New marriage based Non O...possible now during this lockdown?

[Elizway]

For those who have never had one, can one be applied for, had, and used to enter Thailand during these times?

 

If so, is it the same procedure as pre-COVID, or have there been changes?

 

Also, would the Thai spouse have to be present during any step from the attainment of the visa to entry? 

[ubonjoe]

If you are outside the country now you could apply for a non-o visa and a certificate of entry needed to enter the country at a embassy or official consulate. Then after arriving go into the 14 day quarantine required.

Your wife would not have to be with you to do it.

[Elizway]

Great stuff. Thanks ubonjoe. I hear there there is a photo at the house requirement. Is it still the case?

[ubonjoe]

9 minutes ago, Elizway said:

Great stuff. Thanks ubonjoe. I hear there there is a photo at the house requirement. Is it still the case?

Not to apply for a visa at a embassy or consulate.

Photos are only needed to apply for a extension of stay based upon marriage  at immigration.

[Elizway]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Not to apply for a visa at a embassy or consulate.

Photos are only needed to apply for a extension of stay based upon marriage  at immigration.

And the money in the bank? 

[ubonjoe]

8 hours ago, Elizway said:

And the money in the bank? 

For a non-o visa based upon marriage application most embassies and consulate do not have any financial requirements other than the standard equivalent of 20k baht required for all visa application.

For a extension of stay it is 400k baht in a Thai bank for 2 months or proof of 40k baht income.

[Elizway]

5 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

For a non-o visa based upon marriage application most embassies and consulate do not have any financial requirements other than the standard equivalent of 20k baht required for all visa application.

For a extension of stay it is 400k baht in a Thai bank for 2 months or proof of 40k baht income.

Must it be a Thai bank? Any exceptions? Is is always enforced? 

[ubonjoe]

57 minutes ago, Elizway said:

Must it be a Thai bank? Any exceptions? Is is always enforced? 

It has to be in a Thai bank to apply for a extension of stay and there are no exemptions. You can also use the 40k baht income option if you can prove it.

[Elizway]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

It has to be in a Thai bank to apply for a extension of stay and there are no exemptions. You can also use the 40k baht income option if you can prove it.

40k a month? 2 months also? 

Does it also have to be a Thai bank? How do you prove it? Pay slips? Me or the Thai spouse? 

 

[ubonjoe]

32 minutes ago, Elizway said:

40k a month? 2 months also? 

Does it also have to be a Thai bank? How do you prove it? Pay slips? Me or the Thai spouse? 

Most offices will want to see 12 months of transfer into your Thai bank account from abroad. For the first extension application they may accept 2 months.

It has to be your income and it has to be from outside the country.

If your embassy will provide proof of income that will also be accepted if it shows a income of 40k baht or more.

[Elizway]

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Most offices will want to see 12 months of transfer into your Thai bank account from abroad. For the first extension application they may accept 2 months.

It has to be your income and it has to be from outside the country.

If your embassy will provide proof of income that will also be accepted if it shows a income of 40k baht or more.

So it's mine and not my Thai spouse's, and the spouse's is not excepted even if it meets the amount...correct? 

[ubonjoe]

23 minutes ago, Elizway said:

So it's mine and not my Thai spouse's, and the spouse's is not excepted even if it meets the amount...correct? 

Yes

From the immigration order.

"(6) In the case of marriage to a Thai woman, the alien husband must earn an average annual income of no less than Baht 40,000 per month or must have no less than Baht 400,000 in a bank account in Thailand for the past two months to cover expenses for one year."