kc&steph

I applied for mine at ACRO. It took around 6 weeks to arrive. But once you do it, I think you can use the same one for you AOS again.

Been following this thread as a silent reader and have been very encouraged to hear that interviews ARE still happening. Also I think embassy staff have already received both vaccinations, or at least one, so really there is no need for them to cancel interviews. 

On 5/8/2021 at 11:31 PM, J+J said:

I have never heard that the Thai embassy would not allow for a joint sponsor, in fact I've never heard that any embassy wouldn't allow joint sponsors.  

 

Forget about borrowing money, a large single deposit into your account doesn't look good and could also look deceitful.  If you still don't feel you have a strong financial case then you should do a joint sponsor, and be fully aware of all the responsibilities and liabilities that will be imposed on the person who sponsors you.

 

By the way, the embassy is extremely responsive via e-mail, they might directly answer if they consider joint sponsors; though it is possible they will reply with a very generic statement such as "We recommend to follow the instructions in I-134 and cannot comment on financial situations prior to the interview" 🙄

Thank you so much! I honestly panicked quite a bit when I read that somewhere... I think it was rapidvisa. Anyway, I still have quite a bit of waiting time still so will just gather paperwork together. We have a joint sponsor in mind already, but we just wanted our case to be as strong as possible. 

Hi, so I am the beneficiary and my sponsor is supposed to be my fiance. My fiance runs his own business slash social enterprise (LLC) and sales was hit quite bad by COVID. It was already in debt before because it's only a few years old. Anyway, his tax consultant did the figures and he just told me that his adjusted gross income is -26,000. 😭  Our lawyer in the US thinks that we should just file a joint sponsor and it will be fine. My fiance concurs.

We have come so far, though, and I have also read that some consulates don't allow for joint sponsors for the K1. Mind you, I'm not a Thai national but am a foreigner working here so I don't know if they might take my nationality and job prospects into account. We do have savings, but our savings doesn't amount to 5 x 22000 = $ 110,000 to prove. Much less so if it has to cover the -26,000. 

We are both in our 30s and he has a Master's while I'm working on mine so I am hoping that will also show that I am not going to be a public charge (although with the new administration, I'm not quite sure how that works.) Has anyone used a joint sponsor for the Bangkok consulate? Should we just try to borrow some money from family as an early inheritance thing in order to make our cash assets work?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 🙏🙏

On 12/13/2020 at 3:02 AM, elkski said:

I am pretty sure all my fiancées clothes and things will not fit in our luggage even if I find a way to meet her to escort her to USA hopefully in first half of 21' 

I know in the Philippines there is some sort of a standard box and fee for shipments each way. 

One place I looked said using thai post is a good method

https://www.thailandpost.co.th/index.php?page=index&language=th

 

Also I am trying to get her to try on all of her clothes and try to reduce things that don't fit or she or I don't like. Any advice on that?   I love to see a woman try on clothes and while I want her top have her own style it is hard for her to imagine living in a snowy 4 season climate.   ITs not that she has so many things only for a hot climate as it gets to 38c here in summer. 

Hi, I am the fiancee with a lot of clothes and books (anywhere from 110-150kgs), particularly music books that would be expensive to repurchase in the US. So my question is can I have those items shipped over as personal effects of my fiance who is a US citizen? He is going to come see me in May and undergo the whole 7-day quarantine thing. Or can it just be under my name but addressed to him as the sender even though I haven't got my K1 visa yet? 

What would your advice be? Normally I'll all for buying stuff all over again, but since I do have a shipping allowance for the end of contract with my company, I plan to make full use of it. I know the better solution would be to wait to get my K1 but my tenancy is coming to an end so I am moving to somewhere smaller and more temporary, and I don't fancy doing the move with the stuff that I've already earmarked for the US.

10 hours ago, Steve and Nicha said:

An interview appointment is scheduled by either the petitioner or beneficiary, not the embassy. It is done using the ustraveldocs website.  When entering the requested information including making the visa payment, it will then take you to a screen that asks if you received an email from the embassy indicating that an interview can be scheduled.  Since my attorney received this email and forwarded to us, I answered “yes” and went ahead and scheduled the interview.  After noticing our case still said “in transit” I questioned with my attorney whether the email applied to my case.  I contacted the embassy and they said our case is not ready for an interview.  Therefore, this email is an error.  I will now need to cancel the interview.  If I didn’t cancel, the embassy will cancel themselves a few days before when they realize our case is not ready.  I hope this helps.

Ah that really sucks. I hope you yours gets sorted out soon! @Coin3 was just saying the current earliest available date they could schedule an interview for was 14 June. I hope I will be able to get an interview by the end of June or early July at the latest as my work visa expires 31 July and I am supposed to leave the country.

I didn't call about the case number but I did get the dispatched to embassy email notification. I believe based on the hack provided a while back... my case number was assigned on 7 April. Was just kind of cool to know.

10 hours ago, Dr. Bob said:

So they are still looking for your case but you managed to get an interview appointment?

That's what I'd like to know too!

On 3/23/2021 at 10:54 AM, SamanthaH said:

Hello everyone longtime lurker first time poster. We recieved our NOA2 on Feb 12th and I had to call to get our case number and invoice. The women I spoke with said that the London embassy wasnt currently processing K1 visas and that I should just wait to get an email that will say when they send the visa over to the embassy. Do you think I should go ahead and do the DS 160 since I have out case number and invoice even though I haven't been formally contacted. 

Hey I'm not really part of this group but if you've seen the other forum for your country you should know that there is a lawsuit building up against the US embassy or something in the UK because they basically haven't been processing K1 visas for almost a year?! I would not do the DS160 as it does have an expiry period (6 months or 1 year I can't remember) and you might end up wasting your money and having to pay that all over again.

All the best!

On 3/30/2021 at 7:04 PM, JojoandTomas said:

My case was received at NVC Mar 26th

NOA 2 Mar 3rd

I think we're in the same boat. I just got my fiance to call today and he said they're processing cases received on 23rd March so maybe call back in a week or so. 

Does anyone know if it's the NVC or embassy that reviews all our paperwork and documents? Like how long should we expect to be at this stage?

On 3/30/2021 at 10:06 PM, RPhPinay said:

Good day! How’s everybody doing on this grp? Has anybody received their NOA 1 around Sep 8, 2020 and received their NOA 2 this month? My fiance and I are still waiting for NOA 2 thru uscis case status, but still no updates 😔. Just starting to get worried and wondering if anybody has the same situation as we are. Thank you and looking for replies from you guys! Thank you in advance♥️

You're very fortunate to be in this group. My NOA1 was late July. Don't stress out too much. Also, you will get a better idea once you fill out your timeline. 😊  Things are moving but not much point if embassies aren't doing interviews to be honest. 

On 3/5/2021 at 3:34 PM, JojoandTomas said:

Good question? I was just waiting on the NVC number first but if anyone knows of we should start the police checks, let me know too

So I checked with our immigration lawyer and his recommendation was that we get started on that asap. I don't know how fast things are moving on your side of the world because of COVID, but my friend in Malaysia got his K1 approval in early/mid November, then it took 2 months to get to NVC then only a week or so to the embassy. So he had his interview scheduled for February. My embassy is for Bangkok so I am hoping it will be a similar timeframe. Which means I need to get onto it now as my own country's can take up to 60 days, although it's usually closer to 3 weeks. But I need 3 police checks from 3 countries, so go figure 😅

I just got approved today too! Feeling so relieved..... but wondering if I should get police checks done right away or wait a while longer.