@Stephen ***********

yepp, I know. Are you aware that, vice versa, even Tod Daniels calls all embassies "consulates" ? 😅😅

@Rintip ***********

open the Website of the Royal Thai Consulate Savannakhet. The "multi entry" Non-O is NOT listed but available at the consulate. The requirements are the same as for the 90 days Non-O, however the fee is 5000.- THB. Every copy must be signed by the Thai wife in BLUE ink! . . . . . . . . .Required documents

Visa application form [Download] which is completely filled out and signed by the applicant

Original and a copy of passport or travel document (must not expire within 180 days and contain at least two complete empty visa pages)

Two (2) photos of the applicant (3.5 x 4.5 cm, taken within 6 months)

Original and a copy of marriage certificate (for spouse/parent) or birth certificate (for child).

A copy of Thai identification card (for spouse/parent)

A copy of passport (for spouse/parent)

A copy of Thai House registration

Visa Fee: 2,000 Baht (Single Entry) 3e&menu=5d84a44c15e39c26b69

@Stephen ***********

Thanks for the update, it's a cool thing to do in Savannakhet for expats married to a Thai wife. . . .By the way, it's a consulate, not an embassy. At the Thai embassy in Vientiane, the process is different and you would have to show the financials

@Rintip ***********

at the Royal Thai Savannakhet Consulate you do not have to show 400.000.- THB funds, when you apply for the multi entry Non-Imm-O family visa. However if you apply at the Royal Thai Embassy Vientiane for the same, you need to show the funds. That's why many Expats married to a Thai wife use the ROYAL THAI CONSULATE in Savannakhet (it's not an "embassy"), and to my knowledge I think the Royal Thai Consulate Ho Chi Minh City also still doesn't ask for the financials

@Chris *******

safe travels, matey. No worries evr'thing will work out

"till Feb 2024 i'll need a new re-entry visa" . . .So much to the terminology: the stamp is a "re-entry permit", not a re-entry visa. And you are obviously on an "extended stay permit", not on a "retirement O visa" as there is nothing such

@Chris *******

alright, that makes sense

@Chris *******

your post doesn't make much sense. Are you on a Non-O retirement visa or on an extension based on retirement? And why would you need two single re-entry permits for one and the same, be it a visa or an extension?

@Marc *******

you can try, I hope it will be accepted for the visa application. As a Thai bus actually never crosses the border to Cambodia (left hand-right hand)

it's cheaper to book Air Asia from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur. You can get this one for 32 USD