tourist visa or k3

[PandJ 0]

I am American and my husband is Thai. We live in Thailand and have lots of financial ties to this country. He was denied a B-2 visa at hi interview before he was able to show his supporting documents based only on the fact that he is married to me and we have a baby plus the fact that I am a stay at home mom with no employment contract keeping me here. Is there any way to make the officer consider giving him a tourist visa?  We really only want to go visit for about 1 week later this year.  If we apply for a K-3 visa, which I have been told is easier to pass at this embassy, and we don't live in the US after our trip, does that jeopardize his chances of getting a renewal in the future or getting a different visa type. I really don't want to waste our time and money on applying multiple times for either type.

[Roel 7,193]

Tourist visa is the only option. 

K3 pretty much doesn't exist. You would need a spouse cr1 visa but that is for people who pernamently want to move to the USA. The whole cr1 process takes up to 14 months before the spouse could immigrate anyway. It would be a waste of time and money in your case. 

 

Cr1 visa holder and later green card holder, need to have a life and residency inside the US. They are not free to spend as much time abroad ad they want. 

[mrmvkjts 459]

If you only want to go for a visit there, then your only option is a tourist visa!

 

Which for thailand citizens is not too easy to get! prepare it well with lots and lots of proof snd ties to thailand!!!

[JFH 12,191]

10 hours ago, Roel said:

Tourist visa is the only option. 

K3 pretty much doesn't exist. You would need a spouse cr1 visa but that is for people who pernamently want to move to the USA. The whole cr1 process takes up to 14 months before the spouse could immigrate anyway. It would be a waste of time and money in your case. 

 

Cr1 visa holder and later green card holder, need to have a life and residency inside the US. They are not free to spend as much time abroad ad they want. 

If the USC is legally resident in Thailand there is the option of DCF in Thailand so they could have the CR-1/IR-1 within a few months. 

 

I have heard of this being a successful, but expensive way of being able to visit. Apply for the CR-1 (the USC will need to demonstrate intent to re-establish domicile which will be a tall order) and then abandon "residency" at the end of the visit and formally relinquish the green card and return it. Such people have then had success with future tourist visas as they have demonstrated that they had the chance to live in the US but changed their mind.