Do filipinas have an easier time getting a tourist visa?

[Avery Cates 1,141]

You can just sit back and wait as they hand carry the docs thru the various departments. LOL LOL

You mean that doesn't happen?

[RhettVoe 282]

There is no such legitimate service by someone in our embassy who will 'walk' the papers through, ignoring rules and others waiting in line. If that person is a foreign service officer, he or she could be terminated; if a Thai employee of our embassy, same thing. There is no 'front of the line' service that is legit....somebody wants some money, no doubt.

[JE57 239]

So disappointed in this, there are so many people on this forum who are deeply in love with their finance(e) or spouse. People who would give there right leg to have residency in a foreign country like Thailand where DCF is possible. Yet the OP mocks us all but suggesting that he doesn't want to marry his GF just wants to use other options to be with her and then wonders why he encounters so much animosity. I hope you and your GF decide what relationship you really want.. While it might be nice if the USA or other countries had visas that allowed 'friends' to live together this generally is not the case. For those of us who just want to spend time with our loved ones in a timely fashion your posts have been an painful slap in the face reminder that we can not do so while you can and chose not to. In any other forum this is the behavior of a TROLL and you will have to go a long ways to convice people here that you are not just that.