Option:

Apply for the Non Immigrant O visa based on visiting Thai family (longer than 60 days).

Get 90 days on entry, after 60 days apply for the 1 year Extension of Stay based on visiting Thai family, with a re-entry permit.

When stamped in the passport, just make sure that you plan to be inside Thailand before the last date and stay at least 2 months to apply for a new 1 year Extension.

Always fun when people use the number that Immigration gave the applications.

TM30 : a from used for notification where the foreigner has stayed.

TM47 : a form used to notify that the foreigner stayed longer than 90 days inside the Kingdom

Yes, you do need an address to register that you lived on an address while being inside Thailand.

So first step is to make sure your CURRENT address is registered at the local Immigration Office, by using the TM30 form or on-line (make a print) AND IF you are 90 days consecutive inside Thailand, day of arrival is day number 1, you report this at the same local Immigration Office using the TM47 form.

IF you want to do the 90 day report (TM47) on-line you have to be sure that you use the same address as the last address which is registered at the Immigration Office.

for example: you visit another town, the hotel make a new address registration and you use the hotels address NOT the address you normally reside and call home.

Okay, some seem to forget or NOT READ that you have a Thai wife.

OPTIONS:

Apply for the Non Immigrant O visa based on visiting Thai family for more than 90 days, get 90 days on entry and extend once with another 60 days based on visit Thai family.

5 months done.

OR

visit without any visa and get 60 days Visa Exempt Entry, extend at immigration with 30 days based on being a tourist and later with another 60 days based on visiting Thai family

5 months done.

NO need for border runs with companies to stay 4 months in Thailand if people just read and understand the rules.

Yes, I'm sure you can stay until the last date and this should be known by everybody who applies for the 1 year Extension of Stay as this is one of the documents needed to apply.

You did sign this:

@Bobby ********

Depends on his country of origin of the passport, it might be the affidavit of income from the his Embassy

You are talking about the 1 year Extension of Stay.

In case the wife dies, this Extension of Stay does not have to be cancelled and the person can stay inside Thailand until the permitted up to date stamped in his passport.

IF you want to stay after that date, the person needs to apply for a NEW 1 year Extension of Stay based on one of the reasons.

This could be marriage IF the person marry another woman

Retirement or any of the many reasons used for the Non Immigrant O visa.

And yes, the person needs to meet the requirements of that 1 year Extension of Stay and in case of retirement the money in the banks becomes than 2 months prior application minimum 800.000 Thb and must stay there for at least 3 months after approval and the rest of the time of the Extension of Stay not less than 400.000 Thb.

Apply for the Non Immigrant B visa with Single Entry, get 90 days on entry and after 60 days you can apply for the 1 year Extension of Stay based on working in Thailand.

As soon as this stamp is inked in your passport, you can apply for the Re-Entry Permit to travel and keep this 1 year stay alive

few weeks ago you told that you have an Extension of Stay based on education, so why not ask the school what to do as they provide the documents for a new period of stay.

alternative is doing a border run or even a visa run.

Why would we follow up the regulations as asked?

We do as we please and when we are lucky the Immigration Officer in Thailand accept it.

And then we tell everybody they can avoid the rules and do as they please because when it goes wrong, the OP has a lot of fun, he will be LOL all day when you get refused entry.

Please do not try to get as lucky as him, if you want to try your luck, buy a lottery ticket, cheaper and less hassle when you lose.

Work visa, it does NOT exist in Thailand.

If you want to work for a Thai company you need 2 (TWO) different things.

to be allowed to work for that employer at that address doing as described as the job, you need a work permit from the Ministry of Labor.

To be allowed to be inside Thailand you need a visa, in this case the Non Immigrant B visa.

You can apply for a conversion of your tourist visa into this Non Immigrant B visa at your local Immigration Office, BUT as well as you and your employer need to meet the requirements.

As many times this seems to difficult for the employer, the easy way is to visit a Thai Consulate and apply for this Non Immigrant B visa. Your employer should contact that embassy to ask what documents are needed for this application.

Once you have the visa, you go back to Thailand get 90 days of stay, pick up your work permit and you can start working. 60 days after entry you can apply at your local Immigration office for the 1 year Extension of Stay based on working.

cost of travel, application fees, copies, hotel, food, drinks etc are depending on your preferences and you might ask your new employer for a donation.