@Mario ******

thanks

Hi Tod . Just updating you on my progress so that it can benefit others in the same situation . I made a trip to immigration in Chaengwattana to ask what other docs I needed as I had to go there to renew my Thai wife’s passport anyway .As you correctly mentioned , I need a letter from my employer . The letter must state that I am currently employed by them . Immigration also said that I need to show them evidence of paying taxes. A documents called a ‘por ngor dor’ She warned me that some employers are not willing to so . Since I recently changed my tourist visa to a Non B for employment , she thinks it might piss them off if I then wish to change that a Non O with extension based on marriage . The fact is that getting a Non B and work permit didn’t cost my employer anything as I had to pay for it myself . So my next question is , ‘is my employer legally obliged to provide the letter and ‘por ngor dor’ if I request it ? ‘ As far as my workplace is concerned, I’m already working for them legally so it is of no benefit to them to provide those documents

Thanks Tod

@Tod ********

sorry . Yes I do . It runs out early Jan 2019

I have a 1 year work contract now

When I had entered Thailand on the 3 month tourist visa I wasn’t legally married yet . Also Imy 400,000 was a joint account with my wife . All of it has to be in one single account

@Andrew *******

most employers will tell you that you need to leave the country but if you have enough time left on your tourist visa and the right paperwork , it can be done . My university had to prepare a work contract and a letter written by the Dean confirming that he intended to hire me . I also had to get my embassy to verify that my degree was legit . If I had known it was gonna be this lengthy , I would have just left the country with the required paperwork and re-entered

No . I read up on the internet and did things through trial and error . But basically I applied for a 3 month tourist visa by going to Laos and then gathered all the documents from my workplace , British embassy etc . It was a long a painful process . Hopefully getting a non o marriage visa will be less painful