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Can I obtain a 5-month marriage visa for Thailand online through the Thai embassy in London?
Hi everyone does anyone know if I can do a 5 month marriage visa online in the uk with the Thai London embassy instead of doing a 90 day one and having to go to the local immigration office in Thailand to extend it ?
Answer summary
The inquiry about a 5-month marriage visa for Thailand reveals that no such visa exists. The typical route is to obtain a 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage, which can be extended for an additional 60 days at a local immigration office in Thailand. Some consulates offer a one-year multiple-entry visa, but this would also require a 90-day initial stay upon entry.
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Steve *******
Nope, 90 days and extend 60 days at your local Immigration Office.
Stuart *********
There’s no such thing as a 5 month marriage visa. Some consulates will sell a year long multiple entry visa non immigrant O based on marriage , where you would get 90 days upon entry, but the visa is valid for a year so you can border bounce to activate the next 90 days. (I can’t say if London -using the evisa system does).
Maxim ***********
@Stuart ********
Marriage visa is 1 year and does not require border bounce. And the borders are all closed anyway.Maxim ***********
Ofc I'm talking about an "extension of stay based on being married to a Thai national". This one-year extension is basically a "marriage visa", which can be extended every year forever.
Steven ***************
@Maxim **********
. What you prefer to name it is irrelevant. They have different names because they are different things. Supplied by different offices. The fact you can't get an extension outside Thailand and can't get most visas inside Thailand should be enough proof of that.Maxim ***********
@Kool ******
You need to be legally married with the marriage certificate to get such extension. Yes, it's a practical thing to recall it marriage visa or marriage extension. Let's be real, all the visa names and extensions are overly complicated to understand, it's like me trying to explain the DSM-V to people with no Psychology background. It's a "jargon", so for us, simple humans, I prefer renaming it to something understandable which doesn't denature what it is practically.
Kool *******
@Maxim **********
actually it is a type O visa, and the extensions every year are listed on the stamps as "Thai Wife". There is not a single place that it is officially listed as "marriage visa", or as a marriage extension. That is simply what gets posted on social media because quite a few people can't understand what a type O based on Thai Wife means.Stuart *********
@Maxim **********
there is no such thing as a marriage visa. You can either apply for a single entry non immigrant O visa based on marriage to a Thai national at a Thai consulate abroad (you get 90 days), or you can apply for a multiple entry non O visa based on being married to a Thai national, which is valid for a year from issue and you get 90 days on each entry (not sold by every consulate). Or if you are in Thailand you can apply for an extension of stay based on being married to a Thai national which would be valid for one year but subject to financial requirements being met. You can “bounce” out of Thailand and come back in again, just not via land borders as you would have traditionally done pre covid.
Brian *******
OP@Stuart ********
I was told I could extend a 90 day marriage visa by 60 days? I was just wondering if I had to do that here in Thailand or I could do it in the uk?Brian *******
OPThanks
Stuart *********
@Brian ******
what you are referring to is a “visiting Thai family” extension, which you can use once per entry. It has to be applied for in Thailand and there is no financial requirement for it other than the 1,900 baht extension fee.Stuart *********
@Brian ******
these are the requirements for the Phuket office. Your local office may differ slightly. *******************************************************************
Brian *******
OP@Stuart ********
sorry you said my wife needs id which she as but what else would we need you said etc ?Brian *******
OP@Stuart ********
thanks for your help..Stuart *********
@Brian ******
for “Thai family” extension is either wife or kids under 20. No bank details needed. The reason for the extension (wife or kids) would need to go with you at the application time with ID etc.Brian *******
OP@Stuart ********
fantastic I will do that..”visiting Thai family “ means my wife I presume ? And I don’t have to show bank accounts or proof of my monthly income or how much I have in my Thai bank account?Activity
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