Can my Thai wife visit the USA on a tourist visa despite owning a business and property in Thailand?

If you want to try to apply for her. May be i can help. Seem profile herself is can pass the policy 80% chance. I not former agency but i help few ppl to get tourist visa. You just have to understand what is your embassy point concern.

Since your married it should be easy call a us immigration lawyer or just carefully fill it out for her. You have to apply for 3 visas separate for her and each kid. Not married is impossible because of the amount of prostitution. Married 2 years is what they want to see.

I had no problem getting my gf a visa. There is a hold right now, but you can still apply. You just need to be honest and be able to prove it. Pictures spanning your relationship, prove she owns a house or land and if she has children etc. Letters of recommendation from employer if she has one. Anything that will help prove she is coming back to Thailand. I did it without an agent, was a few years ago. The lady that interviewed me said they approved over 80% that applied.

The fact that there is no non-immigrant spousal visit visa is an abject failure of American visa policy.

Does hurt to apply for visitors visa...

America is completely racist as someone noted, not everyone obviously, but enough to elect what we're currently dealing with. Our immigration policies are basically closed to anyone without mad skills. Im not surprised by the denial of tourist visas either.

Try a visitor visa. You will not get marriage visa or green card for her.

Who said zero? Refusal rate is really quite low.

Why not apply?

My ex wife had all of that… land, business, houses, and yet, wanted out, and eventually overstayed her tourist visa in the states, just like her aunties had done. She ain’t coming back.

Helped my German friend bring his Thai wife to USA 6-months ago. Wrote a letter confirming their relationship and their intent to visit us during their visit.

She was issued a 10 year tourist visa.

Get one of tour friends to vouch for you guys and present to embassy at time of submission.

You can thank Trump for this

I cannot believe that we as Americans have to deal with this BS!

Possible, but extremely difficult 😕

My son has been married to a Tai woman for 10 years - he can’t own property in Thailand even though he has invested and paid for property there. He can’t work in Thailand without having a business (one that doesn’t compete with Tai employees) with big money in a Tai bank account and can’t get a visa to stay without $$$ and lots of red tape.

His wife cannot come to Canada easily, like so many have posted. The Tai government does not want their citizens leaving.

He is far away from retirement, so that type of Visa isn’t an option for him .

Agents want thousands of dollars to help process the paperwork for her to leave the country, even just for a visit, but there is no guarantee that it will be approved and from the many comments in this post it appears that many people are being denied even though they’re married for sometime.

Certainly would like to hear from anyone that may have some tips or suggestions to help a younger couple process the ever ending restrictions and paperwork for them trying to have a somewhat normal married life.

Since Covid and now all of the trauma that is going on in the world now, even planning trips between North American & Thailand is getting more expensive. 



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We went on holiday to NYC and Boston.

She sorted out her visa. Super easy. Owns houses and runs a mid size business.

I’m not American and had zero involvement.

It seems counter-intuitive, but being married, or even in a long term relationship, and showing plenty of money can actually be harmful. As one previous comment indicated, the immigration officer will think “nah, she isn’t going as a tourist, she is going over to stay with her husband, do a change of status, and they have the money to make it all happen’. What is frustrating is that there really doesn’t seem to be any standards, it’s just how the consular officer ‘feels’ about it, and if you know any consular officers, many of them are semi-retarded and some struggle to speak proper English.

A workaround is to travel to another non-Asian country and have her apply for a tourist visa there…that may remove some of the automatic bias the consular officers have in country.

Why move to US when everyone else is moving to thailand

The visa officer must assume every applicant intends to immigrate or otherwise misuse the visa, and it's the applicant's job to overcome that presumption (exactly what US visa law requires). Owning property and paying taxes in Thailand doesn't automatically do it - anyone can be a long-distance landlord. The officer's real question is: why would she come back?

What actually moves the needle is a coherent story about ties that require her physical presence in Thailand - a business she actively runs, dependents she supports, a religious community, anything that falls apart if she's not there. Equally powerful is a passport full of prior travel to developed countries (Europe, Japan, Australia, South Korea) with consistent on-time returns, because that shows she's an experienced traveler, not someone who disappears. And here's one that's often overlooked: evidence that you, the American spouse, are rooted in Thailand, not just visiting. If you can show a long-term lease, active local accounts, community involvement, and a pattern of short US trips with consistent returns, a visa officer can reasonably conclude that you are definitely coming back to Thailand, and she's traveling back with you. A mountain of paperwork is a start, but officers are looking for a convincing story, not just volume. No one can "promise" or "guarantee" that an applicant will comply with visa conditions, and visa officers know that (you might not even be able to attend the visa interview with her). The goal is to make your wife's case so compelling that no promise is needed.

My Mom said if I can't say anything nice...

We were denied for a tourist visa as well. Brought an absolute mountain of paperwork, including chanotes for our properties, business paperwork for our business in Thailand, bank records etc etc etc, even proof of past travel to other countries. We were supposed to go for my brothers wedding, brought wedding invites, hotel bookings the list goes on. My wife got about 1 minute in front of some sassy black lady, was extremely rude to my wife, denied her with zero explanation.

Wasted about 6,000 baht on a minute... had to drive down from Isaan, book hotels, plus the fee for the "appointment"

And for the goofballs blaming Trump, this stuff was going on before him as well.

Glad we are forced to pay taxes though regardless of where we live :D

Did you get her a US passport?

We were turned down this week for a tourist visa for Thai wife, no interest in living in US, owns her own business and home. Tidy bank account. I’m here on Thai wife visa, no dice

Not zero. Has she applied before? If she has land, business, assets here in TH there is a chance. Key is she must have substantial ties back to TH.

I feel you my wife is about the same situation we've tried 3 times and we have prepared by traveling other countries europe 3 times japan Singapore Turkey 400,000 in the bank and a big no. I have heard they want a 1,000,000 in the bank

I am American Citizen and my wife is Thai. I sponsored my wife to join me in the US since I have no intentions of living in Thailand but only to visit. With a good immigration lawyer who has an impeccable record of near zero failures with hundreds of successful clients under her belt. We have submitted absolutely every paperwork which we were told to do for my wife's PR visa.

After a long 2years waiting she was finally called for the interview. Three weeks ago she went in the US Embassy for that interview and to our amazement, she was refused a visa. We were flabbergasted, we could not believe it. Anyways, they asked for more paperwork which I will be submitting soon before I leave for my trip to Thailand in the first week of May.

Fuck trump he's your problem

Congrats on the marriage. I think you should talk with visa services since you are married you could have additional challenges with a tourist visa...my single friend got a tourist visa in February with no issues....she used a visa service and i truly think that helped.

It's pretty straight forward. If she has a business and land in her name, I'd be surprised if they denied it. Especially if her bank account can support a holiday. But they might only give a 10 day visa.

Probably not the best time to be showing off the USA, and definitely not a welcoming time for foreigners there

There’s a chance if she can establish strong ties to Thailand.

If you apply, it’s a 50:50 chance. If you don’t, it’s a zero.

There’s a box in DS160 form that you can state your case, just clearly type that you only want to visit and not intend to live there.