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@Rick ********
your situation is not similar. They were married in Thailand and already registered the marriage.
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@Gao ******
if it's just local address then yes, TM30 is basically telling immigration you're staying somewhere else.
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Where did you get your visa? If you got it at an embassy then no problem. Just make sure you have a TM30 filed for the address you're staying at and have a copy of the TM30 for your extension application.

If you got the non-O from an immigration office in Thailand then BIG problem. No other office will accept an application for an extension of a visa that was issued in a different immigration office.
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Yes, you should apply for the 90 day non-O visa based on marriage to a Thai from the Thai embassy before you travel. This IS the marriage visa. You will not apply for another marriage visa in Thailand, you will simply apply for a 1-year extension (not a visa, not a non-O) based on marriage to a Thai.

You said you were married in Thailand, so if your marriage is already registered in Thailand then you'll be able to get the paperwork from any Amphur office. But if your marriage was not registered in Thailand, you will need to get all the paperwork made official while you're still in the US, including getting it stamped by the Thai embassy in the US.

It would be MUCH easier if your daughter gets her passport from the Thai embassy before she goes to Thailand. Otherwise she will be entering Thailand as a foreigner and will have to deal with some complications related to that, and won't be able to get rid of the requirements until she leaves Thailand by air and returns using her Thai passport. There's no reason to get her a non-O visa, let her enter visa exempt if you can't get the passport before you travel.
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@Jack *******
Sounds like they have no idea what they're doing over there
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Banks don't have any information about your visa unless you share it with them.
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@Jack *******
Don't confuse them. Only upload the valid extension.
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For shipping, you purchase space by the shipping container. I believe there are companies that will sell you a partial container shared with others. It's not something you can do by yourself at this level, and even if you tried you'd be raked over the coals with duty fees. So you need to find a shipping agent that works with shipping containers to Thailand.
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@Bill *********
that insurance will not meet the requirements for the visa then. You'll have to purchase one of the qualifying policies from the embassy approved list of Thai insurers. That's the catch of the OA visa.
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@Christine ****
you're 100% wrong. You can get a non-O 90 day visa at every embassy in the world. They're all on evisa and it's standard across the world.