phnom Penh realized that those translator demand money from the applicants. They should make those embassy workers take a lie dector test once a month.

Anonymous said...

In the past, I heard that many Cambodian people who have no business with American embassy will line up early in the morning and sell their spot for money??

Well, to reduce foot traffic or eliminate those unwanted people and I think the American embassy should have information desk where ordinary Cambodian people can go and get an assigned number or applications for whatever the service is!

This is such a fucken small problem with small solution and yet it gave Cambodia a bad image already in the past and I just hope American embassy won't move back to Bangcock again!!!ahahahah

My trip in Thailane is an eye opener for me!!!After so many year of stability Thailane still look dirty, crowded, and slum with many fake arts make of cement to rival Cambodia Angkor Wat and I wasn't impress!