Our son is an American citizen and would like to apply for a US permanent resident visa for my wife.does anyone have any experience that having a son as an American would make it easier . Also if applying for a US tourist visa would it also make it easier or more difficult

I don't think your son has much influence on obtaining a green card for your wife.

 

People tend to confuse the crapshoot of obtaining a US tourist visa for Thai's, with obtaining permanent residency for a spouse.

 

By law, well at least for now, Trump may legislate by tweet later today, you as a US citizen are entitled to petition and bring your spouse to the US.

 

This is not a subjective process as with tourist visas, it's very objective.

 

Tick the boxes, she hasn't got a criminal record, you have a US residency, financial support etc, and she'll get it, your son won't come into that.

 

As for whether the son affects the likelihood of getting a tourist visa, who knows, you'd be better off with tarot cards to understand tourist visas! 

If she is honest about her relationship with you, a tourist visa will actually be much more difficult as the assumption will be that she is not really a tourist..

"I don't think your son has much influence on obtaining a green card for your wife."

 

Just to be clear, if your son is at least 21 he can file a "green card" petition for his mother. But filing for a parent is usually a slower process than filing for a spouse, so the spouse route is almost always better.

As an American citizen your son has the right to sponsor his mother for a green card.

"For certain categories like parents, spouse and children, the green card processing time is much less as compared to other family-based green card applications. Depending on the service center you have filed with, it can take few months to several months. In most cases, the application is processed within 6 months. " 

https://www.path2usa.com/sponsoring-green-card-for-parents

If your son is an American citizen I assume you are also (could be wrong), if you are why not get a wife visa?

Probably much easier,

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

As an American citizen your son has the right to sponsor his mother for a green card.

"For certain categories like parents, spouse and children, the green card processing time is much less as compared to other family-based green card applications. Depending on the service center you have filed with, it can take few months to several months. In most cases, the application is processed within 6 months. " 

https://www.path2usa.com/sponsoring-green-card-for-parents

If your son is an American citizen I assume you are also (could be wrong), if you are why not get a wife visa?

Probably much easier,

This is why if I were the OP, I'd do the I-130 while still in Thailand, and immediately file for a K-3 to actually get her into the US while the I-130 is processing.

 

The quiet story is that the Trump administration has put the brakes on legal immigration and slowed processing for all applications.

 

I just looked at the processing time in Dallas. Something as you rightly said used to take a maximum of 6 months, now:

 

That to me is why getting the I-130 is the first priority.

 

As a case in point for the increased processing times.

 

For an immigrant who enters on CR-1, they are on a conditional green card for two years, after which you submit an I-751 to remove conditions and obtain the 10 year green card.

 

In 2015, average processing time was 6-7 months.

 

Take a look at it today at our local Nebraska service center;

 

 

 

 

 

Make America Great Again!

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by GinBoy2

32 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

This is why if I were the OP, I'd do the I-130 while still in Thailand, and immediately file for a K-3 to actually get her into the US while the K3 is processing.

 

The quiet story is that the Trump administration has put the brakes on legal immigration and slowed processing for all applications.

 

I just looked at the processing time in Dallas. Something as you rightly said used to take a maximum of 6 months, now:

 

That to me is why getting the I-130 is the first priority.

 

As a case in point for the increased processing times.

 

For an immigrant who enters on CR-1, they are on a conditional green card for two years, after which you submit an I-751 to remove conditions and obtain the 10 year green card.

 

In 2015, average processing time was 6-7 months.

 

Take a look at it today at our local Nebraska service center;

 

 

 

 

 

Make America Great Again!

Yes indeed, File ASAP as post trump processing times have increase, Get the temporary Two year "Green Card" then if I remember correctly (it's being almost 10 years) Three months or so before the end of the two years ,file for the permanent Green Card, and three years later file for Citizenship, and you never have to worry about these things again. 

Word of caution, every time you file for a change of status you have to pay a fee, I dont know what the fees are now, but be prepared to pay over $1500 maybe more, for the whole process, 

But the process is straightforward.

Funny story, me and my  wife who is now fluent in English. Laugh about.

When she went for the Citizenship she had to study a bunch of questions, Not hard . There are so many questions and if you read them long enough you easily memorise them, Even if your English is poor.

There was an audio CD with the questions and answers.

Anyway There were questions about the Flag, constitution etc. And the answers were given

But there were questions that had different answers . depending what State you were in,

  Questions like "who is your governor" "who is your senator" "who is your Congressman" and the the answer for its one was "Answers will vary"

One day my wife asked me with her then broken English "Who is the Mr Ansi Willberry?"  I am like "What???"

