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It's on the Washington DC website now https://washingtondc.thaiembassy.org/en/page/dtv-visa

Just had someone there last week (who had an appt to actually get in the gate 😛 ) and he was only sold a single entry Non-O based on marriage even though he had 400k baht in the account because it wasn't in for 2 months 😕 was told to leave the money in there and come back and apply for the year after it was in for 2 months if he wanted to

60 days posted on the Thai embassy Washington DC website now https://washingtondc.thaiembassy.org/en/page/visaexempt-voajul2024

@Liquorice how about we just agree to disagree and you can keep parroting that the b/s form you got from that office in Nakhon Nowhere aka Roi Et is going to be in EVERY immigration office in the country soon ? Will that work? 😉 What if I say you win? 😮 Will that make you feel better? 😛 Sincerely good luck with your visa/extensions 👍

actually as I pointed out the clause "or at the discretion of the issuing officer" gives them wide latitude to issue extensions whether you meet the requirements or not You can call it what you want, I'll leave that for other illusionary posers to comment on 😮 I meant illustrious posters 😛

so does this agent get your retirement extensions for you? I'd say GO talk to the immigration office with your thai wife in tow and see what they say about doing a reason change. They may not want to do it, but there is nothing stopping you from making them do it Also if you go out of the country to get come back free entry stamp then apply for an in country Non-O visa based on marriage you aren't gonna do that with monthly income method (unless you come from a country whose embassy here still issues the income affidavit), You'd have to bank the 400K baht. Even if you got the Non-O outside the country came back in and went to apply for the year extension you still couldn't do it based on monthly income by transfer. It'd have to be banked money your best bet to use monthly income method is to change the reason for your current extension from retirement to marriage at the immigration office where you get your yearly extensions.

doubt you're actually on ANY visa at all and instead if you looked at your stamp you'd see it's a year extension of stay stamp that it says "EXTENSION OF STAY PERMITTED UNTIL" and has a date inked on it That means you wouldn't change from ANY visa to any other visa. All you'd do is change the reason for your extension from retirement to marriage when you go apply for your next yearly extension. Remember thought, if you used banked money method last year you need to keep meeting the seasoning requirements for the year extension you're on now (have kept the 800K baht in the bank account for 3 months after the extension was issued and then never let the balance go below 400K the rest of the year) I'd go to your office (with your thai wife in tow) and get the documentation requirements for a year extension based on marriage (DO NOT say you want a marriage "visa" because you don't, you want to just change the reason for your extension from retirement to marriage) Then get the documents together and go apply for the new yearly extension based on marriage when you have 30 days or less left on this current stamp you're on now people "change the reason for extensions" all the time and there is nothing that stops you from doing it at all.

ALL offices that issue visas for people when agents "grease the wheel" and bank the money for you for a hour, WAIVE the seasoning requirements That's because at the end of the police order on extensions it says "OR as deemed appropriate by the issuing officer" <- meaning even if you don't meet the requirements IF the issuing officer deems it appropriate you can get the visa/extension

nope you'll get stamped in for how ever many days you have left on your current stamp (the one tied to the re-entry) Nope they don't do that, if you have a valid re-entry you can come back in on it and get as many days as is left on your stamp

yep you need to go update the bank book the day you apply for the Non-O visa in Section C-1 at Chaengwattana, AND if you're getting the Non-O visa based on retirement the code ON the transfer of the funds in the bank book has to indicate that it was an international transfer. As DrJack54 said for Non-O based on marriage no proof of funds origin), also you need to get the bank letter as well, (stating your account number, the date, your name and the balance on the date they issued the letter <-9that letter can be up to 7 days old) looks like this (this is a poster at Bangkok Bank but the bank letters all pretty much look the same) Dunno how you'd show the requirements of an updated bank book if you have a eSavings Account 😕 Maybe have the bank PRINT out a transaction history for you

Can't help you with the requirements at HCMC for 90 Day non-o based on support of a Thai child, is there are no confirmed reports of people using either consulate in Vietnam for non-o based on Thai child BUT It certainly not impossible to get an appointment at Savannakhet. You just have to get your act together, wake up at midnight when the next day (2 weeks out) becomes available and make a booking. I logged in just now and there are plenty of appointments available for Friday the 26th. Keep in mind they recently went to three working day processing counting the day you apply. So if for example you had an appointment on Thursday you wouldn't get your passport back till the following Monday and if you had an appointment on Friday you wouldn't get your passport back until the following Tuesday

Same paperwork copies as for the year extension, except no Bank letter, no updated Bank book, no photos, and yes your wife has to go because she's the reason you're getting the extension

Hmm, I'd say she or you is counting wrong it should actually be 29 days because the day you stamp in counts as day one no matter what time you stamp in if she stamped in July 10th I'd say she should be stamped in until Aug 8th Can you post an image of the stamp. AND that 60 day free entry for 90+ countries didn't start, "some nationalities" are routinely questioned about, proof of funds, proof of onward travel, proof of lodging, etc, strange to be questioned for 2 hours though if she doesn't have an extensive entry/stay history to thailand

