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Misleading. You apply to extend your current permission of stay based on marriage. A visa cannot be extended.

What documents are you uploading? Your wife can file the TM30 as the 'house master', however as your wife rents the Condo her registered address in her house book will be different. You should upload copies of your landlords Tabien Baan and ID card for the Condo address, or the Chanute if he/she is registered elsewhere.

That was the result of cessation of Income letters. It's no different from using the 400/800K funds method, where the funds come from savings after post tax. Immigration loath going through statements to confirm 12 monthly overseas transfers, against an Embassy Income letter. It's caused them unnecessary work (their words, not mine). Heavens, they've had to educate themselves how to use a calculator since!

You miss the point. Immigration were requesting 'validation' of such documents, rather than them being taken at face value, to eliminate forgery. The UK Embassy had suspected for some time that Immigration assumed all Embassies 'authenticated' submitted documents, when in fact all Embassies were merely 'certifying' their letters, as per Immigration Orders. During the course of several meetings over several months between the UK, US and Australian Embassies with Thai Immigration, it became apparent that the Thais didn't understand the difference between 'certified' and 'verified' and the almost impossible task of verifying documents due to Data Protection laws. The 3 Embassies became frustrated with Thai Immigration and thus elected to withdraw the service of issuing 'Income letters' under the false pretence that all submitted documents of income had been 'verified'. This action took Thai Immigration by surprise and as a result they were forced to introduce a new Immigration Order amending Order 138/2557, allowing proof of income for extension applications via monthly overseas transfers to a Thai bank account as an alternative to Embassy Income letters. What surprised everyone was that the amended order, when Immigration had the opportunity to change the requirement to 'verified' income, chose instead to stick with the term 'certified' Embassy Income letters. Had they requested 'verified' incomes in the amended order, then all Embassies would have ceased the service. As it is, most Embassies continue the service by complying with the requirement to 'certify' their Income letters. I know for fact that Thai Immigration expected the UK, US and Australian Embassies to resume their service after publication of the new order, but after months of negotiations, and frustrations with Thai Immigration, planning redeployment of staff months in advance, that wasn't about to happen. Thai Immigration shot themselves in the foot, and the 3 Embassies want nothing more to do with Thai Immigration.

Firstly, most Government state pensions come nowhere near meeting the financial requirement of 65K per month. The current UK state pension equates to the equivalent of 39,338 baht per month. The shortfall comes from private or company pensions in order to meet the financial requirements. 'Verification' does not mean production of pension documents, but authenticating the information given on such documents. Only your individual pension provider can verify your income, and that information is restricted due to Data Protection Acts. Your pension provider will only deal with you as the recipient of the pension, after providing security details already on file to confirm your identity. Only by providing a form of 'authorisation' to grant another 'named person' (not organisation), will your pension provider provide information or deal with that other named person.

???? So, you've both obtained affidavits of freedom to marry, Embassy certified copies of Passport, all documents translated and legalised by the MFA to present to the Amphoe in order to marry in Thailand.

The Embassy that issued your original Non Imm O usually issue a Non Imm O for non-Thai dependants. However, you must provide proof of relationship - where did you marry? That (foreign) marriage should also be registered at your Amphoe in Thailand.

You're not on overstay. Your application is still under consideration until either approved or rejected. The given date is only for when you should contact the office again.

It wouldn't be an official you'd likely meet at your Provincial IO. Only a senior ranking official from HQ. Provincial IO's don't even have the authority to sign off extensions based on marriage.

I was doing 140 Kph down the highway, when I suddenly noticed a Police car behind me with sirens blaring and lights flashing. I continued for 3 Km until finally being forced to stop at a set of traffic lights on red. The officer disembarked his vehicle and approached my window. "Sir, didn't you hear my siren and see my lights, why didn't you pull over and stop". "Well Sir", I replied, "About 3 weeks ago I found out my wife was having an affair with a Police officer, and she left me". I continued, "It crossed my mind, it could have been you, and you were trying to return her". He let me go.

