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[Dagobert 0]

It seems that this portion of the process is over for myself and Gam...well at least till she receives the visa in hand tomorrow. The embassy called her today, July 8th, and stated that she can pick up her visa on July 9th. It has been two weeks and three days since the time she gave her police certificate. All in all the process was pretty smooth. Just the mail clerk misplacing the original police certificate slowed it down by two weeks.

Tis wonderful news!

Cheers,

Alvin

[Kang Lang 7]

CONGRATULATIONS ALVIN, that's wonderful news.

[beazalbob69 0]

What the hell is wrong with this country? Me and Nit finally ready to get married so we go to the courthouse. ###### at the counter gets all I am better than you and tells me we need a damn translater so Nit can understand the F*****G oath. No I cannot explain it to her thats not allowed? How the F**K is this ###### going to know the translater is telling Nit what shes saying? I am really starting to hate this country.

1050$ for AOS application

850$ for EAD application

885$ for Advance parole application

What the hell are these people thinking?

Makes me sick to be American!

Sorry about the rant really need to vent. Blood pressure is so high right now I am ready to stroke out.

[dvddvd 0]

What the hell is wrong with this country? Me and Nit finally ready to get married so we go to the courthouse. ###### at the counter gets all I am better than you and tells me we need a damn translater so Nit can understand the F*****G oath. No I cannot explain it to her thats not allowed? How the F**K is this ###### going to know the translater is telling Nit what shes saying? I am really starting to hate this country.

1050$ for AOS application

850$ for EAD application

885$ for Advance parole application

What the hell are these people thinking?

Makes me sick to be American!

Sorry about the rant really need to vent. Blood pressure is so high right now I am ready to stroke out.

we went through the same kind of stuff with the transation of my step-daughter's name at school. without going into details, it was very frustrating.

anyway ... on the bright side. it's the aos fee is $1010 (unless it has changed over the last 2 months) for the entire aos application (this includes ead and ap)

i'm sure everything will work out.

good luck

dvd

[Tom and Teaw 1]

I understood that if your fiancee comes here on a fiancee visa and you get married there is no fee to change her status to a married visa. Is that not true?

[rin and john 71]

I understood that if your fiancee comes here on a fiancee visa and you get married there is no fee to change her status to a married visa. Is that not true?

Your fiancee' does not change visa status once you are married, she applies to adjust status (I-485; AOS) from a non-immigrant visa (K1 for a fiancee; K3 for a spouse) to a conditional permanent resident (green card). Cost to file the I-485 is $1,010 and you can include the I-751 (EAD for employment authorization) and the I-131 (AP, advanced parole, travel document to be allow her to be re-admitted to the US while her AOS is pending) at the same time with the fee for the I-751 and I-131 being waived.

She cannot change from a K-1 to a K-3 (or any other visa category) after coming to the US and getting married (free of charge or otherwise).

[anya-D 8]

It seems that this portion of the process is over for myself and Gam...well at least till she receives the visa in hand tomorrow. The embassy called her today, July 8th, and stated that she can pick up her visa on July 9th. It has been two weeks and three days since the time she gave her police certificate. All in all the process was pretty smooth. Just the mail clerk misplacing the original police certificate slowed it down by two weeks.

Tis wonderful news!

Cheers,

Alvin

Hey Congratz!

Was wondering about you guys So when is P Gem coming? My friend who was in Thailand didnt call her since she was very busy with her wedding plan and was not in Bangkok for that long. It's a good news thought that everything worked out for you guys..

Let me know when she's here. you stilhave my number do you? My friends and I are planning on doing a korean BBQ sometimes soon, may be youguys can come

-Anya

[daboyz 36]

Hi everyone-

This is just an FYI for anyone who plans to have their medical done in Chiang Mai anytime soon. I went with my fiance over the weekend to have his done and we had a really good experience with McCormick Hospital. They were very organized with the paperwork and procedures for everything. They actually asked him to come twice, once to get the blood tests and x-ray taken, and then to come back for the appointment with the doctor for the physical exam when the results of all the tests would be ready. We went Saturday morning for the blood work and x-ray and were in and out in under 30 minutes including time for registration at the hospital. We then went back Monday morning to meet with the doctor and get vaccinations. The only age appropriate shots for him were MMR and Td, although he will still need to complete the series for both of them, which should be done by the time we apply for AOS. The exam was 2,000 baht and the two shots were 1,300 baht, so a grand total of 3,300. Not bad... The nurses had already typed up all the forms before we arrived Monday morning, so they were ready for the doctor to sign off and for us to take home as soon as the appointment was over. All in all, we were pleased with the whole experience. Just thought we would pass on the information...

