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Cant remember what service I had, it was 4 years ago, but I had to collect my documents few days after submitting. I was at Department of Consular Affairs on Cheangwatthana road.

I hope your experience will be better than mine. I also had appointment 10am, but submitted documents just before 4pm and almost lost my flight back to Phuket.

Not sure how things are going now at MoFA, but when I was there to legalize my documents even with appointment I was basically all day there, because agents will be served before anyone else and they are going there with massive piles of papers.

I would highly recommend to ask at your local Amphur if certified copy of your passport is required. I also thought I had all documents in my hand, but in Phuket they have requirement about certified copy of passport and since my country dont have embassy or consulate in Thailand I couldnt get it. Luckily we called to Amphur in Isaan where my wife is from and they didnt had that requirement. It took about 30-40min to register our marriage and two of Amphur`s staff were our witnesses.

Why cant you do your second visit on May 3rd visa exempt? You will be here less than 60 days anyway and no need for reentry permit. In that case you can apply for Non-O based on marriage in UK just before you are coming back on July 23 and have plenty of time to sort things out for extension

Am I understand correctly that you haven`t left Thailand for last 6 years? Otherwise its seems a bit strange, all the time I was thinking one is allowed for 60day extension to visit Thai family per every new entry in Thailand.

Does Bangkok Bank offers virtual card? Im banking with Kasikorn and dont have physical card for quite some time, using their virtual card for services like Lazada, Grab, Bolt etc. and if for some reason I need cash, there are cardless withdrawals from ATM via your bank app.

Ok, I understand that. To be fair it took me three attempts to convert from visa exempt entry to Non-O. First try - not enough business days left on my VE entry Second try - my landlord didnt told me, that house where Im living is actually on his daughters name, officer spotted that when looking at chanote and send me back home again. Even on my final attempt there were some minor things what immigration officer was not happy about , but eventually she approved my application. Since then all next 3 annual extensions went very smooth

What was the agents role in your application except getting you to desk without appointment? Its seems like you could have done it all by yourself

You could apply for 60day extension to visit your wife, in that case you will buy time to season funds in your bank account.

Again it must be your bank/branch policy. I have changed my passport several times, always updated my information at the bank, and have never been issued a new bankbook. Only this year I received new bankbook, since my first one was full after 12 years. Kasikorn bank

May I ask how long you were waiting outside before IO opens to get ticket number for CoR? I was at phuket immigration at start of november for CoR, but was told that they issue only 20 ticket numbers in the morning, and 20 after lunch. So went back home and came to IO next morning before they open doors, and surprise, surprise when I get to counter all tickets are gone already, foreigner volunteer told me if I want to be sure to get it done, have to come arround 7am and stand outside and wait for 1h30min when they open doors. Went back home again, called to Blue tree office and asked if they issue CoR, polite officer answered, yes sir, no problem, come and apply, its for free. When I went to blue tree office, it was almost empty as always, officer didnt need anything from my documents what actually are needed to apply for CoR. Only thing what he did, was took a photo of my TM30, gave back my passport, asked for 1000THB and see you tomorrow, at 10am your CoR will be here.

Sounds like a great deal. Last week I get my TIN, paid 10 baht for two stamp duties.

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Just a quick update about my trip today to Thalang revenue department, Phuket. In the morning I made a call to office, to ask what documents are required for foreigner to get Thai Tax ID. Copy of passport, visa, last entry stamp, lease agreement, tabian baan, landlord tabian baan, landlord Thai ID, 1 year statement from Thai bank, marriage certificate. Just few hours later all the papers were in my possession and I went to revenue department. To my surprise office was completely empty. Thai lady took a look to my documents and started to study my 1 year statement from bank. They were surprised that I had transferred only 150k to my bank account last year, so they asked me to explain where are the rest of money is coming from. I showed receipt from Wise of 2023 with a lot bigger transfers and that was accepted. Also I had to explain all the smaller deposits to my account, but 99% of them were from my wife`s account. Few more questions about my employment and why I need Thai tax ID. I said I want to open brokerage account and for that I need Thai tax ID. All together it took about 40 minutes, I received my Thai tax ID, and P.N.D.90 form, which officer filled all by herself, officer also registered me to online system, gave me password for this and said see you next year. 0 baht paid.

Im not sure if its official rule or just some immigration offices have this age limit, but friend of mine in Phuket told me few months ago, that language school director said in Phuket if you are over 50 you can`t get ED visa.

When few months ago I applied for Non-O based on marriage (converting from visa exempt) I got stamped in number of my application which I can use in Phuket immigration website to check my application status (approved/under processing/denied) and a tiny stamp with word Non-O, nothing else. Visa and and other stamps I got about 6-7 weeks later, but for retirement it should be faster.

You could apply for 60 day extension to visit your wife if you haven`t used it already, that will gives you enough time to season funds and no need to exit country and start all over again with applying for new Non-O visa.

I will disagree with you. By the rules one have to have 400k in bank account two months before applying for one year extension. There is nothing said about one should have to keep balance over 400k after. Yesterday I got my one year extension, volunteer just took my passport and bring it back to me after 10 minutes with stamp in it. However when I applied for extension I asked to senior officer can I drop my balance bellow 400k while I`m under consideration period and the answer was - yes I can, but better to play it safe in case something is wrong with my paperwork and they might ask again to see my bank account balance.

He could apply for multi entry Non-O visa based on marriage in Laos. Don`t need show funds there. Only inconvenience is that he has to leave country every 90 days.

As DrJack said, doing your extension after the trip would be safest route. You could apply before your trip, but in that case there will be some questions why are you leaving country while under consideration stamp. In both ways you will need reentry permit anyway.

Also I would recommend to ask your IO how many Kor Ror 2`s they need. I was asked for two originals from amphur, IO insisted that original+copy would not be accepted.

Yes you have one, but every year for new extension you will have to get new one from amphur to basically prove that you are still married. Every immigration can have a bit different rules, in my case in Phuket Kor Ror2 can be up to 180 days old.

He will need a power of attorney to do TM30 in person, but that seems unlikely if landlady isn`t very cooperative. Also in Phuket I was asked for chanote, all together it took me three trips to immigration to get my tm30 done, just didn`t want to bother my landlord who is 75 years old man and Im not sure he even knows what that tm30 is.

The answer is no, I would not move to Korat if Im not married to her. But on the other hand Phuket was never a place where I wanted to spend rest of my life. Yes, its nice here, I live 800 meters from a stunning beach, but when years go by it does not mean too much for me, Im going to beach maybe 4-5 times per year. Also I grew up in a little town with about 8000 people there and spent a lot of time with my grandparents in a country side where nearest neighbour was about kilometre away. So its a not a big deal for me to move to lets say a little bit undeveloped location. I enjoy fishing, hiking, camping and other similar activities in a country side. You might be older and more experienced than me and giving me a good advice, but I still feel its right decision and it didnt came just like that. Me and my wife have been talking many times about this and she never had pushed me to make that move.