What are the new photo requirements for a Thai spousal visa renewal?

Next it will be one of you squatting on the Asian toilet with a pink water jug in your left hand and your passport in your right.

Are there any expats from South Africa 🇿🇦 on this group?

Off the topic but keen to know...

Next it will ge one of you ON the toilet

they'd rather you used an Agent.

RETIREMENT visa!!! Everything else is stupid when you over 50

I switched to retirement years ago. So much easier..

Preferably striking your favorite positions... the hand drawn map takes the price however

Normal

if your 80 and your wife is mid 20s. you can sort of understand where they're coming from. I know the example ages are extreme but perhaps you can understand the explanation. do as they say and you should be okay.

Change your visa to O, less hassle

Missionary position?

In some cases the police are visiting the farang at his address to ensure the relationship is geniune. Of course it could still be a sham relationship but in rural areas that's usually not the case. The opportunities for acquiring a mia noi or two is more difficult.

No I had same last week

Police state stuff. But its their country, their rules.

Are Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines any better.

I know they all beat the shit out of the poxy country i escaped from.

Dictatorship

Extended my stay 3 weeks ago in Bangkok with just 4 selfie photos 2 outdoor and 2 inside the house.

My Immigration Office always want six pics. One at the front gate with house number in view, the second outside the front door, the third in the living room, the fourth in the kitchen, fifth in front of bedroom wardrobe with male and female clothes in view and the sixth one of us sat on the marital bed.

Last renewal the Officer complained that the pics were taken with a selfie stick and I was told to get a neighbour to take the pics next time.......wifey was not amused.

В моём случае , заядлого Зимовщика, самое рационално так :

Окт, ноябрь, декабрь ( 30 дней штампик + 30 дней продление + 30 дней БР Лаос )

Далее: январь, февраль ( +30+ 30 , два БР Лаос )

Итого: 5 месяцев, в марте улетаю домой !

Бюджет : 13 тыс бат

holding my breath that they don't want a 69 position photo in the future.

*(by the way we got plenty of) 😂

Its always been like this

Porn hub.by

Weird, bro

I have never had to show photos in 8 years

Never had problems

Immigration have never visited my house

I live in Nakhon Phanom privince

Fucking rediculous !! I’m planning a trip there for about a month but I’m not jumping through hoops to get in to the country ! There are other countries close by much cheaper and easy to get into! As much as I’d like to visit Thailand they can fuck themselves if they make it too hard for people to visit !!

I am married.. but have retirement visa.. less hoops to jump through..

Cool...protest your heart out. See how far that gets you.

An immigration officer from the states can ask for the same thing of couples when one is immigrating. In fact, can ask very personal questions. What side of the bed they sleep on etc. Can even show up at their home and look in their closets for co-habiting. Doesn't surprise me in the least (prior immigration officer for naturalization to the US).

And yet the Russians and Jews don’t have to prove anything they can stay as long as they want

They are a very intrusive culture which means they want to know everything about you!

All Thoses photos requirements are so humiliated.

has been like that years at my local immi. Bedroom too - just sit on the bed for example - fully dressed of course 😅

Just do what they want. Why even stress about it. Mostly in the pictures you provide of you both inside, they are looking at the room, not you two, to judge if it actually looks like you are both living there together. When they have questions about it, from the photos, then during the under consideration period they will schedule an actual visit, and even go so far as asking your neighbors if you both live there. That is the main purpose of them wanting a number of pictures inside. If they are satisfied by the pictures that where you live shows that you both do live there, then no visit. We haven't had any visit ever, in over ten years.

The bedroom? They're either being naive or insolent. Clearly it proves nothing.

You gave 10 they'd want 12. The power trip

Have they specified who should be on top?

Bunch of old facts

Matey people here are not in control, do what they say ,simple, not that hard?

They should ask for social media accounts, need 6 family posts a year, spread out through the year. More reliable way and less intrusive to verify indeed a family

Really not a big deal.

come on wankers, its so easy to get here, it takes me 1 hour to prepare nd the4 next day 3-4 hours to go to the bank and after the imigration and I have my extension

really come on its ones a year, get a life guys

Always been 6 .for us at least.

They want to see some pants down action???

🤔

Sometimes they can make it difficult I remember 1 year I was renting a house from a Thai couple and the Dad died and the house was in his name and not the wife's so they wouldn't accept her ID and wanted a copy of the man's death certificate!

After rules tighten, they might ask for photos which are not just inside the house but inside inside 🤣🤣

The key to Thai photos is lots of pointing.

So stand next to the bed and point at it.

Avec visa O famille vous pouvez rester en thailande jusque 9 mois.

Visa O famille 90 jours.

Prolongation sur ce Visa 60 jours pour soutiens famille.

Sortie de la thailande et rentrée 30 jours + extension.

2 sorties entrée autorisées

Photos in the bedroom giving the wife a good seeing too 👀

Thinking you making sh. It up

Use Photoshop and give yourself an enormous package in the photos, just for fun.

How's that proof, doesn't every expat have a picture if them with a thai girl in a bedroom ?

Kamasutra photos next

doing what in the bedroom?

Although I dont think 4 vs 6 photos makes a difference, in the grand scheme of things they are trying to root out the fraudulent marriages. A lot of criminals and scammers marry thai women to gain access to long term visas to continue their criminal career in thailand.

In what position they want in the bedroom???

Do you have to wear a superman costume and stand on one leg with pencils in your eats while counting in Thai backwards from 10,0

Yes & starting July 1st they also want a photo of you both naked in the shower. 🤣🤣

No picture naked in the bed with your wife yet ? Maybe next time ?

