Thai K-1 or Fiancee Visas
Thai K1 Fiancee Visa service
Thai Fiancee +
Spouse Visa Help
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Thai Fiancee +
Spousal Visa Help Message
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Thai Fiancee + Spousal Visa Help Message
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Embassy Name & Address
US Embassy, Consular Section, Immigrant Visa Unit
95 Wireless Road, Lumpini,
Bangkok, 10330
Contact Information
Phone: 66-2-205-4000
Email: visasbkk@state.gov
visasbkk2@state.gov
Embassy URL
http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/
Obtaining Police Certificate
Available. Police certificates are obtainable from:
Section 3, Sub-Division 2. General Staff Division
Special Branch
Royal Thai Police Department
Rama I Road
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Residents of Thailand requesting a Thai police certificate will need to present two recent photographs (2 inch x 2 inch), the original and a copy of his/her passport, identification card, household registration, name change certificate (if any), marriage and divorce certificate (if any). Thai males aged 17-45 must also present military record or proof of exemption from military service.
Non-residents should send their requests to the Royal Thai Police Department at the above address with the required documents and a fingerprint taken by a police authority at their place of residence.
Normal processing time is two to three weeks. There is no processing fee.
Medical Exam Details
As soon as Fiancee receives her Appointment Letter or gets confirmation of the interview, the Fiancee should undergo a Medical Exam.
Bangkok Nursing Home (BNH)
9/1 Convent Road, Silom, Bangkok
Tel. (02) 686-2700
Dr. Kessanee Oralsatheinrakul
Dr. Peter Comer
Dr. Irene Yin-ong Kiatkwankul
Fee: Adults 2,910 Baht
Children (under 15) 1,100 Baht
Bumrungrad Hospital
33 Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Soi Nana Nua), Bangkok
Tel. (02) 667-1000
Dr. Watcharaphong Sae-Chere
Dr. Prapaporn Phimphilai
Dr. Wiwat Wongsirisak
Chiang Mai Ram Hospital
8 Boonruangrit Raod, Chiang Mai
Tel. (053) 224-851, 224-861
Dr. Kitti Ratdilokpanich
Fee: Adults 2,000 Baht
Children (under 15) 1,000 Baht
She should arrange to have her medical at latest 7 days before her consulate interview. She should bring to the medical:
Fiancee's Passport,
3x Visa Photos
Fiancee's vaccination records
Forms DS2053, DS3024 and DS3025
At the end of the medical they will provide her with a sealed envelope of results and xrays. She MUST NOT open the envelope. She should take it to the interview, still sealed.
It is recommended she brings her vaccinations up to date while at her medical appointment. This is required later when she applies for her Green card, so by doing it now she will save herself time later.
Cost of Medical Exam
2000 Baht Chiang Mai
5910 Baht Bangkok (BNH)
6450 Baht Bangkok (Bumrungrad)
4500 Baht with shots (immunization) at BNH as of July 2007*
4068 Baht with 2 shots (immunization) at Bumrungrad Hospital as of MAR.7,2009
*Immunization costs vary based on age, gender, medical history and vaccination history.
Jan. 2010 Bumrungrad Medical and 2 shots, on a Sat. done in 1 day. about 10,000B took 8 hours.
Visit Fiancee visa services to find more Information on Fiancee Visa Processing at Bangkok, Thailand.
USCIS immigration may take a few months to approve your Thai Fiancee's Visa Petition. Click here for info on my Fiancee Visa Preparation Help.After approval by USCIS, the US State Department National Visa Center (NVC) will forward the petition to Bangkok for processing at the US embassy there.
Your Thai Fiancee receives Packet #3 with the following instructions.
She first receives Bangkok Fiancee Packet #3 and later in time to make her interview
appointment will receive Bangkok Fiancee Packet #4
bring 2 Copies of each to the Embassy ,
B. You should send her:
2x Copies of your most recent Federal Tax Return (including W2’s)
Police Clearance Service Center website: http://pcscenter.sb.police.go.th/eservice.php
As of March 2009, about 1 week* to obtain Police Certificate, *if Applicant has clean record. (Make/Keep Photocopy, in English, No Translation Needed.)
If you request the police station to mail your certificate, they send it via Thai Post EMS so you should get it in under a week. However, they don't send it until the day that you could have come to pick it up.
