Re: Alternatives to Western Union
Yes. I've been through it with many of my friends over the years.... And now, as you might have read here in this forum, I am going through the final stages of it with my bf now. We will probably be in New York by about this time next month.... getting married.... and then immediately getting his green card.
Yes, I've never seen so much paperwork for a single "transaction" in my life. I've bought and sold plenty of homes, condos, etc... but nothing like this. The pre-nup alone was 150+ pages.... and every single page had to be signed by both of us.... and *five* copies of it.... We thought our hands would fall off from signing papers all day.
We're flying to Yangon tomorrow.... just to get more documents that they need... from the government there. We also have to have about a hundred photos of us together, printed on paper the old fashioned way.... plus letters from dozens of friends and acquaintances who can attest to our relationship, etc., etc., etc...
We've been working on this visa process for almost 2 years now too.
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
I can vouch for what you've just said there Matt as my marketing manager told me over a year and a half ago that he was leaving to emigrate to Canada. He has relatives there and already owns a house there ( left to him by a rich Canadian Aunt who died hence him moving there in the first place). He's VERY well qualified, has quote a bit of money in the bank and I've no doubt will be a model citizen but (thankfully for me) due to your strict immigration rules he's STILL employed by me here as his Visa is taking forever and he's still not even sure that he's getting one yet even ! Amazingly he said he even had to go and sit an English exam here as part of his application ( he's a native English speaker! ) which he said was tougher than many that he sat while in College ( and he's educated to degree level !) and still he's having to now wait now until his "score" gets high enough to get a visa granted ( or not) - and his application has been going on for almost two years ago now !
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
"The pre-nup alone was 150+ pages"
Holy shit - I'd only need the one page - which would state clearly and in black ink "You're getting FUCK ALL" - now, sign here or don't !
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
LOL Unfortunately that would be a waste of paper and ink.... because it won't hold up in court. You cannot say, "He gets nothing."
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
Oh no, I'm betting a Belfast ( kangaroo ) Court could soon help you uphold that document - i.e. two men standing behind him complete with Balaclava masks on and each holding a pistol, I'm guessing that would make the courts decision VERY clear ! -See, it's not only the Thai's that can play dirty when money is at stake ! :-)
* I AM joking by the way before anyone thinks otherwise - well, probably :-)
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nirish guy
Amazingly he said he even had to go and sit an English exam here as part of his application ( he's a native English speaker! ) which he said was tougher than many that he sat while in College ( and he's educated to degree level !) and still he's having to now wait now until his "score" gets high enough to get a visa granted ( or not) - and his application has been going on for almost two years ago now !
I'm assuming he's applying under the "Skilled Worker" program? Then yeah, an English exam would make sense. Honestly, I don't know anything about the skilled worker application process.
I do know about the spousal sponsorship process though, and that's definitely not as easy as someone would think. They want DEFINITE proof the relationship is genuine. That's why it took 18 months, and a couple extra sets of documentation. We had to keep sending in date stamped photos, letters from people, e-mails, birthday cards, lease agreements, and all that type of shit, just to prove that yes, we do actually live together and our relationship is genuine.
That's actually the whole reason we moved to Europe. If you apply within Canada and get declined, there is no right to appeal, and you just get your deportation notice. Apply outside of Canada and get declined though, then you have the right to appeal. We thankfully didn't need it, and got approved without even an interview, but at least the option was available to us.
I very highly doubt I'd be able to get a Thai into Canada for PR status. What am I going to do? Show them my bitcoin wallet for proof of finances? Especially since I've already had one spousal sponsorship approved, and he pissed it away. I doubt I'm getting a second one.
Not the end of the world though. In Thailand, you can just buy immigration status -- 500,000 baht every 5 years, lol. And I wouldn't have a problem living here the rest of my life. Summers are a little too hot for my liking, but that's about it. Weather is excellent now. Everyone else is freezing and thinks it's cold it -- it's about +20C at night. If they think that's cold, they should really try out a Canadian winter at -40C. :)
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
Ok, found him.
Let's just say he seems a little less than thrilled with me, so that idea is out the window.
Damn, and here I was hoping he would have matured by now, but obviously not. If I ever met him again, I think I'd end up with a knife in my neck, so we'll just leave that be.
Back to work.
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
Errr. He doesn't want to reunite with you so that makes him immature......
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad the Impala
Errr. He doesn't want to reunite with you so that makes him immature......
No, the fact that he sounds as though he's willing to murder me if he sees me again makes him immature. His words were a little less than cordial.
It was 2am though, so I'm assuming he was just drunk.
What the hell. Before, he was willing to basically murder a black market lottery agent in his mom's village over 7000 baht. Apparently, he hasn't matured past that yet.
I can understand his hatred, and it's fine. After all, I did basically straight up abandon him. I did give him a generous severance, but completely disappeared with no means of contact. It's been over 2 years, so I thought he has probably grown up by now, but I guess not. Oh well, shit happens, life goes on.
Re: Alternatives to Western Union
I seem to recall you were fairly sure that if he could have found you that he WOULD have murdered you when you last broke up - what is it they say about insanity being when you do the same thing and expect a different outcome ? Oh well, at least now you know, better to enable you to move on now - and just hope you haven't opened a can of worms that would have been better being left closed perhaps ! :-(