What is the best visa option for my Thai wife to visit the US for 60 days?

Ask the US embassy..

Southern border?

It’s much easier getting a TR visa since you’re already married. It’s only difficult for unmarried couples since immigration assumes the US citizen will bring her on a TR visa then marry her in the US which is visa fraud.

The US embassy doesn't exist anymore and even before when it did, tourist visas were backlogged for 3 years due to covid or some garbage excuse. You would have an easier time getting a visa to Turkmenistan than the US right now. Also the US went from being the worst country in the world, to the most expensive worst country in the world.

I heard the US border was open for anyone crossing

Just fly to the Mexico us border and walk across. They are letting everyone through

I am not 100 percent sure but I thought I read something about US consulate service in Chang mai have been suspended . It may just be a temporary issue, but worth checking

There's almost a year wait for an appointment for a visa. Good luck

Yes, in 75 took my Thai Bride for a 25 year visit then we returned to Thailand.

Never do that man she can take bad habits in Mordor....

Be aware that the process with getting her any visa to the US, even with you being married, can take about a year to get, and as such it is highly unlikely she will be able to go in December, especially if she has never been to any country that isn't next to Thailand before. What many do, and it makes it very easy in the future, is to apply for her green card at the same time as applying for the visa. It adds a few months to the process, but makes it real easy to enter the US in the future, if she is approved.

Good luck cause sadly you're going to need it.

There are a few visa groups on facebook that Thai people share their processes, interviews, and queues. This one is the B1/B2 tourist visa queue in Chiang Mai posted yesterday. You can ask her to join the group. Most are in Thai, very useful and updated information.

Years ago I applied on line paid fees and processed 10 year tourist visa in Chiangmai. I understand now it is harder to get for some reason but I would apply now for sure

@Wylie ******

9 if you can show her work history and present employer whom can vouch she will return you probably not get a visa, they automatically assum no work history she is a bar girl and they don't want them. It's for you to prove she's not.

Don’t lie to the US to get a visa like suggested. It likely won’t work and will hurt chances for visas later.

The only visa she should apply for is a tourist visa since she is not planning to stay long term.

Sadly having a relationship with an American can sometimes make this harder to get. That issue is normally for people who are not married though.

Basically just have to show she has the means to get the visa and is not an overstay risk. The more money she has and the more ties to Thailand the more likely she is to get it.

The fact she is married to you shows (as long as you have the income/earning potential) that she could easily come and live in the US legally. So logically it would be silly to lie and come on a tourist visa with a plan to stay long term.

So she should be approved. But you never know.

The big deciding factor normally is the in person interview it seems. As long as she is truthful and confident she should be fine.

Also don’t let horror stories freak you out. The vast majority (think 80%+) of tourist visa from Thailand are approved.

Does your wife have assets in her name, such as a car, house, land, etc.? She will want to show that she has ties to Thailand and has a good reason to return. They may also want to see your passport. I've heard that after you've been married for 2 years it gets a little easier, but they still reject people for seemingly no reason. My wife and I were married over a year, with a new baby, and they rejected her visa application. They looked at none of the stacks of copies and documents we spent months preparing. We're going to try again now that we've been married much longer, have more children, and assets in her name. I feel like it's if we get rejected again.

Fiancé visa is the easiest…the US govt doesn’t need to know you’re married

Use a Thai marriage certificate to go to the US embassy to get a visa

If only to visit then I think a tourist visa may be the only option. Just be aware there is high chance she will be rejected, especially in Bangkok.