@Tod ********

thank you Tod appreciate you taking the time to explain all this,I have a better understanding of things now, we may be able to come over long term this year depending if certain stars align but our long term aim is to stay for several years and make Thailand our home if the initial year goes well

@George ************

thanks for that George that’s pretty clear , what happens in the first 3 months , let’s say we arrive and after a month we decide to go to seam reap for a week can she buy an entry on her 0 visa

@Wannikea ********

cheers can you explain a bit more on the last part , wouldn’t I just renew for the second year with a multi entry OA , what’s the final entry ?

@Tod ********

ok that’s not too bad , we have time on our hand and by the looks of it it can be done courier service except step 3 which I presume would require a trip to the Bangkok office on arrival to get that stamped by then

@Tod ********

thanks that useful info , I take it her initial o visa would be single entry but would her extension be multi entry the same as mine

@Lyndon ***********

the only issue I can see with that is having multi entry and both the wife and I would have to the 800k each showing in a Thai bank where as getting the 1 year multi here in the uk she automatically gets an o visa on submission of marriage certificate and as Robert states she can get a 9 month extension to match mine if I understand it correctly

@Robert ******

so if I apply in the uk for a multi entry OA visa and show the 800k in uk bank , submit the marriage license and the wife automatically gets the o visa as my dependent, will her o visa be multi entry the same as mine , and after 45 days in Thailand get hers stamped with the extra 9 months to match mine assume there will be a cost , and will she still be classed as my dependent so will that also be a multi entry , if after 12 months we decide to extend would it be a case of extending mine and getting a new o visa for her then same again after 45 days get hers stamped with the extra 9 months , I realise at that point I would probably have to transfer the 800k to a Thai bank