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This likely made you ineligible for a K1. The unofficial marriage and age difference will be huge obstacles to overcome. Marry and go the CR1/IR1 route.

Thank you for clarifying. As others have said, STOP referring to her as your wife. If you do, this will cause many issues down the road. Have you had any formal engagement ceremonies? If yes, please describe them. I ask, because often, US immigration will consider certain types of engagement ceremonies as a marriage and will not allow you to pursue a K-1 visa. It may be a much better plan to marry now and go for a CR1/IR1 visa.

Are you already married? If so, you will be doing a CR1/IR1 visa, not a K1.

That "our story" is from 2006. I would imagine he is either looking to bring her kids here now, or this is a new person he is applying for.

I did not say we requested the letter to state that I or my wife is required to take care of him. I said we requested a letter stating his diagnosis.

My father and my mother (his POA) are the ones who requested it. The doctor will give them the medical records but is refusing to write a letter addressed to USCIS even though my father is requesting it (he has full mental faculties, just suffers from shaking and other physical symptoms)

Like I said, this is the weakest argument and is just one bullet point of many. The relation is the extreme hardship to me if I had to leave my father while in his condition or have my wife and son go alone. Yep, at this point, it's 3+ years... but it's 601a or nothing Thank you. That's what I thought.

Lawyer said just to write it in the letter. This is one of our weakest arguments anyway, my lack of Thai language, inability to work there and affect of relocating our son without me (if I were to stay here) are our big ticket items which should already guarantee approval. My dad's health concerns is just the cherry on top (in a morbid kind of way).

One of the arguments I am planning on using for my wife's 601a waiver is related to my father's health. My father is in his 80's and has Parkinson's. I/we spend a good amount of the weekend at my parent's house helping to take care of him. I would not be able to do this if I were to move to Thailand while we wait out her 10 year bar. My parents have asked his neurologist for a letter stating his diagnosis, but she says she cannot provide it due to HIPA regulations. (I don't believe this is accurate, but that's a different story...) Is it acceptable to just mention my father's condition without providing evidence to support it, or should I just leave it out of the letter entirely? Alternatively, my parents could ask for his medical records and include the entire file (though I would rather not do that route)

When you say unable to travel, do you mean unable to travel to the US, or unable to get to BKK?

I would think that as long as the pictures are clear enough in B&W there would be no problem. Nothing else I can think of that would NEED to be in color.

Do not do this.

It is extremely clear what happens after I-130 approval.

Are there international schools nearby that teach in English?

EDIT: I just realized that I originally gave you info for Pat 4, question 6/7. For Part 4, question 13 I would fill it in as: 13a: 126/3 Village No.15, Ratchada Village 13c: Puea Sub-district, Chiang Klang District 13d: Nan 13e: 55160 13f: Thailand

How long have you been living overseas?

I don't know... it seems some people are overthinking this... This past September my son and I were in Thailand for him to meet his grandparents. We flew over with 3 large luggages of clothes for my inlaws and toys/snacks to donate to the school in my wife's town (total value +/- $800). We flew home with a luggage full of food and beauty products for my wife and her friends (total value +/- $300). I was not asked to declare anything on arrival to either country, and if I was, I would have put in about as much description to my answer as I did above.

I don't want to violate the TOS here so I won't disagree with you... OP, speak to a lawyer and let them know all the facts...

Did she use her own name and a fake SS#, or was everything fake?

Wire the money into your wife's bank account.

I have no personal experience, but I strongly advise against this. I think most others here will agree with me.

If you are contemplating getting married, look into adjusting status as a spouse of a USC. DO NOT GET MARRIED JUST TO GET A GREEN CARD I would imagine there would be a lot of scrutiny involved since your AOS through your father is going to be denied.

Should have thought of that before you got married.

You are right that it's not an immigration issue. However... The company I work for recently found out that a $90K salary Customer Service Manager working remote was working a second full time job. Actually, it was the other company that found out and contacted our HR department... Guess how many jobs she had the next day? Yup, none. This is the typical outcome with these situations. The assumption is that they are not dedicating the appropriate amount of time to either job since both companies likely operate during "normal" business hours. This is very different than a full time professional moonlighting on the weekends as a bartender. I'm not judging, just trying to give good advice.

If either company is expecting you to work a full 40 hour week, they will not look kindly on you having a separate full time job regardless of them being in different industries. You are putting both jobs at risk by doing this.