@Fred ********

I'd still put together a will to make sure that her right to the money (and any other assets you mightvhave in Thsiland at the time if your passibg) is unambiguous. I don't think that my wife would remain calm and well enough composed to immediately start draining bank accounts when she learned of my passing, so having some means of the money eventually getting to her on its own would be key.

The fully legal way would be to draft a Thai will leaving her the money. Or if you trust her implicitly you could put the money in an account jointly registered with her Having her drain an account registered only to you upon your passing with an ATM card or with the Bangkok Bank might work but it might also get her in trouble since if she's not your wife she ordinarily wouldn't have any right to your money.

@Jim *******

just because you married a prostitute doesn't mean that everyone does.

@Jim *******

you're projecting, her credentials were legit.

What finally got my wife's visa approved, after being rejected twice, was we gave them a (truthful) sob story about her needing to accompany me to the US for an operation. They gave her a tourist visa valid only for 6 months to accommodate that, and then the next year she applied for a tourist visa again and they gave her one that was valid for 10 years. That was back in 2013.

However if your plan is to use a Green Card as if it's a multiple entry tourist visa (without actualy moving to the US), that's technically fraud and could cause her to be denied entry to the US at some point.

@Cory *********

for people who meet the minimum financial requirementz, Green Card applications sometimes have a greater chance of success than if applying for a Tourist Visa because the American spouse's particulars are carefully examined when applying for a GC. When applying for a tourist visa the spouse is generally not part of the process.

@Jim *******

my (Thai) wife's visa application was rejected twice during the Obama years.

@Frank ********

it would be even easier to find if it had a name.

@Marcus ***********

we ran into an identical problem during the Obama years.