you cannot get an extension based on having a Thai wife thru the VFS E-Extension system it is not an option for that program.

You can apply for a yearly extension at Chaengwattana when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp (so for you any time after Dec 31st (providing your funds are seasoned the 2 months required)

That TM61 form is ONLY for people who have the LTR visa and do address reporting once a year

if you have a visa/extension where you do 90 day reporting you do not use that form, just the TM47 90 day report form

You go out to the main immigration office at the government complex Building B on Chaengwattana Road, you go up to the 3rd floor (the floor above the main immigration office) and there's the 90 day report/TM30/Resident Certificate room

You need copies of

Data page of your passport

your most recent entry stamp

your visa (the print out of the PDF visa if you got it outside the country)

your TM30

you will fill out the form, pay 200baht, get an EMS Tracking number and they'll mail the certificate to you in about 5 days

You can get a certificate of residence in Bangkok on ANY stamp as long as you have a current TM30 filed showing you are registered as staying at an address in Bangkok

There are two types of term/fixed deposit accounts and they are viewed differently by the immigration office

One is a term deposit <- meaning the principal deposit is frozen (you can't access it) for the length of the term, all you can do is access the earned interest. < This type of account CANNOT be used for proof of funds for extensions

Another one is a fixed deposit <- meaning the principle is NOT frozen, and you can access it at any time during the term you have set up, (even if you lose interest or get a penalty) <- This type of account CAN be used for proof of funds for extensions.

@Jay ****

you can feel however you want about it I'm telling you how the system works

@Dca ****

I was almost gonna reference that OX in country extension 😛

@John *********

you mean show up with the bank letter, statement, updated bank book, TM30, copies of your passport data page, visa, entry stamp, and a filled out TM86 change of visa application?

I mean if you showed up with ALL that stuff ready to go, (and the print out Dca Dca posted) it'd be interesting to see what they'd do

OptimisticFrog7497 as

@Dca ****

posted when the DTV was rolled out it was supposed to be able to be "converted" to Non-Immigrant Type visas inside the country.

BUT

I haven't seen anyone report that they've successfully done it and this visa has been out since July 2024 😮

You can certainly GO to your immigration office and ask them, print out the paper that

@ ********

a posted in their comment and show it to your immigrations, see what they say. That's the only way you're going to find out for sure

@Dca ****

sure doesn't seem like they want do to it

I have heard of NO successful 'conversions' from a DTV to any Non-Imm visa type in country

No matter what the announcement said

@John *********

i have never seen nor heard of anyone successfully converting a DTV to any other visa in country.