Chiang Mai Visa Desk

The other direction

Going to America.

Thirty-one kinds of US visa a Thai passport holder can apply for. We prepare your file. A US immigration attorney files it.

What we do, and what we don't

  • We put the file together: the evidence, the official documents, the certified translations, the timeline and the sworn statements.
  • We write the parts that must be written: the business plan, where the money came from, the job and economic analysis, and your personal statement.
  • We prepare you for the interview, in Thai or in English.
  • Legal advice and the filing itself are done by a US immigration attorney. We work with one. We are not one.

How a case runs

Intake

What you want, who is helping you in the United States, and what you have already tried. About one hour, in Thai or English.

The category

We tell you which visa fits you, and say clearly if a different one would be better.

The evidence plan

A list, in order, of every document you need and who issues it. Many refusals happen because one document was asked for too late.

The written work

The parts somebody has to write, not collect. This is the part that decides most cases.

Attorney review

A US immigration attorney checks the file and submits it. We hand over a file that is ordered and easy to read.

Interview preparation

We practise the questions, in the order they are asked, in the language you will answer in.

After

Approved, refused, or asked for more evidence. Each one has a next step, and we tell you what it is.

The written work

Collecting documents is only half the work. These are the parts somebody has to write, and the officer reads them closely.

Business plan

Written to the standard these cases are judged by: the market, the company structure, the money, and a hiring plan the numbers support.

Source-of-funds narrative

Where every baht came from, traced back to a source someone else can check, with a document for each step.

Job-creation and economic analysis

What the investment does in the local economy, in the form the adjudicator expects to see it.

Personal statement and timeline

The story of your relationship, career or work, told once and the same way throughout, with the evidence matched to it.

Certified translation

Thai official documents into English, certified, with names spelled the same way as in your passport.

Response to a request for evidence

We answer exactly what was asked, in the order it was asked.

Categories

These two labels are our own opinion, not an official decision. Most asked for means people ask us for it often. Biggest file means the paperwork is long and the result lasts a long time.

Visit

Short stays: business, family, a holiday, a layover.

  • B-1 Business visitor Meetings, a conference, a trade fair, negotiating a contract. Most asked for
  • B-2 Holiday and family visit A holiday, a wedding, a graduation, time with family. Most asked for
  • B-1/B-2 Combined One file covering both reasons to travel.
  • C-1/D Transit and crew Air and sea crew, and passing through on the way elsewhere.

Study and exchange

University, vocational training, and the exchange programmes.

  • F-1 Academic student Degree and language programmes. The I-20, the funding evidence, the interview. Most asked for
  • M-1 Vocational student Trade and technical courses that are not academic degrees.
  • J-1 Exchange visitor Au pair, intern, trainee, camp counsellor, research scholar, teacher. Most asked for
  • F-2 · M-2 · J-2 Dependents Spouse and children travelling with a student or exchange visitor.

Work

An employer, a transfer, a talent, or your own company.

  • E-1 · E-2 Treaty trader and treaty investor The Thailand route we know best: the business plan, the source-of-funds narrative, the company formation and the economic case that the file stands or falls on. Biggest file
  • H-1B Specialty occupation The employer files; we assemble your side of it.
  • H-2A · H-2B Seasonal work Agricultural and non-agricultural seasonal jobs, when the programme is open to Thai nationals.
  • L-1A · L-1B Intracompany transfer Moving from a Thai company to its US office, as a manager or a specialist.
  • O-1 Extraordinary ability Evidence of a record: press, prizes, published work, the people who will speak for you.
  • P-1 · P-2 · P-3 Athletes and performers Muay Thai, dance, music, and culturally unique performance.
  • R-1 Religious worker Monks, teachers and staff invited by a US temple or congregation.
  • Q-1 Cultural exchange Sharing Thai culture through a sponsoring US programme.

Family

Marriage, engagement, parents and children.

  • K-1 Fiancé(e) The relationship evidence, the timeline, the affidavit, the interview. Most asked for
  • CR-1 · IR-1 Spouse Married already. The petition packet, the civil documents, the translations. Most asked for
  • K-3 Spouse, while the petition runs Prepared when the timing makes it worth doing.
  • IR-2 · IR-5 Children and parents Children under 21, and parents of a US citizen over 21.
  • F1 · F2A · F2B · F3 · F4 Preference categories Adult children, siblings, and the family of green card holders.

Immigrate and invest

The routes that end in a green card.

  • EB-5 Investor Source-of-funds narrative, the job-creation and economic analysis, and a business plan built to the standard the adjudicator reads it against. Biggest file
  • EB-2 NIW National interest waiver The case for why your work matters enough to skip the job offer. Biggest file
  • EB-1 Extraordinary ability, professor, executive The evidence file, built the way the criteria are actually read.
  • EB-3 Skilled, professional, other worker With an employer behind it, and the labour certification that comes first.
  • EB-4 Special immigrant Including religious workers with a US congregation behind them.
  • DV Diversity Visa lottery The entry prepared and checked, in the years Thailand is on the list. Free to enter; the mistakes are what disqualify people.

Refusals, waivers and after the visa

The second attempt, and what comes once you are there.

  • 214(b) After a refusal What changed since the last interview, written down and evidenced, before you pay the fee again. Most asked for
  • I-601 · I-601A Waivers Prepared with US counsel, who files it.
  • Renewal Renewal and interview waiver Same visa, new passport, less trouble than the first time.
  • I-131 · N-400 Re-entry permit and naturalisation For green card holders keeping a foot in both countries.

Questions

Are you attorneys?

No, and we say so on every page. The desk assembles the file and writes the written pieces. A US immigration attorney gives the legal advice and does the filing. If someone tells you a non-attorney can do that part, walk away from them.

I was refused before. Is that the end of it?

No. What matters is what has changed since then, written down with evidence, before you pay the fee again. That is a separate piece of work and we price it separately.

Do you guarantee an outcome?

Nobody can, and anyone who does is selling you something. The consulate decides. What we control is whether the file makes the case it should.

How long does it take?

It depends on the visa type and on how busy the consulate is. We do not publish times on this page, because a published time is out of date very quickly. Your written price tells you the current situation for your case.

Can you work from Chiang Mai if I am somewhere else?

Yes. Most of the work is documents and phone calls. Only the interview needs you there in person, and we prepare you for it before that.

What does it cost?

We give a written price for each case before any work starts. The writing is priced separately from collecting the documents, because they are different amounts of work.

Start a case

If you are not sure which one, describe your situation and we tell you.

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