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Cmguy   0

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My wife recently became a US citizen and my wife adopted her niece about a year ago and received the Final court papers in Thailand. I wasnt allowed to be on the court papers It would have been a much longer process,We have supported her in our house for about 5 years since her parents passed. I Need to ask if it is possible to bring her here?

What forms?

How long could it take??

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-Robert

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Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2005-11-12

I-130 Sent : 2005-12-09

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received : 2006-01-07

Interview Date : 2006-03-07 Submit Review

Visa Received :

US Entry :

I-130 Approval : 2005-12-21

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Processing

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Your I-130 was approved in 12 days.

Your interview took 88 days from filing.

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Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   5,993

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How old is the niece?

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Cmguy Rookie

Cmguy   0

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She is 15 years old-

How old is the niece?

DCF

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2005-11-12

I-130 Sent : 2005-12-09

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received : 2006-01-07

Interview Date : 2006-03-07 Submit Review

Visa Received :

US Entry :

I-130 Approval : 2005-12-21

Comments :

Processing

Estimates/Stats :

Your I-130 was approved in 12 days.

Your interview took 88 days from filing.

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Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   5,993

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As the child is now the minor child of a USC, yor wife can file for an immediate visa, starting with the I-130. Not sure about Thailand specifically, but it should take less than a year.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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daboyz   36

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I'm trying to do the same thing. There is some weird rule in Thailand that the "adopter" has to live in Thailand for 2 years with the child. Both parents have to be proven dead.

I talked to a lawyer here in the US and he advised to bring her here on a visitor visa, and then adopt her here. I think that is breaking the rules, so I wont do that.

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Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

Please fill out I-130, wait 6 months for approval, then 3 more months for an interview. (Unless of course we've bombed your country into the stone age, then you qualify for expedited processing.)

Welcome to the USA!!!

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pushbrk   12,892

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I'm trying to do the same thing. There is some weird rule in Thailand that the "adopter" has to live in Thailand for 2 years with the child. Both parents have to be proven dead.

I talked to a lawyer here in the US and he advised to bring her here on a visitor visa, and then adopt her here. I think that is breaking the rules, so I wont do that.

A legally adopted child of a US Citizen can get an immigrant visa. Issues with Thailand's requirements for adoption are a separate issue from US immigration.

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