Can I apply for a 60-day family extension in Thailand right after marrying my Thai spouse?

Thai immigration doesn’t react immediately. You need a few more steps completed before your marriage is valid enough to do anything at immigration.

Hi , just wanted to share my experience. About 3 years ago, I registered my marriage in the morning at the district office in Laksi. At that time, my husband’s visa was due to expire in about 3 days.

In the afternoon, we first went to Chaeng Wattana and they told us to go to Laksi Immigration instead to apply for the 60 day visiting family extension. The officer said they weren’t sure at first because my husband had already extended the month before. We had just got married that same day, so they needed to speak with their supervisor to decide on our case. It probably looked a bit unusual that we applied for a visa extension straight after getting married.

But after a short interview, they approved the 60 day extension in the end.

So I think it could still be possible in your case

you would need to get too many things accomplished on the same day, a monday, when Immigration offices are packed! You would need to pick up the marriage registration document, then visit the Amphur office to have the Kor Ror 22 printed, then visit Immigration and apply for the 60-days extension. On a monday? Forget it. You need to pick up the marriage documents and exit Thailand on the same day or on the next day. Stay abraod for a few days. Then, with some luck, and holding the famous three proofs (onward travel, accommodation booked, 20,000 THB or equivalent in cash) a fresh TDAC and the marriage papers ready to show just in case you get pulled over and asked on your intentions, do another visa-exempt entry. Once back in Thailand, apply for the "change of visa type" from the exempt entry to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-Family Visa. For this application you will need a minimum of 400,000 THB sitting in your Thai bank account. In case you do not have a Thai bank account, forget this method, you won't be able to do the "change". In this case you would need to apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Family Visa outside of Thailand or in your home country, enter Thailand and get a bank account opened ASAP and transfer 400,000 THB into it

The agent is right. The category of visa you have stipulates that you can't extend it any longer. Then you would have to apply for a change of category of visa, but that must be done 3-4 weeks before the end of your present visa. You have to leave the country and apply for a visa fitting your new situation.

Better off IMO going on honeymoon a couple of days in Luang Prabang (we did that) or elsewhere come back in show marriage certificate and tell them will be sorting visa now.

The 60 day visiting family extension is the only one tou could possibly get, but whether they will entertain that with only being married the day before I really don't know. It's something you should ask the immigration office you will use