Can you apply for a 30, 60, or 90-day visa in Thailand after arriving on a 30-day tourist visit?

@Andrew **************

in order to get married you need a notarized "right to marry" form. On the form are three choices, divorced, never married, and widowed. In your case check the never married box, as they do not investigate. I was in an identical situation, and did as I explained, and have been married now for almost six years. If you check any other box, you will have to provide documentation to support your situation. After you are married a type O visa extension, Thai wife, has a financial requirement of just bt400,000 in your account for just two months before you apply, and it can come from anywhere, then as soon as you get your one year extension you can do anything you want with all the money, and just have to have it back in your bank account at least two months before you apply for your next one year extension.

@Kool ******

interesting, thank you for the advise. i am in Vietnam with my Thai partner looking to go back to Thailand. My divorce papers are somewhere in a storage container in the UK so not having to go back to the UK and hunt for them would be good

@Andrew **************

if you’re not married you can’t apply for the non O based on marriage. You can apply for the non O based on being over 50. The financials are different but basically the same visa/extension routine.

@Andrew **************

the above reference to 800k applies to the fact your profile data infers you’re from the UK. If that’s not the case then please advise nationality as that could change things for you depending on whether your embassy would issue a affidavit of income statement. The British (and US and Australian) embassies won’t.

@Andrew **************

800,000 Thai baht.

Only need 400k if you’re married, but Thailand doesn’t recognise civil partnerships as yet. You’d need to be married.