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Family of three from New Zealand. (Me as lead, husband as spouse and daughter 12 as dependJonny Greenert)

18th November 2024.

Applied this morning.

Hubby Jonny got short straw and went to wait at Embassy early am. He was there by 6.15am and was 10th in the queue. Probably about 100 people behind us by the time the doors opened.

In and out by 10am. The Embassy Team were super helpful all around from security to the team accepting your documents and payment. - gave back any docs not needed, took payment and gave slip to come back on Thursday to collect passports after lunch.

Applied under Remote Worker / Digital Nomad

We have two companies in NZ - one tourism, one business coaching. We choose to apply under the business coaching business cause client contracts, income and portfolio was easiest to create.

Provided the following:

For me as “DTV” remote worker

Bank account with NZ $66k at ending balance (about 1.3m baht) gave six months balance fluctuates from $2k through to the $66k throughout that period.

Investments of approx $80k at ending balance (approx 1.6m baht) kinda liquid - added just in case.

Company registration in NZ plus NZBN registration, plus companies office extract which shows the two of us as sole shareholders of business with our trust - which on the extract shows our names and my Mum’s as our third trustee. My husband and I are the two directors of the company.

Stripe report showing subscription payments of approximately NZ$300k over 12 months - didn’t bother giving Xero invoices and payments to bank as it felt excessive. I also printed out all existing client contracts but they didn’t want those. For all financials we put into xe.com to exchange and screenshot and added to application.

Letter from my husband and I saying I can work remotely.

Employment Contract showing I can work remotely and remuneration is dependent on profit of company.

Screenshot on PDf of my website, social channels and podcast.

Rental agreement for house in Thailand

Airbnb printout for Jakarta

Flight details for Friday this week.

For Jonny

Marriage certificate.

Sponsorship letter saying I am responsible for him financially and he will follow all the rules in Thailand. While educating our daughter in the rich Thai culture.

Copies of bank statements / financials.

Copy of my passport and his.

For daughter

Birth certificate

Sponsorship letter saying same as above and that Jonny would homeschool.

Copie of bank statements / financials.

Copy of my passport and hers

Three yellow envelopes of cash each with $5.6m rupiah.

Stuff to think about:

ATMs in Jakarta seem to have upper limit of $2.5m per withdrawal. So you’ll need to do three even if there is just one of you. We had to do 7 withdrawals.

Accommodation and flights to and from Jakarta from NZ to Thailand afterwards were all still cheaper than applying in NZ.

Now we wait - will update on Thursday when we pick up passports - or earlier if they ask/need further information from me.

Been in and out of Thailand since June 2024 - both Jonny and I have left for work and our all extensions done for our daughter.

Any questions hit us up below. Aside from the early start very smooth easy process. Huge thanks to this community for all the tips.

Just have one burning question I need help with before applying:

Does the 500k THB requirement spanning over a 3-month period require a minimum of 500k THB EACH month? Or a total amount of 500k THB over 3 months?

I have money spread out over multiple accounts and investments, it seems odd for the requirement to have all that money stored in one account for the past 3 months before applying.

I will be applying in Manila

Hello All... I'm in the UK and I'm just about to submit the application for a Thai Tourist Visa, and I have a couple of questions that I hope this forum can help me with...

1. The website didn't give me the option of a 3 or 6 month visa. Will they decide that..?

2. Do I need to submit the last six month Bank statements or will the most recent one be ok......?

Thanks in advance....!

Hello,

*Visa: A NON-O Marriage Yearly Extension Visa based on Thai Wife*

*Immigration Office: Chaeng Wattana Immigration*

*Current Visa Expired Date: 07 Dec 2022*

I would like to ask some questions before applying for the NON-O yearly extension based on a Thai wife.

1. Can I apply for this visa on 26 October 2022? This date is 43 days before the current visa expires.

2. Do I need to update my TM30? I live with my wife who is the house owner. She registered me in the TM30 since I moved in last year

3. Do I need to update the bank statement on the application date? Does the bank statement have to show from 6 months ago to the 26 October 2022 (date of application)?

4. If we have to update my bank book at my application date. Do I need to make a copy of that page?

5. Do I need to update the Kor Ror 2?

Sorry for asking many questions.

*P.S Posting from my wife's Facebook account.*

Thank you.

Assuming we are able to get the transfer complete into our Thai account in time, we will head to immigration to apply for our non-o visa for purposes of retirement. We will have these documents:

Copy of:

data page

30 day extension stamp page

Tm 6 card

Tm 87 filled out

4cm x 6cm photo

Bank passbook updated same day

Letter from bank showing deposit

2000 baht

Anything else? Do they care about tm 30? Do we need a copy of original 45 day entry stamp?

I understand we need to go to cw. We've only been to mtt so far. While that turned out to be easy, it seemed complicated at first. Any tricks to getting to cw? It's called division 1, it that where we tell the taxi to go? Which counter do we go to inside? Thanks again.

Hello quick question.

In order to apply for Thai retirement visa I need to have 800,000 Thai baht in a Thai bank,or pension of 65,000 Thai baht or combination of the two corect?

Also the 800,000 Thai baht in the bank cannot be taken out corect?that means if at a certain point I need them I cannot use them?