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| Issues and insights regarding the K1 Fiancee Visa from | | | | A major hurdle when applying for a US Fiancée |
| Thailand written by a US immigration Attorney. | | | | Visa is the visa interview at the US Embassy in |
| When people begin researching US Visas for Thai | | | | Bangkok. Although consular officers are not looking to |
| wives and fiancées one of the first Visas they learn | | | | confound a Thai visa applicant, they are required to |
| about is the K1 Fiancée Visa. The K1 Visa was | | | | perform due diligence in order to ascertain if a visa |
| designed to allow an American Citizen to bring a Thai | | | | seeker is truly in a bona fide relationship with a US |
| Fiancée to the USA for the sole purpose of | | | | Citizen. Evidence of a bona fide relationship between a |
| marriage. | | | | Thai fiancé and a US Citizen includes: photos, |
| Once married the couple can file for adjustment of | | | | telephone documentation, airplane ticket stubs |
| status and thereby obtain a US Green Card for a Thai | | | | establishing that the betrothed have met within the |
| loved one. Americans seeking a K-1 Visa for a Thai | | | | previous two years, emails, as well as any other |
| often become frustrated because the process can be | | | | evidence establishing a bona fide relationship. Thai |
| complicated. Hopefully this piece will shed some light on | | | | Fiancée enters the US at an Immigration port of |
| the subject. | | | | entry |
| The I-129f petition for a Thai Fiancée | | | | The final step for bringing a Thai fiancée to the US |
| The I-129f petition is the petition used to apply for a K1 | | | | is the Immigration check point in America. Generally this |
| Visa with USCIS (formerly known as US Immigration). | | | | is a formality and the Thai fiancée will be stamped |
| This application demands routine information about | | | | into the country without incident. However, it should be |
| both the American and Thai Fiancee Visa beneficiary. | | | | remembered that US Immigration officials have the |
| Under a law called the International Marriage Brokers | | | | authority to turn anyone away at the border, so a Thai |
| Regulation Act, a US Citizen who has applied for | | | | fiancée ought to be mannerly and provide any |
| multiple K-1 Visas in the past is ineligible to petition for | | | | information asked for by the consular officers. |
| another K-1 Visa. It is possible for this restriction to be | | | | For any questions or concerns regarding the K1 Visa |
| surmounted, but the counsel of a trained Immigration | | | | process or other Immigration Issues it is always |
| Lawyer is recommended for those seeking a waiver. | | | | advisable to seek advice from a competent licensed |
| The Fiancée Visa Interview at the US Embassy in | | | | attorney. |