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I have done a number of videos here recently about Trump's Immigration Pause. This began roughly about January of this year, 2026, wherein Trump and the Administration basically announced that "hey we are pausing all Immigrant Spouse Visa adjudications specifically from a list of countries.” Thailand is on that list so I guess I should say this is Thailand specific, but it does pertain to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar; all those countries as well are currently on the list of "paused" visa cases, so it's not possible to get a Spouse Visa effectively to immigrate to the United States at this time from Thailand. 

And again, as I've discussed in other videos, they say that they are retooling their Public Charge Rule. I saw a video the other day where apparently now in the UK they are bringing online this new framework. We have yet to see it in any meaningful way out here in Southeast Asia which then brings up the question look at the K-1. Why? 

Well the Fiancé(e) Visa is at present the only actual Visa that we are seeing processed out. I have processed a number of them out in the last roughly 4 to 6 weeks; I currently have a handful of them processing at this time. We are still waiting for final decision on them, but they are actually being approved. Notwithstanding all of the different pauses and all of the different obstacles that are now placed in folks' way in terms of being able to immigrate to the United States, the K-1 Fiancé(e) Visa remains open. So for this reason, for those who are looking to get married, before bringing a foreign loved one to the United States, you should really, really reconsider, most notably because again this immigration pause on Spousal Visas. It may not last forever, don't get me wrong, and I don't think it's a foregone conclusion we are going to be dealing with this indefinitely. But that said, exactly when it's going to change and when it's going to end, or when they are going to implement this new methodology of ascertaining whether or not somebody is going to become a public charge in the United States remains to be seen, so in the meantime, for those who are looking at their Immigration options, I think it is seriously advisable to be at least looking at the Fiancé(e) Visa rather than the Marriage Visa. 

That being said, the underlying facts in the given case will drive the analysis as to what the correct option is under a person's given circumstances, and for this reason, it may not be a terrible idea to contact a legal professional, gain some insight and guidance into how best to proceed.