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Thai K-1 or Fiancee Visas

Thai K1 Visa Preparation


Thai K1 Visa Thailand K-1 visa preparation support to help prepare your I-129F petition for your Thailand Fiancee to USA. K-3 spouse visa I-130 and USCIS Green Card Adjustment of Status..

USCIS immigration may take a few months to approve your Thai Fiancee's Visa Petition. Click here for info on my Fiancee Visa Preparation Help.

After approval by USCIS, the US State Department National Visa Center (NVC) will forward the petition to Bangkok for processing at the US embassy there.

Your Thai Fiancee receives Packet #3 with the following instructions.


She first receives Bangkok Fiancee Packet #3 and later in time to make her interview
appointment will receive Bangkok Fiancee Packet #4

A. Your fiancee should complete the following forms. And should
bring 2 Copies of each to the Embassy ,  DS-156, DS-157 and DS-156K
Fillable copies are available at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html

B. You should send her:
 I-134 (Affidavit of Support). 
 2x Copies of your most recent Federal Tax Return (including W2’s)
 2x Copies of Letter from Your Employer (see sample attached)
 C. She should obtain Police Certificates
 
Police Certificates (One from the Royal Thai Police, and if she lived outside the Thailand after she reached the age of 16, she should obtain a police certificate from each Country/Region she lived in.

Police Clearance Service Center website: http://pcscenter.sb.police.go.th/eservice.php

As of March 2009, about 1 week* to obtain Police Certificate, *if Applicant has clean record. (Make/Keep Photocopy, in English, No Translation Needed.)
If you request the police station to mail your certificate, they send it via Thai Post EMS so you should get it in under a week. However, they don't send it until the day that you could have come to pick it up.

The police station WILL require proof from the beneficiary that the certificate is actually needed. They MAY ask for any of the following: (1)Packet 3 Cover Letter (Absolutely Needed). Letter from the petitioner stating intention to bring beneficiary to the USA (Possible, was not asked). (2)Photocopy of the Petitioner's Passport(Absolutely Needed). (3)Photo of Beneficary, (photo can be obtained on premises for a fee). (4) Copy of NOA2, original or email version (Possible, was not asked).

The Police Clearance Service Center
Building 24, Royal Thai Police,
Rama I, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

Phone : 0-2205-2168-9
Fax: 0-2205-1295
E-mail : pcscenter@royalthaipolice.go.th

D. Other documents (originals, or certified copies)

3 Visa Photos (two for interview, one for medical)
Passport
Birth Certificate
Divorce/Annullment/Death Certificates (as needed)
 
E. Evidence of Genuine Relationship
 I-129F Petition Package (the package I preparedis our best proof as of 6 to 9 months ago, she should bring this and be familiar with the contents)
Updates to Relationship. She should also bring proof that the relationship with you has CONTINUED after the petition was submitted. Samples of emails, phone bills, IM messages, IM logs, receipts for monies or presents received should be brought. Also, if there has been another trip, then more photos, travel itineraries, and the visa stamps from your passport. She can also bring her favorite photos, emails etc from earlier times.
 
F. Pay Visa Fee, $131 USD


G. Medical Exam.
She should arrange to have her medical at latest 4 days before her consulate interview. She should bring her Passport, 1x Visa Photo, and her vaccination records.  It is recommended she brings her vaccinations up to date while at St. Lukes.  This is required when she applies for her Green card, so by doing it now she will save herself time later.

Bangkok Nursing Home (BNH)
9/1 Convent Road, Silom, Bangkok
Tel. (02) 632-0550-60
Dr. Kessanee Oralsatheinrakul
Dr. Peter Comer
Dr. Irene Yin-ong Kiatkwankul

Bumrungrad Hospital
33 Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Soi Nana Nua), Bangkok
Tel. (02) 667-1000
Dr. Watcharaphong Sae-Chere
Dr. Prapaporn Phimphilai
Dr. Wiwat Wongsirisak
Dr. Suphawat Phanchet
Dr. Perapong Puyanont

CHIANG MAI
Chiang Mai Ram Hospital
8 Boonruangrit Raod, Chiang Mai
Tel. (053) 224-851, 224-861
Dr. Kitti Ratdilokpanich

McCormick Hospital
133 Kaewnavarat Road, Chiang Mai
Tel. (053) 921-777
Dr. Uthai Jesadaporn
Dr. Arida Chandacham

H. The Consulate Interview
Fiancee should bring ALL the documents listed above, be calm and poised and sincere. I send my clients a big list of possible Interview Questions that could be asked. It is a good idea to have fun practicing these with your fiancee,  so she will be prepared and relaxed during the interview.

I. The Visa.
The fiancées passport and visa will be sent to her via courier to the address she wrote on the DS-156. Delivery may be within a few days to two weeks. The K-1 visa is good for 6 months, to begin her travel to the USA.


J. Green Card/ Adjustment of Status
Once your Fiancee arrives in the USA,her visa allows her only 90 days to stay. Well before the 90 days is up you should marry, and apply for her Green Card. The process is called Adjustment of Status. Just like applying for a Fiancee visa, you MUST produce documents to demonstrate you have a genuine marriage. It takes a while to get the application ready, so you are best served to marry soon after her arrival, and submit your Adjustment of Status petition well before the 90 days is up.

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Below is a short youtube video that describes how to get your Fiancee Visa

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Remember that in immigration law a child must be unmarried. The stepparent/stepchild relationship must be created before the child reaches the age of 18.

Expert Tip # 6

Request the consulate to open a “Provisional File”. Once USCIS completes its review of your I-129F, it will send you a notice, I-797C advising the application is approved, then hand off the file to the U.S. State Department to be sent to the overseas consulate that handles the region where your Fiancee is. Typically about a month will go by before the consulate receives the file, and can take action to contact your Fiancee and send her Packet 3. The I-797C that you receive will confirm which consulate the file is being sent to. Contact the consulate immediately via phone or fax and ask if they can open a “Provisional File”. If that consulate allows them to open such a file, then send them a fax requesting this, along with a copy of the I-797C that you received. The consulate will not schedule an interview with your Fiancee until the actual file has arrived, but can send the Packet 3 to your Fiancee for her to respond to.
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