WARNING . . . . . . . .😶 if you are married to a Thai wife, this is NOT the correct visa you should apply for, as the picture shows a Non-Imm- TRAILING SPOUSE VISA. You must apply for the "90-days Non-Imm-O family visa" (based on being married to a Thai wife) instead

Michael Watson . . . WARNING:

the picture you posted is NOT a "90-days Non-Imm-O married to a Thai wife visa" . . .

it is a "trailing spouse visa" instead - applying for a 90-days visa based on being the spouse of a foreigner or family that holds a stay permit in Thailand

don't trust the Facebook round of knights in such delicate matters when it comes to choose the right visa for your intended stay.

IF you are married to a Thai wife, then the 90-days single entry Non-Imm-O FAMILY visa” is the right pick for you

For the application to the visa, you need proof of your marriage with a Thai wife. These can be your foreign marriage certificate

For the application to the 1-year extended stay permit on Immigration inside Thailand, you must show them a Thai approved marriage document.

You will get stamped in for a 90-days stay permit upon entry. You should immediately

EITHER

open a Thai bank account and deposit a minimum of 400,000.- THB on it,

OR

get an “affidavit of income” from your embassy (if you are a citizen of a country whose embassy still issues those affidavits) stating that you have a monthly income of a minimum of 40,000.- THB

From up to 30 days before the 90-days stay permit expires, you can apply for the one-year Extension of Stay Permit based on being married to a Thai wife.

If you are using the financial proof by the 400K deposit, on the day of your application, the bank must supply a letter that confirms the money has been sitting in the account for at least two months

In case you got any questions left, please ask

you can pay for the Laos VOA in Thai Baht

@Kev *********

Kev Giddings you seem not to understand the difference between a visa and a stay permit.

You keep confusing the two whenever you say that you are “on a retirement visa” but actually you are on a “1-year extension of stay permit”.

You do NOT “change the extension based on retirement” to a “marriage visa” . . . . . you only change the REASON the 1-year extension was issued on, from retirement to marriage with a Thai wife.

You actually don’t have to leave Thailand for changing the reason as long as you meet the requirements, but I think Immigration wanted it the "easy" way - obtain a Non-Imm-O family visa first in one of the neighbouring countries, before changing it into a one-year extension of stay inside Thailand

@Simão ***************

"since then" . . since the birth of the baby. Myself, like you did, I misunderstood it, too. And Immigration did not mean a "12 month visa". They meant the "12-month extended stay permit". Sadly Immigration does not use the correct words

@Steve ******

thanks for the clarification. Understood! . . . Name on birth certificate enough to obtain a 90-days Non-O visa AND the 60-days "family visit" extension. Only for the application of the "12-months extension of stay permit" he needs the court approval of fathership. NOTE TO SELF: Immigration calls the "stay permit extension" in their own bad English "visa extension". Technically, visa cannot be extended. Only stay permits get extended

, , this and the 500K Baht was the only thing I got wrong. Sorry for that

. . .you could have easily found it all by yourself. But this text, too, is missing the part that the name on the birth certificate is not enough proof of being the legal father, for the one-year extension. Only for the visa itself, the birth certificate is enough. For the extension of stay permit you need the family (juvenile) court approval

@Graham *****

that's exactly what I advised him to do

@David ******

for the application to the "change of visa type" from a tourist visa to a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa, the money just has to sit in the account. The 2-months seasoning is needed for the application to the 1-year Extension of Stay