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4 hours ago, katatonic said:

What about those here properly and legally, who live here and are married to a Thai, with no other home to 'return' to but with just a 30 day TV from March? Many like me were on the verge of leaving, i.e. not needing a long-term visa for the time being due to work overseas, but couldn't due to other borders closing, then the Thai one. I'm British but haven't lived there for over 25 years. And no, not all in Thailand or even SE Asia. Income not an issue either.

11 minutes ago, HampiK said:

But you married to a Thai, so you should be able to change to marriage extension (as you wrote Income not an issue).
or I am missing someting?

Not only he can apply for a 60 days extension for visiting his Thai wife, but he should also be able to apply for a non-O without leaving Thailand, according to many posts here.

YOU HAVE 6 business days to visit your IO and fix your situation!!

4 hours ago, utalkin2me said:

Did you confirm you could get the non o one year extension when the time comes? 

Yes, they actually offered that one first, but told them the funds are not ready yet and we'll come back in 2 months. Normal procedure on most pre-covid posts, people normally use the 60 days first to season the funds on a fresh non O, so I already knew it wouldn't be an issue. The possible problem to arise right now is that some io's are refusing extending from amnesty, so the safest route from what I read is to get a short extension first.

19 minutes ago, Denisio said:

I also got my 60 days extension last week from Nonthaburi Immigration. Entered on a tourist visa, so far on amnesty extension, married in June and first they wanted to issue the extension based on marriage, starting from the day I applied. After showing them that all visas and extensions should start from the 27th of September, the officer asked his boss, who had no clue at all, made some phone calls and finally confirmed that it was correct. The rest was hassle-free.

Congrats! That makes it for 2 successful stories. I might have you to thank for everything going so smoothly : )

4 hours ago, greggraham said:

Congrats. If you have the 400k in the bank why did you get a 60-day visit family and not go straight for a 90-day Non-O extension? 

I was playing it safe and still need another month of seasoning anyways.  Also lazy to prepare the pictures and bank statement and time is running out so rather do that in November.

There seems to be much confusion so made an account just to reply.

There's two options for the "certified ID", first and most commonly accepted is just a copy of your girl's ID which she has to sign with pen and in Thai "certified true copy" (yeah I know lol). The second option is she needs to visit the Amphur and ask them to issue a paper with her ID information, I don't know the name of this paper, but we had it issued once for some unrelated reason. I've always used the first option, together with a letter in Thai to stay in her apartment, in many non US embassies without an issue.

The problem was you chose 6 months for your stay, I remember one time I had an issue cause I wrote down 90 days, so just lie like I did, that you changed your plan to 30 days...