Sawasdee 4 (Thai K-1s in 2010)

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Dang, it's been real quiet in here for quite a few days. We are moving to the end of the line!! I am hoping the embassy will call Teaw Monday with good news. She is going to go see her family on the 30th for 3 or 4 days as Western Digital is closing for inventory she said. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

[Reddstars 5]

Dang, it's been real quiet in here for quite a few days. We are moving to the end of the line!! I am hoping the embassy will call Teaw Monday with good news. She is going to go see her family on the 30th for 3 or 4 days as Western Digital is closing for inventory she said. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

Yeah it has been a little quiet on here, lol! Kinda funny how many of us are divorced and are going through the visa process....myself included. Atlest knowing some of the questions they will possibly be asking Laddawan about my previous marriage....is very helpfull. However she has her first practice interview with our visa company on tuesday the 29th and her real interview on July 16th....so as much practice as she can get will help out alot too Im hoping!

Edited June 28, 2010 by Reddstars

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Yeah it has been a little quiet on here, lol! Kinda funny how many of us are divorced and are going through the visa process....myself included. Atlest knowing some of the questions they will possibly be asking Laddawan about my previous marriage....is very helpfull. However she has her first practice interview with our visa company on tuesday the 29th and her real interview on July 16th....so as much practice as she can get will help out alot too Im hoping!

Not sure how long ago your divorce was, but make sure she knows a lot about it. They seem to ask a lot of questions about your ex if it was anywhere close to when you met your fiancee or did the visa. Good luck!!

[Reddstars 5]

Not sure how long ago your divorce was, but make sure she knows a lot about it. They seem to ask a lot of questions about your ex if it was anywhere close to when you met your fiancee or did the visa. Good luck!!

I had been seperated for about 16months before I met with Laddawan in Thailand....upon my return back from Thailand I instantly started the divorce process then 4 months later it was finalized. Then about a month later we started the K1 process. I hope this doesnt cause a problem to the embassy.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

I had been seperated for about 16months before I met with Laddawan in Thailand....upon my return back from Thailand I instantly started the divorce process then 4 months later it was finalized. Then about a month later we started the K1 process. I hope this doesnt cause a problem to the embassy.

Did you outline all that in your letter you sent with the visa packet? They grilled Teaw and The Bears' husband a lot about our exes. So to be on the save side you might want to make sure she knows some specifics

OR send a letter to her that she can take with her that explains the timeline of your separation, meeting her, the divorce, etc. I am assuming your ex is not Asian. If she is, then they might look harder into the divorce

aspect. Better safe than get put into AP like we did. You could also write the letter, have her keep it with her at the interview and if they start asking a lot about your ex and the divorce she can just whip it out and

give it to them and let them read it then.

[toma1 10]

I had been seperated for about 16months before I met with Laddawan in Thailand....upon my return back from Thailand I instantly started the divorce process then 4 months later it was finalized. Then about a month later we started the K1 process. I hope this doesnt cause a problem to the embassy.

That's pretty close. It might. It was good advice to have you explain that in great detail.

[Reddstars 5]

Did you outline all that in your letter you sent with the visa packet? They grilled Teaw and The Bears' husband a lot about our exes. So to be on the save side you might want to make sure she knows some specifics

OR send a letter to her that she can take with her that explains the timeline of your separation, meeting her, the divorce, etc. I am assuming your ex is not Asian. If she is, then they might look harder into the divorce

aspect. Better safe than get put into AP like we did. You could also write the letter, have her keep it with her at the interview and if they start asking a lot about your ex and the divorce she can just whip it out and

give it to them and let them read it then.

Yeah I made it clear in the visa packet I sent about my divorce and etc...but it sounds like a good idea about sending some specific dates to Laddawan for her to have on hand at her interivew. Thanks for the advice

[Reddstars 5]

Did you outline all that in your letter you sent with the visa packet? They grilled Teaw and The Bears' husband a lot about our exes. So to be on the save side you might want to make sure she knows some specifics

OR send a letter to her that she can take with her that explains the timeline of your separation, meeting her, the divorce, etc. I am assuming your ex is not Asian. If she is, then they might look harder into the divorce

aspect. Better safe than get put into AP like we did. You could also write the letter, have her keep it with her at the interview and if they start asking a lot about your ex and the divorce she can just whip it out and

give it to them and let them read it then.

