Hi folks,

After submitting our non-immigrant OA visa applications 13 days ago, we got a request for additional documentation a week later. Most of it was straightforward and relatively easy to get, but they asked for an attested marriage certificate, something I’ve never seen mentioned in many months of following this subject.

I submitted the certificate we had attested in 2011, when I changed jobs here, but the following Monday, I learned that the UAE had restricted the validity of attestation to ten years, so we had to start again.

When I asked the agency obtaining the attestation why we needed it, they said it was because I was sponsoring my wife, but because she’s over 50, she had to submit her own application and prove access to the requisite level of funds, so why do we need this repeated attestation, which is costing a significant sum of money and putting our scheduled departure, and all the associated dependencies, including three cats, at risk?

I doubt the consulate will cancel the requirement and the UAE embassy in the UK is unlikely to speed things up, but if anyone can explain why they are questioning just short of 31 years of marriage, and no, she’s not Thai, she’s Japanese, I’d be very grateful.

Good night, all.

My wife and I hope to arrive in Bangkok on non-immigrant OA visas at the beginning of July. We normally get tourist SIMs but this time, we'd like to get numbers that we can extend and use once we get our retirement visas. Can anyone recommend an esim that we can sign up for from outside the country and which we can use indefinitely? Grateful for any suggestions.

hi good morning from bkk.

I have a question about filling in tm 7 n 8.

in tm 7 (application for extension), the blank 'Arrived by.....from....'

should I write my most recent trip coming back to bkk from other cities or my home city that I applied for my non immigrant oa visa but that was not my most recent trip?

Likewise, in tm 8 (application for re-entry visa), on pg 2, the blank ' i arrived in Thailand on....date...'

Should I write my most recent trip back to bkk or the date I left my home city after obtaining the visa?

Thanks for your time.

Non immigrant OA visa extension. The 800k in the bank need to be transferred from a bank account abroad or can be from cash brought into Thailand in several times ?

Hi. If I apply for a non-immigrant OA from my own country does the 800k need to be in a Thai bank account or can I just prove funds equal to that amount in bank accounts in my own country?

Hi everyone! I'm currently holding a non-immigrant OA visa. I applied and was granted the visa in my home country via the Thai Consulate. Every time I fly into Thailand, I get a 1 year stamp on my passport.

My question is: if I were to visit another country, eg. Vietnam/Cambodia or for that matter any country, whether by air, sea or land, am I able to re-enter Thailand without any issues? Or am I only allowed to enter Thailand from my home country all the time? Sorry if it sounds like a silly question because I just entered Thailand via the land border and was thinking of going to Cambodia for a short trip before returning to Bangkok.

Thank you.

Hi I have a question about the Non-immigrant OA Visa (from my country). If I submit application whist still working (full-time) and declare full time salary on form, then retire a month or 2 later then travel to thailand does this affect visa during the 1 year period. My transfer to superannuation income from full time income will still be well above the 65,000BHT minimum. I will then transfer to retirement visa at end of 1 year period.

This is the requirement list for non imm O and OA extensions on Koh Samui, and now, also Phangan.

The requirement for a house number photo (Item 12.) is new to me, but no problem.

Item 13. I dont recollect seeing before and dont recognise the numeric 654/2564

Anyone know?

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Is it true that getting a non-immigrant OA retirement Visa does NOT require $ to be in a Thai bank?

A big thanks to Thai Visa Advice. Thanks to searching this excellent group, I was successful in getting a non-immigrant OA multi-entry visa, while in the US. I have now been living in Thailand for over a month.

It's my first time in Thailand, and I am looking forward to my first 90 day reporting attempt. I am living in Jomtien and will try to do it online initially. And if that fails, I will walk to the immigration office nearby and do it in person.

I also plan on purchasing an additional year of health insurance next year and visiting a nearby country and returning in order to get an additional almost year stamped on my current non-OA visa.

I have a question regarding eventually applying for an extesion on my non-OA visa. I did not require a Thai bank account when I got the non-OA. My American online bank statement and bank letter was sufficient to get the non-OA visa. However, if I want to eventually apply for an extension, do I have to get an actual Thai bank account and move the 800k baht minimum into Thailand? Or can I continue to use my American bank to meet the minimum money requirement?