@Stuart ********

as I said in my first sentence of my post, just confirming.

It looks like I would have two options, because I won't be flying from Australia to Thailand to get married, then flying back to Australia: 1) entering Thailand on a short term visa (Visa Exempt 60+30 days if that's still in effect when I intend to travel there, or TV 60+30 if that's available) then get married & organise an in country Non-O based on marriage. 2) before leaving home, apply for Non-O based on Retirement, as I'm over 50.

I don't want to tie up 800k Baht in A Thai Bank Account, so it looks like it'll be option 1 for me.

Can you help me with a list of requirements and the process to obtain the Non-O based on marriage?

Applying in Thailand, the 400k THB; do I have to be able to prove it came from overseas?

I am divorced, so I know that I will need an official copy of the divorce certificate, but I don't know if I will need to get this and other documents, such as my English Birth Certificate & Australian Citizenship Certificate translated to Thai language, certified somewhere.

Ning Ning mentioned needing A Police Check. Is that correct? I know that the OA and probably the OX require it, but I've not seen anything about a Non-O requiring it.

@Frank *********

I've thought the same when seeing some of your comments on other people's posts 🤣🤣🤣

@Wayne ******

thank you

@Wayne ******

I may be misunderstanding you, but are you saying that one doesn't have to prove the funds for the marriage visa are from overseas, whereas they do with the retirement visa?

As for the documents required, I'm aware that immigration offices in the different provinces have some slight variations, depending on what you need to get done. I have seen mention by expats that some of the documents that are exactly the same each year and don't need to be dated and signed each year or things that Stephen mentioned, they just use again, or make copies and use again the next year. I've not seen mention of the specific documents though.

@Stephen ******

I can understand that proof of being still married is required, which is things that you mentioned, but I got the impression that there's a few other documents that have to be provided and can use the same ones as last year.

Still, without having gone through it yet, I would think that the 'money in the bank' requirement differences would make it worth the marriage option rather than retirement. At least the marriage option only requires half the funds in the bank and doesn't require a minimum amount in the account where the retirement option requires half the funds to remain untouched for 5 months of the year.

I've read on more than one occasion that much of the paperwork for the Non-O based on marriage can be the same as from the year before, or copies anyway, saving much of the work. Is that right, or not? I plan, all going well, to be doing a Non-O based on marriage in the near future.

@Bob ******

myself, I don't have any intention to split my time/year between Thailand and Australia. Not planning to return to Australia at all actually. Neither am I planning to live in Phuket or any other place that's popular with tourists, only the occasional 'short holiday' to see different parts of Thailand. Beaches aren't my thing either, which if I'm correct, most, if not all the places you mentioned are coastal places. I'll be living in Nakhon Sawan, where my fiancée lives.

I have no idea what you're saying about the pension and "stay 6 months plus a little". Maybe you would like to explain further. As I've only lived in Australia since I was 13 years old, portability isn't an issue if that's what you're referring to.

@Mark *******

thanks, but my question was the sentence with a question mark at the end of it... about the weather in the area of Thailand that I mentioned, not about pensions.

@Jim *******

I'm assuming that you didn't watch that video. The guy being interviewed is a Bangkok Lawyer and supposedly deals with quite a few Expats, helping them with their Tax affairs. I will agree with you though about the guy who owns the YouTube channel and his hair, but then mines not great unfortunately... we're not all blessed with a perfect head of hair.

@Terary *********

I 'chat' with my fiancée every day since I met her in 2022 and she occasionally mentions that a storm is coming, but she seems to mostly say that they don't get much rain out of it. I've got a weather App set to a location only ten minutes from her home and there never seems to be too much rain and I check it at least 2-3 times a week, sometimes daily for several days. Sea breezes may account for part of the cooler feel on the coast.