I-134 and Financial Issues

[thaigecko 0]

Hi, I think I may be stuck here but hoping someone might enlighten me and I'm just missing something. I want to take my fiance to the states just for a short time, we already got shot down for a visitor visa, even though we have a store we just opened here in Thailand a few months ago. So I'm looking at the K-1 or K-3 route. We're not sure yet where/when to do the actual marriage, but from what it looks like, I would not be able to get the K-1 because of the I-134 because I haven't had a job in the states since middle of 2007. I emailed the embassy, they told me even though we had the store over here it wouldn't count as support because they want to see that I have a job in the states.

From what I've read, I could do a I-864 for the K-3 and it is fine to show that after we go to the states I can still show we'd have continous income coming from back here. I also can not do the co-sponsor route. I'd rather not do the whole K-3 route considering we don't want to get married till some time next year and we'd just be coming back here anyway, but seems like I might not have a choice. I was also thinking maybe on the I-134 I could put for personal property, all the sum of our store and car etc over here in thailand, as well as put my life insurance policy with cash surrender in the other blank, but not sure how much they'd care about that stuff since I didn't have a job in the states, or when we go to the interview everything wouldn't really matter and we'd get it easy and I'm just thinking to much about it. Anyway, any ideas or suggestions would be good. Thanks

Nick

[daboyz 36]

Hi, I think I may be stuck here but hoping someone might enlighten me and I'm just missing something. I want to take my fiance to the states just for a short time, we already got shot down for a visitor visa, even though we have a store we just opened here in Thailand a few months ago. So I'm looking at the K-1 or K-3 route. We're not sure yet where/when to do the actual marriage, but from what it looks like, I would not be able to get the K-1 because of the I-134 because I haven't had a job in the states since middle of 2007. I emailed the embassy, they told me even though we had the store over here it wouldn't count as support because they want to see that I have a job in the states.

From what I've read, I could do a I-864 for the K-3 and it is fine to show that after we go to the states I can still show we'd have continous income coming from back here. I also can not do the co-sponsor route. I'd rather not do the whole K-3 route considering we don't want to get married till some time next year and we'd just be coming back here anyway, but seems like I might not have a choice. I was also thinking maybe on the I-134 I could put for personal property, all the sum of our store and car etc over here in thailand, as well as put my life insurance policy with cash surrender in the other blank, but not sure how much they'd care about that stuff since I didn't have a job in the states, or when we go to the interview everything wouldn't really matter and we'd get it easy and I'm just thinking to much about it. Anyway, any ideas or suggestions would be good. Thanks

Nick

Unfortunately for a tourist visa, your relationship will cause problems. Because they think your fiance will come to the US and stay here. From what I have seen it is better if she try's to get a visa on her own. Better not to say anything about your relationship. She must show ties to Thailand. (job, property, bank account etc.) Trying to get a K visa for tourist reasons might work in the short run, but eventually it will cause other issues.

[William33 110]

K-1 = Fiancé Visa (required to marry the foreign national within 90 days of US entry) . You must be able to prove income above the poverty level. If you work in the US and are above that level, no problem. If you are overseas, you will have difficulties unless you work for a multi-national company or the USG. e.g. a "local Thai business".

K-3 = (Already married and petitioning USCIS for US entry for your wife.) You must be able to prove income above the poverty level. If you work in the US and are above that level, no problem. If you are overseas, you will have difficulties unless you work for a multi-national company or the USG. e.g. a "local Thai business".

CR-1 = (Already married and petitioning at the US Embassy in Thailand for an entry visa.) You must be able to prove income above the poverty level. If you work in the US and are above that level, no problem. If you are overseas, you will have difficulties unless you work for a multi-national company or the USG. e.g. a "local Thai business".

Getting the theme here? You need absolute verifiable income.

A visit (tourist) visa is useless in the immigration picture.

Edited September 14, 2008 by William33

[pushbrk 13,498]

K-1 = Fiancé Visa (required to marry the foreign national within 90 days of US entry) . You must be able to prove income above the poverty level. If you work in the US and are above that level, no problem. If you are overseas, you will have difficulties unless you work for a multi-national company or the USG. e.g. a "local Thai business".

K-3 = (Already married and petitioning USCIS for US entry for your wife.) You must be able to prove income above the poverty level. If you work in the US and are above that level, no problem. If you are overseas, you will have difficulties unless you work for a multi-national company or the USG. e.g. a "local Thai business".

CR-1 = (Already married and petitioning at the US Embassy in Thailand for an entry visa.) You must be able to prove income above the poverty level. If you work in the US and are above that level, no problem. If you are overseas, you will have difficulties unless you work for a multi-national company or the USG. e.g. a "local Thai business".

Getting the theme here? You need absolute verifiable income.

A visit (tourist) visa is useless in the immigration picture.

Sufficient liquid assets can be used to replace income but it takes $3 of assets to replace one dollar of income. The I-864 cannot be used for a K3 visa but can be for a CR1. It's nearly impossible for a single woman to get a visitor visa in Thailand.