Tango777

Yeah, I'm over here now for a couple weeks. The suggestion to send them to International school is sounding like the best solution. Either Burriam (nearer to the village) or Chonburi (nearer to my wife's kids and civilization). Probably going to find a house to buy before inflation really takes off even though it will be a few years before we can move. Don't know if I mentioned it but there are two Sisters that we will also provide for, 5 and 7, so school for them too. We don't want their world to be village. 

Yeah thanks Chancy, I looked for that old post but not in the right place evidently. 

The boy is 10 YO in Thailand. My wife's daughter has to work and the boy is home in the village. We have been married in the States for 8 years and would be happy to adopt the kid and bring him over here. 

I've spent some time researching and not getting far. We know another couple here who tried adopting from Thailand and they told me it's very hard. 

Any input would be great. Thanks very much - Tango

Loren Y - My wife is Thai, but this guy is in Serbia or somewhere around there. You're right though, I never understood before I went East what the hospital is like. Funny thing is, the level of service is really good in my view. No referral games unless really needed. 

18 hours ago, Loren Y said:

I understand this as I have a Thai wife, and spend/ have spent lots of time in the country, and I understand what you mean when you have to have someone there to care for person in the hospital. It is not like here in the US for example where you have nurses and aids to assist, and it is all included per say in the cost of the care. In the government hospitals in Thailand, you have to have somewhere there to assist with feeding, taking the patient to the bathroom/ shower/ etc. there is no one there to assist. I know you can pay people to do it for you, and it isn't too expensive, but day after day it can add up for sure, and from what you have said it is a long term care type situation. Depending, I know they have some decent nursing home type facilities that can provide all of that if patient doesn't require specialized care for around 10,000-15,000 baht a month. But maybe that could be an option for him/her.

I agree with everyone. I just wanted to be sure I was not mistaking the eligibility. I got his GC renewed and he thought I could do more. I'm not an attorney. 

Thanks again all ! VJ helped me big through out K1 back in 2013/14. - Tango 

Thanks everyone for the good info.  I thought that was the case, at least 6 months, very least. It's a tough situation for him. When someone is in the hospital in some places, an able bodied person has to take care of the hospitalized person (food, care, etc). The hospital does not supply much. 

A friend of ours, who has his green card and is married to a US Citizen, spends about 10 months abroad each year. He is on his 2nd green card I think. So he does come back each year for about 2 months. He is taking care of a family member over there.

The wording about residency requirements is a little hard for me to understand. 

Continuous Residence and Physical Presence Requirements for Naturalization - https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1430&num=0&edition=prelim

If anyone has some clarity on this, I'd appreciate the comments. Somewhere I got the idea that they had to spend at least 6 months a year in the US but I con't know where exactly I read that. 

Thank you!

Hey thanks a lot! For some reason I thought that it opened up in Sept!

I'm trying to enter the DV for 2023 but the site does not work. This site - https://dvprogram.state.gov/

There is no where to actually enter anything. I believe the DV is open until November 10, 2021. 

I've been on hold with the DOS for almost 2 hours and don't expect any help from them. 

Thanks in advance. 

Hi VJ, 

Is it normal to not have any response to an I-130 other than a receipt with the receipt number after they received it on January 19, 2021? This is for my grown up step daughter in Thailand. 

January 19, 2021

Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS

As of January 19, 2021, we are actively reviewing your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number IOE12345678910. Our records show nothing is outstanding at this time. We will let you know if we need anything from you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

 Thanks in advance, VJ has always been really helpful to us. - Tango777

Hi VJ, 

Is it normal to not have any response to an I-130 other than a receipt with the receipt number after they received it on January 19, 2021? This is for my grown up step daughter in Thailand. 

Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS

As of January 19, 2021, we are actively reviewing your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number IOE____. Our records show nothing is outstanding at this time. We will let you know if we need anything from you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

 Thanks in advance, VJ has always been really helpful to us. - Tango777

Thanks for this good info. So the I-130 my wife filed for her adult daughter falls into the F1 category for which the current wait for a Priority Date is 7-8 years ?

