Sawasdee 4 (Thai K-1s in 2010)

[Tom and Teaw 1]

I have not heard of that happening before. Teaw got her xrays even though there was nothing wrong with her. And yes, you paid for them so you are entitled to them. I think Five should go back to the hosp and talk to an administrator higher up and demand that she be given her xrays, not only for the interview, but also because she paid for them! I would have been really ticked off and I would not care what the doc thinks. It's like buying a new car and the dealer saying oh, you don't need the tires cause it will drive just fine on rims so you don't need the tires you paid for. Go after them!!!

[AaronLV 12]

One more thing about the medical exam. Five went to get her paperwork later that day and the doctor refused to give her a copy of her xrays. She asked him twice and he said that there was nothing on them so she didn't need them. He told her he's been doing this for 10 years and if she can't get the visa it won't be because she didn't have the xrays with her. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there going to be a problem at the embassy if she doesn't have it? The instructions do say to bring those with her to the interview. I'm not very happy with that doctor and hospital right now. We paid for the xrays and I don't see what's so hard about giving them to her.....

The paperwork says to bring the x-ray with you, I would have her go back and get the x-ray. What hospital did you go to for the exam?

[gbagbo 0]

The paperwork says to bring the x-ray with you, I would have her go back and get the x-ray. What hospital did you go to for the exam?

She went to the Chiang Mai Ram Hospital. I'm going to try and talk her into going back to get them.

[kenny1 0]

Dont worry to much because when Ying brought her XRAYS to the interview they said that they were not needed. But..If you paid for the XRAYS then you are entitled to get them back at any time.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Got an email from the congressman's caseworker and she heard from DOS who told her they were looking at my "marital history" which she interpreted to

mean what I told her I suspected....the divorce being done in Oct 09 and the filing of the K-1 after I returned home. She will be sending an email to the embassy today that has the letter I prepared explaining the events from going over and getting married to the quick demise of it and not being able to get back until Oct 09 and in the meantime Teaw and I moving ahead with our relationship. Also going in the email are three letters in Thai with translations from her father, aunt and father's neighbor whom have all met me and spent time with me. She said though that since the case is with the fraud unit they are not required to tell her a lot of specifics, but hopefully all the stuff she is sending with the email will take care of their concerns and they will issue the visa. They are still holding her passport. I wonder if they have called the ex to ask what happened. Her phone number was on many of the cell bills they have but I am sure she would email me if they did call her. So I am keeping my fingers crossed!!!!

[gbagbo 0]

Tom, I hope Teaw's visa is ready soon. I can't imagine having to wait that long in review.

I have an update about the x-rays. Five emailed the embassy about our case to ask about x-rays. The embassy told her the doctor was correct and that they don't need her to bring the x-rays if the medical report states there was nothing there.

[rsn 135]

Tom, I hope Teaw's visa is ready soon. I can't imagine having to wait that long in review.

I have an update about the x-rays. Five emailed the embassy about our case to ask about x-rays. The embassy told her the doctor was correct and that they don't need her to bring the x-rays if the medical report states there was nothing there.

That sounds right. Your x-rays will be nothing more than a dust-collector, so they did you a favor by not burdening you with the large envelope.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Man, took me forever to find our Sawasdee thread!!! We were wayyyyyyyyyy down the list.

An email with the letter from my Congressman, all the attachments, went to the BKK embassy today. I am told they are required to answer them within 14 days but usually answer within 5. So they will have it on Monday

and I am hoping Teaw just gets a call to come pick up the visa. The attached letters from family and my explanation of the quick demise of the mistake marriage should hopefully satisfy their curiosity. I am surprised we

have not heard anything from them yet after that last 2 hour interview of Teaw.

[Reddstars 5]

Man, took me forever to find our Sawasdee thread!!! We were wayyyyyyyyyy down the list.

An email with the letter from my Congressman, all the attachments, went to the BKK embassy today. I am told they are required to answer them within 14 days but usually answer within 5. So they will have it on Monday

and I am hoping Teaw just gets a call to come pick up the visa. The attached letters from family and my explanation of the quick demise of the mistake marriage should hopefully satisfy their curiosity. I am surprised we

have not heard anything from them yet after that last 2 hour interview of Teaw.

