JCP108
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I thought same-sex marriage was ruled unconstitutional in Thailand.
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If you ever think "okay, this is the craziest idea, ever" then, just wait a week.
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On 4/23/2019 at 1:36 PM, Anissa said:
Hi, I know that topic is getting old now but I will bring it up because I hope I can find a good answer so I can ease my mind...
I was born in Switzerland, My mother is from Thailand, my dad is fromy Italy. So I already have dual citizenship, Thai and Italian.
Since I have lived here in Switzerland for so many years (and I call it my home), I have chosen to officially become a Swiss citizen. But I do not want to give up neither of the two I already have.
I have read some answers here but most of you were talking about states like the U.S. , New Zealand, etc.
Does any of you have any experiences (or know someone with the right informations) about two states in Europe involved. I know Switzerland and Italy do not really care how many passports you have but I am not sure about Thailand.
What do you think?
There are some countries that do specifically not allow dual or triple citizenship. Germany, for example, does not allow triple citizenship, but allows dual. My daughter has triple with one being German (so, we just didn't mention one of the others to the German consulate and everything goes along just fine). It seems the U.S. doesn't care about triple passports at all.
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I thought Covid extensions ended a long time ago.
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I had this happen with my most recent e-visa. Wife wrote the letter in Thai though neighbor translated it into English. Didn't have that requirement was my visa before that. It's new.
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I rarely rent scooters in Thailand due to always being asked to leave my passport as a deposit (nope). Anyone know of any scooter rental places on Koh Chang that take cash deposits? Going there soon.
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3 hours ago, garyk said:
I think I will buy some land over a garbage dump in the US and build a premium resort.
It will have three different themes.
1: Issan theme, every morning and evening I will set fires and blow the smoke over the Issan room.
2: Island theme, I will dump all the sewage into the lake around the rooms.
3: BKK and city theme, I will set up diesel engine belching black smoke and carbon monoxide and blanket the rooms.
And of course have one 10 story balcony for the people that want to escape and jump...
And charge a hefty price for the Thai experence.
For realism: Be sure to vent the gas coming off the garbage into areas like the deck for the pool or where people walk to go to the breakfast buffet.
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5 minutes ago, ezzra said:
And how's that going to help exactly? 99% of the population still wearing face masks even though they don't have too and all that while Thailand be trying to get more tourists in...
...to promote the perception of an open and honest government?
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Maybe he's been reading stuff like this (which includes data from Thailand):
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-tracker
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On 7/5/2022 at 12:35 AM, LomSak27 said:
Anutin does what he has to do. It is the head PooYai who so wants Thailand to be a destination of the rich and famous. A nation resembling Singapore.
Isn't Singapore really clean and people follow the rule of law there?
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15 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:
This is more of an advisory for all applicants.
We were lucky and snuck in while the USCIS office was still open in BKK and my wife's CR-1 was approved in 100 days.
The subsequent I-751 to remove conditions and get the 10 year green card not so quick.
After two extensions I finally contacted my Senators office and they eventually unclogged the system and my wife now has her 10 year green card.
I would seriously suggest you contact both your Senator and Representative's offices.
They are, trust me well versed in putting pressure on these folks
Doesn't she need the green card to get back into the U.S. if she travels? Waiting that long would be quite a hindrance if so. Or, am I wrong and a person can go out and back in before getting the green card?
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We initially applied in August 2020 and looks like she will get her final interview in August 2022 (just got her final medical clearance today). So, entire visa process: 24 months. I have heard about the green card issues and do plan to contact my reps. The green card is her visa back into the U.S. if we travel after she gets here, right? Don't want to wait years to be able to travel.
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5 hours ago, thanaka said:
In theory it's an excellent visa for independent remote workers. I would get it in an instant if there wouldn't be the criteria that you need a huge corporation (150m revenue) as an employer, which makes it virtually impossible to get it.
Even if you earn above 100k a year for the past 10 years - which should be enough to proof that you have stable income - you will not get it if you're not backed by a huge corporation. Kinda sucks.
This is a very good point. I own my own business which is located in the U.S. and I pay taxes in the U.S. My income from that business is $89-90k/year. But, it's my own business, not with some super big company. So, I would not qualify, right? Lots of digital nomads would qualify for the money requirement but be just like me as they would be individual businesses not tied to a large company.
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6 minutes ago, BritTim said:
I am used to incompetence in Thai online systems.
You must be familiar with the Thai Pass system, then.
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3 hours ago, mikebell said:
I wonder when litter bins will be invented?
No Sh!t! I've lived in Thailand for years and having grown up in the U.S. (where there actually are trash cans everwhere that actually get emptied by people), I continually end up with a wrapper or something in my hand and look around for the nearest trash can then, duh!, I'm in Thailand where there are none. I have to carry it around or stick it in my pocket or something. If they really get serious about attracting "better" tourists, they are going to have to install trash cans, public restrooms, get rid of those cables, and fix the sidewalks. Oh, and actually start fining the motorcyclists who ride on those sidewalks. That would be a start.
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1 hour ago, Srikcir said:
There are times I wish Thai programmers (assuming they do not based on my experience) would beta test their e-systems intended for foreigners first with foreigners before release. Not only for filling in required data but also for logic of sequential steps.
