@Andrew *******

Except you failed to mention the retirement visa requires deposit of 800k in a Thai Bank.. compared to the marriage visa which only requires 400k on deposit.. and if your married visa later becomes invalid.. either through divorce, failure to extend, or failure to buy a re-entry permit.. you can apply for the non-o based on retirement at that time!

@Graham *****

That is true.. but theoretically they could share a pot of 1.2 million baht and stagger the applications by 5-months.. meaning they wait 5-months to submit the second application and switch only 800k.. thereby leaving 400k in the first applicant's bank account.. then switching 400k back 5-months later.. far too cumbersome for most people.. and incredibly time critical in respect of the transfer dates.. but do-able if you have limited funds and the will to live in separate countries for the first 5-months.. or maybe only 2-months if the second applicant comes over on a 60-day visa exempt stamp and extends for 30-days.. then returns to their home country to apply for the non-o.. probably not ideal in this scenario given their ages but feasible if the situation demands it 😉

@Kevin **********

On the face of it that would seem to be a reasonable statement.. except we all know that the visa regulations can change and often do change with little forewarning.. just as the limitations on land border crossings and the ability to extend a visa exempt stamp was amended in the course of the last week or so.. meaning if you'd researched that scenario a week ago you would have received different advice to what your research would tell you this week.. and at the end of the day that is the reason why forums like this exist.. ie. so you can tap into the knowledge base of the membership and get a collective mind discussing the issues.. and usually the most upto date information will eventually surface.. sometimes that necessitates a debate like this to explore differing opinions.. but if we are going to call everybody 'lazy' for using this resource it kinda makes the whole purpose of the group pretty much redundant.. personally, if i can't offer anything constructive I'll just jog on by and not get involved.. because the people stressing over their visa dilemmas don't need any more negative energy from me 😉

Immigration in CM recently informed me.. that if I'm doing my next 90-day report after returning to Thailand from overseas.. meaning my reporting date has been revised because of said travel.. that i can only do it online if i file it on the exact date.. ie. on day 90 itself.. and that any attempt to do it online in the early/late window would be rejected.. so to file it early or late I'd have to do it in person.. though i can't understand why they are not fixing the online system.. so it will mirror the in-person system.. and make our life easier!

@Barry *********

New laws are coming in this week.. you will only get one 30-day extension in future.. the second time you will only get a 7-day extension.. to stop people doing repeated land border bounces and staying for 90-days each time.. and same day returns will also be banned.. initially this applies to border crossings but it won't be long until it's extended to arrivals by air!

@Jay ****

Not true I'm afraid!

@Greg **********

Sorry, but i have read every single comment on this thread and the OA has never once said 'we have already registered our marriage at the local Amphur'.. or said 'we already have a Kor Ror 2.. maybe you are referring to a private message that the rest of us cannot see.. but I'm absolutely certain he has not confirmed either of those things on this thread.. i can only deduce that you bunked off school on the days they taught how to accurately comprehend words in the written form.. as opposed to your own interpretation of what somebody has written.. because i didn't didn't assume anything at all.. i simply responded to the facts that were available at the time.. and those facts still remain the same.. despite your attempts to invent things the OA has not said! Think you should look in the mirror before you start throwing insults around buddy!!

I am fully aware of the married visa regulations.. having personally jumped through all the hoops the OA is facing myself.. and you are wrong again I'm afraid because the OA only needs 400,000 sitting in a Thai bank account to apply for a non-o or extension based on marriage in-country.. you are quoting the higher summer of 800,000 which is needed for a retirement visa.. and that is totally irrelevant to the OA's situation.. furthermore, you are assuming the OA doesn't have a Thai bank account.. his post does not state whether he does or does not have an existing bank account in Thailand.. and you have assumed he does not without asking him the question.. my advice was wholly centred on the marriage certification necessary to apply in-country.. and did not touch upon the visa options available to him in his own country or indeed the funding requirements.. which clearly do not require funds to be held in a Thai bank account.. so you are challenging me about something i didn't say.. because you are not reading the sentence you underlined correctly.. please tell me where i said he needs a KR2 (or KR22) to apply for a non-o based on marriage in his home country.. and where he stated he was intendingvto apply for a retirement visa !?!? 🙈

@Greg **********

You clearly did not read my post correctly.. i said for a non-o or extension of stay 'in-country' which means in Thailand.. i did not say it was needed in your home country.. so you are telling me I'm wrong and then repeating exactly what i said.. so actually you are wrong in your interpretation of my advice 😉

If you have a Thai marriage certificate written in Thai language already.. you need to take it to your local Amphur to register the marriage. they will issue a certificate, a Kor Ror 2 (for overseas marriages it's a KR22) which you must have to apply for a non-o or an extension of stay in-country.. if you already have this from an earlier registration you will need to check with your nearest immigration office.. because some offices require an up to date certificate.. meaning they won't accept it if its a certain number of years old.. in CM for instance they have always accepted my original KR22.. but this can vary from one province to another.