How can I move to Thailand to live with my Thai spouse if I have limited finances?

Nov 5, 2023
a year ago
Graham **********
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Hi peeps I'm married to thai lady I love in uk how can I move to Thailand to be with her and live she has her own home and job I'm 58 with not lot money please advise
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A UK citizen, married to a Thai lady and currently living in the UK, is seeking advice on moving to Thailand to be with her, especially regarding financial requirements and visa options. Suggestions from the community include applying for a tourist visa to enter Thailand, opening a Thai bank account with a minimum deposit of 400,000 baht, and then applying for a spousal visa. Others mention the possibility of a retirement visa if financial requirements are met, while cautioning against using expensive agents for the application process.
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Kelly ********
Can your embassy certify your monthly pension income IF you have it?
Mark **********
I would suggest the retirement visa , ask Key visa in Pattaya they will help you πŸ‘
Jim *********
Think with your head not your heart
Glenn *********
Penny for the Guy
James *******
For a spousal visa you will need to have 400,000 baht on the bank and pretty much park it there unless you want to keep shuffling it every 8 months or so and if u are short of cash, you might find yourself facing a dilemma.
Lisa *****
Kay *********
I would certainly prefer to be with my spouse in Thailand. Ignore the jealousy here proper dick heads. Some have offered you good advice and I agree,consult a professional. Retirement visa sounds the best.
Chris ******
@Kay ********
yeah alot of delusional expats in Thailand . I guess it's the years of alcohol abuse makes em bitter and twisted.. not all I may add.
Michael *******
Karan *******
I Wish you good luck buddy 🀞
Rick ********
πŸ’€
Richard **********
@Daryl *******
comments πŸ˜‚
Colin *********
Contemplating a future in Thailand myself, and having read many Posts on the subject, plus other sources including websites and a very good Thai friend who lives close to me, these are options I'm considering for about 18 months from now:

Two options; 1) a Non-O based on Marriage to a Thai. 2) a Retirement Visa.

Option 1 might suit you better if you aren't flush with money. The financial requirements are less, but from what others have said, there's a bit more expected in what you need to do/provide, to satisfy Thai Immigration.

Going on reading the comments of others, you are better off doing everything yourself, rather than pay an Agent to do things for you. The exception to that might be having an Agent help you open a Thai Bank Account, but make sure if you do that, that the account is opened in the Province where you'll live. Also the Bank Account must be in your name only, as someone else said.

Just pick out the best and most sensible comments from those who seem to know what they're talking about and ignore the idiots
Mich ***********
Book a flight ✈️
Rick ********
πŸ’€
Yiba *******
@Rick *******
sums up pretty much
David *******
She doesnt love you i assume she is a bar girl but most thais think of having a ferang boyfriend as a job. Thats fine they can take good care just understand the relationship
Colin *********
@David ******
sounds like you have plenty of experience with bar girls...ohh wait...ladyboys are probably more your type, they like a**h*les
Andrew *********
@Colin ********
he looks like a boyztown of guy 🀣
Daniel ************
Can be done-Good Luck. 😎
Stephenie **********
Another dreamer
Len ******
You can get a visa in Thailand not difficult at all.
Alistair ********
Id rather rub a whole bottle of wintergreen on my balls mate than go through what youre about to go through.
Colin *********
@Alistair *******
go ahead. I'm sure there's plenty of women that would volunteer to do that for you...as long as you provide plenty of antibacterial wash for them to use afterwards! On second thoughts, it's likely that women would flee at the thought of it!
Alistair ********
Martin *********
Where abouts in the UK does she live, surely most of the country's accessible by train?
Jipatchaya **********
You can do Retirement visa but you have to have 800k baht in Thai bank account.
Yiba *******
And the next question you better ask yourself: "does she want to go back with me?". Did you discuss it with her?
Us *****
@Yiba ******
England is a shitty country, it is a no brainer. Thai people do not belong there at all.
Damien ********
Either with retirement visa or a marriage visa

