robindon

Hi, I will be visiting the Rayong IMO in Mataphut in the next few days to convert my current tourist visa to a non 0 90 day based on marriage.

Today I have been to Bangkok bank and obtained a copy of my last 6 months bank account which clearly shows in excess of 80,000 being transfered from international sources every month. Thus I think I should be able to obtain either a non o based on marriage or a retirement visa.

My wife accompanied be on a visit to Jomtien IMO earlier in September and she insists that I have to have 400k in the bank. Can someone point me to the regulations in Thai please that informs of the 40k and 65k per month options so she will believe me and hopefully assist me at the IMO as currently she is firmly in the "Tam May Dai" ie. cannot do camp.

At IMO they give you a checklist in Thai to tick off. Is there a copy of this list in english anywhere too.

Thanks in Antisipation

Robin

Yes, me too at Jomtien IMO. I paid for a 60 day extension based om marriage on 2nd September 2020. They made me jump through a lot of hoops including having to take a copy of the land plans for the condo I was renting in the Jomtien Complex. The whole process took most of the day and three visits to the IMO. I finally got the extension stamped to expire 31st October 2020. Clearly I had to pay for this extension.

So today (15th Oct) I go along to IMO (Jomtien) so enquire if my stamp could be altered based on the new 31st Amnesty and was told I could re-apply before 31st but wouold have to pay again (and no doubt have many more hurdles to jump)

Surely if the entire foreign community have been given a free extension to 31st October, it surely makes sense that everyone granted a 30 day extension should automaticly be given an extension to 30th November and likewise if you have a sixty day extension this should be extetended to 30th December or am I missing something.

Good Morning. Update on situation

We are still renting Condo in Jomtien.. And I still have yellow book and Pink Card registered in Rayong and my Wife still owns house. As far as I know Condo office registered me at Jomtien IMO when I started renting in April.

I am planning the first stage of the extending process by firstly getting the 60 day extention to my tourist visa by reason of marriage. I was planning to go to Rayong IMO in Mataphut with my wife in next day or so to acheive this.

My wife is concerned as she has not reported me living with her (we have been in Condo in Jomtien) that she could get fined by Imigration if I go to Rayong.

Could she? or is it preferable to attendJomtien for extension, and then go to Rayong ie. Move to Rayong Later to get 90 day O visa on basis of marriage.

Thanks in advance for any advice given, as my wife has a friend of a friend who said .... bla bla bla. And of course they are totally correct!!

Many thanks, very useful information.  Currently I have a lease on a condo in Jomtien until 23 July. So maybe. 30 day ext. To tourist visa at chonburi Io. Then few days before that expires 60 day extend to visit wife in Rayong. Then 23/15 days before end of this one apply to convert to 90day O marriage visa based on 40k transfer. All sounds promising 

On 6/6/2020 at 10:26 AM, Peter Denis said:

During the last 15 days (some IOs require 23 days) of the permission to stay from your VisaExempt or Tourist Visa entry (or from an extension of these) you can apply at your local IO for a 90-day Non Imm O marriage Visa.  You would need 400K on a personal thai bank-account or proof of at least 1 transfer of 40K with foreign origins proven.  In the last month of that 90-day Visa you can then apply at that same local IO for the 1-year extension based on your Non Imm O marriage Visa (by then the 400K would have been 2 months < some IOs require 3 months > in your personal bank-account, OR you would have to show you continued the 40K monthly-income transfers, so at least 2 of those are required < some IOs require a minimum of 3 monthly income-transfers).

Hi Again, following the advice given previously my plan was to extend my 60 day tourist visa before end of this month July 2020 and then Visit either HCMC or Laos to obtain new 90 day O visa.

Now as uncertantity re quarantine periods and international travel, my thoughts are......

1. Go to IO Rayong as I have residence there.

2. Extend Tourist visa for as long as permitted (30/60 days) not entirely sure

3. During extension period, again at IO Rayong convert visa to non O based on marriage. Ideally I would want a year multi entry eventually but I believe it may be easier to get the 90 say single entry.

