Same. Phuket Immigration said the extension would be effective immediately and recommended to come back closer to Sept 26. Unfortunately

@Michael *******

got it. Sound advice all around thank you kindly guys! All of this confirmed by my local immigration as well. Cheers

@Michael *******

Thank you. I think I understand now. I definitely understand about the extensions.

"It is possible to get a NON O in country, but NOT while on amnesty." What about acquiring a non-o visa in-country, not from amnesty, but from the 60 day family extension. Do you know if that is possible?

Either way, it seems like the consensus is that I do not need to acquire a non-o visa at all, just the 60 day family extension and then the 1 year marriage extension. If I understand that correctly. I am OK with that.

However, I still need to know about the specifics of the financial requirement. Does the 400k have to be transferred in from outside Thailand all in one shot? (That is what I've heard for acquiring a non-o in-country) Or the money can be in my Thai account already by whatever means but needs to be in the account for a specified amount of time, 2 months for example. (That is what I've heard for acquiring non-o outside the country).

Thanks

@Tod ********

extension from education visa, the last one I was eligible for.

@Benjamin *****

I guess I am a little confused. I am talking about obtaining a non o Visa from inside Thailand. I wasn't aware that a one-year extension was an option, seeing how my current Visa is an education Visa, expired, on amnesty now. I thought you have to have a valid Visa in order to extend it in any capacity.

So I just want to be clear. What you are saying is that I do not need a non o Visa. I can get a 60-day family extension from my current expired Visa / amnesty, then get a one year extension based on marriage. No need to obtain a non o visa. Is that correct?

And I should check with my local immigration office on the financial requirements for obtaining the one year extension in-country.

@Benjamin *****

thanks for your reply. So then how and when would I get a non Visa? You said I can go from 60 day family extension to one year marriage extension. But I still won't have a non o?

Also, I have heard that the difference in the financial requirement for obtaining non o Visa in country vs out, is that you have to have the 400k transferred in all in one shot from outside the country with no specified amount of time for that money needs to be in your Thai account vs having the 400k sitting in Thai account for minimum of 2 months, respectively.

@Ivan ***********

that is true. I hadn't thought of it like that. Travel could still be buggered up in a few months. The cost of international transfer would definitely be less then the cost of travel and possible quarantine, twice. Once where ever I go then again here coming back. And re-entering could be a problem itself. I'll think about this. Thanks

@Tod ********

that is for processing non-o in-country, correct? For processing non-o outside of the country, different embassies have slightly different policies for the financial requirement.

That's unfortunate for having to show and pay for a big international transfer in order to process it in-country. My money is already here. Looks like I'll have to do it outside in a couple months or so. Hopefully things improve a bit with travel by then.

@Tod ********

I see. I am planning for my non-o for after the family extension. Would love to do it in-country. What I still need to figure out is how to show that my money came from outside the country. It's mostly been through accumulation of ATM withdrawals from my US bank so maybe I could just show US bank statements indicating ATM withdrawals in Thailand? I've got years of those. I also recently switched my salary to transfer direct deposit to my Thai Bank from oversea so there will be a few months of that I can show on My Thai bank statements as well.

@Ellie ******

thanks!