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Ok! The email has been written and sent. I will keep you folks updated. Thanks again!

No, why does it matter? You've got what you need to know.

Contact the embassy.

Point taken. Lastly, what does PCC stand for?

NOTE: Police clearances. Ahhhhh

Someone recently got a K-1 reissued. It's possible. You pay the visa fee again, get new PCCs, etc, based off the already approved petition.

Do you have a link to the thread?

Hey thanks everyone! Feel free to keep the responses coming!

Hi everyone,

Let me cut right to it. My fiance received her K-1 visa in May 2012. Well we didn't use it. She never entered the country and we didn't apply for any extensions. Now in August 2013 we are ready to pull the trigger. Is there any way to re-validate this visa? If not, would the best option be to marry abroad and just apply for a different visa type? I am working stateside now and she is in Dubai.

What are my options? Any help you all could provide would be highly appreciated!

Why not skip the wedding and have an engagement ceremony instead? We did that and it's practically the same thing!

Hello everyone,

I am a little confused about what police clearances are needed for my fiance to obtain prior to her interview at the US embassy In Thailand.

1. She currently lives in Australia and has lived there for eight months. Does she need a police clearance for Australia?

2. She lived in the USA for apx. four years between Rhode Island and PA. Do beneficiaries need to present police clearances for places they have lived with-in the United States and if so does she need to obtain clearances from both places?

3. I assume that she will have to get a police clearance for her lone residence in Thailand (Bangkok) so there is no question with that.

Also, if anyone knows how long these specific police checks take to obtain and the easiest way to obtain them that would be great to know!

Thanks.

My girl is going through this right now. She got the police clearances from Bangkok (home) and Dubai (current home). Really you only need them for the past two years but it wont hurt to get as many as possible!

Don't do it.

I lived in Phuket and BKK for 7 years and I am here to tell you its a scam.

Don't do it. Pm me.

Don't do it.

As someone who lived in Phuket (Kamala) and Bkk for years i'm telling you not to do it. There are a bunch of considerations you have to think about first. The money can come LASt but if you don't want to get duped for all your cash don't worry about that first.

PM me and I will explain.

I got my NOA1 on the 18th of November as well. Congrats mate!

ขอแสดงความยินดี!!!!!!

Go celebrate at MK or something!

Let me ask a question.

Did anyone here pay sin sot?

Get this- my future mother in law, whom I love and have a great relationship with, is making me pay 200k. BUT.. to keep up "appearances", shes putting 1mil baht out on display! Hahaha.. you gotta love Bangkokians.

I'm assuming we have a 85% shot at getting all the cash back after the ceremony.

But i'm wondering, is anyone else going through this?

Kinda your call I guess. My ex tried to hit me up for 300k. I didn't pay any sin sod for my current marriage. I do send her parents money whenever they ask. It's never alot. Maybe 5k baht every couple months.

I've seen people get totally scammed. Buying cars etc. The usual Thai tradition is to pay it. 1 million whether for display or not, is alot. Kinda depends on her education, family etc. They do, do that with the gold and the money etc. at the ceremony and give it back. It's all about appearances.

I'm pretty jaded about all this. I would tell them when she is on US soil, the money will be forthcoming. Not trying to be negative, but I lived there for 3 years and saw some pretty weird things.

I mean i suppose its not a big deal. It's not like we will ever have to send them money for anything, save an economic catastrophe (fingers crossed). It's just funny to me how that was the first thing that came out of her mouth when we talked about marriage. I also lived in there (Bkk+Phuket) for 6 years and saw plenty of people get DONE IN by sin sot.

You're gonna send money there. It wont be alot, but be prepared for it.

I don't know. If the past is anything to go off of, would be willing to bet big money it will be the other way around.

Laugh. If you're getting money sent to the US from Thailand, they will build a statue of you in Udon Thani.

Tsk tsk... my friend you assume my girl is from Isaan. She (we) are Bangkok people. But since you bring it up, the first time we all traveled abroad together, her family sprung for the bill. The same was true when they came to visit us in Dubai.

As i'm sure noone needs to tell you, Thailand is crazily dualistic. This is just another example of it.

