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Thanks for a much more detailed post of your situation. You have two options; 1. Apply for a Non Imm O visa based on Thai spouse from a Thai Embassy/Consulate to enter Thailand. On entry, you will be granted a permission of stay for 90 days. Deposit 400K THB in a Thai bank a/c, your sole name. Once the 400K has been in the a/c for 2 months, you can apply at the local Immigration office in Buriram to extend your permission of stay temporarily for a further 1 year. 2. Enter Thailand visa exempt. On entry, you will be granted a permission of stay for 30 days. You can then apply at Buriram Immigration for a change of status to Non Immigrant O, but must have at least 15 days permission of stay remaining. 400K in a Thai bank required on the day of applying. (An extension of a further 60 days is possible if you require more time to deposit funds.) Once the 400K has been in the a/c for 2 months, you may apply for the 1 year extension of stay.

Do you have a valid visa issued from a Thai Embassy/Consulate, or a 1-year extension of stay issued by an Immigration office?

To the person who left a confused emoticon to my above post. Come forward and ask what confuses you, rather than hide behind an emoticon. It's simple. I rented a private house and registered as the tenant of the residence for submitting the TM30's, using a copy of my passport, copy of the landladies Tabien Baan and ID card. Later, I married, moved into the wife's home, obtained a Yellow Tabien Baan and re-registered again as the occupier, using a copy of my passport, my Tabien Baan and pink ID card.

The OP @mackayae made no such statement to using an agent. It was @dayo202 who confessed to using an agent. My reply, which you quoted, was to the OP. Confusious or what!

The OP hasn't given any details of whether he's retired and/or in receipt of any pension. The letter only merely has to state his pension income.

Harsh decision in my opinion. If using the monthly transfers to a Thai bank, you need to provide the previous 12 months record of the 12 x 65K transfers, which you obviously did to obtain the 1-year extension you currently hold. Even with one transfer not meeting the 65K monthly transfer requirement, you more than meet the requirement for an extension based on marriage having the previous year's record of over 40K 12 monthly transfers. This is one of those situations where I would insist on speaking to the senior IO, explaining the fact using the monthly transfer method your extensions are based on the previous 12-month record, not the proceeding year's anticipated monthly transfers.

Even if the wife is Thai, if they married overseas, then they'd need to follow the legal procedure to authenticate and legalise their foreign marriage certificate in order to register an overseas marriage in Thailand. Immigration as you know request either a KR2 or KR22. They don't accept foreign marriage certificates per se.

Why? I've always submitted a required TM30 myself as a tenant, then as an occupier.

The first question should be, and best not to make assumptions, but is your wife Thai or German? If Thai, did you get married in Germany or Thailand?

Yes, provided you've been legalised as the father.

You don't submit any 90 day reports when using the Non Imm O ME visa.

Did the wife go with you and what documents did you take. It's standard to give only a 7-day extension when refused any other extension.

Following the OP's report, I did the homework and provided a link confirming a rule of a 90-day limit within 180 days entering visa exempt. Whether entry clearance officers are familiar with this rule, or bother to enforce it, is a different matter, but I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand. The OP was certainly told and shown evidence that the rule existed.

Have you or any of the other posters provided a link detailing that information is nonsense or out of date, or more it doesn't fit our understanding or belief.

Nonsense, provided you met the entry requirements for Covid, vaccinated, PCR test, insurance, you could enter VE, TV or a re-entry permit. The Sandbox was an example. There was a small window where regardless of the type of visa or your Immigration status, you couldn't enter and that was due to the fact all International flights into Thailand were barred.

The MFA are charged with executing foreign policies, including regulations for foreigners entering Thailand, as well as managing and maintaining their diplomatic missions around the Globe. Stating ignore the MFA is tantamount to stating ignore the Thai Embassy website and their visa information, it's a load of cobblers.

And this report suggests otherwise. That's ridiculous.

There is a rule applicable to VE entries according to the MFA, and this may be the site Immigration showed @rs11 https://www.mfa.go.th/en/publicservice/questions-answers-on-thai-visa?cate=5d5bcb4e15e39c30600068d3 Nationals of the United States of America and 41 other countries are eligible to travel to Thailand, for tourism purpose, with the exemption of visa and are permitted to stay in the Kingdom for a period of not exceeding 30 days. Therefore, you do not need a visa. However, please make sure that you are in possession of a passport valid for at least 6 months, a round-trip air ticket, and adequate finances equivalent to at least 10,000 Baht per person or 20,000 Baht per family. Otherwise, you may be inconvenienced upon entry into the country. Furthermore, foreigners who enter the Kingdom under this Tourist Visa Exemption Scheme may re-enter and stay in Thailand for a cumulative duration of stay of not exceeding 90 days within any 6-month period from the date of first entry.

Entering how? Tourist visa, or visa exempt. If entering visa exempt, the airline usually insists on an outbound ticket within 30 days.

Yeah, yeah, and in 20 years from now you'll still be calling 'X', Twitter and nobody will have a clue what you're twittering about.

Kasikorn changed its name from the Thai Farmers bank in 2003. To use TFB as an abbreviation is wrong, as it's outdated by some 20 years. In this modern day and age, Kasikorn is known as the KBank when abbreviating.

They provide 'credit note' receipts when transferred to one of their own branch accounts, not to other bank accounts. Kasikorn Trade and Finance branches can issue a 'foreign transfer' receipt, as proof of an International transfer paid to a different bank. Their T&F branches are few and far between.

All International transfers whether through Wise or a different method have to go through the HQ branch of any and all Thai banks. The HQ's have a SWIFT code, whereas individual branches do not. The transfers are then forwarded to the relevant branch from the HQ, identified by the sort code which is part of the recipient's account number. Wise have partner accounts only with Bangkok and Kasikorn banks. Bangkok bank advise the branch of the source of the transfer, hence it's coded FTT (Foreign Telex Transfer) in the passbook, or as 'International' on statements. Kasikorn do not advise the branches of the source of the transfer, hence it will be coded as a local transfer (coming from their HQ) in the passbook, but will be shown as 'International' via a 12 month statement. Transfer through Wise partner accounts to other banks will also be coded as 'local', coming through an intermediary bank of the process. Transfer receipts printed from your Wise account are the ultimate proof of the foreign source and your Thai bank account. Although on situations where a 'credit advice' note, or 'foreign transfer' receipt may have to be requested, check whether your IO will accept Wise transfer receipts as evidence first.

Edited my previous post. You have to request a foreign overseas transfer note from Bangkok bank. Remittances to Kasikorn even through their Kasikorn partner are not coded as FTT, hence a credit receipt is required. Kasikorn cannot provide a credit receipt for a transfer that merely went through them to a different bank.

Wrong! Amounts above 50,000 THB can only be remitted to Bangkok, Kasikorn and SCB banks. (Up to 2 m per transaction). https://wise.com/help/articles/2932335/guide-to-thb-transfers How much can I send? You can send up to 2 million THB per transfer. Please note that you can send 50,000 THB or above per transfer only to the following banks from 7 January 2022 due to regulatory changes: Bangkok Bank Public Company Kasikorn Bank Siam Commercial Bank You can still send money to recipient accounts that use other banks, but you’ll only be allowed to send them up to 49,999 THB per transfer. There’s no limit on how many transfers you can create.