Moving To The Usa

[perhamus]

Hi- I am an American with a Thai girlfriend. We have been together for 2 years. We own a new home in Sukothai. We have successfully visited the USA for 2 months. We want to live in the USA. I am retired with a $64,000/yr pension. I have about 2,000,000BHT in a Thai Bank. I have an O-A Visa for me to live in Thailand. I own a home in the USA. I have another 5,000,000 BHTIN USA savings.

The problem is that I have an American wife, who has fought my attempts to get a divorce for 4 years. Without a divorce certificate, we cannot use a k-1 Visa. My girlfriend did not graduate from high school in Thailand. She has no special skills. She has a nine year old son.

There must be other ways into the USA. What are they? Can I hire her to work for me? Someone must know an angle that I have not considered. Please give me some ideas- John

[cdnmatt]

Green Card Lottery?

Sorry, but if US immigration is anything like Canada's, it ain't going to be easy. I sponsored my (ex-) spouse for permanent residency status to Canada before. We were legally married, and thankfully did get approved, but it still took about $7000 and 18 months. And that was with being married.

All the best though!

Edited January 7, 2010 by cdnmatt

[beechguy]

There is another section of the forum for how to obtain visas for countries other than Thailand, you'll probably get a better response there.

Friends of mine have had to wait months for getting visas for wives and fiancee's, good luck. That's why, much as people complain, I don't Thai Immigration rules are all that difficult to deal with.

[Nio]

No matter what happens even if you get to the USA you are still married

I dont buy your story about your exwife fighting your attempts to get divorced

All you have to do is file and get divorced which is your right

I suspect what you are trying to say is you don't want to get a divorce and lose 1/2 of your pension and assets

She already successfully visited you in the USA on a tourist visa??

You can try that again and have her overstay in the USA getting a lawyer to sort things out after she is there

Maybe try getting her a student visa and get her into Adult GED, high school or something?

[WarpSpeed]

Can I hire her to work for me?

Very sticky one that, especially if you have a wife giving you problems already you are asking for big trouble and potentially providing her maximum leverage..

[WarpSpeed]

No matter what happens even if you get to the USA you are still married

I dont buy your story about your exwife fighting your attempts to get divorced

All you have to do is file and get divorced which is your right

I suspect what you are trying to say is you don't want to get a divorce and lose 1/2 of your pension and assets

She already successfully visited you in the USA on a tourist visa??

You can try that again and have her overstay in the USA getting a lawyer to sort things out after she is there

Maybe try getting her a student visa and get her into Adult GED, high school or something?

I agree with your astute observation, have you been an investigator of some sort in a past life??

As for the highlighted portion above, to the OP, how much are you willing to pay? And possibly loose? Because that or any such route even the education route with a past visit already logged is going to raise potential red flags on any application which is going to drive up the cost and legal risk considerably and all is still a high stakes gamble..

Edited January 7, 2010 by WarpSpeed

[ericthai]

If you take her to the USA on any other visa with the plans to live there that is immigration fraud and can get you in big big trouble.

It appears you have two choices.

1) be content with living in Thailand

2) decide to take a hit on the divorce, maybe give up the house or something, try to work it out with your wife to get a divorce, or get a lawyer and start fighting her.

I can tell you even after you get a dovice you still need to apply for either a K1 or get married and apply for K3. In either case it will take anywhere between 6-10 months depending on how quick Homeland works, the US embassy and yourself at getting all required documents. Money wise you are ok to support her. I just went though the K1 and it took 8 months.

Good luck!!!!

[moe666]

The wife gets half of what you have, stay in Thailand.

I will say it since no one else has.

Troll

[ericthai]

Cant say wife gets half, as that is not always true. Depends on how good your lawyer is and how bad her's is. My ex-wife did not get half. She got a car and I paid alimony for 1 year. House was mine before we got married she didn't get anything from the house.

[moe666]

Yes, it's all up to haggling. But what you acumulate together is usually split half and half, and you may be seprated but still married means together.

[AfterLOS]

John,

showoff. Gee, don't often meet someone with plenty of moolah who wants to move from Heaven (LOS) back to hel_l (US & UK). Rarely meet anyone who takes a thai beauty and rubs an ex's nerves.

don't be such a schmuck - why take the poor thai girl away from her heart? Its not just the weather that's frozen in either country.