Oh and no she was not asian she was american....what was I thinking

[TheBears 9]

Yep. Give her all the details. Write out your own version of how your relationship has come and how the previous marriage was "over" before you met Laddawan.

It seems to be those timelines overlapping that is causing problems. I met Husby in the same month I married The Ex and then divorced The Ex a month before marrying Husby. That's leaving out all the details, but you can see how bad it looks. Tom has a similar overlapping. And, technically, so do you.

Details, including dates. How you met your ex. When you were married. When you were separated. What sparked the separation. When the divorce was finalized. Husby was asked most of these. Just for fun, make sure she knows your ex is a citizen and how (birth or naturalization). Do you have children? That might come up.

After her practice session, you might want to wait a little and put her through your own interrogation. If she's not used to confrontation and rapid, direct questions, she might need extra practice.

What evidence have you prepared?

[toma1 10]

Oh and no she was not asian she was american....what was I thinking

Why would they care about her race? I doubt that makes any difference to them at all.

People have been known to divorce in order to make money marrying other people for green cards.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Oh and no she was not asian she was american....what was I thinking

Just better safe than sorry and get put into AP. If she has the answers hopefully it will go okay.

At the interview with Teaw they surprised her with "Do you know you have a cousin in the USA?" Up until recently she did not know she had a cousin in the US who is married to a US man. When her father was in the hospital a couple months ago from a motorbike accident one of her uncles was at the hosp. and she was there and they were talking about her having a farang fiancee and her uncle told her about this cousin she has never met, does not know her name, no phone number. But somehow the embassy found out about this cousin that she has never known and questioned her about her. So they apparently have good resources and find out things we don't know about.

Also, if you and Laddawan communicate by email and chat in English, they might question her a lot about that. They grilled Teaw twice about who was writing emails for her as she interviewed in Thai because she felt better

that way. They seemed to not believe that she wrote the emails and chats and made her write an exemplar email on a piece of paper in English to see how she wrote it. I guess they don't understand some Thais can type English

better than speak it!! So if she interviews in Thai have her prepared for questions relating to how she can type English. If she interviews in English well she should be fine.

[TheBears 9]

Why would they care about her race? I doubt that makes any difference to them at all.

People have been known to divorce in order to make money marrying other people for green cards.

They cared that my ex was Thai. They made quite a fuss about it, asking Husby 3 times how The Ex came to the US and how he had US citizenship. Having Thai nationality, despite being born in the US, was enough to create suspicion in their mind.

That's all. They're just trying to sniff out fraud.

[daboyz 36]

Just better safe than sorry and get put into AP. If she has the answers hopefully it will go okay.

At the interview with Teaw they surprised her with "Do you know you have a cousin in the USA?" Up until recently she did not know she had a cousin in the US who is married to a US man. When her father was in the hospital a couple months ago from a motorbike accident one of her uncles was at the hosp. and she was there and they were talking about her having a farang fiancee and her uncle told her about this cousin she has never met, does not know her name, no phone number. But somehow the embassy found out about this cousin that she has never known and questioned her about her. So they apparently have good resources and find out things we don't know about.

Also, if you and Laddawan communicate by email and chat in English, they might question her a lot about that. They grilled Teaw twice about who was writing emails for her as she interviewed in Thai because she felt better

that way. They seemed to not believe that she wrote the emails and chats and made her write an exemplar email on a piece of paper in English to see how she wrote it. I guess they don't understand some Thais can type English

better than speak it!! So if she interviews in Thai have her prepared for questions relating to how she can type English. If she interviews in English well she should be fine.

Crazy they know about her cousin. They gave my wife a hard time about some IRS stuff that USCIS or NVC never brought up. Only the consulate brought it up.

[toma1 10]

They cared that my ex was Thai. They made quite a fuss about it, asking Husby 3 times how The Ex came to the US and how he had US citizenship. Having Thai nationality, despite being born in the US, was enough to create suspicion in their mind.

That's all. They're just trying to sniff out fraud.

Thai is a nationality, not a race. Asian could be any nationality, including American.

[TheBears 9]

Crazy they know about her cousin. They gave my wife a hard time about some IRS stuff that USCIS or NVC never brought up. Only the consulate brought it up.

They knew about her cousin, but didn't know about my ex having being a US citizen. Brats.