What are the requirements and options for a non-O visa and METV application for a foreigner married to a Thai resident?

Yes, lve have METV. Flew to Hanoi, stayed 5 days, no problems on coming back to Thailand yesterday. IO only asked how long was l staying this time. A visa agent will look at your circumstances and say ok. Basically your good to go. I paid for fast track at Bangkok because the immigration ques were horrendous.

You don't need 400k baht in bank if you use an agent.

Depending on the agent, you will either need to go to them and they will deposit the money in your account for 10 minutes.

OR... if you can't make a bank account, some agent can still do it but more expensive. It's done from home, no need to go anywhere. You will speak with officer via video call.

400k for the 1 year marriage extention seasoned in a Thai bank account for 2 months. The Non Imm O visa is 2000bt which you need before you can apply for the extention

If you only want 150 days you could get a non-o (married) visa 90 days. If your marriage is registered in Thailand then apply for a 60 days extension. The responses above assume you want a 1 year extension which requires bank account and 400k THB in it.

Check facts before making a total tool of yourself

Allow me to show you that everything you posted is rubbish

“You may have read my previous post about entry into Thailand. So now had time to process and visit immigration. Next move.

The IO at the airport said get a wife visa which I believe is an O visa. This is problematic as I will not have 800,000 in for two months, more like two weeks.”

*** The “wife visa” only requires 400,000 THB

The 400,000 THB need to have been sitting in your Thai bank account for a minimum of 2 months

“The IO at my local office confirmed this but mentioned 400,000 but think this is an O-A visa which I do not want”

*** the O/A visa is the LONGSTAY visa and can only be applied for in your passport country, and it requires 800,000 THB in your bank account

“Now the METV. This would be perfect and I can meet all the requirements. I guess I would need to leave Thailand to apply. But would having a Thai wife prevent this?”

*** having a Thai wife is ABSOLUTLY irrelevant when you apply for a METV is the country of your passport

“Basically an METV would allow me to leave and renter Thailand to give me 150 days I need”

*** an METV gets you stamped in for 60 days. Which can be extended for 30 more days for 1900 Baht

“To apply for an METV, if required to leave Thailand, would Vietnam be OK.”

*** No, you cannot apply for the METV in Vietnam. You would need to fly back to your passport country

“Finally thoughts on visiting a visa agent. Would it help.”

*** an agent might help, however at high costs since your case is absolutely wired and complicated

You previously violated a few entry requirements, so don’t expect any leniency.

Usually, everyone on your local Immigration is very helpful, if you are not confrontational, if you keep your calm, don’t start to argue and speak politely

“Thanks in advance”

You don’t need to thank me, my advice is for free for everybody

For a marriage visa you need 400k in a Thai bank account for 2 months, but if you don't already have an account you won't be able to open one on a tourist stamp. If you are already married to a Thai and have documentation to show, leave to a nearby country and apply for a 90 day non-o there, return to Thailand and open an account then transfer the money. As for an METV you normally have to apply for that in your home country

@Farang ********

not a single sentence of what you listed is true . . you need to do more research, and find the correct wording, is what Brandon recommended

Marriage visa requires 400,000 thb. Retirement visa requires 800,000 thb.

You really need to do even the most basic research, because not a single thing in this post is correct.

Both a marriage and a retirement visa are a non-O visa. The O means "other" and covers many things, like volunteers, parents of Thai child, parents of foreign child attending school in Thailand.

You can get both a non-O based on marriage or retirement in Thailand, but the requirements for both are to show money in your Thai bank account for 2 full months at the time you apply from immigration.

A non-OA visa is a different type of retirement visa that is ONLY available from the Thai embassy in your passport country.

Having a Thai wife doesn't have any affect on disqualifying you from a visa. Why would it?

Normally METV is only available from your passport country, but there have been a few reports of people being successful in applying in Vietnam.