Here Are Additional Tips You Might Find Helpful During Visa Application
You have been dating your Thai sweetheart for some time and both of you might be ready to take your relationship to a deeper level. It could be that you’ve decided it was time for her to visit the United States and see how she might like living there. Such a plan presents a good opportunity to gauge how comfortable you are with proceeding to the next important phase – marriage. However, the visa process itself could turn out to be a daunting ordeal for the both of you.
If you have already started asking people about this, advice is probably a mixed bag. There might have been horror stories involving yearlong wait periods and tons of evidential paperwork. Meanwhile, the lucky ones might tell you they just presented mandatory documents and their Thai partners received 10-year multiple entry visas a few months later.
Indeed, there’s no definite way of telling if your Asian girlfriend will be granted a visa or not. Still, it will be best if you prepare for it as best as you can. For starters, you should be able to identify the correct type of visa. If you have definite intentions to marry, she’d best apply for a Nonimmigrant Visa for a Fiancée (K-1). Otherwise, a tourist or student visa would be good alternatives.
Regardless of which type she’ll be applying for, building a strong solid case and a consistent paper trail will put her in good stead.
1. All paperwork worded in Thai should be translated to English. During the interview, photocopies of civil documents (i.e. birth certificate) and their corresponding translations should be brought as these will be filed. See to it that these duplicates are clear and legible. It would also help if they have been duly certified by the issuing office.
2. When procuring a tourist visa, it is important that your partner establishes evidence that she will be returning to Thailand. If she has a steady job, it would be good if her employer can furnish a letter stating that she is allowed to go on vacation for a specified period of time.
Companies normally allow their employees a month away from work. So if she’s looking at staying with you in the U.S. for longer than that, get approval from her boss that says so. Always be mindful about the dates.
Additionally, she may stress her affiliation to Thailand by citing that her family resides in the said country and has no intentions to leave them. Documents indicating ownership of property or vehicles would also be helpful.
Finally, staying in developed countries such as France or the UK as part of the work (if applicable) is also worth mentioning since this will show that her personal travel history is consistent with her claim that she will return to her native country on or before her permit to stay in the U.S. has expired.
3. If you are in Thailand on a tourist pass and she intends to visit your country on the same premise, it would probably be best to focus on sightseeing as the reason for her trip. Saying that she will be visiting an American boyfriend who is still a permanent resident there might lead immigration officials to think that she does not intend to come back home.
4. It is likely that your Thai partner does not have enough money in her bank account to fund an excursion abroad. Do not be tempted to place a chunky deposit there that might raise suspicions. The interviewing officer at the US Embassy will not be happy to know that you did that just so she could get a visa.
5. If she intends to study in the United States, make sure that all her academic documents are in order. Apart from her school certificates and grades, scores from tests that her U.S. educational facility would require should also be submitted.
Bringing your Thai fiancée to the US may entail some hard work, but in the end what matters most is that the two of you are together. The earlier you decide to settle in the US, the better it is for the both of you as the period of adjusting to each other starts and you will be able to help out one another. When your Thai fiancée gets well adjusted to the
American way of life, you will both ultimately have a blissful, married life in the USA.
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