US Immigration from Thailand

the sticky that looks correct is back in the dark ages.

Hi, Did anybody file AOS (I485, I765, I131) from K1 lately and the NOA1 case start with IOE? I saw mostly people get MSC or something else.. just curious.

what I understand is case start with IOE mean you file online? So I don t know how it work. Do I have to worry?

Hello, My wife and 2 children are in Thailand at this time. They will be coming back to the USA in a couple of weeks.

Here is the issue. One of my son s Thai Passport expires in the middle of Aug and the wife is worried they will not let him travel out of Thailand. I explained that he was born in the USA so they cannot stop them from leaving Thailand (All 3 of them have USA Passports up to date). I m trying to explain to her that they can leave there and we can update my Son s Thai Passport at the Thai Embassy after they get here. I told her she just has to show the USA Passport to leave there. When they go back again she will show the Thai Passport to go back there (Yes my Son s Thai Passport will be updated by than I Hope LoL).

Of coarse friends and family are putting in there 2 baht (Cents) scaring Her.

Thank You

P.S. All 3 of them have USA Passports and Thai Passports

I've been noticing what seems like some pretty heavy handed overreach by some of the mods on the forum. For instance, here is a recent mod comment closing a thread: "~~Thread locked to further replies. THe OP has been given all the advice members can offer. Do not restart or refer back to this thread in any shape or form~~ "

Who is the mod to say that all of the advice that members can offer has been provided? Other members who have not yet had a chance to respond may have had other thoughts to share. Plus, what is with the empty threat to not refer back to this thread in any shape or form? Is this site meant to be an authoritarian one ruled by a small group of elite mods or an open one, where all members are valued and conversations aren't shut down simply because one mod decides it should be?

While mods should be shutting down illegal or threatening comments, I don't see any value to them shutting down threads or deciding that the discussion is over. Now let's see if the mods will allow discussion of their actions to be discussed or if this thread will be shut down as well.

My fiance in Thailand is very bored with the visa process. We have been waiting since February 2020. Our case is at the embassy, but that's where the trouble starts. Before we actually met in person, we tried to get her a visit to the US on a tourist visa. A complete waste of time during the Trump Administration(circus). She was denied April 2019 after only 2 questions into her interview. I love her so much, it didn't slow me down a bit. I made it to Thailand in September of 2019, and hired an attorney($4000) to handle the case.

After an extended wait due to COVID, we received our first RFE in January 2021. Everything they asked for hasd already been included in our original petition. There was 1 hotel receipt missing out of everything they had requested.

Fast-forward to May. Our login to CEAC showed "no data available" for 2 weeks. I called NVC and after a solid hour of Muzac I was fortunate enough to speak with a human. I may as well have been talking to a wall, but a couple of days later the status changed to "ready"

Our attorney attempted to login to CEAC in order to make arrangements to pay the visa fee , but our account was security locked because of our B-1 attempt, preventing any further action.

This weekend she found her login, but now our attorney is on vacation. Can't blame him for that.

The question I pose is thus: Shall we continue ahead by logging into the CEAC on our own, or wait for our attorney? A very detailed list of actions was included with our NOA2. Since we are in "ready" status, should we try to arrange payment of the visa fee and move forward with an interview date, or should we wait for professional counsel to continue our battle?

I must admit that the current visa process is very boring, to the point I can catch a whiff of discrimination by the hands of my government. If I were a UK or European Union resident, I wouldn't be here venting about how broken our immigration policy has ALWAYS been, because the acceptance period is under 90 days. That's the case everywhere, except the USA.

No interview has been scheduled, and we've been waiting for the step.

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JJ