SAWASDEE 2

[toma1 10]

Thailand has literally scores of strains of rice. There are rice research centers all across the country that experiment with new cross breeds and attempt to preserve the genetics of established strains. I've tasted a dozen or so varieties, including a tasty purple-ish sticky rice. Plain white rice is most common in central/southern regions and sticky rice is most popular in the North and Northeast. White rice is called 'beautiful rice' in Thai because it has been 'polished' whereas brown rice is fed to prisoners! One place I could alway find brown rice was at vegitarian restaurants.

Congrats to all those who have been or are about to be reunited. Wow! I am very happy for all of you and wish you the very best.

Oh... that reminds me... you CAN get brown jasmine rice too, if you prefer it.

[Kang Lang 7]

Thai Mom,

Congrats on your DIL's safe arrival to the states!

[daboyz 36]

Found this site for moving info. Freight consolidators.

http://www.moverworldwide.com/movers/Thailand/Thailand.htm

[Thai family 0]

Thailand has literally scores of strains of rice. There are rice research centers all across the country that experiment with new cross breeds and attempt to preserve the genetics of established strains. I've tasted a dozen or so varieties, including a tasty purple-ish sticky rice. Plain white rice is most common in central/southern regions and sticky rice is most popular in the North and Northeast. White rice is called 'beautiful rice' in Thai because it has been 'polished' whereas brown rice is fed to prisoners! One place I could alway find brown rice was at vegitarian restaurants.

Congrats to all those who have been or are about to be reunited. Wow! I am very happy for all of you and wish you the very best.

Thanks for all the congratulations. I appreciate the heads up on brown rice. Perhaps I will hide it for a while.

We did see a rice research station while were over there, and even have a picture of the sign someplace.

Thai Mom

[Devkpaik 1]

hey guys. Haven't been on here for awhile.

Got a question for you all.

So while the K1 requirement is to get married WITHIN 90 days, what exactly does this include?

For example, is the requirement to simply get married, then wait to adjust status? For example, say your fiance's k1 expires on december 15th, and today is the 12th. If you were to get married TODAY by a judge, would that satisfy the requirement of getting married within the 90 days, or does getting married include also sending in the marriage certificate/license or whatever it's called to the USCIS? Because from what I understand, technically a marriage isn't really certified until it's registered at city hall or wherever they do this kind of stuff at.

Technically if your marriage certificate and paperwork filled out by the judge and the witnesses says you were married by the judge on the date before the K1 expires, does this satisfy the requirement?

This has been a question that I've been wondering about.

Thailand has literally scores of strains of rice. There are rice research centers all across the country that experiment with new cross breeds and attempt to preserve the genetics of established strains. I've tasted a dozen or so varieties, including a tasty purple-ish sticky rice. Plain white rice is most common in central/southern regions and sticky rice is most popular in the North and Northeast. White rice is called 'beautiful rice' in Thai because it has been 'polished' whereas brown rice is fed to prisoners! One place I could alway find brown rice was at vegitarian restaurants.

Congrats to all those who have been or are about to be reunited. Wow! I am very happy for all of you and wish you the very best.

Thanks for all the congratulations. I appreciate the heads up on brown rice. Perhaps I will hide it for a while.

We did see a rice research station while were over there, and even have a picture of the sign someplace.

Thai Mom

And congrats Thai mom!!! That's great news!!

[HYENA 4]

hey guys. Haven't been on here for awhile.

Got a question for you all.

So while the K1 requirement is to get married WITHIN 90 days, what exactly does this include?

For example, is the requirement to simply get married, then wait to adjust status? For example, say your fiance's k1 expires on december 15th, and today is the 12th. If you were to get married TODAY by a judge, would that satisfy the requirement of getting married within the 90 days, or does getting married include also sending in the marriage certificate/license or whatever it's called to the USCIS? Because from what I understand, technically a marriage isn't really certified until it's registered at city hall or wherever they do this kind of stuff at.

Technically if your marriage certificate and paperwork filled out by the judge and the witnesses says you were married by the judge on the date before the K1 expires, does this satisfy the requirement?

This has been a question that I've been wondering about.

Thailand has literally scores of strains of rice. There are rice research centers all across the country that experiment with new cross breeds and attempt to preserve the genetics of established strains. I've tasted a dozen or so varieties, including a tasty purple-ish sticky rice. Plain white rice is most common in central/southern regions and sticky rice is most popular in the North and Northeast. White rice is called 'beautiful rice' in Thai because it has been 'polished' whereas brown rice is fed to prisoners! One place I could alway find brown rice was at vegitarian restaurants.

Congrats to all those who have been or are about to be reunited. Wow! I am very happy for all of you and wish you the very best.

