The last time I looked into it, John, your wife has to be a legal resident of the US and must have been living in the United States for a minimum of five years prior to your death. There are some other requirements that I don’t know of offhand, but I believe those are the two main requirements.

@Stuart ********

since he mentioned that no provider in the UK would provide a income certificate. I would assume he’s coming from the UK.

@Uday *******

sorry you had a bad experience🙁

@Wylie ******

in my opinion the K3 visa is easier because it allows her to come to the United States prior to her non-immigrant permanent residency is approved. The CR1 I believe has to be approved by USCIS before she can come to the United States, which can be a year to 18 months depending on their backlog.

I do the same and I have a regular Thai married Visa. The only thing you have to remember is when you leave to go back to the US make sure number one you are back before your Extension expires. And two you get a re-entry permit. My extension always expires on 31 January and I go in December to apply for my new extension usually 45 days before 31 January because that’s what they allow in my province. At the I time of the extension application I get a 30 day under consideration stamp, which starts the day my current extension expires, so then I come back on 28 February and get my one year stamp. Same routine every year. My wife came to the US on a fiancé visa we got married she decided she did not want to live in the US because there was no Thai culture around where I live. So we both came back to Thailand and she applied for a tourist visa, which is good for 10 years multiple entry And of the six months that I am in the US. She comes and stays three months then we go back together. Your wife cannot work in the US legally without a work permit and you can only get that if you apply for a change of status (Application for permanent Residency). Hope this helps a little. I do understand that it’s easier to get a fiancé visa K1 then a. K3 marriage visa.

@Greg *****

since your embassy doesn’t provided proof of income I would get whatever proof of income you have, get it translated, then send it to Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get their stamp. Then See if immigration will accept that. Just a thought.

@John ******

you know you had four years of being able to rant and rave about Donald Trump like a little baby looking for his tit. I should’ve thought that you would’ve learned your lesson back then it might’ve gotten tired of it, but I see it’s not gonna happen with people like you

@Koda *********

tell him you will go to Immigration and tell him that the man wants to charge you ฿500 for you and ฿500 for your wife to file the TM 30.

@Lesly ***************

come on you know what he meant. He came in on a visa exemption and now he wants to extend how is that so hard to figure out?

I’m not sure, but I think you have to get your petition for an alien relative I 130 approved before you can schedule your examination. My wife came on I29F, fiancé petition, but I do remember it was approved in the month of December and she went to Bangkok and got her medical exam on December 15. But this was four years ago and then I’m going for memory now but I think we could not schedule her visa interview appointment until she had received her medical examination. I do know that USCIS sucks. They have a bunch of contract workers handling these applications. Check the US embassy requirements for requesting a interview appointment. If all else fails before you come back make an appointment with your local congressman or his representative and ask them to file an inquiry on why it’s taking so long for application to be approved. When my wife was in the US with me, we filed the 485 form for adjustment of status in after 10 months. We couldn’t even get the advanced pro Lee approved. Her mother got sick and she said screw it so we left and went back to Thailandnow she has a tourist visa and that’s what she uses when we go back to the US.