Thursday, September 14, 2006
I recieved this in a email. The new US Embassy is located right next to Wat Phnom across from the Sunway Hotel and very close to the Raffles Hotel La Royal.
US Embassy To Restart Immigrant Visa Processing
Thursday, September 14, 2006
By Elizabeth Tomei
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
The US Embassy in Phnom Penh will resume processing immigrant visas
for Cambodians seeking to live and work in the US, US Assistant
Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty announced Wednesday.
Since 2002, Cambodians applying for US immigrant visas have had to
travel to the US embassy in Bangkok to have them processed.
Non-immigrant visas, including tourist and student visas, are
currently processed at the Phnom Penh embassy. Officials said
immigrant visa processing will begin soon but would not specify a
date.
Harty announced the change during a press conference at the embassy.
"We intend to resume the processing of immigrant visas...in Phnom Penh
so that Cambodian citizens in the future who would like to immigrate
to the United States will not have to travel to Thailand to process
their visas," Harty said.
Harty said the previous decision to divide services between embassies
in Cambodia and Thailand was largely practical: the old Phnom Penh
embassy lacked the space and capacity to accommodate the volume of
applicants.
Between October 2005 and July 2006, 2,300 immigrant visas were issued
to Cambodians in Bangkok, while 2,500 non-immigrant visas were issued
in Phnom Penh, said embassy spokesman Jeff Daigle.
US Embassy To Restart Immigrant Visa Processing
Thursday, September 14, 2006
By Elizabeth Tomei
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
The US Embassy in Phnom Penh will resume processing immigrant visas
for Cambodians seeking to live and work in the US, US Assistant
Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty announced Wednesday.
Since 2002, Cambodians applying for US immigrant visas have had to
travel to the US embassy in Bangkok to have them processed.
Non-immigrant visas, including tourist and student visas, are
currently processed at the Phnom Penh embassy. Officials said
immigrant visa processing will begin soon but would not specify a
date.
Harty announced the change during a press conference at the embassy.
"We intend to resume the processing of immigrant visas...in Phnom Penh
so that Cambodian citizens in the future who would like to immigrate
to the United States will not have to travel to Thailand to process
their visas," Harty said.
Harty said the previous decision to divide services between embassies
in Cambodia and Thailand was largely practical: the old Phnom Penh
embassy lacked the space and capacity to accommodate the volume of
applicants.
Between October 2005 and July 2006, 2,300 immigrant visas were issued
to Cambodians in Bangkok, while 2,500 non-immigrant visas were issued
in Phnom Penh, said embassy spokesman Jeff Daigle.
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