@Ty ******

also keep in mind Savannakhet requires you show the 400K baht in a thai bank account for 2 months before you apply for the year-long, multi-entry Non-O based on marriage <- if you can't show that you get a 90 day single entry

Both 😮

You need to have the 400K baht banked in thai bank account in your name only to apply for the 90 day Non-O visa based on marriage inside the country at the immigration office for 2000baht

AND

you need to have had the money in the account for 2 months before you apply for the year extension based on marriage at the immigration office for 1900baht

@Ty ******

if you're talking about a year-long, multi-entry Non-O based on marriage to a thai you need to get it BEFORE they switch over to the eVisa system (Dec 21st is the last day they take in person apps) because that choice is NOT available on the eVisa portal...

So if you need that visa, I'd say don't be a "day counter" 😛 and get over to get it before they stop in person applications

@Othmar ***

it is a common mix up, no worries, when you go apply for the year extension ASK the officer when your first 90 day report will be due.

In Bangkok (and other offices) they put a small paper in your passport with the due date on it when you get the first extension

@Roland ********

as a rule those one day/no fine overstays do not precluded you from getting an Elite visa or an LTR, it's significant overstays

@Matt ******

Okay, the answer to your question (which you asked twice) is YES

You need to meet the seasoning requirements of the extension you're on NOW which you got by banked money, <- which means you need to keep the 800K baht in the account for 3 months after the extension was granted

AND

you then can't let the balance go below 400K the rest of the year (until you apply for the following year's extension)

ALSO

You have to transfer in to the country from abroad a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for the new yearly extension based on monthly income method

you got your wires crossed a bit

free stamp entry never does 90 day reporting (and those days don't count toward you having to file a 90 day report if you change to a different visa)

Initial 90 day Non-O visa doesn't do 90 day reporting either <- because ON that visa you can't be in the country long enough to have to file a 90 day report

Your FIRST 90 day report will be due 90 days from the date you get your year extension issued.

Doesn't make any sense going back next week you haven't been here 90 days on the same visa/extension type to make you have to file

As I said, you don't have a report due until 90 days AFTER the date you apply for the year extension, that's when the first one will be due

Believe it or not there is nothing in the immigration rules about marriage extensions that say anything other than the 400K needs to be in the bank for 2 months before you apply for an extension.

Nothing says you need to keep it in during the under consideration period <- (although some offices were telling people) 😕

You're fine once you get the extension to do what ever you want with the money there is no minimum balance or anything like that

Sadly for you I would wager you're NOT going to Vientiane to apply for any visa 🙁

BOTH Vientiane and Savannakhet will stop accepting walk in (w/appt) applications on the 20th of Dec and switch to the eVisa online system on Jan 1, 2025.

Vientiane's appt system is totally booked between now and Dec 20th so that consulate isn't an option for you to use

You CAN go to Savannakhet and apply (they have openings available) You make an appt at this website

Well, you're far from the first foreigner who found out that a 60 day free entry stamp is really 59 days 😮 (because they count the day you stamp in as day ONE no matter what time it is) 😕

You will be okay flying out with an overstay of under 24 hours as there is no overstay fine for that at the airports when you stamp out

You will get a thai language only stamp next to your departure stamp that says overstay under 24 hours fine waived, and it will not affect your entry to thailand in the future