What are the best visa options for marrying and living in Thailand with limited income?

That's from the UK

Go to your embassy

Fb page and look at there photos they might have the same photo. Should be the same for you anyway.

They are the only 2 consulates you can get a non-o based on marriage without showing funds.

Ho Chi Minh will give a year-long, multi-entry Non-O based on marriage from them.

original marriage certificate

copies of:

front&back of the marriage certificate

front&back of your thai wife's I/D card

thai wife's house book listing

data page of your passport

You also need a letter from your wife asking that the consulate issue the visa.

Remember the thai consulates in Vietnam ONLY take US dollars and the year-long, multi-entry Non-O is $200 USD

You are allowed to work with a work permit and the Non Immigrant O visa based on marriage with a Thai National. You can do the Extension of Stay based on marriage.

There are a couple ways to go about it. First there is no visa called a marriage visa. There is a Non-Immigrant Type-O <-other which is issued for a variety of reasons, marriage being one..

To get a "yearly extension of stay based on marriage to a thai national, you'd need 400K baht in a thai bank account in your name for 60 days before you apply at the immigration office for the extension, OR you'd need a letter from your embassy stating you had income of 40K baht per month. There is also documentation like the thai marriage certificates, copy of your freedom to marry affidavit, pictures of you & your wife standing in front of the address numbers where you live, a couple pictures of the wedding, and couple of you two sitting around the house.

A lot of people who don't meet or don't want to meet the financial criteria for an in country extension of stay go to the Thai Embassy in Savannakhet Lao and get a year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type-O visa.. They don't require proof of financials there and that visa is good for 90 days at a time in country, then you exit/re-enter and get another 90 days. You do this for the entire year..

To get a year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type O visa based on marriage to a thai from the consulate in Savannakhet you need

the original marriage certificate (if married in thailand it's the one with the rose border)

copies of:

front&back of the marriage certificate

front&back of your thai wife's i/d card

thai wife's house book listing

data page of your passport

lao visa and entry stamp

(you sign everything with your name on it and your wife signs everything with her name on it meaning you BOTH sign the marriage certificate copies)

you need 2 passport sized photos and the filled out application along with 5000baht. You turn in your application one morning before 11:30 and you pick up your passport the next afternoon after 1:30

I should clarify, the ‘retirement’ visa is a multi entry O A visa,

I assume your Australian, it is very easy to apply for a retirement visa in Australia with the 34k in your Aussie bank account, then you can get two years out of that visa by leaving the country once on the anniversary and for that period no need to show any income or funds in Thailand.

Ed Alchin , 800.000 thb is around AUS 40.000 $ , so be careful that Australian Dollar is not very strong at the moment.

Its yearly. 0 is retirement . You only need 0 or financial letter from embassy for marriage.

If you apply for retirement visa here in Thailand, no need to show any money!

You simply sign a stat dec at the Aussie Embassy in Bangkok, saying you get an income of 65,000 or more per month. Currently this is sufficient for immigration in Bangkok.

There is always a risk that immigration will ask you for financial records to back up the stat dec, but rarely asked as I understand.

You need to earn a minimum of 65,000 Baht per month or have 800,000 Baht in the account to correctly apply!

Marriage is different and someone else will give you those requirements 🙂

You just need to have the money.

Your income is not enough to get a marriage or retirement.

Your only options is tourist visas from nearby countries. Or if you have ringit or the equivalent in a bank you can go for a METV in KL