jedwards

Wife's ID Card and House Book.

Marriage Certificate. Maybe a copy of the Marriage Register entry.

Letter from bank and up to date bank book.

Photos of you and your Wife in and around the house.

Map showing the way to your house.

You and your Wife will be interviewed and sign a statement,

Your passport. TM7 application form. 1,900 Baht fee.

Signed copies of everything.

You will be given a 30 day under consideration stamp.

Go back in a month and get the full extension.

All Immigration Offices will have their own little quirks. They will let you know.

It really is not as bad as it sounds.

Thanks for this. Plan B was to go to KL and go back to getting a Non O visa, and have a mini holiday every 90 days.

I have been dealing periodically with Immigration for 17 years and while some officers and offices are more polite than others I have always found them to be fairly easy to deal with so I may well give your suggestion a try .

It is not quite that simple. Come back if you are considering this and ask what you need to do.

Many thanks...please advise what I need do.

Thanks so much Mario and Lite Beer,

So what you seem to be saying is that I should turn up at immigration when my current retirement visa expires, with my 400 k in the bank (which would not have been in for 3 months, by the way )and ask for a 1 year extention based on being married to a Thai (actually for 17 years and I have been living in Thailand for all that time with a Non O then a Retirement Visa when I hit 50).

That sounds like a very reasonable request, doesnt it ? but is that really possible?

I have heard it is possible for a farang who is married to a Thai to obtain a retirement visa with 400K baht in the bank rather than the usual 800k. However, I do not know anyone who has succesfully gone down this route where I live in Phuket. Last time I got my retirement visa I had the 800k in the bank but this year thats not going to be possible. Any suggestions appreciated.