What are the best visa options for staying in Thailand while waiting for my wife's CR1 visa approval?

K1 visa is definitely faster. Apply for that instead and then marry in the US within 3 months...

Do the non immigrant o instead (from the US) so you get 90 day retirement visa and dont have to do the insurance or police report. then go to Thailand and have the 800,000 bhat wired to a bank in your name to season it for the extension for 1 year (after 90 days is up).

Sounds like you are applying for a Non-OA visa instead of a Non-O visa. Huge difference. Might want to double check that.

In1991 I married a Thai woman in Thailand. Before I married her I went and hired an immigration attorney. It took about 6 months for her and her daughter to be approved. But right now you are dealing with a government that wants all immigrants out of America. Not a very positive time to try and bring someone into America. If I were you I would look for an attorney that does immigration. Show the paperwork you have done and listen to what they tell you.

If 65,000 baht a month is a burden for you, you might have bigger problems. The US requires that you prove that you are financially capable of supporting her in the US. $2,000/month won't qualify.

You get 60 days without any visa

Basically you need to have a Bank account in Thailand to satisfy the fund requirement for the visa. If you get a non o from overseas, you can simply apply for a bank account when arriving to Thailand to deposit in the funds. By doing so, yes you need to pay for that insurance. On the other hand if applying the visa in Thailand you dont need to pay for the insurance. However without the visa stamp, it is impossible to open a bank account on your own. You will need to get an agent and pay that agent fee. So that money is going either here or there. What you can do is to apply the non o from overseas and pay for the insurance and get a bank account in Thailand afterwards.. then at the second year when is the time for renewal.. instead of renewing.. take a break by going out of the country without getting a re- entry visa and let that current visa to expire. Then just return to Thailand with a tourist visa and apply the non o visa all over again. By then you already have a Bank account and $$ to meet that fund requirement and not needing to pay for the insurance again.

Dont forget the newest hurdle from trump, thailand gets 0 immigrant visas issued currently

If you don't have at least 65.000 Baht income per month, don't come

Why didn't you go with a K1 visa, my fiance is thai and I believe that's the way we are going,

How long is she staying in the US, visiting?

My Thai wife’s visa took 23 months not to bad really. Applied for her green card at the same time got it 3 weeks after we arrived in the mail as soon as she got the green card she applied for social security card got it within 2 weeks than got her a drivers license and her own bank account within 3 years time she got her visa green card, social security card, drivers license, bank account, job at Walmart, credit card, credit score, her own car and saves money each year to go back to Thailand for a month.

If you are over 50 go Non O

I did a DTV to be with my fiancé for now.

The CR1 visa can take between 8-14 months to process.

Apply for a non o 90 day over 50 retirement visa, no insurance or police checks. You can use the money in your home account as part of the application, much simpler than the non o-a you were looking at

Can you do a tourist visa then get a marriage visa when you arrive. You will need to show less

It sounds like you are trying to apply for a 12 month Non-OA visa which does require insurance, police checks, etc.

For a visa based on marriage you need to apply for a Non-O visa, from memory in the evisa app it's something like "stay with Thai family longer than 60 days"

You applied for non-OA. Needs insurance, police check etc. . Better to apply Non-O 90 day based on marriage ( marriage visa) and extend 12 months based on marriage, after you arrive. If you have Thai bank account you'll need 400,000 tbt in the account.

Good luck