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Can I legally move to Thailand if I am married to a Thai national?
Can I legally move to Thailand if I am married to a Thai national?
Answer summary
Yes, if you are married to a Thai national, you can legally move to Thailand by applying for a marriage visa. To do this, you typically need to obtain a Non-O visa for 90 days initially, which can then be extended for a year if you meet financial requirements such as having 400,000 THB in a Thai bank account or earning at least 40,000 THB per month. Additionally, there are specific documentation requirements, such as proof of your marriage and possibly an affidavit from your embassy. While marriage may facilitate your residency, it does not eliminate the need for the appropriate visa.
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Duncanc **********
Yes
Chani ************
Have both of you married in Thailand?
This way is easier to prepare documents for immigration. If you married abroad, you have to take that document to translate to Thai and register in Amphur (District Office) with call Koh-Roh 22(คร.22).
After that you can apply for marriage visa in Thailand 🇹🇭
This way is easier to prepare documents for immigration. If you married abroad, you have to take that document to translate to Thai and register in Amphur (District Office) with call Koh-Roh 22(คร.22).
After that you can apply for marriage visa in Thailand 🇹🇭
Nongnuch ********
@Chani ***********
you will have to take a foreign marriage document first to your embassy and have it legalized, and then take it to the Thai MfA to have it co-legalized, before you can register it on an Amphoe
Matt *********
OP@Chani ***********
yes, married in Thailand
Andy ************
Anyone can legally move to Thailand, marriage is not one of the requirements. Plenty of single guys legally move here because they enjoy the company of many women, not just one 😆
Zak ********
Just no
Galenus ******
??????
Darin ********
Quick answer is yes but you will have to have income, insurance and the correct visa
Graham ******
@Darin *******
No mandatory insurance for a marriage visaDarin ********
@Graham *****
no but your crazy not to have it
Craig *********
Your asking the question now?
Mick ********
Hi Matt I am married to a Thai and have recently moved over here. I got a 90 day marriage visa which I will extend in Thailand (processing now) To get the visa I needed proof of finances. Marriage, some where to stay They also ask about validity of relationship But everything is well presented on the Thai e visa Web site If I could navigate it it can't be that hard
Good look mate
Good look mate
Matt *********
OP@Mick *******
thank you
Terary **********
Are you asking can you get a visa if you're married to a Thai person?
Tiffany *******
Clearly living in paradise and getting laid all the time does nothing for the attitude of all of you senile crusty old farts. If all you're here to do is be an asshat and complain, you can see yourself out. People want advice and all you guys can do is be the geriatric dumpster fires you were in your home country
Xjwhudkwhry ********
@Tiffany ******
here comes the one that always complains on others complaining and telling them what to do and what not to do and tells everyone he disagrees with to leave))Tiffany *******
@Xjwhudkwhry *******
says the guy with a troll account 🤣
Jeff **********
@Tiffany ******
that's all that guy randy does is shit on everyone's post, not even sure why this guy is in the group.
Randy ******
gay marriage is legal in Thailand now.
Matt *********
OP@Randy *****
good for youJeff **********
@Matt ********
that guy is an asshole
Carey *********
Absolutely, in fact its one of the easiest ways to do it.
Don ********
Indeed
Shane ***********
Yes with a marriage visa
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 daysChris *********************
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.- THBWayne ********
@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. Wayne ********
@Nongnuch *******
I hear what you’re saying. We live in Phichit and they are very relaxed. Officer came to house, no questions for neighbors, and only required one photo of the wife and I in front of the house showing that house number.Nongnuch ********
@Wayne *******
don't forget that you get the EOS issued by 4 weeks under consideration, so you need to go back to immigration, again, after this period. There is no under consideration period with the retirement extension. And they don't visit you at home and ask your neighbours, and they don't want a zillion photos of you and your wife at your house on a retirement extension.Kate *******
@Nongnuch *******
not to mention the not having to marry someone part!
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
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)
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
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"
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
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.
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 *****
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 *********
OP@Doug ********
thank youNongnuch ********
@Matt ********
he sums it up really well
Rick *********
I’m looking at moving out there next year on a marriage visa so hope so 🙏
James *******
Legally you can yes
Stuart *******
Does your wife want you there?
Us *****
Why would you want to move to Thailand? Your fun is over now that you are married to a Thai lady. She will spy on you
****
and make sure you are well bahaved.
