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The Difference Between Thai & US Immigration: No Fiancée Visas?
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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing the lack of Fiancé(e) Visas in the Thai Immigration system. I have done a few videos recently where I compare and contrast the American Immigration system and the Thai Immigration system. This is probably the final one for a while on this although I may do some more. I kind of enjoy Comparative Law actually. Long story short though and I know that is a sort of a law nerd thing to say, but whatever.
The long story short, Thailand has nothing akin to the United States K-1 Fiancé(e) visa. The US allows folks who have the intention to marry an American citizen, to travel to the United States and are granted 90 days of lawful status during which time, in the Congress of the 1950s infinite wisdom, that is enough time for people to get to know each other and then make a decision as to whether or not to get married and then file for a Green Card or Adjustment of Status in the United States.
There is no counterpart to a Fiancé(e) Visa in the Thai system. There is an O Marriage Visa as we discussed at length in many other videos but there is nothing akin to a Fiancé Visa, there just isn't; it is not in the Immigration Act of '79; there is nothing that has been created under the O category by regulation. So long story short, when comparing the two systems, that is a major difference. The United States has a Fiancé€ Visa category and the Thai Immigration system does not.