What is the current procedure for applying for a Non-O visa based on marriage in Thailand?

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Hello,

Apologies if the following has been asked already recently. I need to apply for Non-O visa based on marriage. I've copied a post from here a few years back and was wondering if it's still the same procedure:

**- enter on a tourist visa get stamped in for 60 days**

**during that time GO to your immigration office with your thai husband and get the hand out listing the requirements for getting the 90 day Non-O visa based on marriage to a thai**

**- when you have about a month or so left on your 60 day tourist stamp GO and apply for the 90 day Non-O, pay 2000baht **

**you'll get a receipt that says to come back in between 14 and 20 days **

**- go back get the Non-O visa and a new 90 day stamp inked in**

**THEN you wait until you have 30 days left on that stamp**

**- go apply for the year extension based on marriage for 1900baht (GET the sheet from your office listing those requirements when you go back to get the Non-O inked in because they're not the same as what you just used  )   **

**You will get a 30 day under consideration stamp **

**- go back on that date and they will ink in the year extension **

**if you want to you would buy a re-entry permit (single or multiple) after you get the extension so you could come in and out during that year and not lose your extension **

**That's how it works going from a 60 day tourist visa to a Non-O 90 day visa and then a year extension based on marriage to a thai at your immigration office in country.**

Hopefully someone can confirm that this is still the correct procedure? Also does someone have handout listing the requirements? (I'll be applying in Bangkok).

Thank you for your help!

Ask Thailand · Answer

The user asks for confirmation on the current procedure for applying for a Non-O visa based on marriage, outlining steps that include entering on a tourist visa, applying for a Non-O visa, and subsequently, a year extension. Comments from other users support the outlined procedure while noting potential requirements such as a Thai bank account and specific financial thresholds.

John ********** · Answer

If you don't already have a Thai bank account you will find it difficult to open one on a tourist or visa exempt stamp so you would be better to get the 90 day Non-O before travelling

Tod ********* · Answer

I am doubtful you are a foreign female married to a thai male (which is the scenario of the cut-n-paste you ripped/posted) 😉

So other than the 400K baht financial requirement that foreign males need when married to thai females (or foreign males married to thai males for that matter now that they do same sex marriage to a thai visa/extensions) the process, the time line and overall outline of how it is to be done is correct.

I would say just slog on out to Chaengwattana (Section C-1 the visa issuing section) and get the hand out for the Non-O visa, that way you're sure you have the most recent one they have.

What is the current procedure for applying for a Non-O visa based on marriage in Thailand?

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