US Visa Thailand - B1 Visa Thailand

US Embassy officers automatically assume every B1 business visa applicant intends to stay in the US permanently and therefore applicants must prove the following:

• Strong business, social and/or family connections to their home country;
• Legitimate travel purpose; and 
• Financial ability to pay for travel expenses.
  

Generally, the most important factors in judging an applicant's chances of approval are as follows:

• Long term job or well documented successful business; and
  
• Documented consistent high level of income.
  

However, US Embassy officers examine each applicant’s case individually with the main focus on the background of the individual applicant.  Application form answers, supporting documentation and performance during the interview are all also important factors in the visa being approved.

US Embassy officers have very broad discretion to accept or reject an applicant’s case for a variety of reasons. Generally, B1 business visas have the lowest approval rates because of the short time period and inexpensive cost required to apply.

Specifically, B1 business visas for students, wives, husbands, fiancés, fiancées, girlfriends and boyfriends are difficult to get approved due to loopholes in US immigration laws allowing such persons to stay permanently in the US after arrival if they marry a US citizen.

It is highly recommended that applicants do not make any large transactions in or out of their bank account prior to the interview at the US Embassy. The US Embassy officers will focus on long term and consistent financial transaction history of the applicant’s bank account and not on large recent financial transactions. Generally, the balance amount of the applicant’s bank statement should be enough to cover their travel expenses for the duration of the visit to the US unless such expenses are being paid by a sponsor.

Applicants with a strong command of the English language normally have higher rates of approval because of the necessity to speak English while in the US.

B1 business visa applications normally take 1 - 3 weeks to process depending on the caseload of the US Embassy in the country of residence.

Often foreign companies will attempt to send their junior employees to the US for training or to attend a conference, only to find out after the interview at the US Embassy that their junior employees were denied because they did not qualify.  Thus, foreign companies can find our free initial opinion a huge benefit in saving them application costs, hassles and lost work hours due to their employees having to attend an interview at the US Embassy.

Our service generally consists of the following:

• Provide free initial written opinion on applicant's chance for approval for the specific visa including an "estimated" % chance of approval, the strengths of the applicant and the weaknesses of the applicant;
  
• Collect and review background information prior to starting work or accepting the fee payment from the client;
• Provide fee payment options by bank transfer or online credit / debit card via Paypal;
  
• Schedule interview with US Embassy, USCIS, Department of Labor or other government agency after receiving initial deposit;
• Provide standard list of supporting documents in English specific to your case;
• Review the background of your case and request additional documents specific to your background;
• Consulting in regards to answering questions on applications forms and in regards to the necessary supporting documents;
• Application forms will be prepared by a licensed US attorney (New York #8014339);
• Prepare necessary supporting letters, documents and/or evidence, but in some cases an additional fee will be required;
  
• Meetings, telephone conferences and email correspondences to review supporting documents;
• Provide simplified written filing instructions to the client to reduce mailing time from days to weeks;
  
• Prepare client to answer potential interview questions at US Embassy or USCIS when applicable; and
  
• Assistance preparing 2nd application if 1st application is denied free of charge should the attorney and client agree that such 2nd application would be in the the client's best interest.

Our service does NOT include the following:

• Translation of foreign language documents to English because most required documents are simple 1 page translations and thus it is easier and more efficient for the client to prepare such translations themselves. 
  

OR

• Accompanying applicant to US Embassy, USCIS or other government agency.  Generally, the US Embassy and USCIS takes the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" approach to attorneys representing clients at the US Embassy and USCIS.  This means that the US Embassy and USCIS does not mind if an attorney prepares a US visa application, but after it is filed the officers prefer the attorneys to back off and allow them to execute their jobs.  Further, the US Embassy and USCIS know that attorneys are familiar with US immigration laws and know how to answer the questions correctly, so they often try to remove the attorneys from the equation.  Thus attorneys in most countries are not allowed to accompany applicants into the US Embassy before or during the interview except in limited circumstances when necessary and approved in advance.