BrandonJT

You need a statement issued and stamped by the bank, as well as a letter from the bank stating that you are the owner of the account and what the balance is. If you have not held the 400,000 in the bank for at least 4 months at the time you request the letter, then Bangkok Bank will not issue the letter until you sign something that allows them to freeze those funds in your account for 4 months from the date the letter is issued. Bangkok Bank is the only bank with this stupid policy. Recommend finding a new bank ASAP for future immigration matters.

That won't cause any problems with the under consideration period. It won't cause any problems in general. The first time it COULD cause a problem would be his 90-day report. If they see that his last TM30 was filed somewhere else (a hotel) and not at the address he lives at, they could reject the 90-day report saying that the most recent TM30 doesn't match. This is completely immigration office dependent though, as some require a new TM30 when returning from a hotel, and some immigration offices do not. Worst case scenario he needs to file a new TM30 for his home address before re-submitting the 90-day report.

There are 2 dates you need to be aware of: Seasoning of funds: The 400,000 baht must be in your Thai bank account for 2 full months already at the time you apply for your annual extension. Immigration office rule: Most immigration offices allow you apply for an extension when you have 30 days or less left on your existing permission to stay. Some allow you to apply when you have 45 days or less left. That means the earliest you can possibly apply is 45 days after you arrive at some immigration offices, and 60 days after you arrive at most immigration offices, regardless of your money seasoning.

Immigration office is not likely to accept a form you filled in with word and then printed. They want you to fill it out in blue ink, so they know it's not a copy. Having the entire thing in type print would immediately throw up red flags and they would probably throw it away and hand you a fresh form to fill out in front of them.

There is no such thing as a non-OA based on marriage. Non-OA is exclusively a retirement visa type.

You are using the wrong terminology. A lot of it. You cannot convert from an extension based on marriage to a non-O visa. That doesn't even make sense. A visa is for entering Thailand. You CAN apply for your next extension based on a different reason. So your next extension you can apply based on RETIREMENT, not marriage. This has nothing to do with a visa. You haven't had a visa for over a decade and you won't be getting one now. You're just applying for an extension based on a different reason. The OA thing shouldn't even matter it was so long ago, and if you applied for your original visa based on marriage it was not a non-OA, it was a non-O. Non-OA is only for retirement, and only available in your home country. Also there are some immigration offices that still do an "under consideration" period for those applying for an extension based on retirement. Have you checked your plans with your immigration office?

Submitting TM47 by mail is considered an in-person report.

Your question was answered already. ASK YOUR IMMIGRATION OFFICE. Each office has their own policy. They change this policy periodically. Only YOUR immigration can answer this question.

Ummm, that's not how TM30 works. You submit it. You go back into the system and search for what you just submitted. Then you click "export" from that and you get the PDF. There's no e-mail. You can do it all yourself if you have the login. Do note you can only "search" for a submission within 7 days after it was submitted. After that you have no way to get proof besides submitting a new one.

Many immigration offices won't accept proof of transfers for marriage extensions anyways. The only options at those offices are embassy verified income, or proof of income (pay stubs) from your work permit job inside of Thailand.

There are mixed views because each immigration office has their own policy on this, and that policy changes from time to time at immigration offices. The only way to know for sure is to ask your immigration office. But TM30 should be done online, so it should just be standard course to file a new one on return, takes 30 seconds.

The law of unintended consequences will happen. You will find yourself in a rush some day to do something at the bank, and they'll end up taking 2-3 hours because they need to update your passport.

Same as always

Highly unlikely that you have no TM30.

There is no new requirement. It is 2 months prior. Just because 2 agencies have the wrong information doesn't mean the requirements have changed. I think there's one immigration office, maybe Jomtien? that requires 3 months for a non-O conversion, but still only 2 months for the extensions.

I've never heard of a non-B requiring proof of funds. But normally a Thai embassy will accept bank statements from any bank, as long as they match your name.

Maybe, if you have a yellow book and pink ID card.

Who told you this?

And now everything is done through e-visa. It's literally impossible to get a visa same-day. And you cannot even apply until you're already in Laos.

I haven't heard of a non-O taking 2 weeks. It's normally just a few days if you pay quickly. Just had a friend who was recently trying to find a refundable ticket from a SEA airline. He couldn't find any airlines that offered such thing, only ones that offer re-booking.

Literally NO ONE on these van runs is issued an actual visa. That would be impossible.

As DrJack has already mentioned, each immigration office has their own requirements for various things. Most immigration offices do not require a lease for a CoR, they only require a TM30. If you decide to go the AirBNB route, make sure you message the host before booking anything. Anytime I use AirBNB when I know I will need a TM30, I always message the host first and ask them if they will do a TM30 for me and send me proof. If they say no, then I don't book that listing and continue looking.

The address must exactly match your TM30.

You think the officers at that police station will fight over the table to decide who gets to take it home?

Money grab. The warning they have on their page just below that doesn't mention DTV at all, only visa exempt and tourist visa.