I am married to a Thai and applying for the O retirement visa

Being married do I require 400,000 baht or 800,000 baht in a Thai bank?

Also what is the maximum amount that I can transfer to my Thai Krungthai bank account from Australia?

I have a little more than a year on my PE visa and am considering the extension (its grandfathered so I get the old prices)

But since I got this visa I have come down with a rare blood disease that requires lifelong medical attention and I am wondering what the deal is with a medical visa and would it apply to my situation.

What are the medical visa requirements?

e.g. criteria, money in the bank etc..

I also qualify for retirement visa and potentially marriage visa.

More of a nervous post. I'm going tomorrow for my non O marriage under consideration stamp. I've never heard of it and I've never been denied before. But what if it is denied? Do you just refile the paperwork? Or have to do a border run?

Someone told me they don't deny these for the marriage visas. Unless it's like a blatantly fake marriage or something.

Hi All. Quick question - Can you still get 30 day extensions if in Thailand on a 90 day single entry non o, or are only the long term marriage/retirement extensions the only option?

Guys-

Living in Krabi with my Thai Wife (we got married in Krabi last year)

Entered recently on a W.60 Visa Exemption.

Have a 6 month rental lease.

We want to take the route of Non-O 90 Day Visa (marriage) and then extend that visa by 12 months

I understand a requirement for the extension is 400,000 baht IN A THAI BANK ACCOUNT in my own name

My issue is I CANNOT OPEN A THAI BANK ACCOUNT in my own name whilst I am on a Visa-Exemption

Hence- my reason for converting my Visa-Exemption to a Non-O 90 Day Visa (marriage) would be so I can take THAT visa to the bank and successfully open a Thai Bank Account, to fund it and have the funds ready for the one year extension stage

So it’s illogical to expect me to have funds in a Thai Bank Account when first applying to convert to a Non-O, if I cannot open a Thai bank account without FIRST converting my Visa-exemption to a Non-O, which I can THEN approach the banks with, to open the account using the non-o

My Plan Of Action:

1. Convert W.60 to a 90-day Non-O (Marriage) from within Thailand (Krabi Immigration)

2. Use that new Non-O visa to open a Thai bank account easily

3. Deposit 400,000 baht and let it season for 2 months

4. Apply for a 1-year extension before the 90 days ends

MY QUESTION:

Would Krabi Immigration accept this logic and accept this as a basis/purpose for wanting to convert my current Visa-exemption to a Non-O 90 day Visa (marriage) from within Thailand?

I have all the other requirements met.

Cheers guys.

If I were to go to Thailand to visit my fiancé and I hold a visa-exempt passport, can I get married there and then immediately apply for a marriage visa? What are the requirements? I appreciate your opinions.

Is there a means to convert a 60 visa exempt to a 12 month visa based on marriage whilst in Thailand?

My wife and her cousin went to the immigration office - more to obtain what is needed in terms of paperwork, and the lady was extremely helpful and kind and was going to do it, checked my passport. But wasnt concerned that i didn’t have a Type O visa but the fact I only had 7 days remaining before flying back to UK. She said I needed at least 30 days remaining.

I thought mmm, i wasn’t expecting that.

Im still planning on obtaining the Type O this October/November but wondered had anyone else been successful in trying.

Hello,

I work in the UK in tourism and at the end of the early October I plan to return to Phuket and get a marriage visa.

I know I have to wait 3 months for my extension.

I was wondering when I apply for marriage visa if I do it with a multi entry permit can I leave Thailand and come back within that first 3 months.

The reason is my mother has been unwell and my wife and we would like to visit her in Australia 🇦🇺

Thanks in Advance 🙏

Tod Daniel’s a massive thank you for all of your sage advice to me and others. So Tod has helped me from application for marriage visa, 12 month extension and re-entry permit processes. And so Monday was 12 month extension stamp day (had decided to leave re-entry permit - to book appointment, rather than long wait).

Wow what a different experience!!! Arrived car park 08:40. We got parked straight away with loads of slots (normally 15-20 minutes or no slots), into immigration ticket 20, up to counter 19 showing but changed immediately. 10 minutes later passport all stamped. My wife suggested we try re-entry permit (as it all seemed much quieter than previous visits) passport copied and 25 minutes later passport stamped and we left - 50 minutes for everything - wow just wow. Thanks to you, Tod and all your support I felt much more comfortable during this whole process. Really appreciate it.

Hypothetical question here. Let’s say I’m in Thailand on a family visa (marriage) but my wife dies. Do I loose that visa?