Employment important for Thai to get USA visa?

[Elkski]

I know of three women who were 40-50, owned house, land, had job, had 300 k+ baht in bank.  One had no kids.  All three got a 10 yr tourist visa within the last year.  

My question is will  a woman get a visa if she has house s, land, but no job(she get funds from her late husband's estate as well as the children get SS benefits). Obviously her children have dual USA Thai citizenship and passports.  Her reason is to see Grandma in Detroit who has only met one of 3 of her only grandchildren as well as grandcanyon and Disney Land, etc.

Will her no career and the kids having citizenship be deal breakers?

Edited August 21, 2017 by Elkski

[Chou Anou]

Others probably have much more experience than I do, but I would say that all other things being equal, a [well-paying] job is more important than having land and money.  My personal experience with this is that my girlfriend, age 50 and primary caregiver for her young grandson, who owns her own apartment, was quickly rejected for a visa (no job, supported by me).

[Elkski]

Are US citizen?  Did she tell them she knew any American men?  Did she have 300,000 in her bank account?   Many Thai women think this is amount required.   It's not unrealistic.  Plane will be 40-50,000 baht.  One night in LA, can will cost 7-8k baht.   Universal studios and Disney Land 4000 for a day.   I should add two of the three I know had government careers.  One had retired but was working.   Would a Thai get their pension if they stayed in USA?

Edited August 21, 2017 by Elkski

[Elkski]

I suppose there is no sympathy in US embassy but USA grandma is 93.  Her only grand children and she only met the oldest a long time ago. 10,12,14.   

[Nitepassage]

Have Thai G/F that has a decent job (35K) for 5 years with a letter of reference from Japanese company, owns a new car, college grad, speaks perfect English and has $$ in bank. Used me, a USA citizen as a reference, yet still not get tourist visa.

She asked why did not get? 

Was briefly told they cannot say other then her itinerary was not "tight enough".

 

 

[Elkski]

38 minutes ago, Nitepassage said:

Have Thai G/F that has a decent job (35K) for 5 years with a letter of reference from Japanese company, owns a new car, college grad, speaks perfect English and has $$ in bank. Used me, a USA citizen as a reference, yet still not get tourist visa.

She asked why did not get? 

Was briefly told they cannot say other then her itinerary was not "tight enough".

 

 

A woman is  not supposed to say she knows any man in USA.  You are not supposed to have a USA citizen letter of recommendation from a man.   The three woman who got one in the last year  had no relatives living in USA .   What did her iteneary look like?

[wanderluster]

5 yrs ago my gf applied for a usa visa for the first time. i am canadian so it was just a tourist visa that we wanted for 3 months, they gave her 2 yrs multi entry. on application she said housewife, had a little over 100k baht in bank but we had flight tickets for various trips we had planned and hotels etc.

plus she had a canadian valid visa at the time plus in and out of 6-7 local asian countries with no red marks.

 

i believe they look for return airfare, means to look after her self, meaning accomadation, monies to eat etc. , and being able to do this on her own not having to rely on someone else. people do get into arguments and then what if she hasn't got her own money. then the host country has to take care of her. or she has to turn to illegal activities.

[Grumpy Duck]

10 hours ago, Elkski said:

I suppose there is no sympathy in US embassy but USA grandma is 93.  Her only grand children and she only met the oldest a long time ago. 10,12,14.   

Sympathy in the US Embassy, by the Thai employees there? What a joke. My friend a naturalized American citizen for over 40 years of Thai decent flew from the US to process a visa application for his wife.

The office told him that he made the appointment in the wrong department, and would have to wait another 30 days to obtain a new appointment. The 7x year old man needed to return to work in the US. He asked me if I would accompany his elderly wife to make an appointment, the consulate refused to accept her application for an appointment as I was not an attorney, I had to send all immigration documents to him in the US to be processed by immigration there. I suspect they may both die of old age before obtaining approval for her to join him and their children in California. 

Edited August 22, 2017 by Grumpy Duck
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[yankee99]

44 minutes ago, Grumpy Duck said:

Sympathy in the US Embassy, by the Thai employees there? What a joke. My friend a naturalized American citizen for over 40 years of Thai decent flew from the US to process a visa application for his wife.

The office told him that he made the appointment in the wrong department, and would have to wait another 30 days to obtain a new appointment. The 7x year old man needed to return to work in the US. He asked me if I would accompany his elderly wife to make an appointment, the consulate refused to accept her application for an appointment as I was not an attorney, I had to send all immigration documents to him in the US to be processed by immigration there. I suspect they may both die of old age before obtaining approval for her to join him and their children in California. 

This makes absolutely no sense. Thai visa applicants are not allowed to be accompanied during the interview. Appointments are made online and the queue is hardly ever more than 2 weeks