Do a computer search , how to

.retire in Thailand and you will see many sites with information

Or u could use an agent which isn’t cheap
Daren *********
Peter *********
@Daren ********
yep another cheap Charlie lol πŸ˜†
Tony **********
Good luck..if you dont have the finances ..there are agencys that can arrange yor visa
Ian ************
I would advise you apply for a 90 day tourist visa , enter Thailand and straight away arrange a Thai bank account in your name only, then apply for Spouse visa which will include requiring 400k baht in the Thai bank in your name for 2 months , hence using the 1st 30 days to arrange things and the other 60 days for the spouse visa procedure to complete. Good luck.
Steve *************
@Ian ***********
great to see someone give helpful advice πŸ‘
Peter *********
This real lol πŸ˜†
Graham **********
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@Peter ********
fuck you arse hole look what tour married to
Peter *********
@Graham *********
at least I have a lot of money πŸ’°
Hamid *******
You need to put 400k in a thai bank account in your name or 800k for retirement, however if you have a pension or you can proove that you receive monthly 65k baht you can get the retirement visa.
John **********
@Hamid ******
he's from the UK so can't do monthly income until the 2nd year
Tim *********
@John *********
That's not so according the the London Embassy, John. They say the financial requirements are 800K OR 65k/month
John **********
@Tim ********
I had a look and couldn't see that but I'm any case embassies have nothing to do with immigration requirements inside Thailand. If you apply for the Non-O inside the UK you follow their rules for that but extending in Thailand is a different matter. I'm not aware of any immigration office inside Thailand that will let you get your first extension on anything other than 800k baht in a Thai bank. 2nd and subsequent extensions can be based on 65k baht provided you have transferred that each and every month for a full 12 months from overseas prior to applying for that extension
Tim *********
@John *********
Found it. Clear as day in point 4, 65K per month OR 800K, when applying for OA Retirement from within UK
John **********
@Tim ********
that is for a Non-OA visa which is a multi entry visa you apply for and receive in the UK and is good for a full year and doesn't require any money at all in Thailand, you can't apply for or renew this visa inside Thailand. It is quite different to a Non-O visa and both have positives and negatives. You can't obtain this visa inside Thailand but you can get an extension of stay based on it. The requirements to obtain an extension of stay inside Thailand are the same as the Non-O visa except for the fact you also need to have insurance for the Non-OA, immigration may or may not allow you to use the 65k transfers to a Thai bank for 12 months before applying for an extension of stay (some might, most won't)
Tim *********
@John *********
John stop, re-read the original post. Your entire explanation of how it's different is irrelevant to what the poster asked. We know you have great knowledge but people really only need it when it's relevant. Otherwise feel free to mow the lawn, or some alternative distraction
John **********
@Tim ********
can I politely suggest you look up this thread where you will see that I was not responding to the original post but to Hamid Mehdi who was most definitely NOT talking about the Non-OA visa. My lawn survives another day 😏
Tim *********
@John *********
your response to Hamid was incorrect, John. You confirm the poster is from the UK then assert that he "cannot do monthly income until the 2nd year." I simply wanted to correct you and have you acknowledge that the email I provided is new information, because that detail isn't on the Thai London Embassy website. I'm going to mow my lawn now, since I need an alternative distraction πŸ˜‰
John **********
@Tim ********
my response to him was absolutely correct and specific to his comment
Tim *********
@John *********
when an expert refuses to acknowledge an error, their value to a community like this plummets to zero
John **********
@Tim ********
don't be a twat. This is the text I responded to "You need to put 400k in a thai bank account in your name or 800k for retirement, however if you have a pension or you can proove that you receive monthly 65k baht you can get the retirement visa." - give it up FFS
Tim *********
@John *********
now you're resorting to desperate name calling, rather than admitting you're wrong. The quote you just repeated WAS CORRECT in its assertion that 65k income would get you a Retirement visa. Your reply was INCORRECT, as shown by the email I posted from the UK Thai Embassy in London. Stop digging, John. Take a deep breath and engage with the facts
John **********
@Tim ********
you continue to misread the quote I was replying to if you so wish. I will continue to read it correctly.
Tim *********
@John *********
I see you've deleted some of your nonsense replies. Here is the nub, where you say play as day "he's from the UK so can't do monthly income until the 2nd year". You are plain wrong and won't admit it. You CAN do monthly income when applying from the UK for your first visa, as the email to me from the London Embassy confirms.
John **********
@Tim ********
I deleted nothing, stop trying to play games. I notice you very conveniently left out the original response from Hamid Mehdi which you are well aware of is what I was responding to. Taking something out of context as you are doing to try and prove a nonsensical point does you no favours
Tim *********
@John *********
I understand that. It was clear in an email they sent me while I was applying from within the UK, as this poster is. I have posted that email here previously, but as I sit having a quiet coffee in my new home Bangsaray, my picture filing is crap and I can't find it again 🀣🀣🀣
Tim *********
sorry John it wasn't this group I posted it to
Us *****
Wait wait. So you are married to a Thai lady that is currently living with you in the UK or she is in Thailand and you are in the UK?
Graham **********
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@Us ****
she in uk at minute with me
Us *****
@Graham *********
I guess you want to get out of that god aweful island with bad weather, food, and inflation lol. Been there too many times. I guess you can move back to Thailand and do a retirement visa with her. But your lifestyle would be greather than England. Pack up everything and go for it.
Peter *********
@Graham *********
poor her 😒
Carol ********
@Graham *********
go to the Thai embassy site and look up marriage visa
Mattias *******
Get an work for foreign,
Graham **********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Another site full of fucking knob heads
Colin *********
Graham Crossley there's plenty of those types...most likely the type that cannot get a nice lady, or too stupid and selfish to hang on to one. Best option is to block those who just want to be rude idiots. I've blocked a few in the past few months, so they don't see me on Facebook and I don't see them.
David ***********
@Graham *********
yep. Thankfully you can easily filter them out from their answers. Theyre hiding in plain sight. Ignore them
Werner ************
John **********
You need to have 400k Thai baht which you can put in a Thai bank in your name only to get through this process
Graham **********
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@John *********
that's not a problem
Stuart ***********
Graham Crossley apply for a
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day tourist visa online first.

