This is what I had to do when I applied for a Non Imm B at Savannakhet. I had to Exit Thailand at the Mukdahan Bridge. I was told to send photos of my Thailand Exit Stamp and Laos Entrance stamp in my passport to my Accountant / Agent. I did this promptly at 08:00 on a Monday morning. The Accountant was to take these photos - show them to the officer at the Krabi Labor Ministry - she did and at the same time she presented the filled out WP. 3 Application Form - this form was stamped Successfully Applied and a copy was given to her. This WP. 3 copy and a Cover Letter from the Labor Ministry signed by an officer (basically saying that the WP. 3 represented me - double check against counterfeiting I suppose) was sent to me by Express Mail. These two documents became part of my B Visa Application Document Packet. I then turned my B Visa Application Packet to the I/O at the Thai Consulate in Savannakhet.

Hong Kong Thai Embassy just announced that they will serve HK residents only

@Robert ******

- was not aware of the French exception of where money should be. But they were obviously applying for a visa that is not best suited for them. I hope they follow the suggestions that you, me and others have made. If they do their situation will be very much simplified. Laurent Lolo please study these suggestions and pass them on

The O-X Visa required insurance when it was first created a few years ago. This is not an "add on".

Even the Non Imm O-A and O-X... While Multi-Entry Visas they are handled by just in-country visits to the local Thai Immigration office in Thailand.

Tod Thomas - well Robert has spelled it out... When you need more details - then this subject has been discussed endlessly here on this Group. Just go to search at the top of the page and search the various terms... You can choose "Recent". I am betting that thousands of guys have done this over the years. The procedure for this is well documented by the many who have gone this route

I now see that Robert has already made this alt recommendation... So now you have it again with only slightly different wording

Temporary solution while you build up 12 months of Foreign Funds transfers in your Thai Bank Account. (just have your foreign salary sent there each month). How to "buy" time... Go to the Thai Consulate in Savanakhet or HCMC Vietnam (with minimum marriage documentation, (no financial requirement) except for the Visa Fee. This O Visa one year Multi Entry does require you to do an "out and back in" border run every 90 days. And you can stretch it from 12 to 15 months. Now at the end of 12 months or so you will have 12 documented International Transfer Deposits into your bank account. Armed with that info and more extensive marriage docs you can go to a Thai Immigration Office where you live and apply for a One Year Extension of Stay based on the original O Visa for marriage to a Thai lady. And this Extension of Stay only requires reporting to the Thai Immigration Office once every 90 days.

@James *******

- For now I will opt for an Evac plan because as for now I am not required to buy insurance. But I'm betting that sooner or later all over age 50 on Non Imm Visas or Extentions of Stay will be required to buy insurance - it is just a matter of time. Then queues at local immigration will be much shorter.

James 54,000 THB / year is a month's pension benefits for many. Not doable for those on limited incomes who also have preexisting conditions that cause out of pocket expense. Most people from the U. S. (with preexisting or over age 70) mostly need evacuation insurance to go back to Medicare or VA or both.