kavr

Thanks for pointing this out. It seems like they're probably not going to get a visa in either country any time soon if ever. *Sigh* Maybe now that my husband is naturalized we should look into talking to a lawyer about petitioning for his parents to get US residency. Not a quick solution but maybe worth it long term. Just not sure they'll be on board since their other kids/grandkids are in Myanmar 😬

Interesting. I'm trying to look into it now but what I'm seeing so far it doesn't look like they'd qualify. It's been over 4 years since they visited the US, plus they are not residents of Thailand but Myanmar embassy is not processing tourist visas.

No, they aren't permanent residents of Thailand. Honestly not even sure if they would be allowed to apply via that embassy. My now husband had to interview for a visa there but it was under different circumstance and a different type of visa.

Does anyone know what the situation is for non immigrant visas at the Embassy in Bangkok? Are they processing and interviewing for these, is there a long wait, etc? We're trying to see if my in-laws can apply and interview for a tourist visa in Thailand since the embassy local to them (Myanmar) is closed to all non-immigrant appointments due to political issues in the country. My in-laws have a local agent that they've used in the past when filing for a visa, and the agent is stating both that an appointment would take months to get (certainly believable in the current situation) and that the embassy is denying all applications right now. Just wondering if anyone has any other insight. I'm getting the impression their agent is just discouraging them from pursuing a visa and leaving them in limbo. I'm wondering if we could just handle the application process for them. We'd like them to visit as soon as possible as we had a baby last year that they've yet to meet so I'd rather to get more hands on if there's a chance they can visit any time soon.