@Lindsey *********

No It is not the same

The Thai Consulates in Savannakhet Laos and in Ho Chi Mihn City Vietnam will issue a Non Imm O Visa One Year for marriage with minimum documentation and a 5000 Baht fee. No financial requirements. Under this type of visa one must do a border run (exit Thailand and Reenter every 90 days). Many thousands of Foreign men get this kind of visa every year.

@Neil **********

- I am no expert in this angle. But most Imm. offices just want documentation as to Foreign Origin. This is another one of these inconsistencies that define Thai Immigration. Just present what you just said and see how it flies. Some Thai Imm Officers seem to assume that everyone is lying and cheating. The I/O is probably looking for a Expat who is getting loans or who is recycling money back to the home country to send to himself again.

@Neil **********

- You may be correct. But from the many posts on various Visa venues that I have read - most offices will require the deposits be documented and they all be labeled International

@Wilmont *****

Only USA, Great Britain, Australia and Denmark and maybe one other

@Michael *******

Some Countries still issue the Income Letter and Immigration still honors them

One Other Thing - If your Home Country's Embassy in Bangkok will issue an Income Certificate / Affidavit / Sworn Letter attesting that you earn the equivalent of 65K Baht a month then that document alone will suffice for proof of monthly income

In Addition - if trying to use the Monthly Income Method - you have to show 12 months of monthly 65K deposits upon Application

And if using the 65,000 Monthly Income Method of proving finances... each monthly transfer deposit into your Thai Bank Account must have a deposit Label of International and furthermore this same deposit must have an embedded code of FTT (or equivalent) Foreign Telegraphic Transfer

Also - while a Combo

method of proving finances is on the books as an alternative. These days in reality many Immigration Offices will not allow it to be used