No, they don't, although I'm sure that's what they'd like you to believe. ORDER OF THE IMMIGRATION BUREAU No. 327/2557 Subject: Criteria and Conditions for Consideration of an Alien’s Application for a Temporary Stay in the Kingdom of Thailand 5. In the case where an alien applicant does not meet the full qualifications stipulated by the criteria herein or in other cases not specified in this Order but a competent officer equivalent to or higher than inspector is of the opinion that the alien has legitimate reason for staying in the Kingdom of Thailand, the application shall be forwarded to the Commander of the Royal Thai Police or an authorized competent officer for further consideration of the alien's application.

The Non O is relevant to a temporary extension of stay application based on retirement. Being 50+ is only one requirement, the other is initially having a Non Immigrant type visa, which grants you Non Immigrant status, as opposed to a Tourist. The TM7 form specifically requires you to note your 'Type of Visa' for a reason. The letter 'O' on a Non Immigrant visa stands for 'Other'. It merely depicts you entered or intend to stay in Thailand for activities not listed under 1-14 of section 34 of the Immigration Act.

You should reread the OP, it is not CW specific. Transferring stamps and next 90 day report which the OP is enquiring about will be processed at Udon Thani. It's your diatribe replies, implying others are stupid, that upsets members. To coin a phrase, "It's not what you say, but how you say it" that matters.

They are intended dates of travel. I always apply for a re-entry permit during the submission of my annual extension of stay (also a permit), before I've even decided on the exact dates of departure and re-entry, which is subject to later booking suitable flights. I state a non-specific window of approx dates, two months apart. It's also to ensure your dates are within the period of your permission of stay.

It's a re-entry permit, not a visa, and what difference would that make, as any re-entry permit is valid for the duration of the extension. It doesn't notify them when you'll be out of the Country. That's why they should call you first.

Even on a valid Non Imm O visa, the law still requires a TM30 to be filed, notifying your address.

You're mistaken.

Yep, blah, blah, blah!

Up until 2018, when I changed the reason of my extension applications to that of being married and having a Thai spouse, previous extension stamps based on retirement, specifically stated 'RETIREMENT' in bold English, not Thai.

You can't change the entry type, but you can change the status of the type of entry, to be more concise.

My initial Non Imm O visa, issued by the Liverpool Consulate, categorically states at the bottom, in capitals, 'EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITED'.

No, it's an extension of your period of stay, initially granted at entry and is a permit, not a visa. You must have Non Immigrant status to apply for a 1-year extension of stay. This is achieved by either applying for an initial Non Imm type visa, from a Thai Embassy/Consulate, with which to enter Thailand, or by changing your status at local Immigration from entry under the status of tourist, to Non Imm status.

All extensions of stay are 1,900 BHT. CM is no different.

A previous question I asked was evaded by the OP. Did he marry in the UK or Thailand? That could provide a clue to his issues.

What was she doing at the Amphur for an official to suggest such. Any name on her land title deeds are nothing to do with the Amphur, that's a matter for the Land Registry office. Assuming you married in Thailand, you would have both received a marriage certificate (Kor Ror 3) and a marriage registration certificate (Kor Ror 2). Both of these documents will state her maiden name. If she then chose to take your surname, an additional procedure after marriage, she would have been issued an official name change certificate, for which she can then apply for a new ID card and change her name in her Tabien Baan. You then take those documents to the Land Registry office, where they will note the change of surname on the Title deeds. That is exactly what my Thai wife did. It sounds as though your wife didn't complete the procedures for change of surname on all documentation, hence she ran into a problem. If it was indeed a grumpy individual at an Amphur office that gave her advice, it was incorrect. He should have advised her to take her ID card, Tabien Baan and certificate of name change to the Land Registry office, to register her change of surname on the Title Deeds. RE, your Visa woes; You could have applied for the Non O visa to visit Thai spouse. Her (maiden) surname on the marriage certificate would also match her ID if she changed her name back. If her surname on her ID is different to that on the marriage certificate, then you submit the certificate of change of name, which identifies her original maiden name and her new surname. You could alternatively enter VE (visa exempt), which grants 30 days on entry, which can be extended for a further 30 days on the basis of tourism, then a further 60 days to visit Thai spouse. A further option is to enter VE, then apply for a change in status to Non Immigrant (O) at your local Immigration office. You stated you had 320,000 Baht in a Thai bank account. The financial requirement is 400,000 Baht, just transfer another 80,000 Baht to your Thai bank account. You then also qualify to apply for a 1-year extension of stay, with 400,000 Baht in a Thai bank account.