Dependent Visa in 2025

[SLOWHAND225]

This is my experience as an American on a Non O, I'm retired @ 62 and my wife is  33.  Applied for a dependent visa in Kanchanaburi and she was denied.  We were told (off the record) that she was too young and they had concerns that we were actually married even though we have a marriage lic. thats 5 yrs old.  We were told the same thing in Bangkok.
We've done a 30 day ext. and a run to Laos for a restart on the 60 days.  Not that it even matters at this point.
What we were advised to do is get her an education visa, let it run its course and then apply for the dependent visa. So, thats what we're doing. 

Just thought I'd throw out our experience that it may help someone else.

[brewsterbudgen]

Seems strange.  I'm 64 and my wife is 34, but she's had an Extension as my dependant for 8 years now.  I'm on a Work extension, so maybe that makes a difference?  However, I'm can't believe what you were told is 'official'!

[SLOWHAND225]

Not gonna lie, I was pretty pissed off at first. I'm over it now.
We've been here for 4 months and she is almost fluent in Thai so a formal education would serve her well.

[theoldgit]

As the post is in respect of a visa for Thailand, I’ll move the post to the appropriate forum.

[DrJack54]

17 hours ago, SLOWHAND225 said:

This is my experience as an American on a Non O, I'm retired @ 62 and my wife is  33.  Applied for a dependent visa in Kanchanaburi and she was denied.

Assume that your wife is non Thai seems she you are trying to "piggyback" her on your extension as a dependent.

She needs to have entered Thailand on a Non O.

What's the plan re future. To live ongoing in Thailand? 

 

[SLOWHAND225]

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Assume that your wife is non Thai seems she you are trying to "piggyback" her on your extension as a dependent.

She needs to have entered Thailand on a Non O.

What's the plan re future. To live ongoing in Thailand? 

 

 

Shes an American, when we moved here in November, she didn't need a Non O, at that time there was a dependent visa for retirees that had a Non O. 
As of January 1st, that has changed. 

[Tod Daniels]

You're being told bad information, or you're confused a bit

 

Your immigration office was just making up nonsense about the age disparity, etc.

They can't issue the visa anyway.

 

No immigration office in the country has issued the Non-O visa based on trailing spouse of a retirement visa/extension holder for quite a long time now.

AND

No thai consulate in the world will sell a 90 day Non-O based on trailing spouse if you're on a Non-O based on retirement.

 

Only the Non-OA visa you get in your country before you come here has the option for a spouse to get a 90 day Non-O and then piggy bank on your stamp.

 

Even agents can't get a 90 day Non-O issued inside the country from immigration offices for spouses of Non-O retirement holders

 

The 'work around' is to get her on an education visa, extend that one time, and then switch the reason for the extension to married to a foreigner on a retirement extension. That's the only way it can be done.

 

So that's your option...

 

And in the mean time, make sure your marriage is certified by what ever country you were married in, that it was stamped by the that embassy in that country and then translated and stamped by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office here too, or your not going to be able to use the marriage as a reason for her to piggy back onto your extension

 

[DrJack54]

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