What are the steps and requirements for applying for a marriage visa in Thailand after gaining a Non-Immigrant O visa?

This is truly one of those deals where it depends on the immigration office. Pattaya is crooked so...

From what I understand you'll need to keep the money in the bank 6 months out of the year.

You can pull your marriage visa from the US and then you don't need to have the cash in the bank (this matter because of the time the money is seeded).

I choose not to get the one year extension for various reasons so I am not 100% sure.. But I think it goes like: you get a marriage visa. 60 days later you apply for the 1-year extension. 1 month later they approve it. but wait there is more.....

You will need to have the money in the bank 3 months before applying for your next extension and you will need to keep it there for 3 months after....

As I said I choose not to get the 1 year extension. I found it easier to get tourist visa and wait until I am 50 to get my retirement visa (6 months from now)..

If you are actually living with your wife (not my case), and you've had regular deposits from a foreign bank (this part is important) than getting a marriage visa is a minor pain in the ass. Most people I have talked to choose to get the retirement visa over the marriage visa. But I have heard others say its a simple process. I have found nothing about immigration simple.

Got the 90 day marriage non Imm O visa from US it is painless. It took 1 week and not expensive. I paid $200 but it was multiple entry

Get the Non Imm O based on marriage in the US and then when you have 30 days left on that apply for the 1 year extention of stay based on marriage. Job done!

Yes get the 90 day non O in the US then do the extension in Thailand. Give you plenty of time to get all info for whatever office.

P.S Make extra copies of everything now and keep in folder for next extensions

The people who want to carry on with it being called extension of and trying to belittle people are only showing what pathetic flogs they really are

Don’t give them a second thought as everyone knows what is meant

Some people just cannot help but try and be smart arses

Agree with Kool. Best to get non-O in US. That is the right visa for you, not tourist.

There is a much better way, that can get you a type O based on Thai wife 90 day visa/extension now. Take two bank letters, one stating the account is your only, and the other a deposit summary showing your bt400,000 has been deposited. The initial two months before you can apply refers to the one year extension, not the very first 90 day visa/extension. That you can get right away, with copy of marriage certificate and amphur registration, copy of her ID card, and copy of the house book she is in, she'll know what that is. Then copies of your passport. Go to immigration first, with your wife, and they will have a list, and are nice to work with. They aren't the enemy. Then you get that, with a re-entry permit it covers you until you plan on getting back, and still time to get the other first time paperwork. Then you don't have to deal with any tourist visa, and can enter on a one-way ticket, if you want. It is the very first stage of changing over to a type O one year extension based on Thai wife. It's a lot more beneficial to do it now, as you already have your banked money.

@Jack ***************

this is the latest from Siam legal.



This may assist you

"You must obtain a 90-day visa Non-Immigrant O visa at the Thai Embassy or Consulate from your home country or country of residence prior to your application for the Thai marriage visa. The 90-day Non-Immigrant visa may also be obtained from the nearby countries of Thailand."

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