How do I obtain a residency certificate while living in my Thai wife's family home?

Can you pay an immigration agent to organise everything?

You need 800k initially once you get a 12 month extension then the amount reduces to 400k, with a marriage visa.

A retirement visa & a marriage visa are two different things! You either have one or the other … I have the marriage visa so I don’t have keep 800k baht sitting in the Thai bank. The extra paperwork is not a big deal for us …. And if immigration comes for a home visit we don’t care we are always home 😂

The owner of the family home will register you TM30. You are required to report every 90 days, immigration will make a home visit to verify you live in that location 🤷‍♂️

It sounds like you are trying to create a residence in Thailand while you are remotely living in Australia… I don’t think you can make that work … & visa’s don’t combine nor can you change a visa from retirement to married or in reverse of that 🤷‍♂️

You mention a retirement visa. And being married with 400,000. A marriage visa is 400,000. A retirement visa is 800,000. Being married has nothing to do with retirement visa

Or 🤦🏻‍♂️

A lot less paperwork to do a retirement visa, but have to put 800,000 in the bank, but don’t need marriage certificates certified, translated and registered. Photos of residence and regular checks of on ongoing marriage.

When I got a resident certificate in Buriram, I gave the immigration my passport, my wife gave them her id card with our address on it, and they asked what I needed the certificate for. Got certificate in about 10 minutes. One thing, check that the spelling is correct. If your name or anything else is incorrect, it won’t be accepted.

As well as above, go to the local district office and register your marriage - KOR ROR 22. This will pave the way to getting your yellow house book plus your pink ID card.

Head of family can register you in TM30 system and print out the receipt.

First step; apply for the appropriate Non-O visa in your home country.

Step 2; Arrive in Bangkok. Go to the place you will be living.

Step 3; bring your wife and the owner of the house book (blue book) to your local immigration office and register yourself as living at said residence. Oops, at least 2 copies of your visa, passport and house book. Get a residency certificate from immigration.

Step 4; Take wife and house book owner to lunch and thank them for helping you.

Step 5; go to any bank (except Bangkok Bank) to open a bank account.

Step 6; get the 400k in your account within the first 2 weeks but no later than the first 4 weeks because the money has to be in the bank for 60 days or no 12 month extension.

I hope this helps