Do my wife and I need to prove separate incomes or savings for the Non-Immigrant Visa “O-A”?

Hi, this week I went to Saraburi Immigration, only for a 'proof of address' letter for Driving Licence application. The young lady dealing with me was chatting to my Thai girlfriend, in Thai. I'm here on a Non Imm O-A Visa which expires next June. Afterwards my g.f said the official had told her that next year I will need 800,000 baht in a Thai bank or combination of income and savings etc etc. I know that the 'income letter' will no longer be available from my Embassy (U.K) but next June will I still be able to stamp out of Thailand and back in to get another years stamp? Am I correct in thinking that I will only need the funds in Thailand the year after (2020) when I apply for a yearly extension? Tod recently posted this to a member withe the O-A Visa but I don't know if it was before the UK Embassy made their statement.......'Tod Daniels Scott Hahn go to a border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in&out of another country, turn around stamp back into thailand as fast as you can do the process. There is no amount of time you have to be out of the country only that you stamp in and out of another country BEFORE comin' back to thailand'.

Example of year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type O-A visa

This visa was issued April 10 2018 and is valid until April 9 2019 <- meaning the holder can come in and out all they want until the 9th of Apri 2019 and they will get stamped into the country for a year each time.

@Scott *****

if you are applying for a year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type O-A (Long Stay) visa from the thai consulate in your country you meet the financial requirements using a bank account in your country. You don't need to bank a single baht of money in a thai bank account to get that visa from the thai consulate in Chicago.

Option 2, One of you get the Non Immigrant O-A visa, the partner applies for the Non Immigrant O visa and gets only 90 days of stay in Thailand on arrival. The partner can apply after 60 days for an Extension of STay as dependent of the partner with the Non Immigrant O-A visa. With this way you do not have to proof the funds for both of you.

IT is getting confusing with all these recommended applications. I shall try to explain in one comment: You have 2 options, both of you apply for the Non Immigrant O-A visa before you make your way to Thailand and get 1 year of stay at arrival. During the validity of the visa, it is mentioned with a date under Valid until or Enter Before on the Visa, you can leave and come back into Thailand when you like. Each entry gives a new 1 year of Stay. So if you leave and come back into Thailand just before or on the last date of the visa you get almost 2 years of stay out of this visa. Be aware that after the day mentioned on the visa you need a re-entry permit to travel abroad and to come back to keep your admitted to stay period alive. OR option 2:

Next the Wife applies for a One Year Extension of Stay based on being a Dependent of the Non Imm O-A Visa of the husband

Scott... The better way for a married couple to get Long Stay visas - is usually for the husband to apply for the Non Imm O-A Visa - show proof of the Equivalent of 800,000 Thai baht in the applicant's home country bank.

Then the wife enters Thailand on an Exempt Entry 30 days and then applies for an Extension of 30 days. Then at the 30th. Day remaining the Wife applies for a Non Imm O Visa 90 Days at Thai Immigration as a Dependant of the husband.

But there is a better way

Applying in the USA at a Thai Consulate for a Non Immigrant O- A Multi-Entry Visa the Husband and Wife Would file separately with the Financial Requirement to have the US Dollar equivalent to 800,000 Thai Baht in an American Bank

Double check Application Forms

When an American citizen applies for a Non Immigrant O-A Multi Entry Visa at a Thai Consulate in the USA the U.S.Dollar Equivalent of 800,000 Thai Baht in an American Bank Account is required.

There is No Monthly Income Amount allowed to be used to apply for the Non Imm O-A Visa anywhere

If you like to apply both for this visa you need to meet the requirements both. there is no mention on the Thai Consulate in Chicago website of the amount of money. But it should be a minimum of 65.000 Thb monthly income or equivelant currency each or 800.000 Thb or equivalant currency each on a bank account

Where do you like to apply for this Non Immigrant O-A visa?