@Pete *******

marriage is of no concern with any retirement visa extension. It doesn't matter if you are married, or not, the financial requirement is bt800,000 in your Thai bank account for two months minimum before you apply, then it must stay in your account for three months after you get your year extension, then for the rest of the year it can never drop below bt400,000. Then bring it back up to bt800,000 at least two months before you apply for your next extension

@Pete *******

immigration requires that your wife accompanies you when applying for the marriage visa extension, then they normally do a home visit during the under consideration period to make sure you are living together, and they can ask your neighbors. They do know how to tell if you are living together, and not just faking it. If you are not living together then no visa extension approval.

Anonymous participant don't worry. What is going on with bank accounts only involves Bangkok Bank, not Kasikorn Bank.

Keep in mind that if you cancel the visa in Bangkok, you might have problems flying to Samui. As soon as your visa was canceled you are supposed to leave the country. This could be why the law firm in Samui is advising not canceling it in Bangkok. You could easily end up on overstay, with a fine, and a mark on your record.

@John ********

being that you are on a type O extension based on Thai wife you can work, and get a work permit, by starting your own business in partnership with your wife. By doing this you cut in half the amount of registered capital needed in the business to just bt1million, and the number of Thai employees to just two, with one of them being a licensed Thai accountant, that can be part time. With this business, and your work permit, making at least bt40,000 a month, and paying your Thai income tax for three years, plus other requirements, you will be eligible to apply for Thai permanent residency, or directly to Thai citizenship. If you don't work then none of the other requirements matter. This is just something to think about if you plan on living here.

With the correct documentation to prove you are married, one gets the DTV through soft power, in your case Muay Thai classes, and the other as a dependent after the first one gets the DTV.

If you are under a doctor's care they can process a medical visa for you.

@Adam ******

Thailand trusts everyone to begin with, until they prove them wrong. When that happens they tighten the rules for all the new applicants, but those that already have the DTV, are grandfathered in for that five years, meaning you can leave and return for five years. That's just how Thailand is about anything new.

I just use direct deposit.

You do it at the immigration office closest to where your current TM30 lists your address as. Wherever you moved to a new TM30 was supposed to be filed within 24 hours of you moving in.