She says "Ansi Willberry. he must be very important person. He is the Governor, the senator, and the Congressman. 55555555????

Even now when I ask her about something, she laughs and says "Answers will vary" LOL

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by sirineou

An inflammatory post has been removed. 

Take it from the horse's mouth and call the US representation which is responsible/in charge for your territory and consular needs - they know and they decide! 

my ex-sister in law went to give birth 2x in the usa, so her kid had nationality

 

this should not be allowed

 

anker babies

 

it might also be that her boyfriend would be the legal father on the birth certificate as off course, they only married in a big expensive hotel for face

 

he did not want to get married, as he did some pretty sady deals with previous government and in case he would be caught , then his money was safe invested in housing, cars, in someone else's name...

 

 

Just a suggestion if YOU are American citizen - you don't make clear if you are ( OR a green card holder ) and have been married 2+ years ( they like a longer marriage )

get visa, the 10 year one, $150.

Once INSIDE the US, start the paperwork for spouse, etc.

 

I have a Thai female friend, now divorced from a American, that keeps her 10 year visa active - she lives in Thailand, visits the US 4 weeks ever 2 or so years.

 

Your son has nothing to do with your wife unless he is the petitioner. You are the one petition for your wife, I expect everything will go smooth since you both have a child.

Let me tell you one more thing, if your son born in Thailand, he is not an u.s. citizen until you file N600 for him, even if he has an American passport

under an American parent.

Donald Trump has just signed one of his Executive Orders eliminating almost all visas for family members of a US citizen except for children of a US citizen.  This is effective November 3rd of this year.  His new order also requires proof of medical insurance.  This is exactly what his most xenophobic adviser, Steve Miller, has been advocating for the last several years.  With this new Executive Order, the recently renovated Statue of Liberty needs to be torn down.  Trump's America does not want those huddled masses yearning to breathe freely any longer.

Having been through the K1 visa process myself, which is almost the same as the CR1, I can say that it probably won’t help your wife get a visa, BUT, if you aren’t trying to scam the system and there are no underlying factors that may disqualify her, she won’t have a problem getting her visa. As for getting a tourist visa, it’s hard for a Thai to get a tourist visa to the US unless there are strong ties that would convince the immigration officer that she would return to Thailand after the visa expires. You can thank all the Thais that got a tourist visa and never came back for that. I never tried for the TV because of that and didn’t want a rejection on her record before we went for the K1 visa. Her friends had gotten rejected before. Good luck to you.

4 hours ago, CM Dad said:

Donald Trump has just signed one of his Executive Orders eliminating almost all visas for family members of a US citizen except for children of a US citizen.  This is effective November 3rd of this year.  His new order also requires proof of medical insurance.  This is exactly what his most xenophobic adviser, Steve Miller, has been advocating for the last several years.  With this new Executive Order, the recently renovated Statue of Liberty needs to be torn down.  Trump's America does not want those huddled masses yearning to breathe freely any longer.

Trump loves legal immigrants, just not illegals that suck off the teet of the American tax payer. Open borders and giving benefits to illegals is not sustainable for any country. People need to go through the legal immigration process. All the triggered do-gooder liberals don’t seem to understand the repercussions of that or they must have the need to feel morally superior to everyone else and to hell with the citizens. Trump is a common sense leader with the right amount of compassion and intelligence. Get used to him being around. The fake impeachment coup sure isn’t going to stop him. Middle America will elect him again and the 2 coasts that are full of elites and the lazy that want socialism and communism can all kiss our collective a$$es. American patriots are still alive and kicking and we will keep our culture intact. The fake news CNN and MSNBC won’t tell you that or all of the great things this President has accomplished like the lowest unemployment rate in history, but the citizens that benefit from it surely will. Blacks, Hispanics, and are all realizing that his policies are working.

Edited October 31, 20196 yr by fordguy61mi

On 10/30/2019 at 1:40 AM, steveb6 said:

Our son is an American citizen and would like to apply for a US permanent resident visa for my wife

Oddly phrased, he wants to petition for her? Or you want to petition for her? If he is the USC, he probably can - but longer wait than if you, as a USC spouse, file for her.

If your filing for her, and want to know if having a child together helps....yes.  USCIS wants to know that your marriage is legitimate, and most fraudsters wouldn't go to the length of having a child together to create a fiction of a legitimate marriage. 

The fact that the child derived US citizenship through you, his USC father, that is not really a factor under an I-130 petition, but raising a child together, again, tends to show a valid marriage.

