How can my Thai husband obtain a visa to the US in case of an emergency after our marriage?

@Abigail *******

Get a lawyer to save the headache with all paperwork. About 2k.

5 months later my fiancé was here. Done

@Abigail *******

my wife, got the tourist visa on her second attempt good for 10 years multiple entry. She had already been in the United States on a K-1 visa and we returned to Thailand because she did not want to live full-time in the United States. The problem with the CR1 visa is you are not allowed into the United States until your application for permanent residency has been approved by USCIS. My suggestion would be if you’re not married yet to apply for a K-1 fiancé visa they can be approved in as little as nine months. The only requirement is once your fiancé comes to the US. You must be officially married in the US within nine months.

@Abigail *******

yes, you need to live in the US the way I understood it. I would definitely apply for a tourist visa after you are married since you plan on living here. My wife had a tourist visa denied before we were married but approved after. I used one of the free form answers on the application to explain that I had retired and moved to Thailand with no immediate plans in the future to move back. That the tourist visa was really the only option for her to be able to travel back to the states with me to meet friends and family 1-2 times a year for 3-4 weeks at a time.

@Abigail *******

I don't know. I've never gone through the process. CR1 is not a good option if you are not going to live in the US though as green cards have a time in the US requirement or you lose it.