The real questions @JammG are; Did you get the extension issued in Bangkok out at Chaengwattana, or was this one of those "hand your passport to an agent and have it come back with an extension from a province you don't live in" sort of dealys 😮 AND Did you keep the 800k baht in the bank for 3 months after you got the extension granted, then never let the balance go below 400K baht the rest of the year before you brought it back to 800K baht 2 months before you apply for the next extension? I the above question about the funds because to get a year extension at Chaengwattana based on banked money method you have to get a year detail transaction report print out from your bank. This is a print out broken down by months that show EVERY transaction on the account over the year. <- That's what they look at to make sure you followed the seasoning of the banked money method for the extension you're on now.

also what does that actually mean? Does it mean you work here on a Non-B visa/extension OR does it mean you actually have a visa/extension based on marriage to a thai (which lets you legally work here) and are using employment inside the country to meet the proof of funds for the marriage extension?

wanna mention which of the 80 immigration offices you are thinking of using?

you did notice that I said this right I only posted low rez JPG'z I'd ripped off the PDF's as examples and not for people to download and use them

Lemme guess you were one of those "I'm gonna save money and bounce myself at Aranyaprathet/PoiPet" people 😮 😛😉 I think given the fact that people might be in different areas here in the glorious ""Land 'O Thaiz" the information might be skewed based on location BUT As a rule there are some pretty sharp people on here that consistently give good answers I mean face it, I'm the smartest foreigner in all of thailand when it comes to entry/visa/extension (if I do say so myself, which I just did 😛 ) so for me to say there are sharp people on here who give good advice means it's definitely true 😉

They do it for the initial non-O for retirement now out there I don't believe they do it for the year extension based on retirement (because they know you just had one done when you got the in country Non-O)

Thanx for that (y) I only posted JPG'z I'd ripped off the PDF's as examples not for people to download and use them and I finally found the last one without the pages skewed 😛 They hand them to you in the document check area at Chaengwattana and you can fill them out while you're waiting for your queue to come up I mostly did this post to show that almost ALL offices have forms specific to that office to dispute the info on the other post 😉

As a rule when you get a retirement or marriage extension the officer hands you some extra forms that you put your name on and sign (most places don't have you fill them out) They are these forms you are handed in BANGKOK, your mileage may vary at your office.. I posted this because I don't believe EVERY office is having people sign these and wanted to show that just because it's being used at one office it's not necessarily a country wide policy (no matter what a you-tuber OR an immigration officer tells you) @Liquorice please take note 😉 Statement (หมายเลข 3)<- this is a self guarantee sort of form where you fill it out yourself Conditions (สตม.2) <- this is a form that says you acknowledge the terms and conditions for your extension and if those change you will inform them Overstay <- this is a form that lists the overstay laws that came into effect in 2016 for the banning Criteria for Seasoning <- this one is just about the funds and the seasoning of the funds for retirement extensions. In Bangkok you hold it up and they take a photo of you holding it. That's in case next year you say, "I didn't know the seasoning was xxx" and they can show you a photo of you holding it the previous year (sorry those are skewed 😕 )

No one is saying that b/s form isn't being used in Roi Et What people are saying is that one renegade form from an immigration office in Nakhon Nowhere doesn't mean it's gonna be an "official" form for all 80+ immigration offices any time soon Here's one that came out YEARS ago at an equally ban-nok immigration office Nong Khai People up there were saying it was an official form, would be used a all offices in the country and that turned out to be total b/s. it was a form THEY cooked up at that office (just like this one that has "Roi Et" on the top right corner Here's that "it's going to be in all the offices" form from Nong Khai from many years ago, which came to nothing (sorry it's a super poor quality image)

I think your best bet is to slog on out to the immigration office and get the current hand out from section C-1 <- the section that issues Non-Imm visas at that office Nope you cannot, you need a minimum of 15 days left on your current stamp, you apply, you pay the 2k baht, you get a receipt that tells you to come back in 14 days and when you return to that section on that date they will put the Non-O visa into your passport, stamp it used, and give you a new 90 day stamp rental agreement, TM30, land lord thai i/d, house book copy and last I'd heard out there they wanted a minimum 6 month lease. <- they might do it with 3 but unlikely, because they want to know you'll be here for the whole process (getting the Non-O and then getting the retirement extension)

Once they give you the 30 day under consideration stamp LET THEM KNOW you have to leave the country (in case they want to schedule a home visit) and then immediately by a single re-entry permit. That re-entry permit is only good for that 30 day under consideration stamp, but it lets you leave/come back and get stamped in for that date. You'll be fine 👍

Truly a train wreck of a thread 😮 and my take on it @Liquorice it's just a b/s form that an immigration office in Nakhon Nowhere came up with 🙂 Believe me, no matter who said it's going to be rolled out IF that was gonna happen at all 80+ immigration offices they wouldn't start it up there in Roi Et 😛 Until someone else from another office (and not another ban-nok Nakhon Nowhere office) posts that they filled it out when they did an extension I'd chalk it up to misinformation and just a quirky form that particular office uses