@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.

Changing your residential address from the Uk to Thailand is mostly unnecessary.. and frought with danger.. firstly, if you advise the DWP (govt pensions unit) you no longer consider the Uk to be your permanent home.. you will immediately lose the indexation attached to your state pension.. secondly, you should maintain a Uk bank account registered to a Uk address.. and have any Uk pension or other income paid into that account initially.. that way you can control how much money you bring into Thailand and when.. which could become very important if you are deemed tax resident in Thailand.. and thirdly, some Uk banks are forcing closure of accounts held by expats who try to register their overseas address.. this very action triggers a review and unless you happen to be a 'premiere' customer with substantial funds on deposit.. they will likely ask you to close it.. it's better to simply change your address to a relatives residence. then toggle all communications from your Uk bank to email thereafter.. this also necessitates maintaining a Uk mobile number for OTP's.. as well as communications with other Uk centric organisations.. and this can be done very easily by porting your number from a physical network to a VOIP service.. offerings such as Expatfone will even give you free voicecalls back to the Uk.. and will also shield your location so nobody will know you are not in the Uk when making or receiving calls.. useful if you need to call your Uk bank to resolve an issue.. and if you later decide Thailand is not for you after all.. you haven't burnt your britches so to speak.. lastly, you may want to return to the UK for medical reasons in the future.. given that there is no NHS equivalent in Thailand.. and treatment for more complex conditions (or surgeries) can be expensive here if you dont have health insurance.. so keeping the door open to access the NHS would be prudent.. as a British citizen that may still be possible in the short term.. but one day the govt may decide to start charging non-residents in the same way as they charge foreign tourists.. so maintaining a UK address for as long as possible would make sense.. at least imo!

@Mahmood *******

Non-o based on what.. retirement?

@David *********

You might struggle to get a yellow book if you are not married to a Thai.. or don't have a rental agreement in place for the property you live in.. and even if the local municipality will accept the gf situation he'll need a LTV.. or at least an initial 90-day (eg. retirement) visa stamped in his passport.. if you are here on a tourist visa or visa exempt stamp they are unlikely to issue a yellow book!

@Brook *******

Well the LTO accepted my yellow book when applying for my DL/MCL twice.. see above comment.. but our car is registered in my Thai wife's name.. so i can't say for vehicle registration purposes.. though it's strange they would differentiate between licensing people and licensing vehicles 😉

@Wayne *******

Well not in my case.. the LTO in CM accepted my yellow book as proof of address on both my initial application for a DL/MCL (the temporary 2-yr licence) and on my renewal application (for the 5-yr licenses).. and since I've had both ID's I've never once had them rejected by any organisation when asked to prove my identity or prove my address when presented alongside my passport.. so i guess this comes down to regional variations once again 🤔