Laddawan's interview is this friday the 16th and I was just wondering how long you were seperated before you filed the K1? I was seperated for over 17 months before I filed my K1. Just wondering if this would have any bearing on getting the K1. Thnx

[Herk Driver 0]

Our interview is in less than 3 hours! It's hard to stop thinking about it and I really doubt she is getting much sleep in Bangkok. I also feel like a real gomer that I couldn't be there with her, but there couldn't be a worse time for me to try to swing the time off from work. Hopefully things will go well and 5 years worth of relationship evidence, several 3 month visits to Japan while I lived there and a good attitude will go towards a smooth interview. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to the folks that helped out with advice here and good luck to those with interviews coming up! I will talk to her after it is over and be sure to post the questions that were asked. Cheers.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Reddstars, we think the problem is we ended the relationship at the end of April 2009 but I could go back to get the divorce until Oct 09 and in the meantime Teaw and I went full speed ahead and I filed the K-1 about 2 weeks after I got the divorce. So I don't think you will have a problem with yours. They are just worried because they were so close in time but I hope the stuff the congressman's office sent them will take care of their concerns.

[daboyz 36]

Our interview is in less than 3 hours! It's hard to stop thinking about it and I really doubt she is getting much sleep in Bangkok. I also feel like a real gomer that I couldn't be there with her, but there couldn't be a worse time for me to try to swing the time off from work. Hopefully things will go well and 5 years worth of relationship evidence, several 3 month visits to Japan while I lived there and a good attitude will go towards a smooth interview. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to the folks that helped out with advice here and good luck to those with interviews coming up! I will talk to her after it is over and be sure to post the questions that were asked. Cheers.

They wouldn't let you inside anyway. If they give you static (which I hope they don't) you can go back Tuesday or Thursday afternoon. 1-3.

[Herk Driver 0]

Hello folks! The interview went well yesterday and my fiancée (Bud) was told to pick her visa up on Mon. I am super stoked!!! Anyway, the interview took about 10 minutes and they seemed to ask pretty basic questions:

1. Name of fiancée?

2. Where did you meet?

3. What does he do?

4. Has your fiancée ever been married or engaged?

5. Questions about her son

The entire thing seemed to be unlike anything I was expecting. Bud said the interviewer was a very young lady who was extremely friendly and took a conversational approach to the interview. She even repeated questions in Thai when Bud had any trouble tracking the questions in English. I used to live in Japan where Bud had come to see me on several tourist visas in the past and she even made a comment that they treated her much nicer than they ever did at the Japanese embassy. The lady did ask to see her hand and Bud said it was obvious she was examining the engagement ring, but this may have only been because I included the ring paperwork (which was all in Japanese) with the I-129F. One other thing she noticed was that one of the supervisors came in during the interview and had an offline chat with the interviewer and quick scan over all of the documents while looking at Bud (not sure what that was about). Afterwards Bud said the interviewer came back with a big smile, rolled her eyes and said that was her boss (or big boss as Bud described it). Odd.

I really thought the Hanoi Hilton interrogation techniques were the standard practice with these interviews but this certainly was not the case here. They seemed to be very respectful and treated her like a human being rather than just another grifter trying to "pull one over on them". Given the experience she described I would have to give two thumbs up for the embassy on this one. I don't know how much of this is due to the interviewer's personality or that Bud and I have been involved for almost 5 years with 4 tourist visas to Japan to see me, and loads of relationship evidence. Either way it was very surprising. A lot of my work has to do with International Relations and a huge part of it is creating a positive image of the U.S. Hopefully this respectful approach to these interviews is the norm rather than the exception because the interviewer that met Bud seems to be scoring some wins in this category.

A couple of other things to note was that there was another lady there who did not have copies of everything they had previously submitted. Of course Murphy’s Law was in play for this lady and they could not find her DS-157, which caused complications for her. So make sure to bring copies of everything. Also, it probably goes without saying but make sure to dress like you're serious about acquiring a visa. Bud was shocked at one of the ladies that was there with ripped up skintight jeans and a "chest displayer" shirt. It doesn't take much to find some clothes that make you look somewhat professional, and you would be hard pressed to find a more frugal person than Bud but she showed up dressed like it was important to her.

I hope this re-cap helps with those that are waiting on interviews. There have been a lot of very helpful people here who have provided me with information when I was pulling my hair out trying to make sense of the forms and processes. Thanks again.

[Audy_Rob 26]

Hello folks! The interview went well yesterday and my fiancée (Bud) was told to pick her visa up on Mon. I am super stoked!!! Anyway, the interview took about 10 minutes and they seemed to ask pretty basic questions:

1. Name of fiancée?

2. Where did you meet?

3. What does he do?

4. Has your fiancée ever been married or engaged?

5. Questions about her son

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Hey, great news and great report. I am glad to hear it. Hope you two have good luck with the next steps in your lives together. Congratulations.

[Tom and Teaw 1]

Congrats, Herk. I think the easy interview had more to do with your relationship, the visits to Japan and length. If they had suspected anything she would have gotten the Gestapo interview. But good luck!!! Still waiting to hear from the embassy now that they have got the info from the Congressman.