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I have a question about all the supporting documents I will need for a I-130 and g-325a form and any other form I need to file. I am leaving the states to marry my finance' in Bangkok and as I will be staying with her there until she is approved I need to know what documents I will need to bring and have with me in Bangkok. Once I am there I will be unable to access personal documents back in the states. As I am retired do I need to submit tax returns? I heard 3 years are needed. Does that mean every page of the tax return or just the 1st 2 pages of each? I have copies of my birth cert. and marriage and divorce papers---are there any other docs I need to have with me when I leave the US? Thanks for any help.

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I have a question about all the supporting documents I will need for a I-130 and g-325a form and any other form I need to file. I am leaving the states to marry my finance' in Bangkok and as I will be staying with her there until she is approved I need to know what documents I will need to bring and have with me in Bangkok. Once I am there I will be unable to access personal documents back in the states. As I am retired do I need to submit tax returns? I heard 3 years are needed. Does that mean every page of the tax return or just the 1st 2 pages of each? I have copies of my birth cert. and marriage and divorce papers---are there any other docs I need to have with me when I leave the US? Thanks for any help.

I hope you realise you will be in Thailand about 9 to 12 months. I dont mean to say thats a bad idea but it does require certian planning.

Take with you a certified copy of any divorce decree you may have. Original of birth cert. Tax transcipts for three years which are better than the actual returns. Returns can be used IF you supply every page AND all suppoting docs. Get transcripts from IRS free by using IRS web site or calling. Check experation date of your passport. Review 130 instructions for other required docs.

Consider the book Thailand Fever found on Amazon to help you understand some things about Thais and Thailand. Have your fiancee read it as well.

After you marry consider have her change her Thai I D her new married name. This will allow her to get her passport in that name as well. My husband had ne do this and it saved us a lot of problems as we went forward.

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I hope you realise you will be in Thailand about 9 to 12 months. I dont mean to say thats a bad idea but it does require certian planning.

Take with you a certified copy of any divorce decree you may have. Original of birth cert. Tax transcipts for three years which are better than the actual returns. Returns can be used IF you supply every page AND all suppoting docs. Get transcripts from IRS free by using IRS web site or calling. Check experation date of your passport. Review 130 instructions for other required docs.

Consider the book Thailand Fever found on Amazon to help you understand some things about Thais and Thailand. Have your fiancee read it as well.

After you marry consider have her change her Thai I D her new married name. This will allow her to get her passport in that name as well. My husband had ne do this and it saved us a lot of problems as we went forward.

I am planning for 12 months but I am flexible. Thanks for the advice on the transcripts and the ID change. I already ordered the IRS transcripts; I just hope they arrive by the 14th. Do I really need to bring the original of my birth certificate? Will I need to copy every page of my passport?

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I am planning for 12 months but I am flexible. Thanks for the advice on the transcripts and the ID change. I already ordered the IRS transcripts; I just hope they arrive by the 14th. Do I really need to bring the original of my birth certificate? Will I need to copy every page of my passport?

Of course your original B C is not what you really have but you do need a certified copy. Yes you will need to be able to submit every page of the passport. Also passport style pics as in the instructions. Tax transcripts can be easily faxed to you in Thailand if need be. The tax info is submitted with the 864 much later so you have plenty of time.

Keep in mind the counsulate section of the embassy can help you with some things but doesnt provide any visa help nor advise. That section is across the street for the embassy in the high rise so you can access it most anytime.

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*** Thread moved from K-3 Process forum to CR-1 Process forum. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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