Trouble with lawyer in Thailand and i-601

[Wewerescammed 0]

Long story short.. I am an American citizen and my fiancé is from thailand. She was denied k1 and now we have to file i601. She wanted to hire a lawyer in thailand. She found an American lawyer in Thailand over 1.5 years ago.it took me approximately 5 months to get paperwork to prove hardship. The lawyer has been telling us for 1 year that he will submit the waiver soon. As you can see after 1 year of his lies we don't know what to do. We paid him in full to do this work. Now he has our money and he is not doing the job. I shouldn't have let her hire a person in Thailand. If this happened in America i could sue for malpractice. He has our money, all of our paperwork and personal information. I am extremely stressed from this situation and was wondering if anyone had a similar experience or knew of any legal recourse? We have been apart for 2 years now, it is really taking a toll on my mental and emotional well being, not to mention the money I've spent visiting her every 6 months. I'm at a loss for what i should do.

[Karee 4,190]

Long story short.. I am an American citizen and my fiancé is from thailand. She was denied k1 and now we have to file i601. She wanted to hire a lawyer in thailand. She found an American lawyer in Thailand over 1.5 years ago.it took me approximately 5 months to get paperwork to prove hardship. The lawyer has been telling us for 1 year that he will submit the waiver soon. As you can see after 1 year of his lies we don't know what to do. We paid him in full to do this work. Now he has our money and he is not doing the job. I shouldn't have let her hire a person in Thailand. If this happened in America i could sue for malpractice. He has our money, all of our paperwork and personal information. I am extremely stressed from this situation and was wondering if anyone had a similar experience or knew of any legal recourse? We have been apart for 2 years now, it is really taking a toll on my mental and emotional well being, not to mention the money I've spent visiting her every 6 months. I'm at a loss for what i should do.

I wish I had a positive answer for you, but I don't. We had used a lawyer here in the U.S. and there's no real recourse here either unfortunately. Did you go see the lawyer on your last trip and ask him #######? What was the reason for the denial?

[Cathi 5,757]

Get an attorney is the US

[Boiler 45,553]

Why do you need a waiver?

[Wewerescammed 0]

I wish I had a positive answer for you, but I don't. We had used a lawyer here in the U.S. and there's no real recourse here either unfortunately. Did you go see the lawyer on your last trip and ask him #######? What was the reason for the denial?

When she returned back to Thailand after her educational visa was about to expire she applied for and was approved for a temp visa. When she got to Detroit she was speaking to the immigration agent and was asked if she had a boyfriend in America. She said yes. They accused her of misrepresenting her visa because she did not disclose this during her interview at the Thai embassy. They didn't ask her and she didn't know she was supposed to voluntarily state that. So, when we applied for k1, they aggressively grilled her on this. Broke her down to tears and accused us of fraud. So we hired the lawyer and have tried to move forward. I went to his office my last visit and he told us he was a little behind with other cases. He did another interview and said the same line. I will have your rough draft done in 1 week and we can submit the next. That was over 6 months ago. My bigger, older brother and i are going to Thailand on a trip in April. Maybe we should visit him again?

Get an attorney is the US

We spent our money on this attorney.

Thanks

Why do you need a waiver?

I was told that because of the reason for the k1 denial, it would otherwise be impossible to get approval without one.

[Karee 4,190]

When she returned back to Thailand after her educational visa was about to expire she applied for and was approved for a temp visa. When she got to Detroit she was speaking to the immigration agent and was asked if she had a boyfriend in America. She said yes. They accused her of misrepresenting her visa because she did not disclose this during her interview at the Thai embassy. They didn't ask her and she didn't know she was supposed to voluntarily state that. So, when we applied for k1, they aggressively grilled her on this. Broke her down to tears and accused us of fraud. So we hired the lawyer and have tried to move forward. I went to his office my last visit and he told us he was a little behind with other cases. He did another interview and said the same line. I will have your rough draft done in 1 week and we can submit the next. That was over 6 months ago. My bigger, older brother and i are going to Thailand on a trip in April. Maybe we should visit him again?

We spent our money on this attorney.

Thanks

I wonder how they knew that she didn't disclose that she had a boyfriend? There's no question about boyfriends on any of the forms. Unless they put the entire interview in the paperwork they gave to CBP. which would be odd.

Depending on when you go in April, the lawyer might not be around since it's Songkran.

[Wewerescammed 0]

I wonder how they knew that she didn't disclose that she had a boyfriend? There's no question about boyfriends on any of the forms. Unless they put the entire interview in the paperwork they gave to CBP. which would be odd.

Depending on when you go in April, the lawyer might not be around since it's Songkran.

It doesn't make much sense to me either. But there was no other reason for not admitting her with the temp visa. She had successfully been in and out of America on educational visas twice, and once with a temp visa. Her sister lives and works in America also. My fiancé has a masters and her sister has a phd. Don't know if that makes a difference.

Yeah, we will be in Bangkok during Songkran. .

[Boiler 45,553]

There is no boyfriend paperwork question, was she asked during her interview and forgot?

[Wewerescammed 0]

There is no boyfriend paperwork question, was she asked during her interview and forgot?

No, she's pretty certain they did not ask her at the interview for her temp visa. They did ask her in Detroit immigration processing, and when she went for her k1 interview they grilled her on why she didn't say anything, why was she hiding it, said our relationship was a lie.

[Wewerescammed 0]

No, she's pretty certain they did not ask her at the interview for her temp visa. They did ask her in Detroit immigration processing, and when she went for her k1 interview they grilled her on why she didn't say anything, why was she hiding it, said our relationship was a lie.

Anyway, we have to accept this and move forward. This is why we hired the lawyer and have tried to push him to submit the i-601. I just wish we had some type of legal recourse to at least get our money back.

[Boiler 45,553]

Well time to look for a new Lawyer.

[Wewerescammed 0]

Well time to look for a new Lawyer.

I really wish i could. Thanks for the knowledgeable comments.

[TEX_715 6]

bad luck with the lawyer, may we know who so hopefully others can avoid the bad service?

[Boiler 45,553]

There are US recommended lawyers that could be recommended, does not sound a major case.

[Jon and Krissy 452]

Long story short.. I am an American citizen and my fiancé is from thailand. She was denied k1 and now we have to file i601. She wanted to hire a lawyer in thailand. She found an American lawyer in Thailand over 1.5 years ago.it took me approximately 5 months to get paperwork to prove hardship. The lawyer has been telling us for 1 year that he will submit the waiver soon. As you can see after 1 year of his lies we don't know what to do. We paid him in full to do this work. Now he has our money and he is not doing the job. I shouldn't have let her hire a person in Thailand. If this happened in America i could sue for malpractice. He has our money, all of our paperwork and personal information. I am extremely stressed from this situation and was wondering if anyone had a similar experience or knew of any legal recourse? We have been apart for 2 years now, it is really taking a toll on my mental and emotional well being, not to mention the money I've spent visiting her every 6 months. I'm at a loss for what i should do.

Get married and file a CR1. Why on earth would you wait so long?

Edited March 3, 2014 by Jon and Sol