@Leo ****

For the 90-days Non-O visa application in your home country, it can be on any bank account anywhere, as long as it is in your name

For the application to the 1-year Extension of Stay, it must be on a Thai bank account

If you do the “change of visa type” inside Thailand from a touristic entry to a 90-days Non-O visa, the money must sit in a Thai bank account

@Nigel *************

so Immigration Phetchabun will be added to my list of weird offices that don't follow the standing police order 😉🙂 Yes, best advice, must check, I always advise it

@Charlie **********

only on the Jomtien, Khon Kaen and Samui Immigration! On most other Immigrations, the 800,000 THB just need to sit in the account, no seasoning needed for the application to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O visa. A 2 months seasoninh is then needed for the application to the 1-year extension of stay

@Michael ********

look, man. If you were married outside of Thailand, you need to get the marriage acknowledged in Thailand before you can use it the the 60-days family extension, or for an application to the "1-year extension of stay permit based on being married to a Thai wife"

@Michael ********

well but you need a freshly printed by the Amphur "Kor Ror 22" marriage registry certificate, your marriage must be registered in Thailand. Or you cannot apply for the "60-days family visit extension"

@David ********

but he needs a scooter that takes him to Immigration for the 30 days extension 😎

@Carlos ********

yes you can, you are right . . . but not worth the effort since you can rent a Honda 125 Click in Pattaya for 2400 THB a month

@Carlos ********

not that easy. It will take months for a new one the get a license plate

@Sue ******

there is a difference between a visa and a stay permit. The visa lets you ENTER the country, the stay permit lets you STAY in the country . . . .actually TWO ROSES, not one. The visa you entered with, expired the very moment when you entered

I was asked in my visa advice group by a German/Thai gay couple who are married legally in Germany, if they can get the dependent spouse visa for Thailand. They had visited Immigration, but it seems there haven't been set any rules regarding same sex marriages, yet