How can I help my Thai girlfriend apply for a tourist visa to visit the US?

@Jon *******

- yes, it goes back to the point, is there any evidence that the consular can see that will lead the consular to believe she will go back when required. Owning property, being employed, having children who stay being in Thailand, previous travel experience to high income countries and having not overstayed, etc.

@Us ****

I think at this point, most people really do realize that it’s just a hustle society. And as for hardest working on earth, I think you would find much competition. But probably in the top 100

@Us ****

Do you think they are coming to become Americans, or just yo get a job, make a bit of money, eventually bugger off. Immigrants or expats?

@Us ****

lol. They're being promised money, work, and running away from a shithole worse than America. Thailand has a lot of poverty, but not a lot of crime. There's no cartel skinning people alive and hanging them over bridges. Not drug wars. People aren't getting SA and murdered all the time. People work hard and have very little in Thailand. But they don't murder each other. For me, Thailand is a better place to live and raise my family.

@Us ****

they are escaping abject poverty, starvation, and violence. That's not comparable to a Thai person visiting USA. Stop assuming America is so perfect that people leave their homes for no good reason, just to live in America.

@Lynnette ******

if you think the Thais are not facing poverty, starvation, and violence, then you have not seen the real Thailand.

@Us ****

perhaps you lived in the roughest, poorest area of Thailand and surrounded by violence. But that's probably not typical of "Thailand".

@Us ****

Thailand is facing poverty. Yes. That's a fact. The wages are terrible.

@Us ****

Parts of Mississipi are pretty grim, people living in tin shacks.

@Andy *********

welcome to south Africa

@Us ****

I've lived in the southern states, Akabama, Mississipi, Tenessee. In winter it gets cold even on the Gulf. Plus Thai ladies will find the food disgusting.

@Lynnette ******

unfortunately that is exactly the mindset of the people that work at the embassy. That’s why anyone applying for a visa to the United States must show significant ties and reasons to return to Thailand.

@Wayne *******

many years ago I had to visit the embassy in london. I found it amusing they assumed I'd want to be american, just because I'd married an American.

@Lynnette ******

amazing

@Lynnette ******

- Unfortunately, that is the mindset of the US consulate. They automatically start off interpreting each applicant as being a risk and it is the applicant’s job to prove them otherwise. You would think traveling with an American partner would be a positive in the consular’s eyes, but in fact is seen as an increased risk.

@Frank *********

they may. And they may not. . But to label all people as wanting to live there because of some imaginary "American dream", is arrogance.

@Lynnette ******

Agreed.

@Us ****

and pay 12x more in living expenses…

@Us ****

but life ,safety and happiness is far better in Thailand ,the US no longer has the pull to asians it had years ago ,if they could go work anywhere now they would choose Germany,UK ,Dubai all above the US😜

@Us ****

LMAO. 10X as much income, but 15-20x the cost of living. And America is a crime ridden sh*t hole.

@Us ****

so? She'd make 10x more money. . what's that got to do with it? Not everyone wants to live there.

@Lynnette ******

naive

@Lynnette ******

it's a dump compared to Thai

@Lynnette ******

when you grow up in poverty and given an opportunity to make more money, it is an easy decision to make. We have so many people risking their lives to cross the border illegally for a reason. I agree that not everyone wants to live in the US. But one thing the USA is great at is the Ameriva Dream. The ability to make a fortune on your talent and hard work.

@Us ****

not everyone in Thailand grows up in poverty 😂😂I've seen a lot more areas in the US poorer than Thailand and there's many nice places and people living well here ,the days are over of blowing that US trumpet 🙄🍻

@Jason *****

"Lot more areas in the US poorer than Thailand."

“Argumentum Ad Anus Extractum" or _Argumentum Ad Feces Fabricatum." (Those are the logical fallacy of pulling things out of one's ass and the logical fallacy of just making shit up.)

@Joseph ***

I lived in the US for 5 months ,I saw way worse areas than anywhere in Thailand ,plus US society is morally broke now,the whole world knows it now 😜

@Jason *****

You're trying to walk back your lie ("lot more areas in the US poorer than Thailand.")