Edited October 31, 20196 yr by La Migra

16 hours ago, fordguy61mi said:

Trump loves legal immigrants, just not illegals that suck off the teet of the American tax payer. Open borders and giving benefits to illegals is not sustainable for any country. People need to go through the legal immigration process. All the triggered do-gooder liberals don’t seem to understand the repercussions of that or they must have the need to feel morally superior to everyone else and to hell with the citizens. Trump is a common sense leader with the right amount of compassion and intelligence. Get used to him being around. The fake impeachment coup sure isn’t going to stop him. Middle America will elect him again and the 2 coasts that are full of elites and the lazy that want socialism and communism can all kiss our collective a$$es. American patriots are still alive and kicking and we will keep our culture intact. The fake news CNN and MSNBC won’t tell you that or all of the great things this President has accomplished like the lowest unemployment rate in history, but the citizens that benefit from it surely will. Blacks, Hispanics, and are all realizing that his policies are working.

My post was in reference to the initial query regarding legal immigration.  Neither the question nor my reply said anything about illegals.  As for your comment about Mr. Trump being a "...common sense leader", I nearly spewed my morning coffee all over the monitor.  Don has no sense what-so-ever and regarding love, he loves only two things - money and himself.  I disagree with your assessment that his policies are working, but if you think he is so wonderful then I suggest you go back and bask in the wonderful atmosphere you seem to think he has created in an America that I served as a volunteer soldier while your cowardly hero was fabricating bone spurs in order to dodge the draft.  Your vitriol is both unhelpful and off-topic here.  Go back home angry old man.

Thanks everyone for your information. Actually my wife before being married applyed for a tourist visa two times but was rejected. Her salary is in the 50, 000B range. We have a 15 month old son.

On 11/1/2019 at 1:21 AM, steveb6 said:

Actually my wife before being married applied for a tourist visa two times but was rejected. Her salary is in the 50, 000B range. We have a 15 month old son.

The situation has changed, you are petitioning for her as your wife for permanent residence, she is not requesting a tourist visa by herself.  Different application, different circumstances.  Again, to your original question, having and raising a child together helps to show this is a real, not sham, marriage. Those prior visa denials won't matter.

 

"Let me tell you one more thing, if your son born in Thailand, he is not an u.s. citizen until you file N600 for him, even if he has an American passport

under an American parent."

 

This is just wrong. Form N600 is simply evidence of citizenship; it does not create it. See the USCIS FAQ:

 

"I already have a U.S. passport issued by the Department of State.  Am I required to file a Form N-600 for a Certificate of Citizenship? 

 

"No.  You are not required to file a Form N-600 for a Certificate of Citizenship.  The Certificate of Citizenship is an optional form.  A validly issued U.S. passport generally serves as evidence of your U.S. citizenship during its period of validity unless that passport has been revoked by the Department of State.  However, you may be required to submit your Certificate of Citizenship when attempting to apply for certain other benefits, including, but not limited to:

• Social Security benefits
• State issued ID including a Driver’s License or Learning Permit
• Financial Aid
• Employment
• Passport Renewal"

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/n-600-application-certificate-citizenship-frequently-asked-questions

 

The OP has also asked about applying for a tourist visa with a US citizen child. My gut feeling is that having a young US citizen child hurts a tourist application: the child can stay in the US permanently and a mother is obviously going to want to be with her young child, no matter where that is no matter the legal technicalities.

1 hour ago, taxout said:

The OP has also asked about applying for a tourist visa with a US citizen child. .....

I want to apologize to the OP for not re-reading .....

So having a (USC) kid together helps the I-130 petition, but would probably hurt a straight up tourist visa - much of that approval depends on YOUR ties to Thailand and returning here after visiting the US to show off the baby.     As mentioned in some of the longer earlier posts, file for the CR-1, to immigrate, then apply either K-3 or tourist visa.

I got my wife into the USA 40 some years ago, so I have no idea what it's like now.  But then we had a right for an immediate relative, just took a couple months.  I translated a few Thai language documents myself and the US Embassy apparatchiks were horrified. I was hauled before the Consul officer.  We had a great chat about my Peace Corps experience and Thai language.  He told the office girls it was OK.  But they didn't like my hand-written documents, so they reluctantly let me use a typewriter in their office.  555  After that, I got a job working in conjunction with the embassy to process Laotian refugees for resettlement in the USA.  Had a cubicle at the embassy, though I spent a lot of time in the Ban Vinai camp in Loei. 

 

Some years later, we got visas for my wife's siblings and their families.  Seven people.  It took 5 years for the relationship to be vetted and another 5 years for "available" space.  10 years in total.  They have been here 8 years now, and only one has become a citizen.