Not all foreigners are equal with regard to language tradition and culture. In the subject case, what if the foreigner has no middle name or a hyphenated last name? Would that reject the application?
This is a new glitch. I did the e-visa exactly the same way with no glitches in November 2021.
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10 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:
I can see how that could trip someone up. I will watch for that. Where did the form get your name with just the middle initial?
That's a good question. After I uploaded the image of my passport, the form populated the relevant boxes with the information on my passport which includes my full name with my middle name spelled out. When I typed my name in, I spelled it out. There was no place where I typed only my middle initial and no document I uploaded had only my middle initial. It seems that their system changed my middle name to my middle initial on its own (then inconveniently rejected me for that change).
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I recently submitted an application for an e-visa to come to Thailand from the U.S. I have used that system before without any issues. However, this time, something happened that made them reject my initial application (thus causing me to lose my non-refundable application fee).
On the second of the four screens for the application you enter your name (and any former names if yours has changed). At the bottom of the screen are two buttons, "save" and "continue". I entered all the information on that screen and hit "continue" as on most such online forms that button is a combo save and continue. In fact, it did retain all that information which meant that it did work as both save and continue. However, what I failed to notice when I get to the very last step on the last of the four screens is that when I hit "done" and a box popped up with my basic information that the system had changed my name from my full name with my middle name spelled out to my name with just my middle initial. I had entered my full name spelled out but the system converted it to having only my middle initial. I didn't catch that because all my life, 99.99% of the time, I see my name with only my middle initial. It looked normal to me. So, I submitted.
Then a few days later I got an email saying my application was rejected due to my name not matching my passport and it specifically said because my middle name had to be spelled out. It said that this issue could not be corrected and a new application would have to be submitted (thus costing me another application fee).
So...
I went back and started a new e-visa application. I did all the same things (including spelling out my middle name) and when I got to the "done" button at the end and the box popped up for me to review...
The system had again changed my name to only have my middle initial even though I carefully entered my full name on that eariler screen.
I went back and spelled out my name on the second screen and again at the end, it had changed my name to only have my middle initial.
I figured out that on that second screen, if you only hit "continue", it would change my name. If I hit "save" and then "continue" it would retain the info as I entered it without changing anything. So, do that to avoid any issues with your application if you use that system.
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On 2/23/2022 at 12:04 PM, Huckfi said:
Hi there, just stumbled upon this thread! We went through the process and were approved in December, would be more than happy to help out or answer any questions. Our timeline was as follows:
I-130 Sent: 2/16/21
I-130 NOA1: 2/16/21
I-130 Approved: 6/2/21
NVC Received: 6/7/21
Submitted NVC Documents: 7/1/21
NVC Documentarily Qualified: 9/9/21
Interview Notification: 11/10/21
Interview Date: 12/1/21
Visa Received: 12/2/21
USCIS was processed at the Nebraska Service Center. The timeline far exceeded our expectations and we were one of the lucky ones I guess. No hiccups and we filed everything ourselves. Keeping you in our thoughts and hoping for a prompt finish!
Edit: Rereading your post, have you been documentarily qualified from NVC? If so, what was the date?
Thanks for posting. It looks like your process of much, much quicker than ours and others to whom I have spoken. We were documentarily qualified in July, 2021. We did get an interview notification which originally allowed us to schedule for June. However, wife's medical clearance is taking longer than expected and we can't reschedule until that gets finished (prob later this month).
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2 hours ago, theoldgit said:
Maybe, just maybe, there have been quite a few and they're now living in the US and don't bother reading, or contributing to this forum as often, or anymore.
Just a guess, I really don't know, have you had a look at Visa Journey, more generic than this forum though?
https://www.visajourney.com/?_fromLogin=1
EDIT - I see that a previous poster has already mentioned Visa Journey, did you look at it?
Right. I know that once people are at the end of their process, they probably are not so motivated to be on this forum. I have looked at that other site. Not a lot of recent data entered by couples that would allow one to have a sense of the current status of the process of granting interviews.
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Bump: So, two weeks this thread is up on the forum formerly called ThaiVisa and not a single person has responded to say that they have gotten a spouse visa in the past 13 months! Anyone know anyone who has gotten one? Or, anyone know anyone who knows anyone who has gotten one? Has the immigration system to the U.S. from here totally stopped?
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7 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:
You may indeed have an overstay under those conditions, but that would be long after your Test and Go entry is over.
Right. But, I will have to do a test before getting on my flight to go back to the states. If that one is positive, I'll get captured into the hospital scheme and possibly have to overstay.
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1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:
Many visitors are fined for overstays. But zero for those who test positive during Test and Go.
I was wondering about that. I am scheduled to fly out of Thailand right at the end of my visa and wondered what would happen with my status if I were to test positive and have to delay my departure.
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22 hours ago, overherebc said:
T&G back 1st Feb.
I think you probably meant to write: T&G&T&G back 1st Feb.
Anyone get interview for spouse visa to U.S. in 2021/2022?
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Update: though wife got her medical clearance on July 9, the soonest appointment for the final interview was September 21.