Good afternoon,

 

I want to become a monk in Thailand for a month, possibly more. 

 

I am living in Thailand on a Spouse Visa married to a Thai woman.

 

She is supportive of my decision.

 

My question being, can I become a monk on a spouse visa?

 

What is the process and immigration rules regarding?

 

Thank you for your time

I think you can become a monk irregardless of your visa status, it's a unpaid position. 

No problem unless you need to renew your extension of stay..

You must live together as man and wife.

If you decide to stay longer in the temple you can get a monk visa.

Good luck, respect.

26 minutes ago, a13525757 said:

Good afternoon,

 

I want to become a monk in Thailand for a month, possibly more. 

 

I am living in Thailand on a Spouse Visa married to a Thai woman.

 

She is supportive of my decision.

 

My question being, can I become a monk on a spouse visa?

 

What is the process and immigration rules regarding?

 

Thank you for your time

My understanding is that you do not become a monk. You would be regarded as a novice on a short retreat, albeit you would be expected to behave like a monk. So I don't see that, providing your wife is supportive, that this should have any impact your immigration status. Besides, who is going to know?

Removed an off-topic post.

Thank you for the feedback so far. It would seem that I'll face no problems being on my current visa. Appreciate the input

On 9/10/2023 at 1:07 PM, a13525757 said:

My question being, can I become a monk on a spouse visa?

Very naive post.

You are not going to "can I become a monk..." 

Given that you plan to devote one month to this project.

 

You can do want you like on your  "spouse visa" 

You could have asked can you study Thai language on your current permission of stay.

Of course you can.

 

There are several threads regarding Non RE to study religion.

 

6 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

You are not going to "can I become a monk..." 

Given that you plan to devote one month to this project.

It is a common thing among Thai men to "become a monk", usually for 2 weeks. This is the expression that I have heard several times. So what should OP have said instead, according to you?

54 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

It is a common thing among Thai men to "become a monk", usually for 2 weeks. This is the expression that I have heard several times. So what should OP have said instead, according to you?

Yep, there's always a pedantic smart ar$e around to stick their bib without any useful input. 

4 hours ago, arithai12 said:

It is a common thing among Thai men to "become a monk", usually for 2 weeks. This is the expression that I have heard several times. So what should OP have said instead, according to you?

The OP is not thai.

It's not a simple process.

 

Read threads regarding the topic.

Very old thread attached.

https://aseannow.com/topic/74745-what-costs-are-involved-in-becoming-a-monk/ 

 

There is a Buddhism Forum on AseanNow.

Surprised OP has not read all the threads there outlining costs etc...

Such as this thread..

https://aseannow.com/topic/1263039-a-monks-life-for-30-days/

Edited September 13, 20232 yr by DrJack54

If this is a temporary ordination (sometimes also called a traditional ordination), you should be fine with your existing visa.

The duration of your existing visa must not end during your monkhood.

Usually everyone in Thailand is very supportive to ordination, immigration is most likely to be supportive/acceptive/turn a blind eye.

You should make your situation clear to your preceptor (Uppacayo) before ordination, go for a visit to his temple and have a friendly chat.

Most strict forest monastery will not accept a married applicant, however, one may go forth as a novice in that case.

Read all about it: https://www.dhammatalks.org/vinaya/bmc/Section0054.html

You must have a written allowance both of -your wife and -your parents to become a monk.

In case you are contemplating of staying on as a monk indefinitely, i would think twice.
You will not be able to get a Non-I Visa type R(eligious studies) as a married foreigner.