@Cory *********

might need to go to airport where the wrong stamp was done. Have reentry permit?

@Deanna ******

you can open an account at the state department credit union, then deposit your check on the app. They alloe us expats to open accounts. I did it. DM me if needed.

@Mike ********

if she is going to access the the 30 Baht , or Social Security Thai national health schemes, she may want to get permission from your landlord, and be put on the house book at the condo where you guys usually live. Otherwise, she would be registered at a hospital near the hospital location, not your actual location.

@Christopher **********

that is exactly it, except for maybe Ireland. US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada have the five eyes treaty. It started for terrorism, but now they share their immigration screen. If you are rejected at one, you will probably be rejected at all of them, especially for tourist visas. To answer the OP’s original question, are usually goes like this, you submit a long and difficult application, what a year for an interview, and they throw you out. I visited the trendy building in Bangkok, we’re Thai people apply for a Schengen visa, and also the US consulate. US consulate is full of supplicants begging for visas which they will not get and the trendy building is full of applicants, who probably will if I get a visa if they meet the requirements.

@Thomas ******

U.S. government is absolutely hostile to expats, tourists, and (legal) immigrants. Try visiting a US Embassy or applying for a tourist or marriage visa for your SO, or requesting citizen services.

@Henrik ****

you are responsible though

The China visa office is not at the embassy, it is at an office building in Petchaburi Road as you said. Not near airports but close to MRT stop. Doubt any nearby hostel but many condos and there is a hotel. If you prefer a hostel try Photohostel in Chinatown. Nice clean place, European owner see that his staff takes care of you. One trip on MRT to visa center.

4year university degree, followed by 2 year masters if he wants, of course he is not allowed to work on ed visa

No. They will show you insurance, but what it will pay if you’re seriously ill, even if it’s not excluded due to being deemed a pre-existing condition, will be not much more than your annual premium. Might as well self insured.

This is true. Our friend used to work for Agoda. They reserve blocks of rooms, so the hotels often will not match the low rates.