I have just been through the complete process and my TGF now has been approved for a visa that she will pick up tomorrow. Yesterday actually was her interview.

There are numerous documents and a specific process for obtaining the visa. If your girl knows you well, your life, family, children, etc, and speaks reasonable English, she will do fine at the interview.

I can give you more details about the interview, but apparently in my girls case it turned out to be really simple. There are about 40 questions that they could ask, but my girl was only asked about 5 questions and was in and out of the interview in 15 minutes.
They mostly looked through our package which has numerous documents with proof of a real relationship. Photos, phone records, visa stamps (mine), emails, texts, detailed info about my finances, etc.

Any specific questions, feel free to inbox me.

Hope this helps.

Ampers Unite!

"A compelling reason to return" is for a tourist visa, NOT a fiance visa. I have pointed people to various social services that assist in this matter, and there has been a lot of crap info given by some here, such as "she can over stay the fiance visa by 30 days..." and "...you can do it again next year NO problem..." (bullshit).

The bottom line is, she will be interviewed, and you have 90 days to marry. The reasons she can be denied are numerous, mainly but not limited to "...poor moral character (whatever that means), convicted felon, known to have Aids/HIV or other infectious diseases. Already married etc...

Once again, for anyone who is thinking of paying a hell of a lot for nothing to an immigration lawyer, first try the "friend service committee" or the Catholic social services. Both, and maybe other groups have people on staff who deal with this shit day in and day out, who have been trained by INS...you will save a lot of time, money and headache.

Life is a short time!

Coocoo

Ok, lets argue...or not. Fact is, you are the whim and will of the person doing your paper work. An over stay can cause problems, should she return home, and then want another fiance visa later. She has shown that she will NOT abide by the rules. I have known of several people who have run into problems doing what you say can be done easily. Expensive lawyers could not help.

For simple no hassle paper work, you really don't need the lawyers, you can do it yourself. The services I suggested are for the straight foreword stuff. I went through the process with an ex wife from the PI and the lawyers were charging and charging for nothing...we used the service to straighten out some problems at a fraction of the cost. "I stand by that statement." Want to play games? ok maybe the lawyer will find the loophole, maybe not.

Again, a lot has to do with the person at INS and how big of a hassle they want to give you. I work with a guy from India who had some small problem in the paper work. The agent handling his wife's application could have simply allowed it to go through with the necessary corrections, or she could have kicked it back and made them start all over again, which is what she did.

Most cases, a finance visa is little or no problem. Play the game right, and you should have no problems.

But if she leaves the U.S., she will never get another visa to return again.

Before you go and spend big on an immigration lawyer who will charge you big time, full well knowing the likely answer ahead of time, check out the other options. To me, lawyers, especially immigration lawyers have their own interests at heart, not yours. Every paper you fill out or file, every phone call they make, every minute you talk to them, the more it costs you. From my own experience, and that of many others, I just don't trust them.

They had people at the embassy calling around and asking questions
about my girl...so make sure she denies ever working in any
Bar or Massage place...if that is your case...

Had my Thai Fiancee...came to the USA.... I got a lawyer...he
did a great job... I had a good job so no problem having some
one help her out...cause she had no idea what to do and where
to go....LOL

http://www.mythaifiancee.com/

My ex wife was quoted almost $4000 to straighten out her paper work, we ended up paying I think less than $500 total using the service I mentioned.

I would agree with 2 things stated here..
Weird things can happen that can hold up the process for months.
And, there is some bad information in this thread from folks who don't know the current in's and out's. (Fillmore-Not directed towards you. If money is an issue and you spend the time to read other forums for info and are very careful with the process, it is not rocket science to get a fiancé visa and save the attorney fees. Is rocket science still a difficult field of expertise?).

i'm a cheap bastard most times. i just went through the process and did it all myself.

however, you've touched on an important aspect of it that most of us can NOT do ourselves, and in some cases, i think is definitely worth the money -- and that's explaining it all to the thai fiance, instructing her what to do (tabian baan copies, birth certificates, etc...), how to handle the interview (attire, what to say and not to say), and making sure she gets there on time, etc...

i mean, how many of us would have any clue what she needs to do to obtain a copy of her tabian baan? it's not hard, but we don't have an equivalent. we can all google to find out some of it, but not all of it. and not everybody wants to spend that time.

i prep'd my wife for the interview, throwing trick questions at her, being mean (trust me, there are some interviewers in the embassy who are just plain mean... shamefully so in my opinion), and even telling her specifically what to wear. she handled her thai paperwork on her own, but i filled out the US forms for her. but not all fiances are "easily managed" that way.

having a thai-speaking (and preferably thai or at least a foreigner who knows the thai bureaucracy) professional guiding the thai applicant _may_ be extremely useful, and even necessary, depending on the thai fiance and the US spouse.

in my opinion, the benefit of hiring people to do this isn't (primarily) for you, it's for your fiance.

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obligatory mention of whores

Your point is well made. The person applying for a fiancee visa, or the fiancee, needs to fully understands the ins and outs of the process -- the paperwork, formalities of the interviews, etc. You can do this a number of ways.

If you have time, and the patience, you could do it yourself. If not, you could seek expert assistance either thru a well-qualified and reputable lawyer or other agencies.

Thanks fore sharing your insights.

Cheers,
- blue thrills

"bluethrills is the current RB champion of Name That Porn"
~ Estella (respected RB sister)

Way before the interview I made sure my Finacee had all the required shots and vaccinations.

As far as the interview goes, I went with her to the interview. Yes I was very much allowed and go the interview with her. In fact, it made it go a lot smoother.

The process is fairly straight forward.

You prepare a packet and sent it to USCIS inside the US. After about 6 months you will receive notification and they will forward the packet to the Consulate. At that point your contact the Consulate through Email and they will open up a file for your Fiancee.

The next step is where the $1500 would come in handy. I basically prepared the form for my Fiance and she mailed then to the consulate.
After that she received an interview date.

What the $1500 fee will pay for is dotting all the I's and T's. Also, if your Fiancee needs a real job they can probably come up with some documentation that doesn't show she been working as a bar girl.

I paid like $1600.00 and it was great as I did not have to take her to
any of the places to get all the paperwork done in Thailand.....they did all this for her with her...it was great...she got her visa and came to visit me for a while...great time..will do it again..
I know the process, but in Thailand they want them in Thai and then in English...so too much running around and bullshit...I rather pay.

I did all the paperwork for my ex.wife and kid to come to the USA,
and all when well.....as the Philippines is all papers are in English..