How long is a rope?

Out of curiosity, what mistake was made?

Why do you need to change to retirement instead of marriage?

@John *********

Residence Certificate is simply piece of paper you get from Immigration that you need to open bank accounts, get a drivers license, purchase a motorbike.. Stuff like that.

Many provinces will only give this to you if you have completed at least one 90 day report.

@John *********

yes. Pink ID card is for foreigners.

But you need to be in a yellow house book.

In theory, having one should replace the need to get a Residence Certificate for things that require that. But I don't know how it actually works.

You can do all of this yourself.

Get the Non-O in your home country or in Thailand. Both possible as long as you fill the requirements. If your marriage was outside of Thailand you'll need some additional documents to prove this inside of Thailand. But absolutely nothing worth 70k baht to arrange...

Getting the yellow housebook should be easy enough if the family actually wants you registered in their house.

Bring the owners to the local district office and ask for requirements. Maybe bring your village elder if the family is on good terms with him. Should be straight forward getting this sorted and getting the Pink ID.

@John *********

That's the thing.

The Norwegian Embassy in Thailand will stop providing this from May 2026, and people are looking for alternatives.

Just trying to get all the information and help figure out alternatives for people.

This was just one part of that. 🙂

It is however completely new news to me that many offices are not accepting monthly transfers ( or certificates? ) for extensions based on marriage. That is wild.

Anonymous participant 314 The 90 day count goes back to 0 when you leave.

Starts back at 1 when you enter Thailand.

@Graham *****

It is a general question.

I was under the impression it was 1 single transfer a month with the minimum amount.

But others say it's fine with multiple as long as the total is equal to or above the minimum amount.

It's not for me personally.

I don't need to show any financial proof for my extension of stay.

The application-pages specifically state that you need to wait in the country where you applied.

Some don't and do just fine.

Some don't and don't do fine because they get called in for interviews or need to show up to date proof of location.

Stay put. Don't waste your money.

I changed my number to a pre-pay plan back home and kept the SIM.

Dual SIM phones are a thing. And there is also eSIMs