Let me ask a question.

Did anyone here pay sin sot?

Get this- my future mother in law, whom I love and have a great relationship with, is making me pay 200k. BUT.. to keep up "appearances", shes putting 1mil baht out on display! Hahaha.. you gotta love Bangkokians.

I'm assuming we have a 85% shot at getting all the cash back after the ceremony.

But i'm wondering, is anyone else going through this?

Kinda your call I guess. My ex tried to hit me up for 300k. I didn't pay any sin sod for my current marriage. I do send her parents money whenever they ask. It's never alot. Maybe 5k baht every couple months.

I've seen people get totally scammed. Buying cars etc. The usual Thai tradition is to pay it. 1 million whether for display or not, is alot. Kinda depends on her education, family etc. They do, do that with the gold and the money etc. at the ceremony and give it back. It's all about appearances.

I'm pretty jaded about all this. I would tell them when she is on US soil, the money will be forthcoming. Not trying to be negative, but I lived there for 3 years and saw some pretty weird things.

I mean i suppose its not a big deal. It's not like we will ever have to send them money for anything, save an economic catastrophe (fingers crossed). It's just funny to me how that was the first thing that came out of her mouth when we talked about marriage. I also lived in there (Bkk+Phuket) for 6 years and saw plenty of people get DONE IN by sin sot.

You're gonna send money there. It wont be alot, but be prepared for it.

I don't know. If the past is anything to go off of, would be willing to bet big money it will be the other way around.

Let me ask a question.

Did anyone here pay sin sot?

Get this- my future mother in law, whom I love and have a great relationship with, is making me pay 200k. BUT.. to keep up "appearances", shes putting 1mil baht out on display! Hahaha.. you gotta love Bangkokians.

I'm assuming we have a 85% shot at getting all the cash back after the ceremony.

But i'm wondering, is anyone else going through this?

Kinda your call I guess. My ex tried to hit me up for 300k. I didn't pay any sin sod for my current marriage. I do send her parents money whenever they ask. It's never alot. Maybe 5k baht every couple months.

I've seen people get totally scammed. Buying cars etc. The usual Thai tradition is to pay it. 1 million whether for display or not, is alot. Kinda depends on her education, family etc. They do, do that with the gold and the money etc. at the ceremony and give it back. It's all about appearances.

I'm pretty jaded about all this. I would tell them when she is on US soil, the money will be forthcoming. Not trying to be negative, but I lived there for 3 years and saw some pretty weird things.

I mean i suppose its not a big deal. It's not like we will ever have to send them money for anything, save an economic catastrophe (fingers crossed). It's just funny to me how that was the first thing that came out of her mouth when we talked about marriage. I also lived in there (Bkk+Phuket) for 6 years and saw plenty of people get DONE IN by sin sot.

I get YA COOL ( mexican yakult.. like the women sell in the morning that comes in those small bottles in bkk) from a hispanic store in my city. Its like a buck for 6 bottles.

I applied on Nov 16 and they cashed the check on Nov 18, which i'm assuming is my NOA date, or the 19 (today) because someone touched it.

I guess I will see next week when they send the hardcopy.

Let me ask a question.

Did anyone here pay sin sot?

Get this- my future mother in law, whom I love and have a great relationship with, is making me pay 200k. BUT.. to keep up "appearances", shes putting 1mil baht out on display! Hahaha.. you gotta love Bangkokians.

I'm assuming we have a 85% shot at getting all the cash back after the ceremony.

But i'm wondering, is anyone else going through this?

i am canadian and my boyfriend is american. we want to get married. we haven't decided whether we want to live in the united states or canada, but wherever we decide on going we both want to go to school as well as work. i don't really know how to go about this, if we should get married in canada/the states, how much it will cost, etc. this is something i want to get done as soon as possible, as neither of us want to be without the other and we both want to go to school but can't afford living without working. helppppppppppppppppp

Honestly i wouldn't be thinking about marriage quite yet.

At all.

