Banky Bee

If they come unexpectedly without a pre-arranged date, then I wonder, what will happen if my wife is absent (at work) during the house visit? And can I ask officer to schedule the visit for a specific day? Maybe someone here had such experience specifically in Bangkok.

Thank you for such a detailed explanation. Now I better understand the procedure.

Thanks again to everyone for the more detailed info and advice. I have a few more questions. 1. I will only have one original document of "affidavit of freedom to marry", but as far as I understand, it must to be submitted multiple times to different authorities: When registering a marriage at Amphur office When applying for an initial NON-O at the immigration office (Maybe somewhere else, like 1 year visa extension?) Will they just check and return original affidavit to me? Otherwise, do I need to make additional copies and have them notarized in advance? 2. Similar question about a passport, since it needs to be translated in Thai, and then certified at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office. Do I need to prepare a copy of my passport date page certified by my embassy, before contacting MFA?

Thank you for your reply! Today I called my embassy, and they confirmed that they can issue affidavit. There was conflicting information on the embassy's website, so at first I decided that it was impossible to obtain such a document.

I have looked into official .PDF for changing a visa type 6. ( https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=2506 ) and there is a confusing requirement in a bullet : - 6.3 Letter from a government office, embassy or consulate, certifying that the applicant is a member of the referred family Am I correct, that I won't need such a document? Guessing it is for those married to a foreign person having a residency in Thailand.

You're right! I actually entered on a visa exempt, confusing it with a tourist visa. Thanks for the clarification!

Following the list of the documents you provided, I ran into another unexpected snag. My embassy does not issue an "affidavit of freedom to marry", because such process is not regulated by law. However, I have an alternative: - I can write a statement on my own, confirming that there are no obstacles to my marriage (not being married etc.) and sign it. Then my embassy can certify the authenticity of my signature on this paper. - I can request a document from local authorities within my country, confirming my marital status. Then translate it in English and notarize. Have you heard something about similar cases? Is this document required only for registration in the local ampur? Or when applying for a visa and for visa renewal as well?

Tod, thank you! I am familiar visa TR visa extension procedure at Laksi office. But, I didn't know they also issue family visit-based extensions there. Again, your info is very helpful!

Excellent advice! I'll probably extend my TR visa for 30 days first, and then, if I still have not enough time, apply for a family visit extension for another 60 days.

Thank you! This information has probably saved me a lot of time, as I wasn't aware of those implicit requirements of minimal marriage duration. As always, they are putting spoke in the wheels.

Thank you so much for answering all questions! The reason I don't apply for a Non-O visa in my home country is because we're not married yet, as we are planning to register marriage in Thailand shortly after my arrival. Then I plan to handle visa change type process. Hopefully it is possible to do it all within 60 (or 90 days) TR-visa time frame. Not sure, will it be actually easy to convert to Non-O visa based on marriage at CW immigration? Or should I go to apply somewhere in Thai consulate in SE-Asia? Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks!

Dear all, May I ask your advice on Non-O visa (marriage), as I am going to deal with it for the first time, and some aspects are not clear for me. 1. My fiancée is from Khon Kaen, therefore her house registration (Tabian Baan) location is there. However, we live in Bangkok renting a condo. Can I apply for a visa change type to Non-O (changing from TR-visa), and further 1-year extensions at Bangkok CW immigration? 2. Does CW immigration office require financial proof of 400k to be transferred from overseas? I have the funds already in my Thai bank account, but I did deposit locally. 3. Is it enough to print an electronic bank statement from the bank app, to show financial proof? Or I have to visit bank to obtain a signed statement? As I mentioned, I am going to enter Thailand on TR-visa, which makes me not confident going to the bank this time due to mass account freeze events happened recently.

Good day everyone, seeking for you advise. The company I currently work for, is terminating my work permit and visa (because they don't have enough documents to extend it). Instead, the boss, is promising to hire me in their other company, and do all the paperwork. I asked for an official paper that they are transferring me to a new company, and a new contract. But I was refused. I am sure they plan to fool me. They mentioned, that they have already hired an agent for a new NON-B visa, and for helping me with cancelling the old visa and work permit as well. At this moment they only set the date for cancelling the old documents, and refused to set a specific date for submitting new ones. Last week upon arrival at immigration, I met an agent, and asked her to let me see all papers that she plans to submit to the Immigration office for visa cancelling. She categorically refused my request, took my passport and WP and went to submit the documents alone. I insisted on entering the imm. officer's room at the time when the agent was submitting the documents, and the agent acted very nervous and yelled at me, shouting out "Foreigner prohibited enter". However, the imm. officer said nothing on it, and was friendly towards me when I asked them some question. Next I took a photo of the document at the very top of the stack, which is the company's letter, for asking imm. office to cancel my visa. Unfortunately, next, the officer returned all the documents to the agent, because there was an error in it. Then, me and the agent walked out of the imm. office, and the agent yelled at me again, trying to force me to delete the document image from my smartphone. I refused to remove it and she tore up that original document right in front of me. I am very confused what to do now. Next week I have to meet the agent again at the imm. office. Actually, I wanted to get some proof that the company terminated my contract, because next I want to apply for compensation. Could you please advise what would you do in such kind of situation? Should I give her a passport if I don't know what's in the documents? I didn't sign anything myself yet. The company didn't notify me about the contract termination as well. I'm also afraid that she'll just tear up my passport, because she was acting insane last time.

Forgot to mention that I'm moving to the non-BOI company. Good to know that there is a possibility of getting 2 year WP, as bigt3116 and tomazbodner mentioned. But still, I guess it depends on the Labor Dept decision. Thank you all for sharing your experiences!

Dear All, While reading the threads, I came across information that a Work Permit can be issued (and extended) for a period of more than 1 year at a time. For example, I can apply for WP with validity of 2 years, and then apply for the extension for another 2 years. Soon I have to go through the process of applying for a new WP, so I'd like to save on agency fees in the future. I have a few questions: 1. Is it really possible to request NEW Work Permit with validity of 2 years or more? 2. Are there any additional documents needed for that? 3. Can the Labor Dept deny such a request? Could you advise please, as I want to find a proper way to do that. I also checked "FORM WP1", it has fields such as "Period of Permission" and "Valid until" - is that what I need...?