@Terry ******

@José ************

do you know a visa agent in khon kaen?

@Terry ******

cheapest route, go to an agent. Shop around, might cost you 20k baht

@Terry ******

insurance from the USA? Or insurance that you bought in Thailand?

@Will ***********

and health insurance from a thai broker

Talk to an independent broker.

Look up lawton insurance in bangkok

LawtonAsia Insurance Brokers

02 654 1150

@Stuart ********

extending the OA requires funds in Thailand, doesn't it?

Banglamung is the district

@Christian **********

and the first one will probably require a tm47 paper copy filled out

@Alexandr ************

you don't claim her as a dependent. You file married jointly. This gives you an extra standard deduction. I just got an ITIN for my thai wife last year. Application for an ITIN must be submitted with a *paper* 1040 filing, so you might want to do this when you file your 2022 tax return. I did this last year, cost me 1500 baht to DHL the paper 1040 and w7 ITIN application to the ITIN processing center in texas. I sent it in early March 2022, did not receive my refund until August 2022. IRS is notoriously slow processing paper returns