Saturday, September 22, 2007

There is a reason they have so many lawyer jokes.

Lawyers, I had heard all the jokes, the horror stories but never had a problem with one. If I did not like the feeling I got from the first meeting then I would not use the lawyer.
With this one, well. As I was saying before I asked my mom to find one, because I knew I would not be able to stay in Thailand and I wanted to ask one what they would need from Ning so I could bring back with me rather then playing phone and email message trying to gather every thing. My mom found one and gave me her number and email.
I emailed the lawyer and she kept telling me she was going to call soon but never did. So one day I decided to call her. I think after she told me about 3 times she would call and that was in a week’s time.
When I did call, she seemed Argent but I can over look that so long as it is not directed at me.
Before I had spoke to her my mom told me the whole thing would be easy all I had to do is tell Ning to apply for a vacation visa and come over and we would marry and she would do the papers.
When my mom told me she this I said no no no. Ning is poor; she can not come over on a tour visa.
I don’t know about you but I don’t see many, poor, single, women from developing nations in the USA on vacation.
From what I’ve been told by friends I have who have been aloud there parents was rich, or they were older and married. I know from reading some sites that the government has flags that go up when you don’t meet certain requirements and they will not let you come to the States. I was shocked that an Immigration lawyer did not know this. So when we had our first conversation her first comment to me was. “So your mom tells me she can not travel to the states…?” I explained why I did not think Ning could do that. She gave no argument that I was wrong.
She then asked me what I wanted to do. I said I wanted to do the K1 fiancĂ©e, she then said ok and said she wanted to file while I was still in Thailand. I had read the K1 requirements’ on Immigrations web site so I knew vaguely what they wanted from me but not from Ning, so I tried to tell her how I did not feel we could file from Thailand. When I began to give reasons like I had to sign papers she wanted in person and before I could finish my sentence she told me nonsense we have FedEX. I tried to tell her other concerns about I did not have key documents, like Birth certificate and a few other things she made excuses she could use this or that for those problems. I reluctantly agreed with her that we could file from Thailand but did not like the idea. I am still not sure if it is legal. So after I agreed she told me she would email me in a few days with a list of things I should get. I will copy the email but, I do not want to disclose her name or any thing else because she would most likely take me to court.

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