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shoeman009   7

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Good Morning.

 

First off, thank you in advance for the help each of you gave as we came through our K1. It was quite an education and anyone who followed, She is now here and we are married! I have a few questions now about the next steps.

 

Her passport has her maiden name and so do her IDs for Thailand. Her green card will have her married name. What are the steps to merge those? Should we approach the Thai Consulate in Houston to change her passport or wait till we are in Thailand next year?

 

How long does take typically to get the advanced travel documents? We want to go over to Thailand in April, just wondering if that is possible. We filed adjustment on September 1st.

 

Thanks for sharing your experiences and insights.

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sparkles_   456

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Morocco
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The changing of her passport really depends on the consulate's reputation for being slow or not. I know if given the chance, it would be much easier to renew my husband's Moroccan passport in Morocco because of how slow it is at the consulate. Perhaps give them a call and ask the processing time? As for travelling, she should be able to travel on her maiden name passport with no issue, I have but then again I'm not a GC holder. 

 

If you applied with advance parole for travel along with the AOS, she should get a combo card EAD/AP travel. I think the 90 day rule is no more, and they are running about 110 days now. April is a little over 6mo away, so yes it would be there by then. The only worry may that her interview could occur around that time instead  if you're lucky :)

**Adjusting from initial Q1/changed to B1 then overstay, termination of removal proceedings**

(STAND ALONE i-130/TERMINATION OF REMOVAL)

First met: Totally random by asking for directions, June 2014 while on vacation at Disney World (L)

Engaged: Aug. 21, 2014

Married: Dec. 1, 2014

ICE phone contact: sometime in early Dec. 2014- Co-operated, retained attorney who advised the same.

Filed stand alone i-130: January 2015 (VSC)

ICE home visit, schedule time to go to DHS office and NTA issued, date TBD, was not detained and released on own recognizance within an hour: January, 2015.

NOA1: Feb. 20, 2015.

Transfer to CSC to balance workloads: August 2015

1)First Master Calendar Hearing: Sept. 9, 2015-Continued based on pending i-130, new court date in 6mo.

Congressional Inquiry: Dec 8. 2015

***i-130 APPROVED WITHOUT INTERVIEW: Dec. 21, 2015** :dancing:

2)Second Master Hearing: March 9, 2016- Removal proceedings terminated w/o prejudice based on approved i-130!! Remanded to USCIS to begin AOS process :dance:

(AOS AFTER TERMINATION)

Filed AOS packet: March 16, 2016.

NOA1: March 21, 2016.

Biometrics: April 20, 2016.

RFE Initial evidence: April 21, 2016 for birth cert/translation and Q1/B1 i94s

RFE response received: May 10, 2016.

EAD approval: May 25, 2016- Card arrived at attorney's office! Could not pick up until May 30 because we were at Disney World again :):D

Notice of missing medical exam: July 2016 (Done on purpose to avoid expiration, we will bring it to the interview as stated in notice)

Inquiry about case status: Sept 2016- Case pending interview at local office.

Inquiry about case status again: Oct. 2016- Due to factors not related to your case, anticipate a delay in processing

HAPPY 2YR ANNIVERSARY TO US!!

Infopass #1 at local office: Dec. 19, 2016- Case pending background/security checks, advised when to renew EAD #2

Waiting on interview at local office...... :clock:

Sent EAD renewal: Feb 10, 2016

EAD#2 NOA1: March 3, 2016

INTERVIEW SCHEDULED!!: interview on March 27, 2017

Text notification, new card being produced: March 29, 2017!!!

*~*~*~*818 DAYS TOTAL*~*~*~

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

 
ThyJourney Apprentice

ThyJourney   3

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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On 10/7/2017 at 6:28 AM, shoeman009 said:

Good Morning.

 

First off, thank you in advance for the help each of you gave as we came through our K1. It was quite an education and anyone who followed, She is now here and we are married! I have a few questions now about the next steps.

 

Her passport has her maiden name and so do her IDs for Thailand. Her green card will have her married name. What are the steps to merge those? Should we approach the Thai Consulate in Houston to change her passport or wait till we are in Thailand next year?

 

How long does take typically to get the advanced travel documents? We want to go over to Thailand in April, just wondering if that is possible. We filed adjustment on September 1st.

 

Thanks for sharing your experiences and insights.

Here’s the simplest way and preferred way, but of course that’s entirely up to you. Keep her Thai passport and Thai ID’s in her maiden name. Also, keep Thai Passport and ID’s up to date. Apply for US passport after she is US citizen.  All she has to do when she travels outside the US is to show Green Card and Marriage Certificate when she enter the USA.  During the times she has two passports, use the US Passport in married name and when you enter Thailand use Thai Passport in her maiden name.  Using her Thai passport she can stay long as she wants without having to apply for VISA if she had used her US Passport.

 
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