When you have this fly into Thailand and open a bank account in your own name and deposit 400,000 baht into it. Wait 2 months then apply for a spouse visa.

Don't use an agent as it is expensive and you can get through the visa process without an agent, just provide the information and documents requested by immigration.

The difficult part is opening a bank account, but shop around. I used Bangkok Bank, but had to try several branches to find one that would open it. Go smartly dressed, be polite and take your wife and her house details.

Good luck.
Patrycja ********
@Stuart **********
which branch did you go to?
Stuart ***********
@Patrycja *******
Boonthavorn Hua Hin branch.
Martin *********
This is wind up surely πŸ™„
Whitt *******
@Martin ********
I thought so, too
Graham **********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Martin ********
why wind up
Yiba *******
Don't worry. You have enough capital or assets. Otherwise you would be single now.
Troy ***********
Paul De Graaf YAH
Kevin **********
@Yiba ******
That's because you only meet bar girls
Marcel *******
@Yiba ******
it works the same in Europa.
AxMdob *******
Say to her what you write to uS and your ptΓ«ronlrm will be solved quiqly.
AxMdob *******
@Yiba ******
true life bro
Graham **********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Yiba ******
you think all thailady the same shame on you
Ant ******
Graham Crossley not all Thai lady all lady
Dang ***********
@Graham *********
Don’t worry about the naysayers. Be you do yo, you should be fine. πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™
Troy ***********
@Graham *********
They all the same homie.
Paul *******
Following for the great answers about to be served up.
Wayne *******
Paul *******
I was waiting for the ney sayers, barstool drifters to get stuck in, and as always they never disappoint.πŸ˜‚ easy really Graham as you've already by the sounds of it negotiated your way through the UK system, which in my experience (doing it thoroughly three times for the Mrs. Is hard).... It's not as difficult as people make out. If you need any help there are lots of good information available, don't use an agent, it's a waste of money.😁
Lynn *********
@Paul ******
🍿 ready
Yiba *******
@Paul ******
I'm in the front row too
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