Hello everyone! I'm Josh, and I'm new to the forums.

I'm getting ready to submit for a K1 Visa for my Thai fiance...here's my situation

I'm getting officially divorced from my American wife on July 17th:) That same day, I will probably send off my petition to the Nebraska USCIS office. Will this alone have an affect on my approval?

Also, I'm only 23 (24 in Sep.)...will they view this as too young and deny me?

I'm on active duty in the US Navy...so I can provide plenty of proof that I'm financially stable to support her.

She is 22. She went to a University in Thailand for a little less than a year...then moved to Pattaya. She worked in a bar, so I'm worried she'll be labeled a prostitude immediately and get denied at the interview. This is why I want to use an attorney to help get through this.

Right now, my plan is to use an attorney for everything. www.mythaifiancee.com is the site I'm planning on getting the attorney from. He will do all the paperwork, get everything from her that he needs, coach her for the interview, etc. I've heard it's much better, and faster to have an attorney do this for you. The attorney is an American, with offices in Thailand and also here in the US.


I really appreciate all guidance with this...im keeping my fingers crossed.

Thanks!

you take a good attorney , i wish i could have helped in someway
i dunno wht to write this is very new situation to me

No,, you are not too young..

As long as you are divorced you'll be ok..

so do you think an attorney will be a wise move? is it worth it and will it speed up the amount of time it takes to get her the visa??

There is nothing really an attorney can do to speed up the actual processing. Can the attorney prepare a better petition submission than you can and therefore avoiding any requests for additional evidence? Only you can decide that....

I think you have a rather straight forward case from what you've said. You're not too young to petition (I think that's sub-18?).

Only point of interest from what you've said is your very recent divorce. That might cause issues -- search the forums for threads about this.

Do you need a lawyer? I don't know. I thought I needed one when I filed so I called one. This lawyer happened to be honest ( ) and told me to just follow the instructions and I'll be fine. And I am (so far, crossing fingers!).

Don't know how much an attorney will help... I don't think it will speed things up much overall. Filling out the forms yourself takes some time and you have to pay attention to details. If you lack the time (and its not really all that much time that you need), or the attention to detail, then a good attorney might help. Of course, there have been many stories here of attorneys missing some of the fine details too.

Frankly I think the lawyer is not needed for the K1. The process, however flawed, is pretty straight forward. Follow the guides on VJ and you should have no problem. Although you will have your divorce finalized on that date, will you have the divorce decree. You have to have that to send in a copy with the I-129F package to show that you are legally able to marry. You also will have to check to see if your state has a "cooling off" period before you can get married again.

And on another note, as a USC, Thank you for your service. From the bottom of my heart thank you.

Wiz