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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Hi everyone,

I'm a Thai citizen, I've been to USA since 2009 with my tourist visa and been in and out USA a few times. I got married to a us marine early this year then I had to left the country to work in Europe for the whole summer...I left so sudden that I didn't do any thing about spouse visa ( we didn't make any research about it before )

Now my husband is deploy and won't be back to USA til April 2014..... I miss him so much and I wanna be in the state to welcome him home from deployment.

Would anyone suggest me please if I could return to USA with my tourist visa to see my husband? Would it be a big problem or would I be refused to get into the country?

What is the visa option for me?

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Thailand
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Hi everyone,

I'm a Thai citizen, I've been to USA since 2009 with my tourist visa and been in and out USA a few times. I got married to a us marine early this year then I had to left the country to work in Europe for the whole summer...I left so sudden that I didn't do any thing about spouse visa ( we didn't make any research about it before )

Now my husband is deploy and won't be back to USA til April 2014..... I miss him so much and I wanna be in the state to welcome him home from deployment.

Would anyone suggest me please if I could return to USA with my tourist visa to see my husband? Would it be a big problem or would I be refused to get into the country?

What is the visa option for me?

It would help to know where you are and where your husband is at this time.

You may be able to return to the USA using the tourist visa but if the POE officer has any reason to think you as the wife of a USC are attempting to emigrate you could be denied entry.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Thank you for your input, I will be back in Thailand, and my husband now deployed. ... Won't be back to us til April 2014. I would really love to see him when he come back from deployment, but it seem I have to wait for him in Thailand and doing the spouse visa, right?

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It would help to know where you are and where your husband is at this time.

You may be able to return to the USA using the tourist visa but if the POE officer has any reason to think you as the wife of a USC are attempting to emigrate you could be denied entry.

yes if you are already married but for less than 2 years you need to file for a CR1 visa

and if you have been married for more than 2 years you need to file an IR1 visa which

will give you an automatic 10 year visa. With the CR1 which you need to file if married

less than 2 years gives you a 2 year visa and you will have to file 90 days before your

2 year visa is up to get your 10 year visa.

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It would help to know where you are and where your husband is at this time.

You may be able to return to the USA using the tourist visa but if the POE officer has any reason to think you as the wife of a USC are attempting to emigrate you could be denied entry.

yes if you are already married but for less than 2 years you need to file for a CR1 visa

and if you have been married for more than 2 years you need to file an IR1 visa which

will give you an automatic 10 year visa. With the CR1 which you need to file if married

less than 2 years gives you a 2 year visa and you will have to file 90 days before your

2 year visa is up to get your 10 year visa.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
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I've been in the US with a tourist visa before my husband, a soldier of the US army, was deployed. We filed for my spouse visa only shortly after he went to Afghanistan 'cause I've stayed in Italy with my family during his deployment.

Nothing happened at the POE, they asked me where I was going and I answered I was visiting some family members (not exactly a lie 'cause we were visiting my in-laws rolleyes.gif ) and that was all.

- Civil wedding: September 10th, 2012

- I130 sent to the USCIS in Chicago on January 2013, while my husband was deployed

- Interview at the consulate in Naples, Italy in August 2013

- In the US since November 18th, 2013

- Green card in my mailbox on January 9th, 2014

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Thailand
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I've been in the US with a tourist visa before my husband, a soldier of the US army, was deployed. We filed for my spouse visa only shortly after he went to Afghanistan 'cause I've stayed in Italy with my family during his deployment.

Nothing happened at the POE, they asked me where I was going and I answered I was visiting some family members (not exactly a lie 'cause we were visiting my in-laws rolleyes.gif ) and that was all.

Did you tell them your " family member " was a USC and your spouse?

yes if you are already married but for less than 2 years you need to file for a CR1 visa

and if you have been married for more than 2 years you need to file an IR1 visa which

will give you an automatic 10 year visa. With the CR1 which you need to file if married

less than 2 years gives you a 2 year visa and you will have to file 90 days before your

2 year visa is up to get your 10 year visa.

