@Neil *****

OK but the lawyer writing you prenup can assess your specific situation and explain it to you.

I used a law firm in Bangkok. One of the partners was an American lawyer. He, of course, explained whatever I needed to know but in fact my assets were pretty simple and there was nothing complicated about the prenup. My American assets and pension income were excluded. This is true in the US too. Assets you bring into the marriage are still your assets. What you acquire together while married are joint assets. The prenup was in Thai and English and the Thai lawyers explained the terms to my Thai fiancee. The law office insisted on assisting with the district office wedding to make sure the prenup was filed correctly. We are still married so we've never tested the document.

Of course, this will depend on your wife's education & skills but there is little chance they would even know where to start regarding looking for assets in a foreign country.

@Brandon ***********

Fine. Then make sure you get pristine bank notes in your home country to exchange in Thailand.

Note regarding the 20,000 baht. You can order this from your home country bank or currency exchange if you plan ahead. Even though it is rare to be asked you are going to spend it here anyway. You’ve just saved an ATM fee.

Once they start processing your application the BOI staff are extremely pleasant to work with. I recommend applying in Thailand so you can work with them directly.

@Shirden ***********

I don’t know the requirements to get the original 90 day visa but after 90 days you would apply for a 1 year extension. When you have an O visa you do not need insurance to extend that O visa for 1 year. In order to extend an OA visa for 1 year you would need to have 1 year of health insurance.

You mean the US embassy in Bangkok. I did this in April. Everything done by mail. It took 30 days for me. They changed the process for paying for the return envelope. Good luck with that.

These days people generally recommend an O over an OA because there is no insurance requirement to extend an O.

@Jimmy ******

The branch I have an account with is on Sukhumvit next to W District. I hear that the branch in EmQuartier, Phrom Phong, is easy for expats to work with.

@Bosco ******

LTR - Long Term Resident visa offered by the Thailand Board of Investment. There are several categories of the visa. I have the pensioner LTR which requires a passive income of $80,000/yr and health insurance. 50,000 fee baht for 10 years. Google LTR Thailand BOI for the website