Is it easy to get a one-year visa extension if I have a marriage visa in Thailand?

@Jan***

, all you need is the birth certificate with your name on it at the thai consulates in Vientiane or Savannakhet, along with the mother's thai i/d and her house book listing.

They'll give you a 90 day single entry Non-O and you could extend that at the immigration office for 60 days as well based on visiting family.

that agent is gonna get you one of those "wink-n-nod", say-no-more, under the table visas :O Get caught having a visa in your passport you got by illegal means (not meeting the qualifications) and you will be in a world of hurt. I say that because seeing as you had a child out of wedlock you can't use that child to get a visa or an yearly extension of stay inside the country unless you go thru family court and get recognized as the legal father with parental rights.

Still a lot of people do it..

A agent told me she can do it in bkk for me without statement but it is expensive, current visa is non b and work permit finishes in January

Raising a child , name is on birth certificate not married. Are bank statements needed? What documents are required?

What is the reason for the Non-O based on dependent? Married to someone who legally works here, raising children, ??

Both Vientiane and Savannakhet only issue 90 day single entry visas based on being a dependent.

@Tod ********

thanks Todd--very confusing to me as a native English speaker--his English confused me too. :)

@Jona****

, I said that because it's a Non-Immigrant Type O visa <- O meaning other. It's issued for a variety of reasons, being over 50 (retirement), being married to a thai, being the spouse of someone who legally works here, raising children, etc.

There is no such animal as a marriage visa just like there is no such animal as a retirement visa. ..

"Okay you have a visa that you got because you were married to a thai, you don't have a marriage visa." ????

Unless I'm mistaken a yearly extension of stay based on marriage to a thai national is not dependent on the nationality of the foreign husband. You meet the requirements and you get the extension no matter your nationality.

If you need the 0 in the bank every time you need to get a visa best not spend it.

but I'm not sure about that.

Hopefully someone knows. ?

Still in bank account only 3 month after 3 month you can spend

0 in a thai bank account for 2 months or coming in a month

Yes 0 not 0 that's for the retirement visa.