@And***

and NO, you cannot extend the "1-year Extension of the Stay Permit" for less than one year. . . . However you can apply on top of the expiry of the 1-year extension, a 60-days extension based on "family visit" for 1900 Baht

@And***

which visa you got? There is only one visa type good for one year, that is the 365-days Non-Imm-O/A Longstay Visa . . . . if you think you have what you call a "one year spouse visa", then this is NOT a visa. This would be a "1-year Extension of the Stay Permit based on being married to a Thai wife" . it is a STAY PERMIT, not a visa

@And***

You will enter Thailand with a 90-days Non-Imm-O family visa, and will receive a 90-days stay permit.

Before these 90 days expire, you need to apply for the “1-year Extension of Stay Permit based on being married to a Thai wife”

Immigration will call it a “visa extension”, but actually they don’t extend any non-existing visa, they are extending the 90-days stay permit to a “one-year stay permit”. The visa itself actually has become invalid for further use upon your entry

You can apply for a “1-year extension of stay based on marriage with a Thai wife” 30 days (45 days on some immigrations such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai) before the end of the 90-day stay permit you got stamped

To do this, your marriage must be recognized and registered in Thailand. Because Immigration will ask you to present a freshly printed Thai marriage registry document from the Thai Amphur. It is called Kor Ror 2, or Kor Ror 22 (whichever applies to your marriage)

In addition to other documents, a financial evidence must be provided:

Either

You have a Thai bank account in your sole name and a deposit of a minimum of 400,000 Baht. The money must have seasoned for 2 months on the day of application,

or

You got a legalized statement of your country’s embassy in Bangkok/or of a honorary consul, about a regular monthly income of at least 40,000 Baht (a so-called income affidavit)

Some embassies, like the U.K., the U.S. and the Australian embassy, don’t issue affidavits of income any more. In this case, Immigration will ask you for a bank statement of 12 months of consecutive money transfers coming in from abroad over a minimum of 40,000 THB. So, in the first year, you won’t easily get around the 400,000 Thai Baht account deposit method

The combination method, which is accepted for the application to the “retirement extension”, a mix of a deposit plus income, is not possible for an extension based on being married to a Thai wife.

You will need to present (this list might not be accurate nor complete, as some requirements are Immigration specific, and you need to visit your Immigration and ask for their handout list)

*** a copy of your passport detail page

*** a copy of the entry stamp

*** a copy of the pdf. visa document

*** a filled out TM7 form (can be had on Immigration)

*** two signed memorandi of understanding (which you get on immigration

*** photos showing your wife and you in front of your house, with house number visible

*** Hand-drawn map of the location of your house. Some Immigrations accept a printout of google maps and geo-data

*** 1900.- THB application fee

If you meet all the requirements, immigration will stamp your passport or clip a paper into it, stating “application under consideration. Please visit us” . . . and a date, in most cases 4 weeks away

Within these 4 weeks, Immigration will visit you and your wife at home, they might ask your neighbors whether you are really married and live there.

As soon as the “under consideration” period has expired, you can pick up the passport from immigration with the completed and stamped one-year extension of stay permit.

It is recommended to buy at least one single re-entry permit for 1000.- THB (you need to bring two passport pics for that) because should you exit Thailand during the one-year Extension of Stay Permit period, the re-entry permit keeps your extended stay permit alive

@And***

you can extend the 90-days stay permit for ONE full year, if you fulfill the requirements. Mainly the financial requirements

@Rob ****

click onto "tourist visa" on this website

@Rob ****

you can apply for a Multi Entry Tourist Visa only in your country of residence, using the E-Visa online system of the Thai embassy in your home country. You cannot get it inside Thailand or at the border . . in your case, through the e-visa system of the Royal Thai Embassy Bruxelles

@Rob ****

yes, absolutely no problem. The METV has a validity of 6 months starting on the day of issue. Within this validity period, you can do unlimited entries into Thailand ("multiple re-entry permit"). On each entry, you will get stamped in for 60 days. . . . at the moment, there is a little controversy if you can get a last 60-days stay permit when you do a last entry shortly before the visa validity expires, which would mean that you can actually get a stay of 8 months out of the METV. . . some people report that the last entry was rejected, but I assume it was for a different reason, maybe it was something personal . I don't know for sure, you need to check reports in the FB-groups that tell about the multi entry tourist visa

@Rob ****

watch out for wrong terminology from people who know nothing but feel obliged to reply

@Ant **********

"You would still need to do Visa extension after 60 days" , , ,sorry but this is complete nonsense. There is NOTHING such as a "visa extension" . . . . . . You enter on a METV, you get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit. This stay permit you can either get extended with 30 more days for 1900 Baht on Immigration, OR you have to exit Thailand BEFORE the 60 days stay permit expires (not "after 60 days" because that means you will already be in overstay "after 60 days" !) and on each re-entry during the 6-month visa validity, you get stamped a new 60-days stay permit

@Michael *******

sorry you are wrong . . read what others wrote