@Ivan *****

The “normal”route for this is:

***use a translation service which is recommended by the Bangkok located Embassy of your country

***get an appointment at your embassy and have the documents and the translation “legalized”

***visit a branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and get them “co-legalized” (either main office in Bangkok and a legalization office in the 4th floor of the Central mall in Pattaya, or any of its subsidiaries in Ubon Ratchathani, Songkhla, Phuket and Chiang Mai)

*** for the main MfA office in Bangkok you need an appointment

*** with these “co-legalized” documents, you can get your marriage acknowledged and registered inside Thailand on your local Amphoe office

@Michael *****

maybe your wrong wording is because English is not your native language. A visa will be used for entering a country. When you enter, you get a "stay permit" stamped in your passport. You live in the country on a stay permit, not on a "visa". A multi entry Non-Imm-O/A visa becomes invlid after 365 days. After the expiry of the visa validity it is only the stay permit which allows you to remain in Thailand

@Michael *****

you don't have a Non-Imm-O/A visa anymore if you have been in Thailand for longer than two years. You are in Thailand on a "1-year extended stay permit". The 365-days multi entry Non-Imm-O/A visa you entered Thailand with, is already "used" or "invalid". It is already past its validity date.

The advantage of the better exchange rate WISE is offering, is being eaten up compared to a direct SWIFT transfer from bank to bank, when we talk about sums of 25,000 GBP and more. A SWIFT transfer costs a flat fee, however not so good an exchange rate. A WISE transfer might use a better exchange rate, but the higher the sum transferred, the higher the fees. At a certain point the direct SWIFT transfer gives you a better result as the WISE transfer

@John *********

you can withdraw the 800,000 THB deposit on the day after you get your new 12-months extension stamped and inked, based on the 12-months banking statement of transfers from abroad of monthly 65K. It's good you used your own funds, because if an agent fronted them, you won't have followed the requirements of keeping the funds in your account for 3 months after being issued the extension and never gone under 400,000 in the rest of the year. Immigration will check your bankbook accordingly.

@John *********

you rather got something like that, instead of "single" it says "multiple"- The top stamp is an "extended stay permit" and the reason it was issued for has been stamped above, it says "Retirement". This is NOT a visa. The headline above the re-entry permit stamp says "Non-Imm" which is the generalization fitting a dozen of visa classes for which a re-entry permit can be bought for

@Pete ******

your info is OBSOLETE, it WAS discussed and it is not the viable option any more since end of April. You knowledge is older than the ankle hair of my grandma 😄😎

@Franco ******

some Immigrations accept copies of the landlord's ID card front and back, and a copy of the blue housebook, signed by the landlord in blue ink. Best way is the landlord visits Immigration together with you

@Franco ******

we never know, because many landlords avoid doing the TM30, in order so they don't have to pay tax on their rental income. In case he didn't do it, check into a hotel, ask them for the screenshot or printout of the TM30 registration and take this to Immigration (stay in the hotel until an extension has been issued)

@John *********

there is no more 365-days multi entry retirement visa any more since October 2023. Surely you must mean you are on the 12-months extended stay permit based on retirement, for which you bought a multi re-entry permit for 3800 Baht. You don't have a "visa". You got a "1-year stay permit"