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Does my wife need to meet a financial requirement for a Non-O visa as a Thai national's spouse?

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Mar 13, 2025
22 days ago
Ivan ******
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I live overseas but am thai national (just obtained thai ID and passport last year). I would like to stay term in Thailand with my wife (non thai). My wife will apply the non-o visa (3 months) and apply then convert to marriage visa (1 year extension). Does it requires me or my wife to have a bank account with 400,000 baht?
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A Thai national does not need to fulfill any financial requirements for a foreign spouse applying for a Non-O visa. The Non-O visa serves as the marriage visa, which the foreign spouse can then extend for one year without needing to meet the 400,000 baht bank account requirement.
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Colin *********
I don't need a visa to go to the uk, which is my country of birth
20 days ago
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Colin *********
Why does a thai national need a visa, to go into his own country?????
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Ivan ******
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@Colin ********
 not me. for my wife
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Brian *********
No wives don’t need it
21 days ago
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Graham ******
The Non-O IS your wife's marriage visa and she then applies for a 12 Month Extension of stay in country, she doesn't convert to anything.
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Graham ******
@Brian ********
 his query was wrong and in dealings with Immigration terminology is vital to get the correct answer
21 days ago
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Brian *********
answer his query ffs - Jesus wtf is wrong with all you experts
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David **********
It does my wife is thai I just did this
22 days ago
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Faye *********
@David *********
 if the wife is the foreigner married to a Thai man then no financial requirements need to be met.
22 days ago
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David **********
@Faye ********
 thanks
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Stuart *********
No there is no financial requirement for a female married to a Thai national.
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@Jan *****************
 I know. But you say "a male without income married to a Thai female etc. etc." and that's not relevant in this post.
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@Stuart ********
 really? So an English woman could marry a thai and not need to prove financially ?
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@Kylie ******
 Yes.
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Ivan ******
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@Stuart ********
 but does the thai man (me) need to have a bank account and an amount of money?
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Stuart *********
@Ivan *****
 No. Although you may need one to keep the wife happy 😀
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@Stuart ********
 thx, but the other way round is requried? eg. foreigner male married to thai female
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Faye *********
@Ivan *****
 immigration will check you are working and can support your family (ask how much you earn each month) but there is no set amount needed and they don't ask for proof.
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Ivan ******
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@Faye ********
 if I am not working, no salary proof. what proof do I need to provide?
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@Ivan *****
 A male without income married to a Thai female need to prove 400K baht in his name to apply for a Non O visa based on marriage and 400K baht two months prior to the extension of stay.
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@Jan *****************
 It's the other way around in the original post. Thai man, Foreign lady.
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@Peter ***************
 Foreign lady married to Thai man is excused for any financial requirements. A foreign man has to prove 400K baht for the first year and can switch to the income method for the second if he earns min 40K baht a month inside Thailand. If your embassy offers to give you a affidavit letter regarding income some immigrations also accept monthly income/pensjon from abroad.
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@Ivan *****
 they don't ask for proof they ask where you work and your monthly income as here the male has to provide for his family. I'm not sure what you would do if not working.
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@Ivan *****
 Yes.
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