Thanks, Tango

Hey congratulations Dispie, 

We filed for my wife's adult daughter on Dec. 26 2020. The daughter has a 10 year old we would like to bring over but we did not submit for him yet. It sounds like you submitted both at the same time? Maybe I should go ahead and submit for the step Grandson? 

Thanks and again Conrats! 

Tango

Nothing thus far. I just look at it like an investment to get in line. $ 550.00. I'll spend some time looking into it later in this year. I spent so much time on our K-1 in 2012-2014 but that was when the CGI contractors were in the State Dept. Hopefully they're gone now but I don't know. 

Yes, she is single and has a 9 year old whom we hope to get over here at some point. This is all mainly for a better future for the boy. Our daughter (my step daughter) will do fine over here also. It's difficult to get ahead in Thailand especially if you are not from a known family. So I was skeptical about applying because I've always heard it's quite difficult to get a green card. I am thinking if it ever happens it could be 5 - 10 years? 

Thanks again Chancy. 

My wife is the petitioner, I just filled out the online I-30. The daughter is 28 now, and her Mom and I have been married (K1) for over 6 years now. Thanks for commenting on this. 

Hello all of VJ, 

This site helped me greatly with our K-1 6 years ago.  Now we would  like my wife's grown daughter to come to the U.S. I filed (and paid $ 535.00) the I-130 today. The daughter is in her home country of Thailand. 

I am trying to determine if there is anything else I should be doing at this point, or is just wait wait wait?  Thanks all very much - Tango

Cee, your right friend, I am trying to work that out. I don't speak Thai which is a hindrance. Anyway, Since I've now found out the Grand likely cannot come here. my next step is get him schooled in Mandarin and English. Not easy in the Village. My wife takes her Citizenship test in 3 weeks, I think she will pass. Thanks guys, any input I appreciate big. - Tango   

Well at least now I know. I had some idea it might be one to two years. Our K-1 took 20 months back in 2012-2014 when it was really bad before they hired the CGI contractors which did not seem to help much. When they set us back for not specifying that her daughter was not coming along, I felt almost like if we had said yes, we would have just got the birth certificate and any other required paper and waited the same three months! Thanks again all. Anything more I welcome. 

Dee elle, thanks for your advice. Really that is what I thought after spending about an hour looking. I remember when my wife came over on a K-1, we did not specify whether her daughter, minor at the time at 20 I think was a minor and held up our Package 3 because we did not bring anything on her daughter, since we didn't plan to for her to come along. That mistake cost us about 3 months of processing time. But if the Daughter were apply, she could apply with her son I think? That would be the only way I can see. Thanks again and anyone else has anything let me know. 

My wife has a 7 year old Grandson in Thailand. Her daughter, the kids mother has to work in the city while my wife's Sister takes care of the Grand. They all get along but we would like the kid to have a chance over here in the U.S. I have not seen anything about a Grandchild coming over. We would adopt him if we had to. I am thinking our best chance would be to have the daughter come over with the Grandson, I mean visa wise the best chance. If anyone knows anything about all this please let me know. My wife's Citizenship interview is in June and I'm pretty sure she will pass. I read over 90% pass the first time. Thanks for any help
! 

Well we got our Bio Fingerprints appointment notice on-line today, 10 days after filing the N-400 on-line. Our appointment is for March 12 which is good for us. 

If you have a 10 year GC you should be good. My wife just got her I-551 stamp in the passport as 10 year GC are taking a long time. We submitted the N-400 as soon as I figured out we could. Now she is going back to visit on March 15 - May 15 so we'll see about the bio appt. At least now I can login and submit messages to them, really nice. Thanks for all your help guys/gals!

6 hours ago, marriedtomrg said:

@Tango777  Hi there - yes that would be the biometrics/fingerprinting appointment.

 

- you will receive an email notification that your account will need some attention (you have to sign into the account, they will not tell you outright in the email)

- once you are signed in, on your account page - it will just say they have scheduled you for a biometrics appointment, and you will need to view your letter in the Documents tab

- the PDF copy of the letter with the appointment date and time will show up on your Documents tab a few days after - so will the mailed/hard copy of your biometrics appointment.

Thank you marriedtomrg - I hope the appointment is after May 15 !