@Stuart ********

Whew!!! Thanks Stuart. You have definitely made my evening! Reading thru the requirements I was confused and I thought I may need both.

@Maya ******

Yep!

My friends checked in, got their test. It was negative. They checked out of the hotel and didn't spend the night even though they had paid their 6 000

I am a Canadian and 4 years ago we went thru VFS in Bangkok for my wife's visa to Canada. They also had her passport and it was returned to our village in Isan. Best of luck. If they have your correct address you should get it back.

@Ellie ******

Hi Ellie. Thank you very much for this information. With me and my wife scheduled to leave the country April 1 the way you have laid it out, it sounds very doable. The one year one may be the way to go though? Get all the paperwork over in one go. What I have to find out is if the 1 year extension being married to a Thai is easily renewable year-after-year. Thanks again Ellie for your time, informstion and thoughts.

@Benjamin *****

Thanks Benjamin. Yes, I will go to the office and request the handout. Good idea. Okay, we can do the paperwork as outlined. We will be here this time for 5-5.75 months, go back to Canada and then return here (in the foreseeable future) every October/November for the same time period. That being the case would we have to redo the same paperwork every time (it being assumed, okay a big assumption, that we are using current rules and they don't change)? Maybe in the next 2-3 years we will live permanently here and at time I could see the marriage.visa to be a real and necessary bonus. Thank you very much.

I have a 90 day visa and a return ticket from Thailand.

@Craig ******

I got asked by Cathay 3 days ago when leaving YVR to HK AND BKK for a return ticket.

It is my understanding that the French in Asia were called Francais and that became farang in local dialect. Hence all foreigners were called farang (s).

Is Thailand open to Americans? I heard because of high covid infection rates it was closed to all Americans, no matter the marital status. I only heard this on the bush telegraph, not from a gov website.