Worried But Confident... Interview Materials!

[Serpent Dragon ZX 6]

My wife has FINALLY been scheduled for her CR-1 Interview next month in Bangkok on October 14. I am assembling all the stuff I think she might need for the interview. I am getting mixed answers and suggestions from friends that have also gone through the process, both CR-1 and K-1. My friend with the CR-1 (wife from Korea) had their interviews in the US, so both were interviewed, and showed little proof, and passed. The 2 K-1's I know, were in Bangkok, showed moderate to a lot of proof, and passed.

I will list the stuff we are bringing, along with 3 things *** that I am hesitant or questionable.

J-1 Waiver of 2 Year Home Residency Requirement

Bank Account Statements - Shared for over a year and showing proof I help my wife with anything she needs

Insurance Policies - Auto and Life

***Pictures from early 2013, to now... Not many occasions, but we managed to get quite a few between then, and now since I visited her, had a week 'honeymoon', and then spent a week with her family. Pictures of all the gifts I sent her, and all the times I sent flowers to her. She even saved all the cards that came with them. Also have studio pictures that we had done that we wanted special for ourselves in Thai wedding attire. (We did a quick wedding here in US, and in our excitement, never took pictures. We planned on doing a full blown Thai wedding for her family in a year or 2 later). We have no pics of MY family, or my kids with her because I travel too much for work (work for navy contractor), not see them much, and the pics on my last phone were all lost! Is this going to be a problem? I understand the interview is about me and her, but I do not live with my 2 kids so I don't see them as much as I want.

Calling logs from LINE - States the times we called, and how long.

Plane tickets showing I visited, and our trip to Railey Island. Even the ticket from when we visited the temple.

***Chat logs... My wife wanted me to print it in it's entirety... Its over 500 pages... I cut it down to 1 week from every month since June 2013, and it's still 107 pages long. She recommends I leave her in the chat with her nickname, instead of using her real name. Good idea? With the stupidity that we have encountered so far, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't figure out she has a nickname we use most often, and might question it. Also, there is some... X-rated talk in there... I was just going to cut it out, or skip those specific dates, but my wife said to leave it, she doesn't care, not shy. She thinks maybe it shows REAL. That we talk about our feelings in all aspects... But I am quite hesitant... Now she said it is up to me. Filtering through 500 pages is not easy... I mean, do they REALLY read through the chat log at the interview...? Or copy it or anything? It's quite a bit of reading...

***Tax Statements we shared - We filed jointly last year, but every year prior to that, I claimed my ex, and our 2 kids. Mainly because I was sending her money, and helping her out because she was jobless. Even last year, me and my wife claimed jointly, and my 2 kids, AND my ex because she still didn't have a job, because she was fresh out of school/training. I'm worried they might question that...? But it was purely for tax reasons, since we pretty much supported her. We only claimed what was owed, because I always pay 100% for everything for my kids, and also give child support. Are they going to question this, or are they just looking for numbers in money? I make almost twice the amount needed for a family of 5.

Everyone tells me we have too much proof showing we are real, but we really don't want any snags, since we waited for almost 15 months!

Edited September 9, 2014 by Serpent Dragon ZX

[Ning 619]

My wife has FINALLY been scheduled for her CR-1 Interview next month in Bangkok on October 14. I am assembling all the stuff I think she might need for the interview. I am getting mixed answers and suggestions from friends that have also gone through the process, both CR-1 and K-1. My friend with the CR-1 (wife from Korea) had their interviews in the US, so both were interviewed, and showed little proof, and passed. The 2 K-1's I know, were in Bangkok, showed moderate to a lot of proof, and passed.

I will list the stuff we are bringing, along with 3 things *** that I am hesitant or questionable.

J-1 Waiver of 2 Year Home Residency Requirement

Bank Account Statements - Shared for over a year and showing proof I help my wife with anything she needs

Insurance Policies - Auto and Life

***Pictures from early 2013, to now... Not many occasions, but we managed to get quite a few between then, and now since I visited her, had a week 'honeymoon', and then spent a week with her family. Pictures of all the gifts I sent her, and all the times I sent flowers to her. She even saved all the cards that came with them. Also have studio pictures that we had done that we wanted special for ourselves in Thai wedding attire. (We did a quick wedding here in US, and in our excitement, never took pictures. We planned on doing a full blown Thai wedding for her family in a year or 2 later). We have no pics of MY family, or my kids with her because I travel too much for work (work for navy contractor), not see them much, and the pics on my last phone were all lost! Is this going to be a problem? I understand the interview is about me and her, but I do not live with my 2 kids so I don't see them as much as I want.

Calling logs from LINE - States the times we called, and how long.

Plane tickets showing I visited, and our trip to Railey Island. Even the ticket from when we visited the temple.

***Chat logs... My wife wanted me to print it in it's entirety... Its over 500 pages... I cut it down to 1 week from every month since June 2013, and it's still 107 pages long. She recommends I leave her in the chat with her nickname, instead of using her real name. Good idea? With the stupidity that we have encountered so far, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't figure out she has a nickname we use most often, and might question it. Also, there is some... X-rated talk in there... I was just going to cut it out, or skip those specific dates, but my wife said to leave it, she doesn't care, not shy. She thinks maybe it shows REAL. That we talk about our feelings in all aspects... But I am quite hesitant... Now she said it is up to me. Filtering through 500 pages is not easy... I mean, do they REALLY read through the chat log at the interview...? Or copy it or anything? It's quite a bit of reading...

***Tax Statements we shared - We filed jointly last year, but every year prior to that, I claimed my ex, and our 2 kids. Mainly because I was sending her money, and helping her out because she was jobless. Even last year, me and my wife claimed jointly, and my 2 kids, AND my ex because she still didn't have a job, because she was fresh out of school/training. I'm worried they might question that...? But it was purely for tax reasons, since we pretty much supported her. We only claimed what was owed, because I always pay 100% for everything for my kids, and also give child support. Are they going to question this, or are they just looking for numbers in money? I make almost twice the amount needed for a family of 5.

Everyone tells me we have too much proof showing we are real, but we really don't want any snags, since we waited for almost 15 months!

You do have way to much info but its exactly what you think you need so its perfect especially since you have spent half a lifetime to get to the interview.

My guess is you will find she didn't need to show them most of it really but we never know. Her interview will be less than 30 minutes. They wont even look at chat logs for example. They might thumb through a few pics and look at the tax stuff but that's about it.

We found that married was enough. They didn't ask to see anything else. I was asked a few polite questions and asked for my passport. That was it. I left feeling like I must have missed something but it was finally over after 408 days.

[Serpent Dragon ZX 6]

Thanks Ning. Your awesome!

[Karee 4,190]

The big thing with them seems to be pictures. I lived in Thailand with my wife for two years and gave them all kinds of proof of that. However, I only gave them like 5 pictures of us together. They gave us a 221g and said we want more proof. So I simply ran around Bangkok with the wife and took a bunch pf photos with a disposable camera, changed clothes, and took some more pictures. Had them developed at the one hour place, took them to the embassy, and they said "approved"

[Serpent Dragon ZX 6]

I think we have like 120 pictures or so of us spanning from December 2012 to when I just visited there in June 2014. The whole time she has been in Thailand, I only got to visit 1 time due to my work... But we have lots of pics together, and some with HER family.

[Karee 4,190]

I think we have like 120 pictures or so of us spanning from December 2012 to when I just visited there in June 2014. The whole time she has been in Thailand, I only got to visit 1 time due to my work... But we have lots of pics together, and some with HER family.

That should be plenty.