Every nation on earth has poverty, Anus Extractum. But the majority of people in Bangkok, alone, are living hand to mouth, each month. I've been in their homes. I knew one lady who had rice to eat every night but was still so malnourished it showed in her skin. And go to the rural parts of the country. Go up north where, unlike in the US, the government isn't going to rebuild the homes of all those people whose everything just got washed away. Go to the hills where entire families sleep on straw mats to stay off the earth.

Meanwhile, the US has a social security net, flawed that it may be, provides more to needy households than the average laborer in Thailand could dream of. Unemployment in the US is 4% now. Only economy of it's size in the world still humming. You're a liar, Anus Extractum. I don't know where you're from and I could care less. All I know is that the US smells a lot better now that your 5 months of stinking up the country are over.

@Joseph ***

sounds like your bitter to Thailand 😂 probably the same old story ,your Pattaya gf got someone else's C__k in her mouth 😂😂😂😂

@Jason *****

Sounds like you're even stupider than I first took you for. I'm quite fond of Thailand, more than anything else, because of her people. Thailand did nothing to deserve filth like you. Just because there are plenty of people still living in comparative poverty doesn't mean I look down on them or hold it against them! I hold your stupidity and facile view of the world against you! You're the sexpat who's only way to understand anything is to see it through the simpleton's trope of the old Westerner, Pattaya, bar girls. Never been to Pattaya in my life, bright boy. There is so much more to Thailand than you'll ever fathom. Give it up, Anus Extractum. You don't understand me, you don't understand the US, not Thailand--really, what good are you?

@Joseph ***

wow Donald is so angry 😂😂I'm in a relationship ,not with a Thai and wouldn't go near Pattaya ,your just putting down Thailand and talking about it's poverty ,your just a arrogant yank who looks down in the whole world like yanks do,but the world now laughs at the good old USofA 😂😂😂🍻dumbass 😜

@Jason *****

Hey Simpleton, you require cartoons to understand the world. Did not put down Thailand. More Americans despise Trump than like him. (Come to think of it, YOU are remarkably a lot like Trump. Stupid, simplistic, 6th grader's understanding of the world... surely, you smell like bad cheese as well.) Lots of Thais still live a hardscrabble life and calling it how it is isn't putting down anyone. A great people and a beautiful country. I hope more and people prosper soon. Meanwhile, you lie and claim there is more poverty in the US. You're lying about Pattaya, too. You're the one who brought it up. Does you non-Thai partner know what you do down there?

As for "the good old USA," yeah, Trump is a POS with a mindset a lot like yours. I would never defend him. But the US still obsesses you and makes you only wish you were American. You're so transparent, so little. All the 😂 emojis you force into you texts don't disguise your rage and frustration at life. Your life is not America's fault. You've always have been and always will be Anus Extractum.

@Joseph ***

so funny,read all your messages,your the man shouting personal insult and looking down at countries ,simply pathetic USA ego,no one likes your big mouths 😂have a good day Mr angry ,I'm going to read a book in my pool 😜😎just let it go and stop the drama and anger 😘❤️

@Jason *****

That's YOU, the one insulting countries. And the harder you try to claim you're laughing, the more you're declaring your anger. You're like swatting a fly with a swatter. And, really, you truly remind one of Donald Trump. Your avatar shows you even look like him.

Donald, nobody believes your lies. Feel the burn, Donald.

@Joseph ***

American mouth it's legendary and has nothing to back it up 😂😂😂😜🍻you carry on trolling little boy 😜I'm just saying the truth the USA isn't the best as naive yanks think and Thailand is a happy nice country ,it's you putting Thailand down

@Jason *****

Donald!! Welcome back. You begged me to let it go and then you came back for more!! You're o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d with America. We're in your head. You can escape us. Your jealosy consumes you. You truly are Donald Trump. But more entertaining.

Oh Donald, what a coward. You blocked me and ran away. If you left me a cheap parting shot as you were fleeing, that was especially cowardly of you to block me so I couldn't see and enjoy it.

@Us ****

for the vast majority, that’s all it is (a dream). The majority of immigrants coming into our country have few skill sets, mostly related labor. Life in The US can be very difficult.

@Frank *******

it’s called slave labour.

@Us ****

American Dream? Lol.

@Craig ********

oh they will know that without anybody saying so.

@Wayne *******

great answer.

@Wayne *******

You are 110% in your analysis. I’ve did one for my gf and got it through because she had her own business here in Thailand.