If the two of you are just beginning your studies just have your boyfriend apply for a school in Canada (McGill or Simon Fraser... i'm biased) and get a student visa. He should be able to at least hold a part time job with that, or a full time campus job. If you really wanted to you could do the same in the U.S. But the fact is that if you two are going to seriously go through with the marriage visa process, on any level, it's going to take a significant investment which could turn out to be for nothing simply because you don't meet the income requirements (note: i dont know if they even have education minimums. i just assume everyone has a degree... again im biased).

If you don't care about any of this and love trumps everything I just said, get married in Canada. The process is much easier!

I did it! My BC buddy did the same thing with his American gf and after they graduated they got married.

I have to say, that's not a bad idea at all.

Are you sure you are allowed to work on student visa though? I have no idea...

i am canadian and my boyfriend is american. we want to get married. we haven't decided whether we want to live in the united states or canada, but wherever we decide on going we both want to go to school as well as work. i don't really know how to go about this, if we should get married in canada/the states, how much it will cost, etc. this is something i want to get done as soon as possible, as neither of us want to be without the other and we both want to go to school but can't afford living without working. helppppppppppppppppp

Honestly i wouldn't be thinking about marriage quite yet.

At all.

If the two of you are just beginning your studies just have your boyfriend apply for a school in Canada (McGill or Simon Fraser... i'm biased) and get a student visa. He should be able to at least hold a part time job with that, or a full time campus job. If you really wanted to you could do the same in the U.S. But the fact is that if you two are going to seriously go through with the marriage visa process, on any level, it's going to take a significant investment which could turn out to be for nothing simply because you don't meet the income requirements (note: i dont know if they even have education minimums. i just assume everyone has a degree... again im biased).

If you don't care about any of this and love trumps everything I just said, get married in Canada. The process is much easier!

Well Dave the easiest way to explain it is this... yellow shirts were originally simply monarch loyalist, myself included. It was just a way to show support to the king. But really it all boils down to Sondhi (old Thaksin friend who ended up on the outs) and Thaksin fighting a proxy war against each other over money. The original red shirts were Thaksin loyalist who basically were upcountry folk who appreciated all he had done for them. Port coup you had a sleuth of business owners, academics, etc join with the red shirts simply because 1. coups are not cool 2.. stability should be the #1 consideration above all else.

Its all BS anyway and youre not missing much.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. My house is FIRMLY divided. I'm a RED SHIRT and my girl is a YELLOW. We just don't talk about it. The king is cool is a plethora of ways but looking at it objectively one could make many observations which suggest otherwise.

Don't get me started.... I lived there for 8 years, most of the time in BKK. I went to TU and BU and worked at Chula. Spent HEAPS of time in isaan, southern providences, etc ..

I have a HIGHLY ambivalent relationship with the Kingdom of Thailand.

As a person who lived in the Windies and went through this same thing trying to get visas to live/work in 3rd, 4th , and 5th countries I will say this:

It may be in your best interest to use GENERAL DELIVERY as your return address, go to the post, and get the packages yourself. Other than that, bribe/ butter up the postman. It's better that than staying vexed because old boy can't be bothered to deliver your mail on time.

I lived in Bkk for 6 years (Chula kid) and from what I know the interviewers start off in English. If the interviewee cant keep up they will switch to Thai.

As far as Embassy frustrations go, just remember that showing a bit of KRENG JAI will go a far far way with most Thais and in most situations.

Thank you and thank you again!

1. I am currently living in the US and, all things considered, my life is pretty much establish here again. I got another U.S drivers license, bank accounts, credit cards, jobs, etc etc etc.. and will be filing taxes in 2010.

2. We plan on living in the US, at least for the first few years (or until I get sick of it again). Are you saying that a K1 visa requires the person to live in the US? I'm not really sure what you mean? For example, if I stayed in the US until she was granted a temp green card, are you saying we couldnt work abroad after that?

3. In terms of the paperwork, all of that is done and collected. The only thing is the police report which is time sensitive (i.e you have to get it 30 days before your interview or it isnt valid) and thats not really a problem. I guess our main advantage is that we both have pretty flexible schedule and if she needs to go back home for a month to interview/etc.. its not really a problem.

WHAT IS A PROBLEM is if I take this job, leave the country again, and we don't get the visa because i left!!