Getting a Visitor Visas after filing a K3 in Thailand

[Ning 619]

As was stated before, you can try. It's going to cost $131, and more than likely will be denied. For your own sanity you should be prepared for the fact you SO will not step foot in the U.S. until her K-3 is issued. If you can figure out another way around that, Chok Dee.

Oh I believe everyone when the say it will be denied. I am just think it is unfair and think instead of just doing nothing. why not work on getting the rules change by everyone calling there congress man. Maybe I will not benafit from it, but maybe someone down the road someone will. If you read what the meeting this requirement they are BS. you tell me if someone has a job in Thailand they will always come back ? I think the reason for her to come back to complete the K3 is a reason, it as goo as any other one they have.

Please attempt to call your congressman, letting them know how you feel & ask them exactly what course of action they will take to correct the situation. I say attempt because you wont be talking to them directly. These same politicans are the the people that can vote to change the immigration laws. They havent done so since 1952. Ask them when thier last vote was on immigration reform & what the outcome of that vote was. After the experiance I had with a Senator I have zero faith in what they can or will do.

The honest people would go back or at least we think we would. However when they learn to circumvent the system by using the AOS many do not. I have seen many ask here on VJ how to do just that. There is a L A based web site my wife reads & it is full of people that didnt return. They think its fine to ignore the laws. Thier friends have taught them how to live here with no legal status & how to work. The most amazing aspect to me is that They arrived on tourist visas.

Those people have decided for you that its almost impossible to get a tourist visa. One post here teaches us how a tourist visa can be issued. Have a rich relative pay an experianced American lawyer to coach someone to teach them what to do. Actually there is a detailed list of what they provided as evidence of the stongest ties. Its possible they would accept the same from you. Then again it looks like fluent English ect helped as well.

[John & Nan 0]

Strong ties to Thailand could include:

Primary

1) Six months+ of bank statements in the name of the applicant showing over 500,000 Baht .

2) Land titles in Thailand in the name of the applicant.

3) Documentation of business owned by applicant.

Secondary

1) Letters from local or national government officials petitioning on behalf of the applicant.

2) Letter from current employer/university stating the applicant's status there.

3) Titles on cars and/or motorcycles.

4) Any other proof of ties, such as dependent family members, etc.

A good friend's girlfriend, who had a Master's degree, spoke fluent English and held a good job and whose father sits on the board of directors for RCA Thailand, was originally denied. She retained an American attorney in Bangkok, reapplied 2 weeks later and was granted the tourist visa. When I asked my friend "How could he help her get it?" he replied "The guy knew exactly what the embassy was looking for, told her to do 'this and that,' and she got it without any problems."

wow thanks that help alot. We had always planned on building a summer home in Thailand and her family has lots of land. Just would have to go though all the paper work to get some land in her name. Her aunt works for the local amphur and we had many government officials and police at our wedding and our son's fire hair shaving and khwan ceremony.