@Michael *******

another clever dick telling others they are clever dicks?! 😂😂 A visa can't neither be renewed nor extended. A Non-Imm-O visa epxires when you ENTER Thailand. All you can get "reneweec" or "extended" is your STAY PERMIT, you do not have a visa any more. Before you call others clever dicks., you should touch your own nose

@Ally ***********

yes, I might have switched 22 with 2. Whichever applies

@Logan ********

however being in Thailand on a tourist visa, you cannot get a Thai bank account opened any more. It used to be possible before February 2025, but since then it's not possible not even by an agent (only ONE agent in Bangkok is known for being able to do it if you buy the whole "package" and it costs 60,000 THB upwards . . . . . . You need to have entered on a 90-days Non-imm-O family visa to be able to open a Thai bank account which you need for showing 400,000 THB in it.

@Logan ********

you can call yourself lucky, as you can read from the above poster what a pain in the A it is, to get foreign marriage documents translated, legalized and co-legalized inside Thailand 🙂

@Derek ****

I wouldn't take any bet on it. Fake marriages are more common than you might think

@Cris *****

Bangkok and Phuket are the hotspots for faked marriages between Indians, Bangladeshi and Pakistani with Thai wives. And yes, some Arabs participate in this scheme, too

@Ian *********

and it is called a "re-ENTRY permit", not a "re-EXIT permit" 😂😁 . . . . make my day, mate!

@Ian *********

"but you can apply to extend it based on marriage for 12 months by depositing 400 baht in a Thai bank account for two months". . . . . . . . . . only 400 Baht 😂😄, THAT would be a DREAM COME TRUE for hundreds and thousands of foreigners married to aThai wife 😄😂

@Logan ********

no more 365-days multi entry Non-Imm-O Family Visa any more. Only the 90-days single entry option. You can enter on it, get a bank account opened ASAP, transfer a minimum of 400,000 THB into it and as soon as the money has been in the account for 2 months, you can apply for the "1-year extension of the stay permit based on being married to a Thai wife". You need a "Kor Ror 22" marriage registry printout from the Amphur - so you can only apply for the extension if your marriage has already been acknowledged and registered inside Thailand. If not, it is a pretty time-wasting effort to get that done . . . . On the day you get issued the "1-year extended stay permit", you can buy a "multi re-entry permit" for it for 3800 THB, which will keep your stay permit alive and active during the 1-year period of the stay permit

there still are many pre-arranged, fake marriages around, that allow foreigners to stay in Thailand. That's why Immigration is checking that your marriage is for real