On 60 plus 30 .90 day tourist visa 50 days left .can I apply for a marriage visa(married to thia wife uk marriage)can I get a bank account as need to put(about £10000)in bank and can that go in a acings account or current account. What's saving rates in thailand. Where would I get best advice. And will I need to do a visa run

If the husband is an American citizen and we are registered as married in Thailand, he wish to change from a tourist visa to a Non-O (Marriage) visa. If he wants to change it in Thailand, he needs to have 400,000 baht in his bank account in Thailand. However, foreigners who enter on a tourist visa cannot open a bank account. How can he prove his financial situation? I'm looking for information from people who have gone through this process."

Coming to Hua Hin Jan 16 with the evisa from USA (assuming it is approved by then) Will set up bank account to move to retirement visa. Can I do a short term rental to look for a house to buy (in my Thai wife's name) while in process for the 1 year extension, or do I need to have a long term rental to get that long term visa?

Also, my mother will also be doing the same. Do both our names need to be on the rental contract?

TIA

Related to my last post, can I get by for 1 year without having a bank account in Thailand? Use a xfer service like Wise or western union?

My money goes to my Philippine bank and is in pesos..

I'll be on a tourist visa and will rent.

Thank you

Gday all.....applied and recieved 3 month eVisa from Canberra before l left for Bangkok on Oct 22.....absolutely useless as Airport immigration officer saw no merit in it ..and stamped for a 2 month Tourist Visa only.....am getting married on November 10...so in order to meet the Marriage Visa requirements of having 400k baht in a Bangkok Bank for 3 months...l went to open a Bangkok Bank Account today......NO CAN DO...will not grant a Bank account on a Tourist Visa only...so where do l stand here....and any optiobs please....lve been on this forum and have been very impresses with the wealth of knowledge....l am 59...and have retired after 31 years at Qld Health ..,thx all in advance

Hello, I need clarification please. In case of a request for a one-year extension of the non-immigrant visa O + 50 years (retirement). I said O and not OA. On the criteria of income required of 65000bth/month for a Frenchman, if I provide a certificate on the honor of the French Embassy in BKK as my monthly income is more than 65000bath/month, can you confirm that the document is accepted by the BI please? And ask more and more about this document, opening a bank account in Thailand and proof of transfers of 65,000 baht/month? Thank you for your help.

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Bonjour, jai besoin d’éclairage svp. Dans le cas d’une demande d’extension d’un an du visa non immigrant O + 50ans (retraite). Jai bien dis O et non OA. Sur le critère des revenus exigés de 65000bth/mois pour un français, si je fournis une attestation sur l’honneur de l’ambassade de France à BKK comme quoi mes revenus mensuels sont supérieurs à 65000bath/mois, pouvez vous me confirmer que que le document est accepté par le BI svp? Et demandent en plus en plus de ce document, l’ouverture d’un compte bancaire en thailande et la preuve de virements de 65000 baths/mois? Merci pour votre aide.

I'm from the US. I heard you can get a non-immigration O visa while still in your home country before coming to Thailand and then changing it to a 1 year retirement O visa. I heard you can do this using the E-Visa website. Is this a good idea to avoid the hassle of trying to get a bank account while in Thailand with a tourist visa?

Going crazy with conflicting stuff

I'm married to Thai We have a Thai home (That phanom)

And I'm looking at moving out there in the very near future (weeks) iv been told Non o visa to stay with spouse is the best option then get bank account and upgrade visa status I'm prescently in the UK

Does anybody know sort of time frame for this or is their a better option

Thanks

Hello to everyone here,

Does someone any experiences with The pension certificate from the German embassy in Bangkok? My pension will start from July 2024 .

I have the 90 days non immigration O visa and will start the process of extension to a one year retirement visa in Thailand.

I will arrive in Bangkok on 4th of May.

My question is:

Am I eligible to get the 1 year visa with my pension starting in July?

Or should I put 800 000 Baht just from very beginning on a Thai bank account which I will open on my first days there and wait 2 monts and then go to immigration office and apply for the 1 year Visa?

I actually wanted to use the combination method for my financial evidence , my pension+ the rest of 800 000 Baht on the account= together 800 000 Baht .

I would be very happy to get your advice . I think German speaking members of this forum may help me more.

Thank you in advance

Hi guys, I’m just about to do the 800,000 THB transfer in to my Bangkok Bank account for the initial 90 day Non-O (Retirement) visa.

Would like to know if it’s considered an international transfer if I’m using Wise? I’ll be transferring the money from my home country via Wise and I’ve read that there’s a requirement to show the funds came from overseas.

Thanks in advanced!