Visa fee K1/K2

[long_ 3]

I called NVC this morning and was given our case number for our K1/K2 visa. I was wondering if I am able to pay the visa fee's now or do I have to wait for NVC to send to the Bangkok embassy? I plan on mailing my fiance the all of the completed forms and documents this weekend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....

[Karee 4,190]

I called NVC this morning and was given our case number for our K1/K2 visa. I was wondering if I am able to pay the visa fee's now or do I have to wait for NVC to send to the Bangkok embassy? I plan on mailing my fiance the all of the completed forms and documents this weekend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....

Since you are a K visa, you don't do anything with NVC. They just assign a case number and send everything to the embassy in Bangkok. You'll pay the visa in Bangkok. I believe it will need to paid at a Thai post office there. Not sure. Someone else will come along and answer that.

[long_ 3]

Ok thanks. Quick question: When she goes and pays the fee at the Thai post will need to pay this fee twice for her and her son or is it just a single fee?

I know she will need to keep the receipt and make a copy and send the original receipt in with packet 3.

[slowlyman 118]

Yes, pay the fee at the PO. Make sure she understands which Visa fee she should ask for. Keep all receipts. Do not send the original with the P3. Keep all originals and bring them to the interview. Send only copies with the P3.

Edited October 18, 2013 by slowlyman

[Ning 619]

Ok thanks. Quick question: When she goes and pays the fee at the Thai post will need to pay this fee twice for her and her son or is it just a single fee?

I know she will need to keep the receipt and make a copy and send the original receipt in with packet 3.

Two visas = two fees. Paid at Thai P O.

She has a letter from the bio father allowing the child to emigrate? Or a Thai court order of custody?

[long_ 3]

OK thanks slowlyman and Ning. We will send a copy and take the original to the interveiw.

Ning yes she has a Thai court order of custody stating that the father has no rights and the father is going to write a letter also and she has a copy of his IC and house book already.

[slowlyman 118]

Boy, you're right on top of things. Good for you. Things go much smoother for her when YOU are organized.

Edited October 18, 2013 by slowlyman

[long_ 3]

So she can pay the fee at any Thai PO for example Chum Phuang or Buriram? If so does she just tell them that she is paying a visa fee $480 usd and get one receipt or does she have to pay seperate for each visa? Sorry for so many questions....

[slowlyman 118]

any post office. You need to tell them which visa you are paying for.

[long_ 3]

Ok thanks for the quick reply slowlyman.

[Ning 619]

OK thanks slowlyman and Ning. We will send a copy and take the original to the interveiw.

Ning yes she has a Thai court order of custody stating that the father has no rights and the father is going to write a letter also and she has a copy of his IC and house book already.

I am happy to find you have done everything the right way. We have seen some that didn't understand what must be done and some where the bio father just wouldn't do what was right for the child. One couple I know has been trying for 3 years now to gain custody of the children.

Well done.

[long_ 3]

Thanks Ning....I wrote a basic statement in english stating that the father has no objection on the child moving to the US. She is going to have him sign it today.

[slowlyman 118]

Long_, I'm pretty sure that needs to be a court document. Not something you draft on your own. Ning is most knowledgeable on this so I'll defer to her.

[Ning 619]

Long_, I'm pretty sure that needs to be a court document. Not something you draft on your own. Ning is most knowledgeable on this so I'll defer to her.

It can be a statement signed by the father. The embassy will give people a sample of what they require but anything using common sense will do. I suggest they include a copy of the fathers Thai I D to help prove who signed the statement. Its always best to make sure the embassy will sanction any effort made in regards to obtaining a visa for children.

There have been cases where they insisted the father come in to be interviewed but this is usually only after people have said they can not find the father that I know of. The court order has been used when the father can not be found or refuses to sign and did not have legal custody.

[long_ 3]

Thanks. She has a Thai court order granting her sole custody from when she moved to Singapore a few years back. She already has a copy of the father IC and house book and he has already signed the letter that I sent her. The exact letter says:

I, (name of father), Thai ID XXXXX father of (child) Thai ID XXXXX give my permission for said child to migrate to the United States of America with his mother, (name of mother), Thai ID XXXXX to live