What is the best way to get low transfer rates from USD or EUR to BAHT? Is Wise a good option, or should I wait to move to Thailand and open a bank account. I have heard opening Thai bank accounts can be difficult.

Hello currently back in US, I am married to my Thai wife waiting on her CR1 visa for US, I was in Thailand waiting with her, so had to fly home, so now decided I should get a visa and fly back and wait, or give up on her coming to US, I started a nonO Thai visa application her in US, it wants me to have insurance, 65000 baht a month income, some other things, my question, is there a better way?

Hello everyone,

My American fiance and I vacationed in Thailand and fell in love. She wants to learn to cook and I want to learn Muay Thai. We went to Hanoi to apply for the DTV visa and we were both denied within 48 hours with no explanation, they refused to answer any questions, and refused to even meet with us at the embassy in person.

Can anyone offer any advice? We are currently planning on returning to the US in June to re-apply. We're currently on the METV.

Approved today in Laos 🥰

20.April - apply and pay 10k THB

22.April - ask for better photo

23.April - inform me that interview is 30.April

30.April - Interview at 10:00-10:30

30.April - approved at 13:00

Thanks to everyone from this group 🥰

I arrive on Saturday with a 90 day visa for the first time

Do I have to print my visa off or is it OK to show the downloaded document on my tablet.

Thankyou

Marriage visa

I got married yesterday and currently I’m on a METV valid until 20 May. I already have a Thai bank account with 400,000 THB deposited for about a month.

What are my options to obtain the initial 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage?

Can I convert my current visa to the 90-day Non-O while staying in Thailand, or do I need to leave the country and apply from a Thai embassy/consulate?

If conversion inside Thailand is possible, are there any specific requirements or timing issues I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance for any advice 🙏

Renewed my non-o retirement extension in January. Just now realized they never asked about re-entry and there is no re-entry stamp in my passport? Oversight??

hi - my local amphur has many requirements for obtaining the yellow book. Some of them requires a trip to my embassy in Bangkok to get my passport verified! Other requires involving a certified translater! Can't be bothered with that. I see here several get it easily. My question is : do I have to use the local amphur or can I use another? Thank you.

An update on transferring stamps to new passport for Thai wife extensions at KORAT immigration. Wife must attend, photocopy all pages of old passport and photocopy picture page of new passport. First do new TM30, separate building. It's not possible to do TM30 with new passport online. Then normal building for transfer of stamps. ! I hope this makes sense.

Help, how does an American prove his Social Security and VA benefits to get a retirement visa I have the bank statements, but is that enough?