Chris *****
Both 😆
Dave *******
Give the guy a break 🙃🙃
Morris *****
The only reason I’m in this group is to read these kinds of questions 🍿
Manny *******
@Morris ****
same lolMatt *********
OP
Hank *********
You have my permission.
Ryan-Kristopher ********
Hahaha it’s funny that it’s more difficult to get a marriage visa than it is to get a DTV visa. How can that be right
Jim ********
@Ryan-Kristopher *******
Probably because the authorities know all about fake marriages so they make the requirements more arduous. If I was stupid enough to get married in Thailand, I'd still stick with the DTVRyan-Kristopher ********
@Jim *******
getting married in thailand isn’t always bad pal. 14 years and happy here.
Christian ***********
Ryan-Kristopher ********
@Jim *******
haha I have thai wife and a child and it’s harder for me to get a visa than someone doing a cooking class 🤭🤭🤭Jim ********
@Ryan-Kristopher *******
I've been living with the same lady nine years. Happy as Larry. What's that to do with marriage?Andy ************
Anyone can legally move to Thailand, marriage is not one of the requirements. Plenty of single guys legally move here because they enjoy the company of many women, not just one 😆
Matt *********
OPAll very helpful comments
Pranaya ******
Ask your wife!
Michael *********
Thought you were going to say gay 😊
Joe **********
@Michael ********
I'm gay and married to my partner for 12 years in uk (together for23) but still not recognised in Thailand!Xjwhudkwhry ********
No, from now on you're iilegal here
Bbc *********
If u get married in order to move in thailand 🇹🇭 , my personal advised , 101% no and the 1% is from my personal opinion
Lu ****
@Bbc ********
thats the easiest way. Happen to those run to Vietnam.Bbc *********
@Lu ***
I see , thanks but again it will be forever under her nose
Jj *****
Arai waaaa
Declan **********
Not without a valid visa
Nongnuch ********
in order to stay in Thailand on the reason married to a Thai wife, you need the 90-days Non-imm-o family visa, which must be followed by the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit. You need to prove either 400.000.- THB in a Thai bank account in your sole name, or an affidavit of income from your embassy over a minimum of an income over 40.000.- THB per month
Pat ****
@Nongnuch *******
Thank you for this information sir :)
Bob *********
@Nongnuch *******
i believe thats 40k+ a month and 400,000 in bank and you have to be over 55 i think....and you need to factor in compulsary health ins now as well think maybe 20k a monthWayne ********
@Bob ********
it’s not 40 K a month and 400,000 in the bank. You can only do the 40 K a month after your first year it’s the same as a retirement visa. Only the amounts are smaller.
T ****************
@Bob ********
in Thai BahtBob *********
Well then I stand corrected
Nongnuch ********
@Bob ********
you're wrong. It is like I described. It's deposit OR income. No combination method allowed for the marriage extension. And no age requirement
Pete *******
@Bob ********
nonsense. A Thai marriage visa has no age requirement and there is no compulsory health insurance attached to it.Rick *********
@Bob ********
your describing requirements for retirement visa I believe and it’s over 50 I thinkMatt *********
OP@Nongnuch *******
thank you
Inge ***********
@Nongnuch *******
. Yes correct!!!😊👍👍👍
Brandon ************
Your question doesn't really make sense. Being married in and of itself doesn't mean anything. You need a visa that allows you to live in Thailand if you want to move. One way to qualify for a visa is to be married to a Thai, but there are many other things involved, including proof of funds and such
Dumitrescu ******************
@Brandon ***********
- the 10k€ (maximum cash you can carry) its enough to let you in the country and extend your visa with more 60 days?Thanks for your response 🙏🏻
Wayne ********
@Bruce ******
i’m from the US. I have a non-o Visa based on marriage and I have to do 90 day recording and apply for Ext every year just like a retirement visa only with more requirements.  please inform me how I can get away with not having a visa just because I’m married to a Thai lady.
Ed *********
@Wayne *******
you can’tBrandon ************
@Bruce ******
you most certainly do need a visa to LIVE in Thailand. The only people who don't are Thai citizens and permanent residents
Bruce *******
@Brandon ***********
to visitBrandon ************
@Bruce ******
Did you read the post? He asked about a visa to MOVE to Thailand, not to visitBruce *******
@Brandon ***********
If your from usa don t need a visaMatt *********
OP@Brandon ***********
thank you
Gary *******
@Brandon ***********
spot on need funds etc
Robin *********
@Gary ******
Money Money Money $$$ !!!
John *********
@Robin ********
Are you OK mate?
Sarinya **********
U need Marriage Visa 😉
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