@Andy *******

Thanks Andy. Good info! 👍

@John *******

they can’t ask you for flight details because you can’t book a flight because there are no regular commercial flights. There are only repatriation flights, and your embassy has to book you on them. In my case (I’m in Belgium) these flights depart from either Amsterdam, Frankfurt or Vienna.

Sounds to me like your embassy doesn’t know what they’re talking about...

@John *******

the embassy here will give me a marriage visa. They will NOT give me a retirement visa as those are not issued right now “until further notice”.

If you’re married to a Thai you should be able to get a marriage visa (aka Non-immigrant O based on marriage) if you can fulfil all the other requirements ...

@Noel ********

I’ve just retired a few months ago, so to be honest: getting back to work is not very high on my priority list 😀

@Tony ********

yes, I am aware, but thanks anyway for pointing it out!

It’s crazy how many traps there are in this process...

@Kool ******

and Stephen Woods: I understand you can’t marry twice (thank god 😂) The idea is more to change my wife’s status to “married”, because since we were married here in Belgium, the administration in Thailand has no knowledge of the fact that she’s married. I believe there’s some administrative form to be filled (called “Cor. 20” or something) at the Amphoe or such.

@Kool ******

oh ok. I didn’t get that part, thanks for the clarification!

We will get our marriage registered anyway because we want to be legally married according to Thai law too, but good to know that it’s not required for the visa...

@Kool ******

yes, when I said “registered“ I meant exactly what you said 😀

@Tony ********

yes I’m aware about the money requirements, it’s not an issue. Your understanding about reporting is the same as mine. First time in person, then on line is what I heard too.

@Tony ********

I don’t mind about the 90 day reporting. (I believe you can do it online, right?). What worries me the most about the marriage visa in COVID times is the fact you have to leave the country every 90 days, and with closed borders for the foreseeable future that’s not really a possibility. So I’ll probably go for marriage visa, and deposit the money required on a Thai bank account and get the 1 year extension as soon as I get out of quarantine...