Which visa has fewer requirements: Non-O marriage visa or Thai child dependent visa?

@Gary *********

if you're married to a thai they usually 'make' you take that extension rather than the 'raising half thai children' one.

The financial requirements are nearly the same, for a marriage extension the 400k baht needs to be in your account for 2 months before you apply for the year extension but for the raising thai children extension there is no seasoning of the 400K baht.

Both yearly extensions are paperwork, document, photo intensive & both get first a 30 day under consideration stamp then they do an in home visit and then you go back when that stamp runs out and get the rest of the 11 months extension inked in.

It's 6 with one, half a dozen with the other.

Get No O visa wherever you are that will be valid for 3 month will give you plenty of time to get extension of stay in country. When i did last year i only had to show funds to the value of 0 baht didnt have to be in a thai bank account

You need the Non Imm O visa first. Then season your 400,000bt for 2 months then apply for the 1 year extention of stay based on marriage.

These are the requirements for the Phuket office. Other offices may have slightly different requirements but you’ll get an idea and can choose which option suits.

Marriage (M).

Dependant child.