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Fiance Visa Thailand: Interview at the US Embassy in Bangkok

By: Ben Hart

Toward the end of the K1 process, the visa interview begins to loom large on the horizon. Many foreign fiancees find the time leading up to the visa interview to be a nerve wracking experience. A US Immigration attorney can be a boon to a foreign fiancee when the attorney is present in the fiancee's country to provide guidance and moral support.

Many Thai Fiancees approach an impending visa interview with a sense of foreboding and fear. Some are concerned that they may inadvertently do or say something that will result in visa denial. Some are confused about what they need to bring to the interview. In rare situations, prospective K1 beneficiaries are worried about a precarious concern and would rather avoid disclosing it.

To those thinking about lying to the officers stationed at the American Embassy in Bangkok, be warned: consular officers are trained to be on the lookout for those wishing to use deceptive techniques in order to obtain a visa. If one is caught lying to a consular officer it could result in not only rejection of the present application, but a bar on entry to the United States for years. It is always a good decision to provide truthful answers to any of the consular officer's questions.

For those simply nervous about the K1 visa interview itself, it may be reassuring to point out that the consular officers are not in the habit of using the visa interview as a method of brow beating a Thai fiancee. In reality, the Embassy interview is a method of facilitating a kind of due diligence with regard to the visa applicant in order to ascertain whether or not the visa application is based upon a bona fide relationship or if the alien is barred from the United States based upon a legal ground of inadmissibility.

It is a common occurrence for fiance visa applications to be denied pursuant to 221 g of the US Immigration and Nationality Act. The word, "denial," is somewhat misleading in the context of a 221 g in the sense that it is not so much a denial as it is a request for more information. When a 221 g request is presented to the Thai fiancee it usually means that the petition was deficient in some way, usually some document is missing. The consular officer will remit a form to the Thai fiancee that stipulates what is missing and what needs to be presented in order for the consular section to process the K1 visa.

Should a fiancée receive a rejection due to the fact that the officer determined that the underlying relationship was a sham, then that determination probably cannot be appealed. However, should the consular officer deem the K1 visa applicant legally inadmissible to the USA, then there may be a waiver available for that ground of inadmissibility.

(It should be noted that the information contained in this piece should be used for educational purposes only and should not be used in lieu of individualized legal advice from a competent licensed attorney, no lawyer-client relationship is created by reading this article. One should always obtain legal advice from a competent licensed attorney.)

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Ben Hart is a licensed lawyer from the United States. He is also President & Managing Director of Integrity Legal, a firm with offices in the USA and Thailand. For more information please see k1 visa thailand or k1 visa interview





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