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She got the visa! So excited. I guess this topic can be closed

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I was told you can buy a baby elephant for $15 grand...no permit required.

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Cosmetics seems to be particularly undesirable to ship here. Best to hand carry...
 
From where is the fare $420 RT? 

I am glad the  theguyfromanotherforum likes this.   If you get a moment can you do a translation for us. As to the post I would be careful sending her cosmetics. She might overdo it and fall prey to another hansum man here. No sense helping the competition. 

54 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Send by regular mail in small amounts marked under $30 each. 

Right. And they are...so does that mean it will slide in under the radar? 

Raha!! Of course she is still jealous man...she's Thai!! And incredibly, rt tx to bkk are literally $420...from now thru at least April...so ya...personally transporting it is the best option... great to hear from you guyfromanotherforum...are you still with the sugarmama wife?

Hey Everybody,

So I am trying to send my girlfriend some cosmetics. Does she really need an import cosmetics license permit in order to receive about $150 worth of makeup, facial cleansers, lotions, masks, lip balms and so on? This is getting way to complicated and I just wanna send her some skin care products! I get the Schedule B 33.04 registration stuff, but I really don't want to force my girlfriend to go and get a license permit to receive some serums and scrubs and face powder. What needs to be done to send my girl some cosmetics toiletries skin care make up stuff?

Mexico is pretty easy to get into

I have a friend who is 21 years old. A student. She went to the us consulate in chiang mai to apply for a tourist visa because she wanted to go to disneyworld.

They did not ask her about bank statements...property ownership..or even a job.

They asked her about her parents...how long she wanted to go (a week) and why she wanted to go.

She got a 10 year tourist visa.

She just went on her second trip to the usa and onward to Jamaica for some volunteer work with medical clinics...

I have many friends working and studying from Thailand in the states.

Honestly I don'T think its as hard as people say.

All a bunch of snitches the whole lot of em

I was dating this girl once who was a total brat. I remember her exploding at the wait staff when she had ordered a mango juice and they served a shake. She wouldnt touch it...and sat and scowled and growled and completely embarrassed me.I told her i wouldnt put up with this bs. Sometimes these thai girls act like petulant children.

I for one am interested on how you can sort an overstay in bangkok through the mail and how much something like that costs. How do you even make a connection like that? Honestly that info seems incredibly golden and appropriately legit on TV....too bad you can't share more details here... that kind of hook up is right up there with udonjoe intel...

And was she able to work on this student visa or did that option only come later after change of status? Thanks CaptainH you are a beacon of experience and insight to all this.

Also I checked out the TIEP link you posted for Texas...this certainly wouldn't be the Visa 'cheapo mill' style you frowned upon earlier right? Do these classes happen in a community college or at UT or something? I see a lamar University but not clear on its standing.

Thanks Captain for clearing that up for me. You are the big fish

By the way, the student visa is certainly the method that I would recommend to a couple in a relationship, but who don't know each other well enough to decide to marry, which was our situation. By bringing her in on a student visa, i.e. full-time, at least 20 hours per week ideally at a university, she can upgrade her skillset, especially English, while you get to know each other without a deadline. If it turns out that it's not the right match, she can return to Thailand with more skills and a better resume. If you do decide to make the commitment then she will need her improved skills for life in America. The woman will also some idea as to whether she can cope with American life, which many Thai immigrants do poorly.

However, I wouldn't seek a student visa for study at some cheapo English for immigrants business. The BCIS can smell a visa mill easily enough.

Hey captain I like this advice. Now many years ago I had a student in bkk who was attempting to go to Seattle on a student visa...primarily to visit her boyfriend at the time. She was denied the ed visa and was upset...

Would you mind illustrating how the ed visa process your gf went through was organized and facilitated? How much of a role did you play in the process? Or were you totally silent in the background?

What kind of financial and background information was key to her being granted the ed visa?

What you said is pretty much perfectly where we or I am at now. YES we love each other. But I am concerned how she will assimilate if at all into American culture....

And if it turns out it isn't her thing...well....

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Re your 6 years residence in Thailand, I presume this was sometime in the past, perhaps even recent past?

