US Immigration from Thailand

Have the VJ insiders heard if the Royal Thai Embassy in DC or Consulate in LA is faster or more reliable for this American's Type-O Thai visa?

My wife and I want to retire early to Thailand to avoid scraping the windshield. Quarantine here we come!

We had our interview today in Chatsworth California. It was a quick process for us in the interview. We walked in took our oath to tell the truth and sat down. He told us he had already looked over our case and ran my wife's background check. He said it was going to be approved easy as we have a 2 year old daughter together. I asked if he needed to see my employment letter and my taxes or our photos. He just smiled and said not necessary as we have a child and he can see we are really in a relationship.

He asked my wife if she was a terrorist or a sex trafficker and that was about it. Or apt was at 845am we were called in at 845am and w.ere out the door by 930 and it was that long because we talked about my job (i have a uniques job and he had lots of fanboy questions lol) and i had question about how the pandemic delayed the process for the USCIS.

All in all this process for us has been easy and smooth sailing once we were face to face with someone from the government, K1 interview was 10 min, POE was 1.5 min and now AOS was 30min. We feel extremely lucky and blessed.

Next step (in 2 years 9 months ) citizenship!!!!!

My wife (Thai national) just got her I-130 approved. I have completed the DS-260's for both her and her daughter, I have uploaded the docs with the exception of the Police Certification. What is this and is there a sample form that she can take to the police precinct for them to complete?

Thank you,

Dave

Noom's citizenship was approved yesterday, and the oath was administered, so his immigration journey is at an end! It is such a relief, and we're both so happy. It has been a long journey, frustrating and emotional...and lots of work, too. As Noom said yesterday, its like a huge mountain has been removed from his brain.

I applied for his K1 visa in April 2016...4 years and 7 months ago. Since then life has been full of documenting, saving, filing everything to prove our relationship. What a relief now not to worry about that!

I think the hardest thing about the whole process is the lack of updates, news, etc...its a huge black hole. No news is good news they say, but for me long stretches of no news played with my brain and emotions. That said, if it were not for Visa Journey the process would have been so much worse. Having folks to learn from, to commiserate with, to encourage...plus all the timelines and process information... truly made the journey easier.

Thank you all! And good luck to everyone still waiting...

--David & Noom

Hi all,

I recently received my green card but have not been able to change my last name on my social security card yet because the office has been closed. Within the same week, I also accepted a job at another employer and they are asking for my SSN. Do I submit the old one with my maiden name? Would they be able to update that later? Or would this delay my process since I will have to get my new card with my new last name? Thank you so so much for your help/advice on this.