@Stuart *********

they're trying to "get the word out" so you don't have any excuses NOT to have done if IF you exit/re-enter thailand 😛 They're at all the offices for that reason

there is no "retired people" category for the DTV (Destination Thailand Visa) 🙁

These are the categories you can get a DTV for

@David ********

You are confusing two separate things

The validity of the VISA itself <- which for a single entry Non-O is 3 months from the date they issue it.

What that means is you have 3 months to ENTER thailand on that visa

AND

once you do you will get stamped in for 90 days (even if you entered the last day the visa itself was valid for you still get stamped in for the amount of time that visa gives you 🙂 )

The Non-O visa IS a "marriage visa" (meaning it's issued because you're married to a thai)

remember though you can only get a 90 day single entry Non-O visa based on marriage to a thai from the thai consulate in either Sydney or Canberra (depending on where you live in Oz) BOTH embassies have their processing time posted on their websites so check which one you use based on where you live and see what they have posted.

When you enter the country you get stamped in for 90 days, then you have to get the 400K baht in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you can apply for the year "extension of stay" at the immigration office where you live for 1900baht.

You can apply for a yearly extension at most offices when you have 30 days or less left on your 90 day Non-O entry stamp. You apply, get a 30 day under consideration stamp and you go back after that 30 days to get the year extension inked in. <- THEN if you want to leave the country during that year you buy a re-entry permit

You apply thru this web portal



This shows WHERE you apply based on where you are in Oz

file the TDAC online within the 3 days before you arrive here,

print the PDF file that is the DTV, hand it and your passport to the officer at passport control when you stamp in

You should be fine

@Ella ****

you aren't gonna extend a DTV for a year, you can only get ONE 180 day extension each entry if you want and most people just bounce out/back instead to get a new 180 day entry stamp rather than jump thru the hoops to get the extension

As far as if you come in, get a Non-B and work here, then go to extend you can deal with that when it happens. It's not like you can do anything about it now

@Ella ****

you won't have any issue at all getting in free stamp if you're out of the country when your current trailing spouse extension runs out

They won't say anything to you at passport control.

My apologies for the bad reply, (which I deleted) thank you for correcting me like

@Vin ********

🙂

sorry I answered thinking this was a different thread

You are 100% correct, IF you are on an OA visa (that you got in your country before you wing your way here by showing proof of funds in your country) AND you transfer in a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month every month for the previous 12 months before your entry stamp expires you CAN use monthly income method to meet the proof of funds to get a yearly extension (y) (y)

Well spotted 🙂

@Greg **********

I don't think that Udon issues in country Non-Imm visas, they are one of the offices that don't do it BUT I did tell them to check with their office before they plan to go get the visa out of country

@Bill *********

right, you can get 2 years of stay out of that visa in thailand without having to bank ANY money here at all. 🙂 You show proof of funds in your country (y)