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**BUMbaronos** · 09-21-2012, 09:12 PM

Let me add my two cents worth. After visiting Khorat, I didn't get the impression that it was a tourist city like Bangkok or Chiang Mai where you find tourist bars all over the place. So I wouldn't worry at all about the young lady you have met.

I don't know what the statistics are but its my understanding that a high percentage of Thai's get turned down when applying for a US visa. If you want to continue the relationship my advice would be to jump on that plane as often as work and the wallet will allow. It's easy to see from the comments on this thread and other similar ones that it is far easier for a 'farang' to travel to Thailand than it is for a non-westerner to visit the US.

I have just negotiated the K-1 visa process in bringing my fiancee to the US. It took 7 months from start to finish. It's pretty straight forward if you make sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted but the time it takes is frustrating. I am sure it's not much different for some of the other visa types

Good luck with your friend and I hope everything works out for you.

09-21-2012, 09:12 PM	#18
BUMbaronos Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 496 Senior Member	Let me add my two cents worth. After visiting Khorat, I didn't get the impression that it was a tourist city like Bangkok or Chiang Mai where you find tourist bars all over the place. So I wouldn't worry at all about the young lady you have met. I don't know what the statistics are but its my understanding that a high percentage of Thai's get turned down when applying for a US visa. If you want to continue the relationship my advice would be to jump on that plane as often as work and the wallet will allow. It's easy to see from the comments on this thread and other similar ones that it is far easier for a 'farang' to travel to Thailand than it is for a non-westerner to visit the US. I have just negotiated the K-1 visa process in bringing my fiancee to the US. It took 7 months from start to finish. It's pretty straight forward if you make sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted but the time it takes is frustrating. I am sure it's not much different for some of the other visa types Good luck with your friend and I hope everything works out for you.
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