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Should I apply for my Thailand residency first before my wife's, or can we apply together?

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Sep 19, 2025

7 months ago

Peter **********

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Hi there,

Question. Is it better to first apply for myself and later for my wife, or should I do it all at once? Usually residencies are first decided for the applicant and then (if approved) for the partner. 

I appreciate your advice!

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The consensus is that you cannot apply for residency together as your application must be approved first. Once you have your residency, your wife can then apply as a dependent. Alternatively, if you both have separate accounts with the required balance, you could apply individually, which may expedite the process.

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Henrik *****

If you both have a account with 500.000 baht, in your seperate names, you can apply separately ( not dependant ) you can apply individual which cuts the visaprocess to about half.

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Brandon ************

You cannot apply together. You must have yours before she can apply for hers. One of the requirements for a dependent DTV application is the already issued DTV of the sponsor.

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