In last 4 months March to June I have transferred well over 40k mer month from uk to Thailand so I should qualify for the 90 day marriage visa financial requirements right.

Also will I need the 100k insurance for covid 19 ?

Any comments or advice gratefully received.

Thanks

1 hour ago, john terry1001 said:

Be careful, the rules stipulate you must transfer at least 40k baht into Thailand from overseas every Calendar month over the previous twelve months. Transfering slightly less than 40k in one calendar month cannot be compensated by transferring a larger amount in a previous/subsequent month, even though the rules, when translated into English, refers to an average monthly amount.

Yes with a Thai wife and 17 year old student to support and a grandchild I feel sure my monthly transfers will add up to 40k but will download the summaries from the transfer agents and check.

Thanks to everyone who replied the situation is much clearer now.

49 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

This is not true. Either the IO is trying to steer you toward using an agency, or he's trying to avoid the extra work of a marriage extension. 

 

If, as you say, you have 40k+ a month income and you can prove that it came from abroad, you're entitled to a marriage extension. I noted that you're using Transferwise, which is good. By downloading the transaction slip you have that proof. I use them myself.

 

Don't be dissuaded and good luck.

So in theory I could extend existing tourist visa 60 days. Then is that visa dead ie it cannot be used for marriage extension so have to leave and do visa run. But is my current tourist visa capable of being extended/changed to an non-o and then with the proved 40k+ income changed to 1 year marriage visa.

30 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

1. The officer made mistake when he stamped you into the country. You certainly entered on tourist visa.

   You stamp should be corrected to show your entry as on a tourist visa.

To apply for an one year extension you would have to a apply for a 90 day non immigrant visa (caterory O) at immigration.

Does your bank book show your transfers came from abroad. If not you should be able to get credit advises to prove they were international transfers.

2. You can use your transfers to apply for the extension. But you may have a problem applying for the non-o visa at immigration.

You best option may be to get your transfers sorted out so they show they came from abroad.

You could stay until July 31st and then apply for a 60 day extension to visit your wife shortly before the 31st.

You best option after that may be to go to Savannakhet or Vientiane to get a single entry non-o vsia.

I assume due to the visa amnesty the tourist visa even though it appears to mistakenly been stamped will automaticlly be extended to 31st July. The fact that a mistake appears to have been made by the officer wont mean I get fined. When you say apply for 60 day extention to visit my wife I am slightly confused as she is living with me currently in Thailand.

Hi,

I have been married to a Thai for the last 6 years. During that time I have usually split my time between uk and Thailand 50/50 sometimes I have had multi entry 1 year marriage visa issued in London and other times I fly over on 60 day tourist visa and return after to uk after about 6 weeks.

This visit however I entered the Kingdom on a 60 day tourist visa issued in Hull in UK. I arrived 15th March and when I got passport back the stamp in it said admitted til 10th June (90days) and the Officer has hand written non-o inside the stamp. So

Q1 Am I here on a tourist or Non-0 visa and do I need to extend it now or do I wait until end July.

I would like to convert this visa into a marriage visa, and I satisify all of the marriage visa criteria but I need to rely on the monies transfered into Thailand from foreign sources to satisfy the 40k+ per month as I do not have 400k in a Thai Bank.

Over the last 8 years I have transfered more that 40k every month into my Thai Bank. Initially through Orbit Remit a New Zealand based transfer company and very latley through transferwise as their services is slightly faster.

Q2 Yesterday my Wife and I went to immigration and my wife spoke to the immigration officer in Thai. He convinced her that I had to have the 400k actually in my bank and said that was the only way I could extend/or get new visa.

This I feel may be incorrect. But I am unsure of the correct route to achieve obtaining a one year marriage o visa.

Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated from people in similar situations.

Thanks

Below is my stamp and you can see that the visa says "tourist visa"