Thai GF visa for Mexico vacation

[eastbay]

Hello, tried a search without joy, but apologies if this is discussed elsewhere...

 

I would like to meet my Thai GF in Mexico for a 10 day vacation (I'm in the States). She has kids and a family, a job and property, but she is poor, not high-so.

 

Does she have a chance to be approved? Can she go through the process by herself, or should I get her a lawyer to help, and if so, any recommendations?

 

Thanks in advance!

[eastbay]

Thanks Andy! It is the case that she has no other visa. The only time that she has been out of Thailand is when we went together to KL for one of my visa runs.

[makescents]

On 13/08/2016 at 5:21 PM, andy said:

If she has any sort of valid visa from a western country, Mexico will allow her to enter on the basis of that visa.  They write the details of the visa on the immigration card when entering.  My wife has used her USA tourist visa on the two occasions that we visited Mexico.

 

If that doesn't apply and she has to get an actual Mexican tourist visa, I've no first hand knowledge but heard it can be difficult.

 

No quite. My wife had a UK visa (FLR-M) but that didn't exempt her from applying for the Mexican visa. Only people with IRL or valid US visa are exempt.

 

Somewhere else said people holding PR from US, Canada, UK or any Schengen country were also exempt but I couldn't verify this.

 

She was approved without any trouble. Mexico doesn't share the same concern as other countries that people will not return home. I'd rank it similar to Turkey in that way.

[Thanyaburi Mac]

EastBay

 

How is your GF planning to travel to Mexico, assuming, that is, that she does get a Mexican visa?

 

If via the U.S., I think she might just need a U.S. tourist visa even to transit in Los Angeles.   Best to check this out carefully.  

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/other/transit.html

 

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/americas-mexico/mexico/us-transit-visa-required-en-route-to-mexico

 

Alternatively, don't travel via the U.S.:

 

http://wikitravel.org/en/Avoiding_a_transit_of_the_United_States

 

Mac