Thanks for all the congratulations. I appreciate the heads up on brown rice. Perhaps I will hide it for a while.

We did see a rice research station while were over there, and even have a picture of the sign someplace.

Thai Mom

And congrats Thai mom!!! That's great news!!

From what I understand is you have to be married (and get your paperwork in and OK'd) before the 90 days are up. If it were me, I'd do it within 6 weeks (which is my plan). I worry if I wait too long and get married, the slowness may demand she go back...can't stay unless you have an OK (others will know far more about this).

Sin sod...5 baht of gold and counting! Really COOL stuff I got. She said "you might as well be buying it for yourself...ok, then for us, we can sell it..." I just want to do the right thing and gain some face for her family. Sure we may sell some of it, who knows. She's a sweetheart...poor thing working for McDonalds for 79 cents an hour like a dog. I'm so darn happy and whipped (you in the US know what I mean p-whipped) LOL! My Mia is the one in the darker gold

I just got her Loy Kratong photos...so darn lucky...love her to death! She's lucky too and we both know and appreciate the opportunities we have before us.

Edited December 13, 2008 by HYENA

[Thai family 0]

Technically if your marriage certificate and paperwork filled out by the judge and the witnesses says you were married by the judge on the date before the K1 expires, does this satisfy the requirement?

This has been a question that I've been wondering about.

[Devkpaik 1]

hey guys. Haven't been on here for awhile.

Got a question for you all.

So while the K1 requirement is to get married WITHIN 90 days, what exactly does this include?

For example, is the requirement to simply get married, then wait to adjust status? For example, say your fiance's k1 expires on december 15th, and today is the 12th. If you were to get married TODAY by a judge, would that satisfy the requirement of getting married within the 90 days, or does getting married include also sending in the marriage certificate/license or whatever it's called to the USCIS? Because from what I understand, technically a marriage isn't really certified until it's registered at city hall or wherever they do this kind of stuff at.

Technically if your marriage certificate and paperwork filled out by the judge and the witnesses says you were married by the judge on the date before the K1 expires, does this satisfy the requirement?

This has been a question that I've been wondering about.

Thailand has literally scores of strains of rice. There are rice research centers all across the country that experiment with new cross breeds and attempt to preserve the genetics of established strains. I've tasted a dozen or so varieties, including a tasty purple-ish sticky rice. Plain white rice is most common in central/southern regions and sticky rice is most popular in the North and Northeast. White rice is called 'beautiful rice' in Thai because it has been 'polished' whereas brown rice is fed to prisoners! One place I could alway find brown rice was at vegitarian restaurants.

Congrats to all those who have been or are about to be reunited. Wow! I am very happy for all of you and wish you the very best.

Thanks for all the congratulations. I appreciate the heads up on brown rice. Perhaps I will hide it for a while.

We did see a rice research station while were over there, and even have a picture of the sign someplace.

Thai Mom

And congrats Thai mom!!! That's great news!!

From what I understand is you have to be married (and get your paperwork in and OK'd) before the 90 days are up. If it were me, I'd do it within 6 weeks (which is my plan). I worry if I wait too long and get married, the slowness may demand she go back...can't stay unless you have an OK (others will know far more about this).

Sin sod...5 baht of gold and counting! Really COOL stuff I got. She said "you might as well be buying it for yourself...ok, then for us, we can sell it..." I just want to do the right thing and gain some face for her family. Sure we may sell some of it, who knows. She's a sweetheart...poor thing working for McDonalds for 79 cents an hour like a dog. I'm so darn happy and whipped (you in the US know what I mean p-whipped) LOL! My Mia is the one in the darker gold

I just got her Loy Kratong photos...so darn lucky...love her to death! She's lucky too and we both know and appreciate the opportunities we have before us.

Hyena,

Thanks for the reply. I have gotten conflicting responses on this issue. From what I understand, or understood previously, is that if you are married by a judge or however you get married before the 90 days are up, then this meets the requirement of getting married within 90 days upon entering the US.

I have also heard that filing for AOS within the 90 days isn't really necessary (of course it's better to do this to avoid any possibly problems) but is of course suggested.

From what I have gathered from some people on here, the requirement is met if you are married within 90 days. This doesn't include having your marriage certificate certified within the 90 day time frame. For some people this would be difficult as it could take up to a month or more to get your certified marriage certificate certified and sent back to you.

I sort of understood it as a two part requirement. The first step is getting married, and the date on your marriage certificate, as long as it's within 90 days, is sufficient. Then the next step is to have your marriage certificate and use it to adjust status.

Does anyone else have any insight into this?

