What are the latest rules for Non-O visas for married expats and retirees in Thailand?

Unsure of the coordinates map?

Thank you for sharing ! 🫡🥰 Boy, I had no idea that this list exists !

They only gave me a brief list which does not mention the bank letter....😩

There's more than one person here who doesn't understand the visa system. An OA visa is not a non-imm O visa. The list of requirements pasted in the opening post refer to an OA visa. Regardless, once the visa itself has expired and the person is on extentions of stay, the type of visa is not really relevant any longer, only the reason for the extention is. A single person may start off on an OA visa. for reason of retirement. After several extentions, that person may marry hence the reason for the extention changes to marriage and health insurance is not required, despite the initial visa being an OA.

Rules are not rules for all. Each immigration office has different requirements and each officer varying degrees of compliance. Choose a quiet office, go at a quiet time, get to know your officer and shower them with gifts or money. Alternatively pay an agent. Money talks. Thai officials get a very low salary so the system is in place so that extra cash can be earned from the user. Understand this and your life will be easy.

Keep coming with new rules and new visa sistem...

Do they want forener to leave Thailand🤭🤔🥳

What's new in Family ( Thai spouse) visa?

Is always have a easy way to go! Let the Thai family stay in Thailand and I buy a ticket to fly out of Thailand.

Nothing to worry and let our family to look for the local government or immigration if they need help

My thai wife has been living in Australia since 1999 and has nothing there. I think we'll just go to Malaysia

Question what happens if you have a small apartment can you just take pictures outside of the apartment and pictures of us inside, we have actually been married for almost 2 years I've made several trips to Thailand already but I had to leave last April about a year ago to go back to the US to work and liquidate I am retired but I'm working on a couple houses right now and I will not be back until the latter part of 2027 or 28 hopefully I don't have any issues with older photos, we are legally married in Thailand and I have passport stamps reflective of a retirement Visa that expired this past December I understand I have to go through the whole process again apply for the non 0 and start over with the spousal Visa I currently have two Thai bank accounts , will they require a background check from my country is it something I need to bring with me ?

The requirements for the Non Obased on marriage to a Thai National haven't changed at all, nothing new about the requirements especially in the Phetchaburi branch.

Didn't really matter. Immigration will always ask for things not on the instruction. I always ask them what they need. I get it and they ask for more. Lol

Stefan Kolb 100 %👍

Alle dummköpfe raus.

So they want me to put in bath every month even if I just stay 6month

Thailand change every month not worry, you start look if you go, if you plan to go in 18 month it will change 5time to your date for sure

What a bunch of idiots you are. Where is the official header!

New rules dreamt on social media

Cock offf you idiot

Anyone had any issues regarding going below the 800, 000 during the 3 month after period?

All new Visa rules come because Thailand doesn't want poor immigrants. They do a much better job than many EU countries.

What vise do you apply for, if you are married to a Thai...been married for 20 years already

If one is married to a Thai, do you not qualify for permanent residence at some stage, it seems not....🤔

Well, for all those who are writing "nothing new": for retirement to proof that you sent every month 65K to a Thai Bank IS new, at least for me. Until last year it was just to get a letter of Pension with at least 65K/month, proofed by the Consulate. If they changed it i would be in trouble 🙁

It's very different where you renew it. E.g. Koh Samui or Mae Sot as a example.

Thanks…I was on the fence but now in no doubt it is not worth getting married here.

The only new requirement I see for the O visa is the photographs inside and outside the house. I've always just used 2 copies of updated portraits.

It is my experience that while the requirements from one office to another are similar, there are differences unique to each office, and even they often change. My wife and I go into our local office a few days before we're due to review document requirements, only to show up a few days later to find there is something that has been overlooked through insufficient advice. Having a background in quality management, one of the problems is there is no control on the documents. If they were serious, not only would there be a document number, for all documents, including the advisory documents as in this post, there would be a version number and a date. This isn't there hence the advice/requirements are like a dogs breakfast. My wife is a Permanent Resident in Australia after applying for a spouse visa. Every document and every requirement is uniform throughout the country. Makes it so much easier to work through the process. I can't see this ever changing.

Same same not different

This is exactly the same as when I did my extension at pathum Thani

12 and 13 are the same requirements for a marriage extention? 8 photos total?

Police check, medical certificate, insurance forms

My last renewal they required 6 months of bank records from the bank statements.

I like the requirement clearly stated in black and white

These are the same as I've been doing for the last 3 years. What's new?

Married form requires #12 and then do it again exactly for #13?

Never asked me for copy of lease or owners ID and never asked for photos of house for renewal in Chiang Mai.

If you have a child they may also want doc from the school confirming they attend, and photos of you all at the school pointing at the name of the school sign 😀

Point 10 for the first Extension based on retirement? Don't think so. 🙄

Hardly new.

100 times easier than getting my Thai wife to live in Australia

Probably change again next week knowing Thailand

There is nothing new on this. That's what I had submitted with my agent

Bullshit

There is nothing new in those documents. Same as usual. For the marriage extension, I am on number 9 in a row, the same requirements as the first, time looking at your document.

The title of the thread is not accurate. Only OA visa's are affected by medical insurance, NOT Non Imm O for marriage.

Not a single new requirement in either of those photos.

Nothing new I was married still the same and that is 10+ years ago retirement visa did 2 months ago 30 minutes and done still the same as well

I do it easy,I go to Philippines instead !

Just curious , for spouse visa, are these 2 points newly added?

1) For the first year of a Thai Family Visa application, one guarantor is required (excluding relatives).

2) If the couple has no children: A certification from a Kamnan, Village Headman, or a government official (C3 level or above) is required.

Ridiculous. Philippines, show up, fill in the form, pay and you are good to go. Every third year you have to go out, but you can come back the same day.

Where did you get this from? Did it apply to your new application?

Which office ? Almost EVERY office has their own set of requirements.

Jomtien for example does NOT require 12 months of "bank statements" if you are using the "800k" in the bank method and have a bank letter and photocopy of your updated bank book.

And they DON'T need a photocopy of EVERY page of your passport that "has a stamp" on it. Just the pages with you last Extension stamp, last Entry stamp and IF you've had stamps transferred from an old passport to a new one, then that page as well.

And all I've needed for proof of residence was a photocopy of both sides of my Thai driver's license - which I had to get a Certificate of Residence for - which means I had to "verify" my address at Immigration to get that.

And I've NEVER had to have "map co-ordinates" or photos of my house for an Extension of a Non-O visa.

But again - different offices have different requirements.

Stop worrying.

Take an agent. ;-)

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“Special Requirements for NON-O-A Visa (Additional Documents)”

Wow! It couldn’t be clearer. What part of “Special” and “NON-O-A” needs to be explained?

OA visa holders have to have insurance. That has been true since 2019. I had an OA visa from 2017 - 2022. Now I have an LTR which, by the way, also requires health insurance.

Nothing new here. O visa holders STILL do not need health insurance.

Fake news

A map with coordinates listed is that not new?

What a rip off. Thai government obviously doesn't want foreigners to stay

I use the same agent I have always used. I got fed up with rules changing dependent on the official on duty that day or the office I went to .costs more but it's worth it

The Health Insurance for retirement is brand new

Tell me what is new

I have done 20 renewals

Only thing is certificate form from village headman

Still the same like last time.

Is this for foreign women as well?

Lives in Thong Song, probably Nakhon Si Thammarat Immigration.

List for Family - Thai Spouse / Wife renewal

What's new and different about it?

Nothing new there unless you mean new to you

Each immigration office is different

Well it depends from the office where you go to

It might help people if you state which office this applies to as every office can be slightly different