What are the financial and passport requirements for obtaining a 1-year extension of stay in Thailand based on marriage?

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Jul 9, 2021

3 years ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Hi Guys,

With the helpful advise from yourselves previously I obtained the required visa and entered Thailand this week and I am currently in an ASQ hotel in Bangkok.

Now I have a couple of questions about obtaining the 1 year extension of stay based on marriage to a Thai national.

I am aware that the monetary requirements are 400k baht or a monthly income of at least 40k baht by way of international transfer (I have a Bangkok bank account so not a problem).  

My preference would be to use the monthly income, however, I have transferred 400k baht in to my Thai bank account to initially cover both bases.

So my initial question is:

1. What is the financial requirements for the first initial year extension of stay, as it would not be possible to show the monthly income?

My second question is, whilst looking at the requirements, I have just read that to get the 1 year extension you should have 18 months left on your passport.  This may prove to be problematic as I will have 17 months and 6 days remaining before the expiry of the passport.  

So this again raises further questions:

1. Will 17 months and 6 days remaining be         acceptable at the local immigration office (which will be Khon Kaen) or will this need to be checked locally with the office prior to the application?

2. Can I apply for the visa extension earlier, say 1 month early (so after 2 month of my visa arrival stamp), so I will then have 18 months and 6 days remaining on my passport?

3. Would I need to acquire a new passport to gain the extension of stay?

Thank you in advance for you help, it is much appreciated.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user seeks clarity on obtaining a 1-year extension of stay in Thailand based on their marriage to a Thai national. They have questions regarding financial requirements, specifically if they can use their recent transfer to meet the monetary threshold, and concerns about their passport validity, as they have 17 months and 6 days left on it. Commenters clarify that for the first extension, the user must rely on the 400k baht bank method since they haven't met the monthly income requirement for the previous year and mention that having 17 months remaining is sufficient, but the passport must be valid for the entire duration of the extension.

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Laurence ********

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@Tod ********

excellent understand everything required now. Thanks very much for the information and clarification much appreciated 👍👍

3 years ago

Ana ************************

17 month is enough validity

3 years ago

Ana ************************

Last time I did my yearly extension , immigration told me that I need 12 month validity, so i thought 17 month will be enough

3 years ago

Tod *********

One last time for both

@A**

and

@Laur****

there is NO "you must have xxx time left on your passport to get an extension inside the country" rule, period end of story.

You need as much validity left on your current passport as the stamp you're going to get OR you only get the extension for the length of the passport's validity.

So

@Laur****

, seeing as you're applying for a year extension on a passport that is valid LONGER than that year, so you'll get the whole extension

3 years ago

Laurence ********

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@Ana ******

thank you

3 years ago

George ******************

@Laurence *******

my experience is they will extend your stay to the date of expirey of your passport up to one year. I had an extension of stay from July 29 to January 18 when my passport expired. So 17 months is more than enough time.

3 years ago

Laurence ********

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@George *****************

thanks for the information much appreciated 👍

3 years ago

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Laurence ********

Tod *********

you will not be able to use monthly income to get your yearly extension based on marriage to a thai because you need to have 12 months of 40K baht a month in incoming transfers each month every month for the previous year

You only have the 400K baht banked money method available to you for this first extension.

I take it you got a 90 day Non-O visa and were stamped in for 90 days when you arrived here. You can apply for a yearly extension of stay when you have 30 days or less left on your current entry stamp.

There is no requirement you need 18 months left on a pasport to get an EXTENSION OF STAY, <- in fact the rules is you need the passport to be valid for the lenght of time you would get an extension <- so a year from the date your current 90 day stamp runs out

3 years ago

Laurence ********

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@Tod ********

thank you for the speedy reply. Yes, you are correct that I have entered on a 90 day Non- O visa.

So thanks for clarifying the 18 month issue as I had never seen that before so was surprised to see it mentioned.

So I will plan to use the 400k for my initial 1st extension and then use the monthly deposits for my 2nd extension.

So just one more question:

For the 1st 400k extension for seasoning purposes should that be in the bank account for 2 months before the application and 3 months after the successful application?

3 years ago

Tod *********

@Laurence *******

nope the seasoning for an extension based on marriage is the funds must be in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months date to date (ex; May 1 to July 1) before you apply for your extension. There is nothing in the rules that states it needs to be in any longer than that period BUT with that being said some offices also tell you to leave the funds in the account during the 30 day under consideration period (which is a stamp you get when you apply for the year extension) and that you should update your bank book on the date you go back to get the year extension inked in. ASK your immigration office OR don't ask them and see what they tell you to do. Believe me IF they want you to show back up in 30 days and show your bank balance they'll tell you

3 years ago

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Tod *********

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