[Thai family 0]

Technically if your marriage certificate and paperwork filled out by the judge and the witnesses says you were married by the judge on the date before the K1 expires, does this satisfy the requirement?

This has been a question that I've been wondering about.

Sorry about the messed up post. I just want to say that I am confident that your latter interpretation is correct, and that you don't have anything to worry about. Relax, and enjoy being together.

My DIL and son are in Las Vegas. She is COLD and tired. Why am I not surprised?

Thai Mom

[Devkpaik 1]

Technically if your marriage certificate and paperwork filled out by the judge and the witnesses says you were married by the judge on the date before the K1 expires, does this satisfy the requirement?

This has been a question that I've been wondering about.

Sorry about the messed up post. I just want to say that I am confident that your latter interpretation is correct, and that you don't have anything to worry about. Relax, and enjoy being together.

My DIL and son are in Las Vegas. She is COLD and tired. Why am I not surprised?

Thai Mom

Thanks Thai mom. That's the feeling I've been getting too with the responses from another post I put on here. The common answer was that it's the date that's on the marriage certificate that matters.

About your DIL being cold, we live in Seattle and it's SNOWING here now and it's about 25 degrees, so my fiance gets to see snow for the first time. She's actually been doing VERY well with the weather and the cold. She's doing better than me haha.

[ThaitoUSA 15]

For my birthday this past weekend, my fiancee mailed me a vest she knitted. I am wearing it right now to keep warm. It may be one of my favorite presents ever, since each and every strand of it was once in her hands, lovingly being transformed into this gift for me. She, too, has never seen snow and eagerly awaits it. I assure her that there will be plenty for her to see! In the same conversation when she tells me that 50 degrees (10 C) is quite cold, it brings a chuckle.

[Devkpaik 1]

For my birthday this past weekend, my fiancee mailed me a vest she knitted. I am wearing it right now to keep warm. It may be one of my favorite presents ever, since each and every strand of it was once in her hands, lovingly being transformed into this gift for me. She, too, has never seen snow and eagerly awaits it. I assure her that there will be plenty for her to see! In the same conversation when she tells me that 50 degrees (10 C) is quite cold, it brings a chuckle.

Haha, that's too funny about your fiance saying how cold it is in Thailand right now. My fiance, after just speaking with her mom, goes "oh it's SO COLD in my home in Thailand right now! It's about 60 degrees!" I'm like, "hahaha, yep... pretty cold... haha".

[mnbinth 2]

For my birthday this past weekend, my fiancee mailed me a vest she knitted. I am wearing it right now to keep warm. It may be one of my favorite presents ever, since each and every strand of it was once in her hands, lovingly being transformed into this gift for me. She, too, has never seen snow and eagerly awaits it. I assure her that there will be plenty for her to see! In the same conversation when she tells me that 50 degrees (10 C) is quite cold, it brings a chuckle.

Haha, that's too funny about your fiance saying how cold it is in Thailand right now. My fiance, after just speaking with her mom, goes "oh it's SO COLD in my home in Thailand right now! It's about 60 degrees!" I'm like, "hahaha, yep... pretty cold... haha".

Apparently it was cold enough to call Hua Hin a "disaster zone."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/151208_News/15Dec2008_news04.php

I smiled when I woke up and saw the wind chill was -25 farenheit this morning.

[raptorea1 0]

NEED HELP PLEASE

I am in Thailand now and need some input. We met with our attorney and he said the guy cannot come to the interview and it is actually recommend. This is where I need help! He says that my girls english is poor and the current Co is very strict and he will more than likely deny my interview based on english skills? Can this be true?

He says she will more than likely have to wait for a second interview! Right now I am already heartbroken.. We have done everything correct and to based on poor english I am in shock! I think she speaks english ok I understand her but the attorney says the co is very impatient and is mean!! What are your thoughts??? Thank you

[ThaitoUSA 15]

Your fiancee can request a Thai translator to be present during the interview. Lack of English fluency is not grounds for denial. Perhaps more importantly would be that your fiancee is clearly able to communicate (in Thai is fine) information about you, such as how many siblings you have, your level of education, your current job, where, when and how you met and became engaged, etc.

Just read on another thread about a man whose Vietnamese fiancee was rejected mostly on the basis of her inability to answer these types of questions. The reason for denial was the inability to prove a bona fide relationship.

Unless you are quite proficient in Thai language, my concern would be that your fiancee may also be unable to answer specific questions about the two of you. Please be sure to have plenty of interview preparation with her. My fiancee is an English teacher whom I'd consider fluent, however I spend about 20 minutes a week going over basic questions, ensuring that she knows the answers and ensuring that she feels comfortable whether they or some other questions arise.

All the best.