shl500

Only on a tourist visa and visa exempt entry is a 30 day extension possible.

You will have to apply for the 60 day extension based on having Thai wife, for which she will have to accompany you.

Confusing information given on this forum.

Just checked the consulate visa website in Liverpool and they state:

Non-Immigrant Visa category ‘O’ (£50 single entry / £125 multiple entry)

This type of visa is for:-

• People visiting family – i.e. men who are married to a Thai National, along with your visa application you must produce your marriage certificate and a translation of the certificate is required as evidence. A single entry visa is valid for 90 days and can be extended for a further 30 days.

Hi

Savanakhet is a very unusual immigration office. Dealing with tourist visa's 60 day etc. is a piece of cake but on the 2 occasions I tried to get a non"O" married mans visa with all the relevant copies of the paperwork required they insisted my wife had to be present to sign copies of her ID and book for home in front of them !

Advice: take the wife with you.

Thanks for the tip. I will see if she can get off work on Monday and we can do the trip together.

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There have been many people get the non-o visa without their wife being with them. If the copies are signed and dated by your wife they will be accepted.

Perhaps the ones he had were not signed and dated or that was a long time ago.

Yes there may well be many husbands that have received their requested visa's without their wife's present but I am aware of an awful lot more who haven't even though they were duly dated and signed correctly.

Anyone with experience of Savanakhet consul would agree it is a little bit of a lottery there depending on who serves you on what day and how he feels.

Same Advice: Take the wife to be on the safe side

(incidentally it was last year when I last tried (not such a long time ago)

Hi

My 5 year Thai licence expired in March last year (2556) my question is would a single entry 90 day non "O" visa be ok to get a new replacement licence? I have 30 year lease papers in Thai for my home also a UK valid IDP and medical certificate plus the expired Thai licence....should I meet any objections when applying for the replacement

My local office is Mukdahan if anyone has experience there that would help too.

You can get a 60 day extension at Immigration. 1,900 baht.

Take Wife and Marriage certificate. Wife's ID, tabbien baan. Passport size photo

Thanks for that info:

I was under the impression I could get an automatic 30 day extension by just turning up with the fee and my passport (like most of Thai wife's she always dreads appointments with officials in uniform) But if there is no alternative I will have to drag her screaming and under protest to the local office LOL

Hi

Savanakhet is a very unusual immigration office. Dealing with tourist visa's 60 day etc. is a piece of cake but on the 2 occasions I tried to get a non"O" married mans visa with all the relevant copies of the paperwork required they insisted my wife had to be present to sign copies of her ID and book for home in front of them !

Advice: take the wife with you.

Hi Everyone

My very first non "O" visa is due to expire single entry issued in the UK. Can I renew at the local immigration office (only need an extra 26 days) before I return back to the UK or do I have to leave the country etc and obtain a visa in a neighbouring country?

Thanks in advance