Mario2008

You will have no problem. The rule is that you are not allowed to more than 90 days in a 6 month period on visa exempt entries. That are the 30 days stamps you get when you enter Thailand without a visa. The 90 days do not count towards visa's. With a visa you will not ahve a problem and there is no limit at how much of these you can get. (Although some embassies/consulates in neigbouring countries refuse to issue more than 1).

Check the consulate in the US you wil use. Most will allow you to apply by mail with no problem. Note that with a visa you can return to Thailand on a one way ticket.

The money in the bank option is only possible for persons who used this method before Oct. 2006. The text is misleading and from another tread I understood even in Thai it is misleading. The reality is that new cases now only have the option of showing an income of 40,000 baht.

Can't give you a link to a labour regulation. But look at the posting from Sunbelt about the new labour regulations. It is mentioned in that thread that you now need to meet the criteria set foward by immigration to get a WP.

Agree with digitalchromakey. With the change of the labour rules it was mentioned that they now insist of the minimum salary for new applicants. Old cases seem to be grandfathered.

I believe they don't even mail outside the UK.

To Hobart, if your going to part with your passport make at least a few coppies of the relevant pages.

To convert to a non-O no problem. Note that they will give you first only 30 days of extension, and after that the rest of the year as the extension has to be approved by immigration HQ.

Maybe better look here:

http://www.lawyer.th.com/National_Police_O...er_Oct_2006.pdf

point 7.17. Have the misses call immigration first, as every office has its own requirements.

Sounds indeed logical that they would want to see that.

If you extend your stay based on employment. Immigration doesn't need to see your WP for an extension of stay based on marriage or retirement.

Normaly no problem, but they will charge you for the overstay.

No. When you apply for a visa change you also apply for an extension of stay for one year. The paperwork that requires is a bit more. You would also already need your WP or at least have applied for that.

When applying for a non-B abroad you only need a letter from the school.

I'm sure it's on TV somewhere but:-

What documents are required in order to convert a 30 day exemption to a non-o (support wife) visa?

You need to qualify for a one year extension of stay based on marriage to a Thai national. Look at the link from ubonjoe for the requirements. Among others you will need an income of 40,000 a mont for you, your wife or both combined, submit photo's showing that you live to gether and take your wife with you for the interview.

Correct.

Let him contact his embassy. My own embassy will certifies income from other countries, provided the evidence about the income is in English.

If not maybe he can either have it translated or certified by the embassy of the country where he is geting income from.

Most embassies provide for a letter in English. But indeed, can't be sure.

ypou can not go any day. With TV is presume you mean Tourist Visa. You need to have at least 21 one days left of permitted to stay. So she need to apply for an extension first and than for a change of visa and extension of stay based on retirement. (1,900 + 2,000 + 1,900 baht). Just do it as soon as possible.

Note that proof of income needs to be 65,000. I presume it is income from abroad, which means she has to get a letter from her embassy confirming her income. This letter will be in English and doesn't need to be translated. Check with her embassy to see what proof they require and if she can apply for the letter by mail.

Not sure if your wife doesn't needs to go by herself and can give you a power of atorny, but she will need to sign a lot of papers which can be downloaded from internet.

Since your persmission to stay expires in a few days you can not apply for a change of visa in country. Best advise is to go to Lao and apply for a Non-B with a letter from the school. Note that without a WP you are not allowed to work!

1. You do not apply for a change of visa. You apply for an extension of stay, but change the reason for your extension. You will have to qualify for the extension of stay for a marriage.

You can apply for an extension of stay from 30 days before your current permission of stay expires. If your job is canceled before that time, than just try it before your job is cancelled.

2. No, your Wp will not be cancelled, as you are allowed to stay and also allowed to work on an extension of stay bsed on marriage. Your WP will be cancelled when you are out of a job.

The 180 days in a 6 mont period only aplies to visa exempt entries, not to entries with a visa like you have now. These are not counted towards the 90 days. So yes, you can apply for a new tourist visa or ED-visa.

Change is indeed recent. I believe Sunbelt reported it in June.

Single entry mean 60 days of stay, dubble entry means 2 times 60 days allowed to stay. After 60 days you have to elave the country and can come right back in for your second stay. Note that each stay can be extended by 30 days at an immigration office for 1,900 baht.

On a visa you d not need a return ticket.

For a double entry state over 60 days.

Countries valid they mean your passport.

Yes you can, as has been reported by sunbelt and some other posters you can again get a WP on a retirement extension.

Like LB said 50,000 for western Europeans. But there is no required minimum for teachers and members of the media.

Op cannot apply for an extension of stay and not pay the overstay fine in advance as he hasn't got any proof as to when he will leave the country, in essence a plane ticket.

Within the first 3 monts of your stay you would have no problem and just can just choose any employer you want and also change employer and WP. It doesn't need to be the emloyer who supported your application for the visa.

When you are on extensions of stay, asked for in Thailand itself, the situation becomes different. On an extension of stay the moment you are out of a job you would have to leave the country, but can ask for a stay of 7 days at the cost of 1,900 baht and have that time to look for a new employer and arrange a WP. On an extension of stay it is always better to have a new job before quiting the old.