Pay an agent, it's easy and then you'll get vip treatment, c'mon guys, you know how Thailand works

Sham marriages are more a problem and really checked by immigration vs other visa types. My mate recently married his misses after 25 years and the switch from retirement visa to marriage was challenging yet accomplished.

🤣 they about to start an Only Fans 🤣

as long as you don't have to undress or wear silly looking pajamas, I would not complain 🫣🫣🫣☺️🤠

Bring another woman and farm animals for the bedroom picture. Let's see their reaction

Yes, I did mine in February .And when they came to do the visit he actually took the pictures of or sitting on the bed, not in the bed and pictures outside the house.And with the family that's just being for nowadays to rule out then. That are trying to con the system. If you have nothing too hide, just go along with it

I just renewed mine in Feb here on Samui and they only wanted 2 photos of us outside our home 🤷‍♂️

No, I had to do similar for my retirement extension last month, 2 outside the house with number visible, 2 inside the house, they had to be 2 pictures per page, not 4 separate., they also said I had to balance book on my head while they did my photo at the office

Just smile it is only one time in one year, 90 days online is very easy.

Don't try to understand rules and regulations in Thailand, just smile and follow them

Did You take one in The Bathroom ?:

I lived in khon kaen and never was visited but immigration did ask for 4 photos and a map to the house.

Maybe next time they will want to see you on the vinegar stroke

No, because of all the scam marriages here

Just the a fkn picture 5555

I have 14 extensions of stay by marriage and I have always had to provide 10 photos with wife and I in them, basically in every room of the house including walk-in closet, one of house address plate and one of overall house. When they used to do the house visits, they would take photos again of us in every room. Now house visit not required after wife turned 45.

I've always had to do them . You can refuse and have them come visit your villa instead . I think 2 more photos is probs the easy way

Always been one outside the house showing house number

Opportunity to make it really weird for them. I remember a brief period when delivery drivers were required to take a photo of the package with the recipient. Thai people made it super weird and that stopped quickly. There were some hilarious 😂 photos during that time.

they won't go so far if people applying weren't cheating so much....

Heh, they want to ensure you're sexually active 🤣🤣

What does your country require of Thai citizens?

Surely a spouse visa is a better option than a retirement visa if you’re legally married,only need show 400,000 once a year..no brainer

But with his surname, just be careful what pics he takes in the bedroom

One of our photos had to include all the pets, carnage trying to separate the dogs from the monkeys!!

Having this since years here

where is the problem?

Where is their privacy policy

Sounds like you need a Drone.

It’s really not hard, I wouldn’t say it’s “too far”. The process for marriage visa is pretty straight forward and simple, especially when comparing to the requirements for spousal visas in our home countries. Yes, immigration officers can be pedantic and make the process frustrating, especially because these updates are rarely announced or communicated proactively.

I don’t see the point in being so upset about taking two extra photos for your visa. Are we that lazy that taking two extra photos is a deal breaker? It feels like many foreign spouses expect the visa to be essentially handed to us. I understand frustration with lack of communication or clarity in requirement updates, but the process itself it still pretty straightforward and simple.

Next year they will only won't 1. Everytime I have done my visa every year it's the same story. Seems to be more about immigration quotas, depends how the officer doing your form feels, if you are rude to them they add more random requirements on. My bet is you did not wai them.

The usual overcomplicated for all administrative procedures in Thailand. It's a power thing.

It's been like this for years, all you two gotta do is sit there side by side.

You sure that was immigration asking…?!😂

Had a marriage visa for 7 years and just renew 3 weeks ago came to our villa took 4 photos and filled paperwork in took no more than 10 minutes filled paperwork on the patio outside and never once in 7 time ask to go inside

Had to give photos from the bedroom and other locations in and around the house in Bangkok, and now in Petchaburi ( Cha Am ).

I would think this is the norm going forward for most offices.

You should always go a solid month or so in advance to get a updated list of the required supporting documents before actually going in for the application.

Petchaburi doesn't even allow you to do it without booking a date in advance after checking your documents.

Just get a new WIFE

You should take a photo with both of you naked on the bed. See what they say.. clearly you are in the hands of a retard.

Well if Stand & Ollie were happy to do it, then I've no reason to complain either...

I switched many years ago even thou its not difficult these days to take a few photos etc .

I guess they want to be more sure that you are still together

Not new, maybe just new to your office. Phuket now does a video call on Line and they want a third party doing the video of you outside, then in the living room, bedroom, dining area and kitchen.

Oh definitely going way too far , you could refuse to do your next visa renewal in protest

Clothing optional 🤣🤣

What province is this ?

Bungee cords

Lmfao

as long as you don't have to undress or wear silly looking pajamas, I would not complain 😁

Has been the rule here in Cha-am for many years

What difference does it make, how long does it take to create 6 photos, 2 minutes 😂😂😂

In the bedroom in pyjama's?

Would not surprise me absolutely crazy what immigration requires for marriage visa retirement is so much easier especially here in Hua Hin

Every Immigration Office is different.

My Wife always throws a lot of pictures at them. They take a couple and throw the lot back...

Count yourself lucky some immigration offices come right to the house, look inside and talk to the neighbours to see what kind of foreigner you are - it’s likely to tighten up more

That is exactly why next year I am not going to renew my Thai wife and go back to retirement. Each office makes their own rules and you just have to grin and bear it.

Yes, too much

Soon they will be asking for a sx tape LMAO