Great. Thanks for that post. My wife is in Chiang Mai as well. I will tell her to go there for the medical.

[beazalbob69 0]

Thanks for the info I did not realize that the 1010$ fee is for everything that takes a lot of stress off of me. I have a friend here that also married a Thai about 4 years ago and he is going to help me sort this out. He has a friend that speaks fluent thai and english that might be able to help.

Good luck everybody!

[Devkpaik 1]

Just an update on our police report situation.

The lazy idiot who is supposed to be making our police report WASN'T even at work today or yesterday. Good to know that worthless moron is earning his paycheck...

We keep getting the runaround by those animals at the station. They continually tell us "check back at the end of the week, check back at the end of the weeK;. It's like they only have two sentences in their vocabulary.

I'm beginning to think it's a lost cause to get it earlier. You'd think because they f'ed up so bad they'd do their best to fix the situation... guess it's too much for those dumb***** to comprehend. I'd honestly wish for all them to lose their jobs and be unemployed, but then that'd just slow down the process even more. Maybe after those morons finish the report, they'll lose their jobs? Only in a perfect world

Edited July 9, 2008 by littleasianman7

[daboyz 36]

Just an update on our police report situation.

The lazy idiot who is supposed to be making our police report WASN'T even at work today or yesterday. Good to know that worthless moron is earning his paycheck...

We keep getting the runaround by those animals at the station. They continually tell us "check back at the end of the week, check back at the end of the weeK;. It's like they only have two sentences in their vocabulary.

I'm beginning to think it's a lost cause to get it earlier. You'd think because they f'ed up so bad they'd do their best to fix the situation... guess it's too much for those dumb***** to comprehend. I'd honestly wish for all them to lose their jobs and be unemployed, but then that'd just slow down the process even more. Maybe after those morons finish the report, they'll lose their jobs? Only in a perfect world

They keep telling my wife the same thing. Call back tomorrow etc. etc. Wonder what's going on?

[Dagobert 0]

Thanks for the congratz guys!

Gam emailed me a scan of her visa and one thing that she and I are confused about. The visa expires on January 1, 2009, but under the Annotation it says that the K-1 Petition expires on November 2, 2008? She asked the embassy official and he stated the visa expires January 2009, but when she asked what the Annotation mean...she said he ignored her and went on about something else. Is this annotation pertinent to her entry into the US or our marriage in the US time frame?

Cheers,

[rin and john 71]

Thanks for the congratz guys!

Gam emailed me a scan of her visa and one thing that she and I are confused about. The visa expires on January 1, 2009, but under the Annotation it says that the K-1 Petition expires on November 2, 2008? She asked the embassy official and he stated the visa expires January 2009, but when she asked what the Annotation mean...she said he ignored her and went on about something else. Is this annotation pertinent to her entry into the US or our marriage in the US time frame?

Cheers,

The petition was the I129F. When you received the NOA2 it was valid for four months. The embassy has the authority to extend it. They did in your fiancee's case as they issued the visa after those four months expired. More of a CYA for the State Dept with the DHS (since they cannot issue a visa for an expired petition).

So at this point the extension to November is meaningless (it just had to be done to allow the embassy to issue the visa). With the visa your fiancee has until January 1st to enter the USA. After entry, she has 90 days to get married.

Edited July 9, 2008 by rin and john

[Dagobert 0]

Rin and John,

Thanks for the info! Woot!

[RUKTHUR 0]

It seems that this portion of the process is over for myself and Gam...well at least till she receives the visa in hand tomorrow. The embassy called her today, July 8th, and stated that she can pick up her visa on July 9th. It has been two weeks and three days since the time she gave her police certificate. All in all the process was pretty smooth. Just the mail clerk misplacing the original police certificate slowed it down by two weeks.

Tis wonderful news!

Cheers,

Alvin

Congratulations for you and Gam kha !