Don't worry as many including myself don't even apply until we arrive.

Mark Wright I was in the Philippines back during the "thriller of Manila" Olongapo gets old fast now doesn't it.

I always buy a oneway ticket and have never had a problem

Lynnette Munoz Baby why not visit any one of the hundreds of beer bars in pattaya, there's no shortage of beer bars or the whores that hang out in those establishments.

Why would your wife want to divorce you? My thai wife flys off the handle from time to time too but she gets over it, I'm her meal ticket and she knows it. Take her to a local beer bar and point out all the aging whores and ask her it's she really wants to go that route. Common sense will always prevail.

Plain and simple, if it flys, fvjks, floats or has a foundation rent it dont buy it. Follow my advice and you'll be a wealthy and happy camper.

First and foremost I want to say that it's completely ridiculous to hire an agent, pay them 80,000 baht to do something that inevitably you will have to do yourself. Thai immigration hands out a worksheet telling you what you need to provide and the agent doesn't have any of these items unless the agent is your wife. Start with going to immigration ond obtaining the non immigration visa, grab the work sheet and start doing each item. You'll need photos of you standing with her family at her location and I mean the pictures better include a placard with the actual address attached to a stationary item preferably the house or the outer wall. She will have to get two neighbors (relatives) willing to meet with an immigration policeman at your location and give copies of their identification and a statement attesting that you have been living there. You will have to make a map showing the route from the immigration office to your stated location. Your foreign bank statements are irrelevant so dont waste time with those. You need to show a minimum of 400,000 baht in your thai bank account and you can never ever let that balance slip below the 400k or you will be denied so don't make a joint account with your wife under any circumstance or promises. There are many other hoops to jump through and those services can't do them for you so many up and use the 80k fee towards the 400k, remember their money has to be in your thai bank account 60 days before your marriage visa appointment, do not and say this with me, do not put your wife's name on your thai account, I don't care how much she beds and promises, don't do it. Even after you do all of these things and more, you will still have to do other things so pull your pa to up because it's an "E ticket" ride.

Gianpaolo Mele I have a marriage visa and I used Bangkok bank. What was your problem with them?

I received my marriage visa last month after about 5 months and lots of paperwork, pictures and such. I wasn't required to leave the country but you know that you need a thai bank account and 400,000 baht. Unless that monthly income is deposited directly into a thai bank it's irrelevant. I didn't use the 80,000 baht service, me and my wife navigated it ourselves but if you do use the service they have a work around for the money but you have to pay them interest and have a bank account with their bank. Good luck.