OP indicates she was married " earlier this year.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
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Did you tell them your " family member " was a USC and your spouse?

No I didn't... They didn't ask me if I were married or stuff like that so I didn't tell them anything about him... I was so nervous both when we entered in the US after our holiday in Jamaica where we got married, and that time... But thank God they didn't ask me anything about marriage.

I was going to go back to Italy of course, but how to demonstrate it?!

- Civil wedding: September 10th, 2012

- I130 sent to the USCIS in Chicago on January 2013, while my husband was deployed

- Interview at the consulate in Naples, Italy in August 2013

- In the US since November 18th, 2013

- Green card in my mailbox on January 9th, 2014

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Thailand
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Thank you for your input, I will be back in Thailand, and my husband now deployed. ... Won't be back to us til April 2014. I would really love to see him when he come back from deployment, but it seem I have to wait for him in Thailand and doing the spouse visa, right?

He could file for a CR1 visa today so the time clock begins soon. Obtaining a C R 1 would offer you a green card soon after entry into the USA as well as other things that would prove helpful in the future.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
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He could file for a CR1 visa today so the time clock begins soon. Obtaining a C R 1 would offer you a green card soon after entry into the USA as well as other things that would prove helpful in the future.

that's more or less what we did, he filed for my visa while he was deployed and I had the CR1 after about 7 months.

- Civil wedding: September 10th, 2012

- I130 sent to the USCIS in Chicago on January 2013, while my husband was deployed

- Interview at the consulate in Naples, Italy in August 2013

- In the US since November 18th, 2013

- Green card in my mailbox on January 9th, 2014

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Thailand
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No I didn't... They didn't ask me if I were married or stuff like that so I didn't tell them anything about him... I was so nervous both when we entered in the US after our holiday in Jamaica where we got married, and that time... But thank God they didn't ask me anything about marriage.

I was going to go back to Italy of course, but how to demonstrate it?!

You got lucky in several ways. Also you are from Italy not Thailand. We Thais suffer from the deeds of others that committed incredible fraud so we are questioned more.

The O P is from Thailand and I suggest she uses caution in her decisions. A mistake can carry a heavy price. You could have been found to be lying and that would have been very bad during that trip and in the future. You knew what you were doing was wrong.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
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You got lucky in several ways. Also you are from Italy not Thailand. We Thais suffer from the deeds of others that committed incredible fraud so we are questioned more.

The O P is from Thailand and I suggest she uses caution in her decisions. A mistake can carry a heavy price. You could have been found to be lying and that would have been very bad during that trip and in the future. You knew what you were doing was wrong.

I wasn't exactly lying, they didn't ask me anything so why I should have told them something about my life? and I was going to go back to Italy (they've always wanted to see my return flight ticket), I didn't want to immigrate without a proper visa.

- Civil wedding: September 10th, 2012

- I130 sent to the USCIS in Chicago on January 2013, while my husband was deployed

- Interview at the consulate in Naples, Italy in August 2013

- In the US since November 18th, 2013

- Green card in my mailbox on January 9th, 2014

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
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Of course I'm not suggesting to lie anyway, if they ask you have to tell the truth, but how can they know you're married to a USC (I even kept my surname 'cause in Italy women can't change it)? I don't think they usually ask about marriage, they've always asked me just why I was there, for how long and not much more.

- Civil wedding: September 10th, 2012

- I130 sent to the USCIS in Chicago on January 2013, while my husband was deployed

- Interview at the consulate in Naples, Italy in August 2013

- In the US since November 18th, 2013

- Green card in my mailbox on January 9th, 2014

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Thailand
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I wasn't exactly lying, they didn't ask me anything so why I should have told them something about my life? and I was going to go back to Italy (they've always wanted to see my return flight ticket), I didn't want to immigrate without a proper visa.

As you just said " thank god they didn't ask me anything about marriage ". You knew what would happen if they asked so you substituted the word family member for spouse. He entered with you but he was using a different last name at that time. No its isn't exactly lying but it also wasn't the truth. You avoided the truth.

 
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