TomKorat33

I make 2500 dollars a month. Great for Thailand but pretty much poverty level in America. Also, I had cancer. Treated in Thailand thanks to my wife's health insurance as a government employee. In remission now but I still go to Khon Kaen hospital every 3 to 6 months for check ups. If I moved to America, and the cancer came back, I'd be a dead man. I can't get private insurance in America having had cancer. Should I include these details? Also, why is it better to show debt than to show assets? We own two cars outright. Should we not even mention that?

1. I wouldn't be allowed at the interview under any circumstance. 2. I was mistaken. She had my passport, but was not asked to show it. 3. agree 4. Ok, thats good to know. That a tourist visa is at least possible. 5. right, not what we are seeking. Just want a short visit. thanks.

Thanks for all the responses: To those that said that they got visa's for their wives easily, are you talking about about B-2 (visitor/tourist) visa? I am unfamiliar with the other visas based on marriage, immigrant status, green card. All I know is that any visa requiring us to move to live in the US for any longer than a month is out of the question. She didn't bring my passport. But my passport would have shown I have been in Thailand for 5 years without having gone back in that time. To the people that suggest an agent. My wife dismissed that idea vehemently. saying (she had read on some Thai facebook groups) they are no good (she didn't say why). Yes, both my children are USA citizens born abroad, they got their CBRAs at the USA embassy in Bangkok I work as a digital nomad (its a grey area). I transfer what I need to live from the USA to my Thai bank. Thai immigration never asks me how I get my money or where it comes from. She wasn't asked about my job by the US immigration officer. The denial is generic. No specific reason is given besides "ineligible under section 214(b)" (basically not enough proof she is certain to return to Thailand). One thing I didn't originally mention. She applied with her brother and her mother. Her brother is also a government teacher. My wife said applying as a group would more likely get them approved because it seems like a family trip (not a young woman trying to start a new life in America illegally). To the person who wrote a government teacher is low pay and not prestigious. False on both counts (millions of Thais would kill for a government teacher job). Maybe for the USA immigration officer doesn't care, but she's not exactly a somtum seller.

was it a B-2 visa? I didn't fill out the DS-160 with her the first time. I will the next time.

What kind of visa did your wife get? Mine just wants a B-2 for a short visit.

TLDR This question is for American's that are legally married to Thai nationals. is it possible for my Thai wife to get a B-2 (visitors visa) to the USA despite being married to me (a citizen?) __________________________________________________________________ MORE INFO We live in Thailand and we have no intention on living in the United States. We just want to visit my mom and dad. She was denied despite having a serious job/career (official government teacher), assets (2 cars paid in full, a house mortgage with 500k Baht in equity, shares in the "teacher savings union" bank, land valued also at several hundred thousand baht). We thought these were sufficient to prove strong ties requiring her to return to Thailand. (My wife suspects the system did not correctly show the above-mentioned assets because she updated her online file but never got confirmation of the update from the embassy website). Anyway, my question as stated in the beginning. Is it possible for a Thai, who is married to an American citizen, to be issued a non-immigrant (visitor/tourist) visa? My wife and I are quite distraught. We have 2 young sons that my late-aged mom and dad have not seen in over 2 years. Also, if there is a better forum for these sort of questions please let me know. Thank you.