How many months before renewal do I need to deposit 400,000 baht for my Thai marriage visa?

@Daniele **********

why would you wait until your extension is almost out to apply for another year 😕 especially with Songkran taking a lot of days this month

At most offices you can apply when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp if it's running out mid april you could have applied the middle of last month

@Tod ********

also, this is my first extension, I had multi entry visa and was very happy with it, was considering to continue with 60 days visa exempt entries

@Daniele **********

don't try to live here on those 60 day visa excempt entries. You will get stopped and denied entry sooner or later. Likely sooner as it is. You are cutting it short with the time for you applying vs expiration of your current stamp. Let that be a lesson for next time. It's wise to apply as early as possible. You would not lose any days, and it gives you time to correct anything that might be a problem with your application. Believe me, using the same office for 8 years straight now, for marriage extension, the exact paperwork they want each year can be slightly different. Let yourself have a buffer for that by going early and not having to stress about it.

For now though, worst case? Lets say there's something not okay with your documents, and they ask for additional/changed/updated something, and your time is up.

Then there is the 60 day visit family extension, that you can use only one time per entry. It has more or less the same requirements as the one year extension, just minus the money.

@Mikkel ******

yeah hate having to deal with all this

@Tod ********

I had the money invested (in thai bank with book and everything) and thought that was good for them, didn't want to disinvest

@Daniele **********

no it's not 60 days, it's calendar months, date to date. So if you had the funds arrived on the 17th of February you could go on the 18th of April

@Matthew ********

no.. They expect any Thai spouse to be *in* a blue book (tabien baan/house registration). Only the "house master" or actual owner will have the physical blue book. It lists who resides on that specific address.

@Daniele **********

depends on office,we had us both outside showing baan and a close up with baan name/number,one in kitchen one sat on bed and in living area.also 1st ext renewal google map foto too

@Nick *********

ok that was not very clear, so it's not just 6 photos but very specific photos

@Daniele **********

yes my immo Surin div 4 kap Choeng