Can I legally move to Thailand if I am married to a Thai national?

Matt *********

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@Randy *****

good for you

Jeff **********

@Matt ********

that guy is an asshole

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Jeff **********

Carey *********

Absolutely, in fact its one of the easiest ways to do it.

Don ********

Indeed

14 hours ago

Shane ***********

Yes with a marriage visa

14 hours ago

Bob *********

It's not like the Philippines!!!! Better to just say your married, and visit for six months a year

Chris *********************

@Bob ********

you can stay more if you know what you doing if you prepare to leave the kingdom for a couple of days

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Chris *********************

A lot involved if you have the funds and rite documents.

Matthew **********

The wife will know for sure. 😉

Kate *******

You can apply for a suitable visa once married yes but you could also just apply for a retirement visa instead if you’re over 50 and live there with no need to marry at all.

Nongnuch ********

@Kate ******

Correct! Actually, there are many foreigners married to Thai women, who prefer to be on the "1-year Extension of Stay based on retirement", simply because the renewing process is much easier, needing less documentation. They do so despite the financial proof being double than the 400.000.- THB

Wayne ********

@Nongnuch *******

actually if you keep copies of your original extension application, all you have to do is update the TM seven and go to the ampour for a marriage certificate verifying that you are still married. Other than that I just copied the same documents. I use one when I initially applied.

Kate *******

@Nongnuch *******

not to mention the not having to marry someone part!

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Kate *******

Ian ******

Don't forget if you have a marriage visa and things go wrong and you divorce the visa becomes invalid on the day you get divorced so you have to leave the country

I believe this is still correct

Nongnuch ********

@Ian *****

well, a divorce takes some time, sometimes up to half a year or longer. So somebody who is experiencing a divorce process, has plenty of time to re-arrange his Extension of Stay. He could stock up his bank account to 800.000.- THB, season it for two months and apply on Immigration for the "change of reason" from marriage to retirement (he must be over 50 years old to do so)

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Nongnuch ********

John **********

Visa runs for the rest of your life

Nongnuch ********

@John *********

no, it doesn't. First of, you don't have a visa - the visa expired when you entered - you are on an "extended stay permit". And this stay permit must be applied for every year. Absolutely NO visa runs neccessary, because you don't have a visa

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Nongnuch ********

Will ******

Of course you can move here and get a non O marriage visa via the Thai embassy in your country first. Or come here on TR and get non O here. Lots of paperwork. You have to renew visa once a year in thailand plus 90 day reports .. and keep £10k in a Thai Bank account.

Nongnuch ********

@Will *****

you don't "renew a visa" every year. All you do is renewing your yearly "stay permit". That 90-days Non-Imm-O visa becomes invalid upon entry, and even Thai Immigration cannot "extend an invalid visa", not even when they, in their bad English, call it "visa extension"

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Nongnuch ********

Henrik ******************

Yes if you have monny in the bank🤓

Doug *********

Yes you can. If you wish to stay in Thailand based on being married to a Thai national you must basically:

1 Have been married in Thailand, or have your overseas marriage registered in Thailand.

2 Have

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0 baht in a Thai bank account in your name, or have an income of

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baht per month.

3 Apply for a 90 day non O Visa.

4 Apply for a 12 month extension of stay (indefinitely as long as you satisfy the requirements).

There's more to each of these steps, check at your local immigration office for details.

Good luck.

Matt *********

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@Doug ********

thank you

Nongnuch ********

@Matt ********

he sums it up really well