Im new help!

[Toadman555 0]

Thanks to all for the great advice! I did have a question.I was looking at where to mail the first bit of info,I live in Illinois so i mail to California?What is the Chicago lock box? this is for K1 by the way.Kind of confused as to why i would mail to California and not somewhere in Chicago.thanks all~todd

The instructions are correct as you read them, mail it to the California office.

The Chicago lockbox is not for K visa petitions.

ah thank u for that info i was not sure

had a question about my girlfriend coming from Dublin to visit in US.if the K1 process has started,can she come over to visit on a tourist visa from Dublin?she has a student visa now in Dublin .thought id see if anyone knew about this thanks

[pushbrk 12,822]

Thanks to all for the great advice! I did have a question.I was looking at where to mail the first bit of info,I live in Illinois so i mail to California?What is the Chicago lock box? this is for K1 by the way.Kind of confused as to why i would mail to California and not somewhere in Chicago.thanks all~todd

The instructions are correct as you read them, mail it to the California office.

The Chicago lockbox is not for K visa petitions.

ah thank u for that info i was not sure

had a question about my girlfriend coming from Dublin to visit in US.if the K1 process has started,can she come over to visit on a tourist visa from Dublin?she has a student visa now in Dublin .thought id see if anyone knew about this thanks

She would need to obtain a visa to enter the USA. Not an easy task for a single Thai woman but potentially possible.

[thongd4me 69]

Thanks to all for the great advice! I did have a question.I was looking at where to mail the first bit of info,I live in Illinois so i mail to California?What is the Chicago lock box? this is for K1 by the way.Kind of confused as to why i would mail to California and not somewhere in Chicago.thanks all~todd

The instructions are correct as you read them, mail it to the California office.

The Chicago lockbox is not for K visa petitions.

ah thank u for that info i was not sure

had a question about my girlfriend coming from Dublin to visit in US.if the K1 process has started,can she come over to visit on a tourist visa from Dublin?she has a student visa now in Dublin .thought id see if anyone knew about this thanks

She would need to obtain a visa to enter the USA. Not an easy task for a single Thai woman but potentially possible.

That's certainly true; if she is on a full scholarship but comes from a poor family she may be like the proverbial camel in the eye of the needle (see your Bible).

If her family is very well off and she can prove ties to Thailand and reduce the possibility of becoming a public charge, things may be different.

Not condoning that, but that's how things are.

[Toadman555 0]

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The instructions are correct as you read them, mail it to the California office.

The Chicago lockbox is not for K visa petitions.

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ah thank u for that info i was not sure

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had a question about my girlfriend coming from Dublin to visit in US.if the K1 process has started,can she come over to visit on a tourist visa from Dublin?she has a student visa now in Dublin .thought id see if anyone knew about this thanks

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She would need to obtain a visa to enter the USA. Not an easy task for a single Thai woman but potentially possible.

hello me again.Well shes here in the US.She was givin a 10 year tourist visa with re-entry.we got the letter telling us that she will be getting a packet in Thailand to tell her how to apply for k1 visa.got 3 letters already.Should she just stay?or should we go back and finish the k1 process with the interview?we were thinking we should just get married so we didnt have to go back to Thailand.Any advice would be great thanks ~Todd

[pushbrk 12,822]

hello me again.Well shes here in the US.She was givin a 10 year tourist visa with re-entry.we got the letter telling us that she will be getting a packet in Thailand to tell her how to apply for k1 visa.got 3 letters already.Should she just stay?or should we go back and finish the k1 process with the interview?we were thinking we should just get married so we didnt have to go back to Thailand.Any advice would be great thanks ~Todd

You can get married but to just stay would be a very bad idea, IMO. The K1 visa isn't required to get married alone. It's required to get married AND stay. Yes she should complete the K1 process before marriage, then return the USA, marry and adjust status.

To marry and stay now would pretty much be saying you thought you were successful at circumventing US immigration law through visa fraud after all and that you only filed the I-129F petition in case your intended fraud wasn't successful. I know that's not the real story but I think that's how it would look to USCIS if you went in for the adjustment of status interview.

[bolin786 21]

Hey everyone new here need advice.Met My girlfriend about 4 months ago and we will start the process very soon.She is going to school in Dublin and been living there for almost three years.We met online and then met in person in Dublin.Talk everyday through IM and video chat.not much phone calls.Been to see her in Dublin 2times and just got back from Thailand with her to see her family and hometown.Going back to Dublin at the end of nov and then again at Christmas.Her visa will be up soon for Ireland and we didnt know the wisdom of her staying or going back to Thailand.We didnt know if any of that is relevant to the k1 process.been saving IMs and all pictures and plane tickets hotels etc.Any advice?reading all of this seems like the process is pretty stressful.and tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!

Definetely save as much information as you can gather that proves your relationship such as photos of both of you with dates and locations, photos with relatives, plane tickets with boarding passes, receipts from hotels and restaurants and places you went together, emails, chat room conversations, letters with envelopes that substantiate dates, receipts of phone bills or used calling cards,etc.