Ladyboy

[AoNang 7]

Hi

I have just returned to the US to start the K-1 Fiancée process.  We can't be married in Thailand as Thailand won't recognize Ladyboy/man marriage. We have lived together in Thailand for the past 3 1/2 years and she wants to get married, so....

Anyone have any experience with bringing a Ladyboy finance to the US on a K-1?

 

Thanks 

[Starkilla09 366]

Your first step will be to visit USCIS.gov and print out a form I-129F to apply for a K-1 fiancé/fiancée visa. The main requirement for a K1 visa is you guys must be ready to marry within 90 days upon entry to the U.S. and also have physically met in person within the last 2 years prior to filing the petition.

[Boiler 45,311]

What line of work is she in?

[AoNang 7]

15 hours ago, Starkilla09 said:

Your first step will be to visit USCIS.gov and print out a form I-129F to apply for a K-1 fiancé/fiancée visa. The main requirement for a K1 visa is you guys must be ready to marry within 90 days upon entry to the U.S. and also have physically met in person within the last 2 years prior to filing the petition.

Yes, I have the forms and most of the documents I need to submit.  Patti is flying to Isan next week to obtain her birth certificate and single status docs.  

I was wondering if I should be concerned regarding the same sex finance issue.

 

 

[AoNang 7]

15 hours ago, Boiler said:

What line of work is she in?

Patti hasn't worked in the 5 years since we got together.  I supported her when she returned to her village in Isan while I returned to the US for business.  Before that she worked as a waitress in the restaurant on the bottom floor of the Tower Building in Bangkok.  I returned in 2014 and we have lived together in Southern Thailand since then. We both figured it wasn't worth her working for 60 hour weeks for 6000/7000 baht a month.  I have adequate income to support us in Thailand or the US.

My (poorly worded) question was if any member has any experience bringing a same sex partner (Ladyboy in this case) as a fiancé to the US via the K-1 process.

[Boiler 45,311]

Lots of same sex couples on here, probably best not to use the Ladyboy term as it will imply a certain profession.

[jyaku 138]

The bangkok embassy is very well equipped to handle the situation with a LB.. much better than here in the states where immigration officers will refer to her as a him and look at them strange when their passport says male.

 

But get your ducks in a row.. have a lot of photographs and evidence and you can get the K-1 visa easily.

 

But make sure your bank accounts for the time you spent in thailand do not look like a bargirl (i.e. random deposits of 20k-50k baht). I had a friend who was denied his lb fiance a visa on that basis.

 

GL to you.