06/07/2001 - FLEW TO PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA
06/31/2001 – FLEW HOME TO ROCHESTER
07/06/2001 – MAILED I-129F, G-325A, AND I-134
07/31/2001 – CALLED USCIS – PAPERS LOST IN MAIL, NEVER DELIVERED
08/01/2001 – CONTACTED CONGRESSMAN – USED HIS CONTACTS TO
TRACE
PAPERS, LOCATE THEM AND GET THEM TO USCIS.
08/20/2001 – NOTICE OF ACTION NOA1
09/28/2001 – NOTICE OF APPROVAL NOA2
10/01/2001 – CALLED EMBASSY-PHNOM PENH, TRIED SCHEDULING HER
INTERVIEW, BUT HUNG UP ON,AND IGNORED. WERE TOLD
THAT WITHOUT A BRIBE THIS IS NORMAL.
11/01/2001 – CONTACTED CONGRESSMAN TO GET PACKET 3 AND 4.
11/03/2001 – CONGRESSMANS AIDE GETS PACKETS SENT TO US
12/12/2001 – CASE TRANSFERRED TO BANGKOK,
THAILAND.
CASE PUT ON HOLD WHILE EMBASSY TRANSFERS ALL CASES
FROM CAMBODIA TO THAILAND,WHAT
A LET DOWN,AGAIN.
03/01/2002 – STILL WAITNG FOR NEWS ON CASE AND DATE OF INTERVIEW
AFTER CALLING U.S. EMBASSY IN THAILAND.
04/01/2002 – CALLED EMBASSY AND HUNG UP ON IN THAILAND ………
SO I CALLED OUR CONGRESSMAN AGAIN TO CALL THEM.
ASIA IS SO BACKWARDS AND CORRUPT.
04/03/2002 – EMBASSY CALLED CONGRESSMAN SAYING PACKETS 3 &
4
WERE
LOST IN TRANSIT TO THAILAND, IMAGINE THAT.
WERE TOLD SHE WOULD BE DENIED MEDICAL UNTIL NEW
PAPERS WERE SENT TO EMBASSY. CONGRESSMAN CONTACTED
THEM TO SEND NEW PACKETS AND ARRANGE HER MEDICAL.
05/03/2002 – EMBASSY SAID PAPERS WERE NOT SENT, OVER LOOKED
BY
THEIR STAFF BY MISTAKE... CONTACTED CONGRESSMAN AGAIN.
HE CONTACTED EMBASSY OFFICIALS THIS TIME PERSONALLY.
HE ARRANGED TO FAX PAPERS TO US –
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
PROCEDURE, BUT WERE TOLD WOULD BE OK.
PAPERS FAXED THAT EVENING TO US TO COMPLETE,
AND FAXED BACK TO EMBASSY SAME DAY, COMPLETED.
05/13/2002 – SENT ORIGINALS VIA GLOBAL EXPRESS – TRACKED
BY USPS
05/15/2002 – WENT TO DO MEDICAL AND DENIED BY EMBASSY, SAID
FAXED
PAPERS WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE, GO HOME! TRIED TO CALL
CONGRESSMAN, BUT WAS AWAY FOR 2 DAYS.
05/17/2002 – CONTACTED OUR CONGRESSMAN WHO THEN E-MAILED THE
HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY, HE RECEIVED A REPLY THE SAME DAY.
TOLD HER TO GO BACK MONDAY AND SHE WOULD HAVE HER
MEDICAL. FINALLY...HE SAVED
OUR LIVES.
05/24/2002 – WERE CONTACTED BY THE EMBASSY VIA E-MAIL,HER PHYSICAL
WAS SUCCESSFUL, INTERVIEW WOULD BE 07/12/02
RECEIVED SECOND E-MAIL THAT DAY,
INTERVIEW MOVED UP TO JUNE 28, 2002…GREAT!
06/27/2002 – SOK HENG AND OUR FRIEND RATHA FLEW TO THAILAND WITH
HER FOR THE INTERVIEW ONE DAY EARLY.
06/28/2002 – ARRIVED FOR INTERVIEW 1 HOUR EARLY AT 6AM FOR PRIOR
ENTRY INSPECTION BEFORE THE INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW COMPLETE AT 13:15 AND TOLD TO RETURN ON THE
FOLLOWING MONDAY BECAUSE MEDICAL RESULTS WERE NOT
SENT FROM THE HOSPITAL IN CAMBODIA.
CONTACTED CONGRESSMAN AGAIN. HE TOLD US THAT
THE RESULTS WERE VERIFIED AND WILL FORGO MAILING THEM
TO THAILAND,
FAXED INSTEAD.
07/01/2002 – SOK HENG AND OUR FRIEND STAYED FOR ANOTHER HALF
WEEK
TO GO BACK TO EMBASSY TO RECEIVE VISA BUT WAS TOLD IT
WAS APPROVED, BUT THEY DID NOT FINISH PROCESSING IT.
TOLD HER TO COME BACK TOMORROW.
07/02/2002 – RETURNED TO EMBASSY, THIS TIME THEY GAVE HER THE
VISA
AND TOLD SHE COULD GO TO AMERICA,
PRAISE THE LORD.
07/03/2002 – FLEW BACK TO CAMBODIA TO PACK, AND PREPARE AND GET
A FLIGHT DATE, AND VERIFY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.
07/05/2002 – SOK HENG FOUND A TRAVEL COMPANION AND BOUGHT PLANE
TICKETS FOR THE 7TH OF JULY.
07/07/2002 – SOK HENG AND COMPANION LEFT CAMBODIA, ON THEIR WAY
SHE IS FINALLY COMING HOME TO ME!
07/10/2002 – SHE LANDS IN ROCHESTER.
MY BABY AND ME ARE FINALLY
TOGETHER
AND AWAITING HER ARE PEOPLE FROM
RADIO, TV AND THE LOCAL MEDIA..WE ARE STARS IN THE NEWS,
EVERYONE WELCOMES HER HOME.
07/23/2002 – APPLIED FOR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
08/31/2002 – RECEPTION AT CHIENG MAI ASIAN RESTAURANT –
ONLY DATE OPEN PRIOR TO CIVIL CEREMONY.
09/10/2002 – OFFICIAL CIVIL CEREMONY WEDDING
09/26/2002 – APPLIED FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS
09/28/2002 – FINGER PRINTED AT ST.PAUL F.B.I. ASCIS.
09/30/2002 – APPLIED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.
