What visa options do I have for staying in Thailand with my fiancée and for her to visit the USA for my daughter's wedding?

If you're wife is super wealthy a visa to the US should not be a problem. Otherwise, forgot it.

You're in an interesting situation actually.. If you're sure you want to marry your GF, you may want to consider marrying her in the US. I *think* a fiance visa is easier than a wife visa. I *think* with the fiancee visa the US government looks at your financials and such, with the wife visa, they look at hers, which is a little trickier because US government officials are not familiar with Thailand's customs and such.

Many people in this group discourage it, but I have had good luck with it... You can apply for a marriage eVisa online, from Washington DC (or whichever embassy serves your home state). Once the visa is granted you will need to do a border bounce to activate it. For proof of nationality use your passport, for proof of residence use your driver's license. I have done this a few times, a few for marriage visa and a few for tourist visa.

All that being said. I asked an agent once, how much was a retirement visa and how much for a marriage visa... 15,000 retirement, 65,000 for marriage visa. I have known a few husbands who could get a marriage visa but the choose different visa options... The marriage visa can be a pain in the ass depending on the immigration department that serves your area.

As many have said, the odds are unfortunately not good for a Thai person to get a tourist visa to go to the US. It actually becomes less likely when the consular officers find out that the person has ties to a US citizen or has family living in the US (but it’s definitely not a good idea to lie to them about it either). The consular officers are required to assume that everyone is intending to emigrate/stay in the US. It is up to the visa applicant to convince them otherwise in what is usually a 10-minute interview. In the case of your partner, she will need to show as many ties to Thailand as possible and they may also ask her about you and how strong your intentions to reside in Thailand are (as you are a couple). The application is easy to do and in my experience, there wasn’t any advantage to using an agent. She will have to do the interview in Bangkok or Chiang Mai. Check the US Consulates’ online appointment calendar as you may have to wait a couple of months for the next opening. Hope it all works out for you.

Visa for your wife to Stay in Thailand or USA

Is easy, all depends the amount of money and property you have.

Say 10 to 20 million Usd, will do the trick.

Here's a thought: go back home, get a visa to invite her to the U.S., and then tie the knot in Las Vegas!

I hope your love for her is genuine!

Contact TSL & Associates in Bangkok (they have satellite offices as well). They handled everything no questions asked. Compared to the prices in the US their services were cheap & everything went smoothly.

Get a visa agent. That helps a lot

If she does get it be sure and return on time. Next one after that will work smoothly.

Check out Visa Journey. I went through what you are describing. I found it very helpful.

Lots of mis-info here. Call US Visa Experts in BKK for a free consult. They do many CR-1 Spousal visas to the USA for the past 18 years. Talk to Ning, the office manager. If you get married in Thailand and have a long term visa (Spousal visa) your wife can apply for the B-2 tourist visa to attend the wedding. It is a difficult visa to achieve, but a good application and supportive evidence will increase your odds of success.

It sounds like you are in a long term relationship with this Thai lady and even have an adult child together (who lives in the US). Saying that there is really only 2 long term visas . Either you marry her or get a retirement visa

if u are over 50 you can get the 12 month extension of stay with 800k in the bank. The DTV is a possibility for you.

Visa free 60 day extended at immigration 30 days then border bounce for another 60 then 30 or go to an agent for visa advice

You can't get ANYTHING based on being engaged to a Thai person. The only visa available is if you are married to a Thai person, and it requires a lot of paperwork and 400,000 baht in your Thai bank account.

Also there is no "easy" visa to get a Thai to the US, especially if they are engaged or married to an American. It will be assumed you are trying to get them there to stay permanently by bypassing the fiance/marriage visa. Unless you can show that she owners property, has a long-term well-paying job, and many other responsibilities that tie her to Thailand and will require her to return, you basically have 0% chance. The fact that her daughter is already in the US will make it even more difficult as that will be looked at as another reason she would want to go to the US to live.