What is the duration of the visa extension for visiting Thai family?

@Henrik ***

. Always pays to go at least a few days early for extensions, this is a classic example why. Forgotten or incorrect paperwork can cause same issue, yet alone funds.

My situation was a little different . I was due to return to Australia same time my yearly extension was expiring. Was going to get a new visa in Aust and return on that because of funds, (much lower financial requirement ). 4 days before I was due to fly out my wife was rushed to hospital. I wanted to stay here for her but didn't have the 400k in 2 months. Went to immigration and explained situation. They bent over backwards to help me and said that I can have a 60 day extension. I organized the 400k immediately and when the 60 day ext was due to expire they gave me another yearly spouse extension with no issue. It's all about being prepared for the unexpected. Going early buys you time.

@Henrik ***

. I have personally done this for same reason.. Yearly spouse extension -> 60 day visit family extension -> yearly spouse extension. As said above you can only use it once per visa/extension combo.

If you've left it to the last minute and the 60 days isn't enough to fill the funds gap then you're out of options other than getting a fresh visa from outside Thailand and re entering to buy the extra time. This was all explained to me thoroughly by a senior imm officer at Changwattana face to face.

@Henrik ***

You’ll have been given a certain amount of days on entry depending on your entry method. You can add to that with the visit family extension and that should allow you to clear any seasoning requirements. If you’ve really messed up and left it to the last day on your entry stamp then you’d probably need to do a border bounce first to give yourself enough time.

@Henrik ***

Ah ok. You can use a “visit Thai family“ extension for that.

@Brandon ***********

ok not seen that one before. Probably office dependent like many things.

@Henrik ***

when you get pretty much everyone on a visa advice page telling you something, it's probably accurate. Especially when it includes mods.

@Henrik ***

didn't say there aren't rules, just said they aren't listed on the gov websites. They are commonly known however.

@Henrik ***

government sites don't even advise how long any of their visa extensions are applicable for. I've never seen a 90 family visa extension before. I have seen many many times (as someone this extension is applicable to) 60 day extension tho.