I think, but not at all sure, that USCIS Bangkok likes that "longterm" presence to be immediately connected to when you're standing in front of their window submitting the documents for immigration.

If my presumption is correct, that your presence was in the past, you might ask them if it could still be used to file with them now.

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[email protected] Phone

02-205-5352 or 02-205-5382 (from within Thailand)

011-662-205-5352 (from the United States) Fax

02-650-7770 (from within Thailand)

011-662-650-7779 (from the United States) Mailing Address from the United States

Field Office Director

Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

American Embassy Box 12

APO AP 96546 Mailing Address from Outside the United States and for Express Mail

Field Office Director

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American Embassy Box 12

120-122 Wireless Road

Bangkok 10330 Thailand

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She has a bank card and hasnt removed a dime in the 2 months I have been gone...she wants to plan for future...has no interest in shopping or owning anything expensive...except a car a house and a small coffee shop...she would rather come work in the states because even though she "saved 5000 bht this month" its not enough fast enough...

My gf works....at tesco lotus....thats it.

Nonimmb....look is the only solution marriage? Can't i be a sponsor in some other way?

K3 visas are seldom issued these days. Instead, CR1/IR1 (IR1 if you have been married more than two years). No adjustment of status required, green card issued immediately.

Marry her in Thailand, show substantial assets, and a

green card is a slam dunk. Start to finish for myself

and my Thai wife was four months. I did the CR1,

and used cash assets instead of income since I

was living in Thailand when I started the process...

I assume you submitted the I-130 petition to the Bangkok USCIS office after showing them proof of your residence in Thailand. I don't believe the OP can do that.

TH

Tom you raise a good point about a tourist visa...we considered going that route with her attending the meeting with my passport and rental agreements showing I live in Thailand and we plan on returning...

She has a degree in biology...just graduated and did ceremony in December...she works at tesco lotus if thats what you mean...but her parents are normal working/middle class folks...dads a builder mom makes crafts they own some land and grow rice...

She has no money...no property...

Again I donT have a home address...I am just passing through and setting up residency in this State for the first time....

Great replies and special thanks to captHaddock...so about the living in usa requirement...

does that mean I need to rent an apartment or something?

I travel alot and am currently in Austin TX.

I think this is where we would make the new US home base.

What paperwork would you recommend doing from here in the States?

I am planning to be back to Thailand in April.

I don'T want to rent a place and stay here without her...

Can we sort the k1 together while both in Thailand?

Also I noticed on the first paperwork...th i129...it asks me where I live...

Do I give them old rental information from Thailand?

Give my sisters address in Austin?

This is the tricky stuff I am trying to figure out how to go about...

The tricky thing is I work for a big company online...not US based...I have no home...no w2s no I9's i am a freelancer paying my own social security and have lived in Thailand 6 years. What we wanna do is have the flexability to bounce back and forth...and her to be able to work legitimately. So green card.

So k1 fiance visa...can we do this?

Its interesting because there are some really septic toxic ideas being reinforced here through analysis of news personal experiences and rants. I have to admit after 6 years of living in Thailand I am a bit tired of the place...for all the reasons...I think living under oppression....students journalists and teachers getting arrested...internet gateway...and koh tao has really left me feeling disappointed and fearful of the place. The ultra nationalistic fervor has left me feeling as a target...an undesirable...i don't think Thailand wants me there...and now I am way too scared to play facebook..

As an American freedom of expression is paramount to a life of liberty and freedom. I just donT Feel as free there anymore.

Why? Well the internet problems are a big deal for me...i need consistent strong connections...about work....

But other than that...I personally haven't experienced these things personally...passport checks overt discrimination or malice...serious corruption or scams....so maybe it IS the ideas/news shared and talked about here that is affecting me....

I am also into the boycott thailand movement and as a show of solidarity to the b2 i just don't want to spend my money there anymore...Its sad....but that's my feelings.

Yes he did asking about da nang....so what is the best beach town to live in nam? What kind of visa do you get if you have location independent work?

I feel you OP and I was thinking the same pssible trajectory...whats the deal with opening a bank account and being a digital nomad? How about the visa...and whats the best beach town near a biggish city? My american mates lived in hanoi and loved it...they were making 30 bux usd an hour teaching...