How long does it take for a Thai citizen to get a US tourist visa, and is it advisable to hire an agent for the process?

I saw in the news recently an agency was busted for falsifying documents like employment letters and corporate documents purportedly used to show an applicant’s ties to Thailand.

Something to think about to those thinking of using an agent to prepare a visa application.

Would the process be easier if your Thai wife is a property owner in the US?

When Trump was president it took my wife over 2 years to just get her interview because of his policy..I heard now the wait time is about a year…

Contact Ben at Integrity Legal in Bangkok

You can get in immediately, if you just fly to Mexico and walk over😂

A U.S. B2 VISA (Tourist) can take a few days from Aplication (On-line) to the Interview (Just the wife at the Embassy) to the VISA in the Thai Passport.

The unknown variable is the VISA Interview Appointment. The interview itself takes 5 min if Married (legally).

My wife did her B2 VISA (PROCESS) in a week and had her passport back with B2 VISA stamp in another week.

However, our son’s took a month from start to finish, because we had to wait about 3 weeks for an Interview.

Being married won't help short term but immigrating to the US it will. I've done the entire process and unless it's long term it is impossible to get a tourist visa especially if married. The wait time is long and outcome is unpredictable. All the forms are online at USCIS.gov do it yourself no lawyer it doesn't help just costs way more.

"I am married to my Thai wife..."

Thank goodness for that, lucky you are not married to someone elses wife 👀

Half a year ago i applied for a US tourist visa to see my boyfriend (now husband) and to travel throughout US. I was told almost exactly same things as the comments here. And by all means they had the right to think i would get married and change status (well i did get married but didn't apply for status change)

If you are just travelling to your brother's wedding, i don't think there should be much of a problem. (I was applying from indonesia, where i was living for years, so maybe here the process is different)

It will all depend on the interview and how prepared you are. (no one really checked my supporting documents, but it definitely pays off to bring them in).

Does your wife have enough ties in here, that she can properly prove that she will come back? Do you have enough ties in thailand that can prove that you will both come back?

For my tourist visa application, it took me about a month from the day of application to getting my passport back. but that drastically varies on the embassy appointment schedule.

And one of the worst things….. if you feel there’s a possibility of her getting denied, DONT GO IN ! Once she gets that first denial stamp, it will make it near impossible to get one in the future

You can do it IF you have the mounds of paperwork, TONS of supporting docs. The burden of proof is on you to prove that she has strong ties, good bank account balance, employment, family, property here in Thailand and will return. As pathetic as the US government is they make it difficult to do legitimately and easy to illegally cross the border. Ideally it will take around 6 months but can take a year if you're unprepared. The more documentation you can give, the better. Not just the minimum they require. It would've been much easier to get a fiance visa and marry her within 90 days back in the states but then she would have to remain technically for about a year fir green card, work permit, passport. Unfortunately agents can't do much. An immigration attorney can help with all the forms if you're concerned. Good luck.

@Cris *****

just went through the exact same thing for my sisters wedding (I am in the US now). Answer is they had turned her down before she even went to the interview. She owns a house, runs a company has 2 kids all in Thailand and was still denied.

US Visa Experts with office in Bangkok: Thai or English. Offices in both BKK and USA.

No Thai agents can assist you with US visas. The most they could do is application preparation or appointment time slots. US consular is notorious for granting/ refusing visas. Their piece of mind is every Thai applicants will certainly not return home if granted a US visa so your wife has to prove otherwise.

On appointments: if yours is a long way out check back daily as cancellstions are frequent and you might be able to pick up the cancelled time slot if you check at the right time?

It takes a good while my friend used an immagration lawyer out of San Diego took 1 years

Just a bit of experience. Watch a few of the YouTube videos by former usa visa officers. Some have some very good advise such as: Most people go in with a load of documents and wait for the officer to ask questions? That seldom works! The default opinion is that you will overstay. He will ask a simple question or two and probably hand you a denial form. What you have to do is after the first question start talking and explain what you are going to do, why you must return to Thailand and what your ties to Thailand are? Family, business, real estate owned, job etc. He will have a few dozen applicants after you to see today and you have about 3 minutes to convince him that you deserve a visa! Take your paperwork just in case he wants to see something but it's unlikely he has time to look at anything? And no he probably has not had time to do much if any prior research as to your papers before today? Best of luck!

It only takes a week or two. My girlfriend at the time had her interview for a visitors visa in two weeks after I submitted the application. However it was denied. This was October of ,2022.

Lots of paperwork and supporting documents. We got one when we lived in Chiang Mai. It only took about 1 week. Of course that was 10+ years ago. It always is much easier when your wife owns property, has strong family ties and you having good finances.

But if she doesn’t have any of those, time will really drag out.

Also, I’ve also seen in Bangkok that making an appointment takes anywhere from 4-6 months now ( in regards to Thai visas to America)

It’s been a few years, but the process took us about 5 months from start to tourist visa and we did it ourselves.

Hope u have had your wife get several other visas to other countries the past few years, they use those to determine if she has a good track record of returning home,

Anyway, I would tell ur brother most likely ur plus one isn’t going to make it.

US embassy will tell you what documents they need in order for her to apply for a visitor visa, if she is holding a Thai passport.

Good luck, its damn near impossible for a Thai to get a visa to enter the usa

14 months is the average

Contact the US embassy in Thailand.

You could get more accurate informations if you ask the question in a US visa group.