HI Pete and Andy.
Again thanks for the responses. Very detailed. I really know annulment is the only option - but I was doing some research and came across a site where the author sent me that reply. I had a feeling he was talking nonsense. Especially when it came to "You can live together in Thailand"
Firstly, in response to Andy. Shei still has some contact with her husband. However, in February this year, he added her name to a birth certificate for a child he adopted from his cousin. That was without her knowledge, and has led to a court case to clear her name. I met Shei in Hong Kong last June, and brought her daughter as well. To say they were the best weeks of my life would be an understatement. When we were leaving HK, I asked her to start the annulment process. Until now, we haven't had a real chance because of different personal issues. She last talked to her husband in July - and he said he would not oppose any annulment. I have asked her to call him again, and she said she will but she is worried he will think she is calling to go back to him.
Anyway....
Pete, I was aware that the only place that Shei can annul is in the Philippines. For a while I was thrown by the red-herring that is Guam. But thanks for confirming what I thought was the situation - and that the guy quoted in my earlier post was not talking through his mouth, but through something else. It is annoying to bump into characters that claim to know-all, but know-nothing. This site is an oasis in a desert of mis-information.
About a tourist visa - we applied for one back in September 2006 (for my girl and her daughter). Sadly, it was refused. As you say, the circumstances of each relationship are different. Maybe mine is a little more complicated than some, but there are others far more complicated than mine. It is just sad that some people's destinies are decided by target-driven people in suits.
