@Bernard ***********

Correct. The visa is valid for 3 months from the day it is issued. So if you plan to travel further than 3 months from now, you would not want to apply yet.

@Anthony *******

No one is going to care about an exit flight after you're already in Thailand

@Anthony *******

If you don't have 800,000, how are you going to make a deposit of 800,000 when you get to Thailand?

@Dennis ********

Yes

Non-immigrant. The bottom of your form should match this.

The reason you can't find the application online is because embassies pretty much all stopped offering this visa years ago. Now each person will need their own visa and own bank account with proof of funds.

There are a couple of caveats. Some embassies will let you do it if one spouse has a non-OA visa (but then you have to purchase the mandatory insurance).

There's also a VERY convoluted workaround you can do while in Thailand. Your wife would have to get to Thailand as a tourist. Sign up with a school and apply for an education visa. They would need to study for 3 months and then continue for another 3 months so they also apply for the first 90-day extension. This will put your wife onto an extension of stay that was based on a non-immigrant visa. This would then allow your wife to apply for an extension for a different reason (trailing spouse extension) after 6 months.

For the initial non-O visa and the first 1-year extension, it's not an option. You would have to use 800,000 baht in your Thai bank account. During this first year you could start transferring at least 65,000 baht per month to your Thai bank account that just show as an international transfer. The 2nd year you can use proof of 12 monthly transfers as proof of income, and then withdraw the sum you need for the extension the previous year.

A non-O visa does not require insurance. A non-OA visa does.

@Anthony *******

still better in EVERY way to get the visa before you travel.

Why? Why would you do it this way? Do you already have a Thai bank account? You will not be able to open one if you fly to Thailand without a visa. And a bank account is required in order to apply for the non-O visa.

Apply for the non-O visa while you're outside of Thailand from the London Thai embassy. Then you don't have to worry about a ticket out of Thailand. That will also allow you to open a Thai bank account to deposit the required funds. And you will save yourself 2 trips to immigration which can take many, many hours.