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Pakistani fiancée asylum seeker arrested?

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robinbecki   0

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My fiancée is Pakistani and has been staying in Thailand with her family for 4 years. Her family faced real, serious danger in Pakistan and stayed in Thailand to seek asylum and refugee status. From the beginning of our process we've made this clear in our case that she is an asylum seeker who is staying in Thailand illegally. This summer the embassy asked for her updated medical records and passport so they could issue her visa. I came to visit her in late October. On November 15, after submitting those documents, our process was put in administrative processing which I've read is now routine for everyone from Pakistan. On November 21 she and her family were arrested by Thai police for visa overstay. They have been in the immigration detention center for a month. Four friends have asked why I don't email the embassy presenting the situation to them - first of all for transparency, but also in case they can do anything in the way of bailing her out during this last phase of her process. I am all for the idea but my risk-averse brother says it could just as well damage our case, and cause them to reject us. It seems neither I nor him know how to conduct oneself in correspondence with the embassy. Should I come out and tell them this? Today one of the US embassy officers who interviewed my fiancée saw her in the detention center as she was coming to have a private visitation time with me. They have staff who come to the detention center frequently. Let me make my goals clear in this situation: I want 1) for my fiancée to be issued her visa and 2) for her to be out of the jail sooner rather than later. 

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Hypnos   6,576

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When not applying from your country of citizenship, you usually need to be legally present in a third country in order to be able to obtain a US visa from an embassy in that country. 

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Day 0 (4/23/12) Petitions mailed (I-360, I-485, I-765)
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13 (5/5/12) Received biometrics appointment for 5/23
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45 (6/7/12) Received email & text notification of an interview on 7/10
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299 (2/16/13) Received second interview letter for 3/8
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Boiler Grand Master

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Sounds like she will be deported and will need to continue the process when she gets home.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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