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Like this, for example?

http://material.ahrchk.net/hrreport/2009/AHRC-SPR-010-2009-Thailand-HRReport2009.pdf

The Emergency Decree was enacted in 2005 under Thaksin's government, not in 2008 as the presenter says. There are no specific provisions in the decree about, for example, the permitted size of groups. The decree is a general framework for extraordinary powers only. The Sections 9 & 11 allow for specific regulations and declarations to be issued, but these will presumably depend on circumstances. While some were issued for BKK and the neighbouring provinces, whether or not these apply to the provinces recently added is not clear.

An English translation of the ED can found at:

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW88nzKE...ag&hl=en_GB

If ThaiVisa is to produce important information videos of a similar kind for foreigners, it might be wise to get them checked by a competent lawyer before they are released.

Scudman, there have been reports of farangs being told that they can use their certificate of income on more than one occasion, but this appears to vary over time, from one office to another, and within offices depending on the immigration officer involved. It is very risky indeed to rely on re-using your certificate if you haven't had 800,000 baht in your bank account for the requisite time period.

As for the supplementary documentation required (eg map of residence), this also seems to vary between offices. My advice is to call at your local office a few days before you present your application for your visa extension and politely seek their advice on what exactly you will need to provide. I take my Thai wife, and she talks with an officer on my behalf telling them I am very a careful man who wants to show respect by supplying them with the right information. She then writes down what they say. On my return to make the application we approach the officer that we'd had spoken to earlier.

Best wishes for your next year here.

I think you will find that the "bahts in the bank" route can no longer be used by new applicants for a one-year extension of the non-immigrant O visa to support Thai national wife. The 40,000 baht monthly income now seems to be the only way. If, like me, your income comes from employment or investments outside Thailand, then you will need to obtain a certificate of income from your Embassy in Bangkok - at least this was my experience last November. Good luck and best wishes for your marriage.

Since 25 Nov. 2008 you can again use the money in the bank route. What did change is that the money now has to be the foreign husbands only, both for income and money in the bank.

Just my luck! I applied for the one-year extension on 24 November and had gone to no end of trouble (and expense) in getting a certificate of income from my embassy. The real worry about all of this is how frequently important regulations change, and how difficult it is to get reliable information. In September last year before coming here again in November to join my wife, I confirmed with the Thai Embassy in New Zealand that the 'money-in-the bank' route still applied. I gave them full details of my situation so they could not have assumed that I had already been granted a one-year extension on that basis. Then, only because I have learned never to rely on what I am told by a Thai official, I read the posts on TV, and in October found that I could only use the monthly income route. After many hours attached to my PC, I eventually found that if the income came from outside Thailand, I needed to obtain a certificate of income from my embassy in Bangkok.

Moral of all this - stay tuned to Thai visa - and for heavens sake, don't assume that what applies today will be still OK tomorrow.

While I was at the Nong Khai office, I verified with them the exact process for reporting by mail in future.

Are you saying that they will now accept 90 day reporting by post?

The Nong Khai staff were very helpful and good-humoured,

Are you sure you went to the right place?

The Nong Khai official who took my 90 day report was very clear - yes, they will accept the next one by post ....... but as we all know things change .... frequently ..... and usually without notice. This forum is so often the only source of information about the current regulations. I was very surprised too about the reception I got from the Nong Khai staff. I went to Korat last November to get my one-year visa because I'd read so many bad reports about Nong Khai. Perhaps they've all been a customer service course

...For 90 days reports I think you can make them at about any office for now or mail them in. It is just a matter of wait and see how they are handled.

I live in Khon Kaen and obtained my one-year extension for a non-immigrant O visa last November at the Korat office. My 90 day report was due this week, and last week I rang the Korat office to ask if I could do it by mail. They told me that this was not possible, and that I would have to come in person to the office in Korat. This morning just as I was about to leave for Korat, I rang the Korat office again to verify that they could process the report at their office. The answer was a definite, "No", and I would have to go the office in Nong Khai, which, after a swift 180 degree turn, I did. While I was at the Nong Khai office, I verified with them the exact process for reporting by mail in future. The Nong Khai staff were very helpful and good-humoured, and I came away feeling like I'd just won lotto - not entirely sure why, but I always do when leaving an immigration office with all the documents approved.

...I just got married and i am on tourist visa. I want to get the visa o based on marriage. I have 400,000 bath but no bank account. can I transfer it in my wife's bank account and show it to the immigration. I have to go to Ayuthaya Immigration as I stay in Pak kret. I have all the documents...

I think you will find that the "bahts in the bank" route can no longer be used by new applicants for a one-year extension of the non-immigrant O visa to support Thai national wife. The 40,000 baht monthly income now seems to be the only way. If, like me, your income comes from employment or investments outside Thailand, then you will need to obtain a certificate of income from your Embassy in Bangkok - at least this was my experience last November. Good luck and best wishes for your marriage.

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Recently I sent this to the Thai Embassy in New Zealand:

"In applying for the one year extension of stay with my wife, I wonder whether the visa regulations set out the Order of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters No. 606/2549 still apply. I am informed that this order was made in 2006. According to case 7.17 of the order under point (6) it says:

"In the case of an alien married to a Thai woman, any party or both must have a total income of not less than Baht 40,000 per month, except for aliens who entered the Kingdom before this Order came into force and granted a permit to stay in the Kingdom. If the alien does not have the minimum income above, he shall have an account deposit in Thailand in the name of either party or both of not less than Baht 400,000. Proof of account deposit for the previous 3 months is required."

Please would you confirm that my understanding of the visa application process is correct and whether the particular requirement regarding a bank account deposit of not less than Baht 400,000 could be applied in my case.

Their reply was:

"So for we have not been informed / instructed of any change regarding the regulation."

I am therefore assuming that 'the money-in-bank-account' route to a one-year extension still applies.

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