Rich Roesing fully agree. We first applied in 2022 and were summarily denied. We contacted a visa coach ( Pim Visa Services) who advised us to get first-world passport stamps and show the equivalent of $7000 in her name only. On the second try in October 2025 she was approved and we are together in the USA now. She must leave by September 30. The visa is good until her passport expires.

Not taken out of line, but questioned more pointedly than in the past. I agreed with the IO that next time I will get the multiple entry visa as I have done in the past.

Welcome to Thailand🇹🇭

I use SCB

Transfers are fast. I find $1000 to be the sweet spot. Lower amounts tend to have less favorable exchange rate. Higher amounts and mysterious fees from the bank appear.