@Nav *******

oh, I see you need the 2 months "seasoning" of your bank deposit. Well, you should have gotten your ducks in a row after you entered Thailand. Now you need to bridge the time gap between the 2 monthsdeposit seasoning and applying for the one-year Extension of Stay . . . . . .there is not much you cando, you either have to apply for the 1-year extension while you are basicallystill on a valid 90-days stamp, or you lose the ability to apply for the 1-year extension after the first 90 days are expired. . . . . . . your only chance will be, you either apply for the "60-days extension based on family visit", this will normally get issued on the spot. And once you get close to the expiry of these 60 days, exit Thailand and re-enter visa exempt. Then on Immigration apply for the "change of visa type" from the visa-exempt entry to the "90 days Non-Imm-O married Visa". You need to show 400,000 THB in your bank account (no seasoning required at this point) It costs a fee of 2000 THB. It will get issued "under consideration" for 14 days. Then you pick up the visa stamp at the Immigration office. And as soon as there are 30 days left on the 90-days stamp, you can apply for the 1-year extension - on this day you have can fulfill the 2 months seasoning. You will have to pay 1900 THB for this application. The Extension will be issued for 4 weeks under consideration, and within this period, Immigration will pay you a visit at your home and ask your neighbours if your marriage is for real. I think I already told you this, when you asked in this group a few days ago

@Nav *******

they are right, no Thai Immigration can "extend a visa" because the visa became invalid when you entered Thailand. However Immigration can issue a "60-days Extension based on Family Visit" for 1900.- Baht, but only for ONE TIME per entry. It is just a matter of the correct wording. Nobody can technically extend a Non-O visa. It is not possible. They can only "extend" your STAY PERMIT. A stay permit is not a visa

@Nav *******

they are right, no Thai Immigration can "extend a visa" because the visa became invalid when you entered Thailand. However Immigration can issue a "60-days Extension based on Family Visit" for 1900.- Baht, but only for ONE TIME per entry. It is just a matter of the correct wording. Nobody can technically extend a Non-O visa. It is not possible. They can only "extend" your STAY PERMIT. A stay permit is not a visa

@Nav *******

with the 25,000 THB, he most probably meant that he is willing to issue the 12-months Extension of Stay based on being married to a Thai wife, without you having to show a proof of income or 400,000 THB on a Thai bank account in your sole name. Usually that's close to the fee what agents take as a "greasing palms fee" when they offer you the 1-year extension without using your own funds

@Nav *******

they are right, no Thai Immigration can "extend a visa" because the visa became invalid when you entered Thailand. However Immigration can issue a "60-days Extension based on Family Visit" for 1900.- Baht, but only for ONE TIME per entry. It is just a matter of the correct wording . . . . . he refused a 2 months extension because it is not possible and HAS NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE before! Only a ONE YEAR extension, or you have to LEAVE Thailand before the 90 days stay permit are expired. You can however get a 60-days Extension if you visit Immigration with your freshly printed Thai marriage registry proofs (Kor Ror 2 or 22) and your Thai wife. Then you can apply for the 60-days "Extension based on Family Visit" . . he gave you a BS reply. There haven't been any changes !!

@Nav *******

your wife and you were using the wrong wording. . . . . . You don't extend any visa. A visa cannot get extended. Immigration can technically not extend any "visa". The visa you entered Thailand on, became invalid / used", upon entry! . . . . . . . .You can only extend a stay permit . . . . . . . You are NOT on a visa anymore, you are on a stay permit stamp. . . . . . . . . . The 90 days stay permit out of a 90-days Non-Imm-O Married-to-a-Thai-Wife Visa will expire 90 days after entry. . . . . . . However you can extend your stay permit for 60 more days, by applying for the "family visit extension". The extension has exactly this name: "60-days Extension based on family visit". Your Immigration will then know what your intention is. . . . On Immigration, you need to show a freshly printed Kor Ror 2 or 22 (whichever applies) from the Amphur as a proof of your still existing marriage, your passport and 1900.- THB fee

He needs to use the bank letter and the 800,000 THB minimum deposit on the same account he used to get his recent Extension of Stay Permit based on Retirement. Immigration wants to see proof that after having been issued the recent extension, the 800,000 never went below that sum during the next 3 months. For the rest of the year, a minimum sum of 400,000 THB must remain in the account. And then 2 months before applying for the next 1-year Extension, the deposit must be back to a minimum of 800,000 THB. That's the law, that's the wording of the police order. You cannot apply for the next 1-year extension using a different account than the previous one, because you have to show these proofs to Immigration - with a month for month updated bankbook and the "bank letter of guarantee"

You can theoretically do the second entry into Thailand on a METV across a land border. It doesn't have to be a flight. You could however show the embassy a cheap one-way Air Asia ticket, like Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur, out of Thailand within the first 60 days you will get stamped in. Then you return flight to Austria is of no relevance to the visa application

I would say they want to see a return ticket within the six months of the visa validity. But how would you know when the validity ends, before they haven't issued the visa, as the visa validity starts on the day they issue the visa. . . . . And actually, they are not supposed to ask you for flights tickets, but only for the dates of your INTENDED flight to Thailand and you INTENDED departure from Thailand. Your "intentions" do not consist already booked tickets. But it is what it is, they want to see booked both ways tickets and you have to comply with what they ask for if you want that visa issued

There is a widespread controversy . . . .some Thai media insists that the government ordered the Army to keep the borders open. However, my girlfriend who lives close to the border, today told me that all border checkpoints remain closed - the Thai Army does not listen to what their government says. So I wouldn't put much trust into what the Bangkok Post or The Nation has published