Freddy42OZ Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 If a farang on a retirement extension marries a young farang woman (who is a long way from retirement age), what visa does she need to stay here? Would it be a regular marriage visa or something else? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted March 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2022 It would be an O Visa and she would be a dependent on yours. She would also have to have funds in the bank as well. I am sure @ubonjoe will be along to clarify it for you. He is the all knowing one for all things visa related. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ubonjoe Posted March 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: It would be an O Visa and she would be a dependent on yours. She would also have to have funds in the bank as well. I am sure @ubonjoe will be along to clarify it for you. He is the all knowing one for all things visa related. She would not need to show financial proof to apply for a extension based upon being a family member of a person on a extension of stay. The problem at this time is getting the required non-o visa required to apply for it. Immigration will not issue one for her and since covid 19 started the majority of embassies and official consulates will not issue one on that basis. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 If you can afford it, consider a Thailand Elite visa. In theory, a Non O to visit your non Thai husband ought to be possible, followed by one-year extensions of stay to be with him. Your best chance of getting this visa will be from home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 16 hours ago, ubonjoe said: She would not need to show financial proof to apply for a extension based upon being a family member of a person on a extension of stay. The problem at this time is getting the required non-o visa required to apply for it. Immigration will not issue one for her and since covid 19 started the majority of embassies and official consulates will not issue one on that basis. Thanks Joe. Appreciate your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 11 hours ago, BritTim said: If you can afford it, consider a Thailand Elite visa. In theory, a Non O to visit your non Thai husband ought to be possible, followed by one-year extensions of stay to be with him. Your best chance of getting this visa will be from home country. Unfortunately I can't at the moment. Her home country is Russia so that is a non starter lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Freddy42OZ said: Unfortunately I can't at the moment. Her home country is Russia so that is a non starter lol. Wishing you the best of luck in wading through all of the paperwork to make it work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Freddy42OZ said: Thanks Joe. Appreciate your advice. 1 hour ago, Freddy42OZ said: Her home country is Russia so that is a non starter lol. I have read some posts about an agent being able arrange the non-o visa for a family member at immigration. Perhaps that is an option. What is her current visa status here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hapark Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 23 hours ago, ubonjoe said: I have read some posts about an agent being able arrange the non-o visa for a family member at immigration. Perhaps that is an option. What is her current visa status here? If on a tourist visa, would this option of switching to the non-o at immigration be possible for the wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 hour ago, hapark said: If on a tourist visa, would this option of switching to the non-o at immigration be possible for the wife? Having a tourist visa entry is one of the requirements to apply for the non-o visa. But a non-o visa for being a family member of a person on a retirement extension is not listed as one that can be done. That is why a agent may be able to arrange it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 11:45 AM, ubonjoe said: I have read some posts about an agent being able arrange the non-o visa for a family member at immigration. Perhaps that is an option. What is her current visa status here? She has a Non B that is about to expire. Getting married isn't really an option at the moment, but I wanted to see if we should consider doing that sooner than we have planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 11:37 AM, ThailandRyan said: Wishing you the best of luck in wading through all of the paperwork to make it work. Thanks Ryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 11 hours ago, Freddy42OZ said: She has a Non B that is about to expire. Getting married isn't really an option at the moment, but I wanted to see if we should consider doing that sooner than we have planned. I assume she is not on a 90 day entry that non-b visa allows. I think she probably has one year extension based upon working or teaching. If you got married she could apply for a extension for being a member of your family on the day her current extension is canceled on the date on a termination letter from her employer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 hours ago, ubonjoe said: I assume she is not on a 90 day entry that non-b visa allows. I think she probably has one year extension based upon working or teaching. If you got married she could apply for a extension for being a member of your family on the day her current extension is canceled on the date on a termination letter from her employer. Just to clarify,a husband and wife who would like an exstension of stay based on retirement do they need 800 000 baht in the bank each?I was assuming as a family you only needed 800 000 but i am getting mixed signals from some friends.They told me now they need to show the amount each.Has this maybe something to do with different imm offices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 59 minutes ago, jvs said: Just to clarify,a husband and wife who would like an exstension of stay based on retirement do they need 800 000 baht in the bank each?I was assuming as a family you only needed 800 000 but i am getting mixed signals from some friends.They told me now they need to show the amount each.Has this maybe something to do with different imm offices? Either the husband or wife can apply for the one year extension based upon retirement and then the other one can apply for a one year extension for being a member of the their family without any financial proof. On the one applying for the extension based upon retirement has to show financial proof. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, ubonjoe said: Either the husband or wife can apply for the one year extension based upon retirement and then the other one can apply for a one year extension for being a member of the their family without any financial proof. On the one applying for the extension based upon retirement has to show financial proof. They used an agent and i think they both applied for a extension based on retirement. The agent "forgot" to tell them only one person (if married) needed one so they could charge double. Live and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hapark Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 1:28 PM, ubonjoe said: Having a tourist visa entry is one of the requirements to apply for the non-o visa. But a non-o visa for being a family member of a person on a retirement extension is not listed as one that can be done. That is why a agent may be able to arrange it. Thanks for this info. As family dependent member is not on the list that be converted from tourist visa to non-O, not sure how it can be done. Heard from friend who said his agent could not do, so wondering how and where can be done with agent? Any confirmed cases of anyone doing this recently in Chonburi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 23 hours ago, jvs said: They used an agent and i think they both applied for a extension based on retirement. The agent "forgot" to tell them only one person (if married) needed one so they could charge double. Live and learn. Wouldn't the agent cost still be based on application for the two extensions of stay irrespective if applying separately or as a dependent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Thailand said: Wouldn't the agent cost still be based on application for the two extensions of stay irrespective if applying separately or as a dependent? I am not sure because they both needed to show 800 000 in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 30 minutes ago, jvs said: I am not sure because they both needed to show 800 000 in the bank. What I meant was in either case there would be two extensions of stay so there was no overcharging. Two separate extensions based on each having 800K in the bank. Or extension of stay for one spouse with the other extension being the dependent but only 800K in the bank required. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 On 3/15/2022 at 8:03 AM, ubonjoe said: I assume she is not on a 90 day entry that non-b visa allows. I think she probably has one year extension based upon working or teaching. If you got married she could apply for a extension for being a member of your family on the day her current extension is canceled on the date on a termination letter from her employer. Yes, you presume correctly. Thanks again for all your help. Very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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