@Emmit ******

he was wrong, you don't need 800,000.- THB in your thai bank account for the Non-Imm-O marriage visa. 400.000.- THB are sufficient. 800.000.- THB are only required if you intend to change visa type to a "retirement Non-Imm-O visa"

@Graham *****

"re-enter when your Non-O has expired" . .sorry, it should say "when your Non-O/A has expired". As long as the Non-O/A is withinm the first year visa validity, there is no way to invalidate the stay permit that was granted based on the Non-O/A visa. He needs to await the expiry of the Non-O/A visa validity and put 400,000.- (not 800.000.-) into a Thai bank account, in order to apply for the change of visa type on immigration from a visa exempt entry to a "90-days Non-Imm-O family visa" (which requires proof of marriage and 400,000.- THB in his account)

the requirements for the "change of visa type" can be seen on this webpage of the Thai Immigration. Click onto number 6 to open the pdf. list of requirements for the "change" to the 90-days Non-Imm-O marriage visa

In order to change to a Non-Imm-O family visa, you first must invalidate your existing stay permit (i.e. the Non-Imm-O/A visa)

A Non-Imm-O/A visa cannot be made invalid in the first year, because it is a multi-entry visa type.

You will need to await the date after the visa validity has expired.

After this date you won’t have a re-entry permit any more, which means that when you exit Thailand, your previous stay permit will become invalid, and the visa will also have expired

Only now the path is free to apply for another visa.

Only then, you can re-enter Thailand visa-exempt, visit Immigration ASAP and ask for the “change of visa type” from the 30-days exempt-entry.

You will need to show proof of your marriage, Immigration does not accept foreign marriage documents, they only accept a freshly printed marriage registry document, the “Kor Ror 22” from the local Amphoe office.

You will need to show 400.000.- THB in a bank account in your sole name. No seasoning required at this point.

After having been granted the 90-days Non-Imm-O family visa, you need to wait for the deposit to season for 2 months, before you apply for the “one year extension of stay based on being married to a Thai wife”

@Jolene **************

It seems you received a multi entry 6-months Tourist Visa (METV)

It is valid for use for unlimited entries into Thailand, for 6 months starting from the date of its issue, which was June 24th, 2024

The visa validity expires on December 23, 2024

You intend to enter Thailand on a 30-days visa-exempt entry? You cannot.

The Immigration officer at the border will see your METV on the computer, and he will insist you stamp in on the METV. This is not a “I grant my wish” show.

Every travel plan from thereon relies on how you use the METV. It will get you stamped in on every entry for a 60-days stay permit. These 60 days can be extended once, for 1900.- THB on Immigration, with 30 more days.

Before the 60 days stay permit or the 30 days extension expires, you will need to leave Thailand. And activate another 60-days stay permit upon your next entry. If you re-enter Thailand on December 22, 2024, you will get stamped in for 60 days for the last time. This will get you a stay permit until February 21st, 2025

@David *******

how would you be issued a METV after you entered by a 30-days visa exempt and extended it by 30 days? You can apply for the METV in your home country only. You can't apply for it in any of Thailand's neighbouring countries, and you can't get it inside Thailand

@David *******

David Walley you should run a count, again. You can only get close to 9 months, not close to 10 months. It's six months visa validity, which gets you "close" to six months or 180 days (you loose the days between issue of the visa and your first entry), so when you do a border run close to the expiry of the validity, you will get another 60 days, which you can extend once for 30 days. Which sums up to a theoretical maximum of 180+60+30 days = 270 days = 9 months. If you try to let it follow by another border run with a 30 days visa exempt entry to reach your alleged 10 months, you will most likey be denied entry. Some Immigrations might not even allow you the last 30 days touristic extension, which would result in "only" close to 8 months

a BTS station near a beach? There is nothing such, The fartest the BTS can carry you is KEHA station. from there, a taxi ride can get to the the shoreside

@Angelo **********

is this ENOUGH info for you, or will you ask for more? Because I will leave this stupid discussion right here

@Angelo **********

Fines have become very expensive for airlines, as many countries have drastically increased them on January 1st of this year (the article still mentions the old fine amounts). Most Schengen countries, like the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others, have now increased the fine to USD 10,000 per rejection case, and Thailand has also increased the fine from USD 1,300 to USD 5,000. You can read the English-language article from the IATA magazine here:

/13/document-verification-travel-trouble

The IATA introduced the TIMATIC database years ago to protect airlines. Swiping (or more modernly scanning) your passport at check-in not only book your flight, but also checks your passport for nationality and the travel details for transit and entry stored in the booking, with reference to the required documents and validity periods. It also checks the verification number verified in the passport and, when scanned, for other signs of forgery. The "simple" visa information from the TIMATIC database for travel is also publicly available to everyone on the Internet.

Conclusion: The airlines know how to protect themselves and are increasingly relentlessly combating the fakes of dishonest passengers. It is therefore not worth taking the risk of being refused boarding and the total loss or even the consequences of being refused entry and possibly even criminal proceedings.