USA Green Card Process For Thai Wife - Steps & Pics

[MauiSteveBKK]

Aloha,

My Thai Wife and I arrived from Bangkok on March 15, 2015. We were married on April 26, 2015 on a beach here on Maui.

I hired an excellent Immigration Attorney (would recommend) and we started the "Change of Status" Process.

FYI: We submitted all paperwork to USA USCIS for Change of Status. I had to re-submit a tax return and a certified, original

Marriage License, so it delayed the process about 4 weeks. We flew to Honolulu in August for her biometrics.

The Green Card Process:

- Received a letter (shown below) that her Interview was about to be scheduled.

- Received a letter with her Interview Date set for October 22nd.

- The three of us went for her Immigration Interview on Oct. 22nd in Honolulu.

- I then checked her status and saw her case was being processed.

- Then saw where her "Green Card" Change of Status was being mailed. We should get it today or tomorrow.

You can follow the process and check on the status at any time, with your Receipt Number.

Here is the USCIS Link: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

Interview Suggestions:

+ As you might know, the word "Immigration" is the biggest word and issue with politicians in the USA. Everything is changing.

+ This is a very secure site, with tight security. Have your papers ready.

+ The Immigration Official is very no-nonsense. So be serious.

+ Try to keep your spouse from getting nervous. Phapassorn was so very nervous.

+ Number 1 thing: Have your act together. Have every document you need ready to produce and give to her.

+ When she asks for a birth certificate --- show her the Original and then give her a copy. She will compare and keep the copy.

+ Make sure the original Thai Birth Certificate is translated into English and also certified in red ink.

+ The last half of the 75 minutes was about our "relationship". She loved the pictures of me with her family.

+ She asked Phapassorn (Patricia) a lot of questions, and she made us look at each other on some personal questions.

+ Don't flinch.

Lastly, you will NOT get a stamp in her Thai passport. This is a change from what you see on all forums.

Also, she will not say her "recommendation" but our Official did wink at my Attorney. Our Attorney really helped us in the meeting,

and the Immigration Official knew her and liked her, as she has done this many times with other clients.

This is up-to-date information about the Green Card (Change of Status) USA USCIS process.

I hope this might help one couple in the near future and I sincerely wish each couple many years of happiness.

My best wishes,

Steve

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Steve

Your now wife went on a K-1 Fiancee' visa, correct? Not on a Tourist visa.

Big difference between the two as to how USCIS reacts to an Adjustment of Status request.

BTW, thanks for your input.

Mac

[MauiSteveBKK]

Mac,

YES! Good Point. Khob khun khrap

My Thai Wife came on a K1 Fiancee VISA. She has no children and we have no children together.

** If she was here on a Tourist VISA, it is a bit different. Their worries are about the "sincerity" of the relationship and that the marriage lasts.

** If we had a child together, they view this differently also. In the past, they may not even ask for an Interview to confirm the relationship. They believe the relationship is permanent because the couple had a child together.

But times are changing in the USA, and now there is a bit of a concern that the USA may be stuck with taking care of two mouths instead of just one.

As you know, rules & laws & regulations are changing almost monthly. Our Immigration Attorney had to fly back to Honolulu Oct. 27th for an "Immigration Update" where all Immigration Attorneys must attend a mandatory meeting for new laws and updates. The process is slower. A bit more intense.

Someday .... I will explain our K1 Fiancee VISA process in Thailand. Lord-oh-Lordie .... what an experience!

Best to you, Mac.