The police station WILL require proof from the beneficiary that the certificate is actually needed. They MAY ask for any of the following: (1)Packet 3 Cover Letter (Absolutely Needed). Letter from the petitioner stating intention to bring beneficiary to the USA (Possible, was not asked). (2)Photocopy of the Petitioner's Passport(Absolutely Needed). (3)Photo of Beneficary, (photo can be obtained on premises for a fee). (4) Copy of NOA2, original or email version (Possible, was not asked).
The Police Clearance Service Center
Building 24, Royal Thai Police,
Rama I, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Phone : 0-2205-2168-9
Fax: 0-2205-1295
E-mail : pcscenter@royalthaipolice.go.th
D. Other documents (originals, or certified copies)
3 Visa Photos (two for interview, one for medical)
Passport
Birth Certificate
Divorce/Annullment/Death Certificates (as needed)
E. Evidence of Genuine Relationship
Bangkok Nursing Home (BNH)
9/1 Convent Road, Silom, Bangkok
Tel. (02) 632-0550-60
Dr. Kessanee Oralsatheinrakul
Dr. Peter Comer
Dr. Irene Yin-ong Kiatkwankul
Bumrungrad Hospital
33 Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Soi Nana Nua), Bangkok
Tel. (02) 667-1000
Dr. Watcharaphong Sae-Chere
Dr. Prapaporn Phimphilai
Dr. Wiwat Wongsirisak
Dr. Suphawat Phanchet
Dr. Perapong Puyanont
CHIANG MAI
Chiang Mai Ram Hospital
8 Boonruangrit Raod, Chiang Mai
Tel. (053) 224-851, 224-861
Dr. Kitti Ratdilokpanich
McCormick Hospital
133 Kaewnavarat Road, Chiang Mai
Tel. (053) 921-777
Dr. Uthai Jesadaporn
Dr. Arida Chandacham
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The K-1 visa was introduced as a bureaucracy-reducing measure for US citizens desiring to marry foreigners.
It allows the fiancee to enter without first obtaining the green card, which can then be obtained while
in the USA. It can still be cumbersome in that the same steps must still be performed (just without such
a long wait in the foreign country). The validity of the relationship/marriage is potentially subject to
immigration scrutiny at several different times - including when the original application for the K-1 visa
is made, at the interview at the US Consulate abroad, and then later after marriage when it is time to file
for Adjustment, and once again near the end of the 2-year waiting period. It has the advantage that it allows
the foreign fiancee to enter the US with the intention of marrying a US citizen.
Expert Tip # 12
Don't violate the terms of the Fiancee Visa. Sometimes after the Fiancee Visa is granted, couples think to marry twice, once immediately among her family and friends in her country, and then a second time later with his family and friends in the U.S. They plan to "game" the visa process by only reporting the second marriage on the Adjustment of Status. This is a bad idea. When entering the U.S. the Immigration officer will ask her "Are you single?". If the Fiancee admits she is in fact already married to the Sponsor, she will be refused entry to the U.S. and sent back. The application process would need to be started completely over this time with the Husband now petitioning for a Spousal Visa. Enjoy an informal engagement party with her family and friends, but never enter what would be considered a legal marriage before she enters the U.S. Only as a single woman may she travel to the U.S. in compliance with the terms of her Fiancee Visa.
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The K-1 visa was introduced as a bureaucracy-reducing measure for US citizens desiring to marry foreigners. It allows the fiancee to enter without first obtaining the green card, which can then be obtained while in the USA. It can still be cumbersome in that the same steps must still be performed (just without such a long wait in the foreign country). The validity of the relationship/marriage is potentially subject to immigration scrutiny at several different times - including when the original application for the K-1 visa is made, at the interview at the US Consulate abroad, and then later after marriage when it is time to file for Adjustment, and once again near the end of the 2-year waiting period. It has the advantage that it allows the foreign fiancee to enter the US with the intention of marrying a US citizen.
Expert Tip # 12
Don't violate the terms of the Fiancee Visa. Sometimes after the Fiancee Visa is granted, couples think to marry twice, once immediately among her family and friends in her country, and then a second time later with his family and friends in the U.S. They plan to "game" the visa process by only reporting the second marriage on the Adjustment of Status. This is a bad idea. When entering the U.S. the Immigration officer will ask her "Are you single?". If the Fiancee admits she is in fact already married to the Sponsor, she will be refused entry to the U.S. and sent back. The application process would need to be started completely over this time with the Husband now petitioning for a Spousal Visa. Enjoy an informal engagement party with her family and friends, but never enter what would be considered a legal marriage before she enters the U.S. Only as a single woman may she travel to the U.S. in compliance with the terms of her Fiancee Visa.
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