What are the requirements and considerations for obtaining a marriage visa in Thailand?

Ins are family moving in.

Outs are your bank withdraws

Seriously j/k that only happens to people that choose the wrong one

Doing the marriage Visa with the help of a lawyer and I’m just about through the process. She’s Thai with dual citizenship but hasn’t lived in BKK for nearly 30 years.

We married in the states before COVID hit and the fact that our marriage certificate came from the states had me going back for document authentication, which took over three months to complete. I’m actually heading back to BKK tomorrow, now that all the authentication business is complete.

Marriage Visa in Thailand is less money in the bank, but I can confirm the process is confusing at times, and a lot of paperwork.

I do plan on getting a work permit and digging in here for a few years while we take care of her parents. So it’s worth the effort.

Make sure that whoever assists you with the process is registering everything in the area you plan to live in. I hear about this getting messed up somehow with some of the ‘quick and easy’ immigration services.

Best advice I’ve gotten is to always be polite and patient no matter how many lines you have to stand in, or appointments you’re required to make. Thailand operates in it’s own unique ways, and one has to adapt to that.

I did my marry visa in bangkok, not agent, for my own, 0 problem, all fast, only follow the indications that Bangkok inmigration provide in the web site. Important go with the original marry certificate and also a last copy issue by ampur. Also the pictures and the maps, to me a google map was enaoguht. Regarding the money avobe 400k for 2 months before ask for the visa. No visti at home in my case

I once ask a agent how much for retirement visa and how much for a marriage visa

Retirement Visa

Marriage Visa

Both, of course, cost 1900 at the immigration office but it should give you idea of the complications. Marriage visas are worth while if you are actually happily married and you have an abundance of time. I found it easier just to do back-to-back tourist visa runs.

Main problem is the marriage

On the con side: Many immigration offices would require the wife to be present with you at every extension. So not only wasting your time with their inefficiencies, but disrespecting your wife’s time, too. Or imagine your marriage going south and the wife not willing to show up with you at immigration - no extension even though still married. Just some random thoughts. If over 50 or other options I would base the stay on those, rather.

It’s a very intrusive process. The Thai immigration comes to your house an requires witnesses to verify that your marriage is authentic. They take pictures of you and your wife in your bed. I changed to retirement extension after one year

Too much paperwork involved, stick to retirement visa, I'm going to revert back to retirement on my next visa

Easy, just follow the rules exactly.

$$$$$$ 🏧

"Please note that you must first obtain a 90-day visa or a 1 year non-immigrant O visa from your home country or country of residence prior to your application for the Thai marriage visa." is it possible to obtain this type of visa once you are in Thailand at your local immigration.. mine would be Chiang Rai..? I contacted via Thailand Embassy Los Angeles web site. no response... ???

on a marriage Extension, you are allowed to work (depending if you get a work permit for the kind of job you're planning to do). With a retiremenr Extension, you are not allowed to work

"The US embassy in Thailand is no longer issuing income letters, therefore, the application cannot use it to meet the financial requirement for the marriage visa application.".. how does one verify?? a letter from Social Security? and from the Veterans Administration?.. would it need to be certified by notary ??

Is the 40K baht monthly income instead of the 400K in the bank.. Siam Legal states "OR"???

I'm sure the in and out creates the need for the visa

Go to the website of the Thai Embassy closest to you.

Choose the visa section, and all the visatypes are explained in detail.

Going to try the marriage Visa first. If not happy, can always change.

A marriage visa reduces the time it takes to get citizenship to just three years instead of 8 if you want to get Thai citizenship, and cuts the fee by bt100,000. That is the biggest advantage to being married to a Thai and on a marriage extension.

You can stay for only 1900 baht per year in Thailand, but maybe at the end you will loose all your money 🤑

I chose the “OUTS” and am enjoying my Thailand experiences much more…

In one hand out the other

I'm on the marriage extention and once ya done the first one it's a piece of piss going through the paperwork plus the money for your bank doesn't have to be international transfer.you only have to show 3months statements and update your bank book on t day ya submitting the extention.all these who are sayin its harder than the retirement ex probably use agents anyway.believe me it's a walk in the park to get the marriage ex.

Rent don't buy

The outs are getting married. 🙂

Don't have to be in marriage to have ins and outs 555

Those adult games should be played after the wedding 🤪

If you're already married then it's too late my friend! Visa or no visa - you are in for a ride!

Marriage extension versus retirement extension:

+ Less money required in the bank

- More paperwork

+/- Requires assistance from wife

+ Can get work permit

I’m going the marriage extension route soon. If I can obtain a work permit for what I want to to do then I’ll stay on this method. If the work permit is denied, next year I’ll be on retirement extension.

The required 800k funds will be in the bank on day 1, no matter which visa I will request. Just to make sure.

The problem is the ins when your out of the country 😂

What always gets me is when someone askes a genuine question and wants help.

Some give a good reply.

Some go off on there own tangent which has nothing to do with what has been asked.

While others give wrong info because they have no idea what they are talking about.

This applies in lots of forum subjects.

The OP goes away more confused than ever.

Please read what is written by the OP.

1st thing to remember.

WTF are you doing??.

Please wake up to Yourself!!!!

It's great how any post that mentions marriage brings out the people who are completely baffled by their own inability to maintain healthy relationships. "I'm not good at it, you won't be either, you're a fool if you even try".

If someone needs to explain the ins and outs, you're too young to get married.

You can always simply scroll on Galenus. Why be an idiot?

Cons: You have to be married. Pros: Isn't any.

I'm on marriage visa it's simple stuff but it can take a while to get all the paperwork and evidence collected, it's not something you can just do the day before u need to get a few weeks getting it altogether as there is tons of paperwork, my application was over 100 pages long soake sure give yourself time and go your local immigration and ask what they want to see as some are more strict than others, mine requir my 400k Thai baht to be in my account for 3 months when it's actually onky meant to be 2 months

Pros and Cons:

Pros: Requires less money in the bank.

Cons: Need a wife

Need lots more paperwork

That’s a deep one. Some of the comments could be choice on this one.

Basically the “marriage” Visa route only requires a wife and 400k deposit in a Thai bank. There are some options after the first year for overseas transfers or proof of Thai salary but I’ll skip those for brevity.

The downside is that you are dependent on being married each year to get a new extension. That could be an issue if you were to divorce or your wife were to pass.

Alternatively the “retirement” has no dependence on anyone other than you and the fact that you initially have 800k in a Thai bank, and either do the same at the renewal stage or switch to 65k per month overseas transfer after the 2nd extension or more.