Does my Australian partner need a visa to visit us in Thailand every fortnight while I stay for a year?

Anonymous participant So Actually your partner could apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on his Thai children living in Thailand. He has to apply for this online at the Thai embassy in Australia.

Proof of funds 400,000 THB or foreign equivalent - 3 months bank statements.

Copy of your Thai ID card and Thai passport

Copy of your children’s Thai passport or Thai ID card

Copy of Your children’s birth certificates.

Copy of your house book in Thailand.

Invitation letter to your partner saying he can live at your address during his stays in Thailand.

He will get a 3 month single entry visa. When he wants to go out of Thailand, he has to allow enough time to get a re-entry stamp so he can come back in. He can do this as many times as he wants to whilst the visa is valid.

After 60 days into this visa, he can then apply to extend the visa for 1 year, at the immigration office in the province you will be living. If the extension is approved, he can get a multiple entry stamp as well, so then it’s much easier every time he wants to go back to Australia and come back to Thailand

Doing it this way is far safer than hoping to get a visa exempt stamp every time he comes back into Thailand. It’s far from guaranteed these days.

Anonymous participant if his type of work cannot be done remotely, then DTV will be a problem.

Your children you have with your partner, do they have his family name, is your partner on their birth certificates?

Anonymous participant with a valid IDP issued by whoever Australia authorises to issue them, for a maximum of 90 days per entry

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Anonymous participant technically no. Can get international drivers license before coming but best to get Thai license

Anonymous participant marriage visa may be a choice if he needs bank account , driver license etc

Anonymous participant which rules out both a marriage visa and a retirement visa. He may find it easiest to sign up for a Thai Privilege visa, its relatively expensive starting at 650k baht for 5 years