Expiry of marriage visa

[StevieAus]

I have an Expat friend whose wife has passed away suddenly.

He had a marriage visa which we understand expires on the death of his wife.

He can obtain the funds to increase the amount in the bank to 800, 000 baht but will need the two months for it to ‘ season’.

We understand his only option is to leave the country immediately, return tourist exempt then obtain a Non Immigration O visa to allow time for the money to stay in the bank before obtaining a Retirement exemption.

If he has to leave the country  is Chiang Kong an option as we live in the North and can anyone recommend one of the companies that will assist in taking him there as his Thai is limited.

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

If he has to leave the country  is Chiang Kong an option as we live in the North and can anyone recommend one of the companies that will assist in taking him there as his Thai is limited

@Tod Daniels may have helpful info. 

Hopefully he can organize funds in bank to base next extension on retirement and avoid "starting over" 

 

4 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

He had a marriage visa which we understand expires on the death of his wife.

His current permission of stay is still valid (unlike divorce) 

When does current stamp expire

[Tod Daniels]

If he is on an "extension of stay" based on marriage that he got from the immigration office where he lives, it does NOT cancel upon the death of his wife. Whereas if he had gotten a divorce it would be invalid the date he signed the divorce decree 

He can stay on that extension until it comes up for renewal and then he can apply for a new yearly extension based on another reason (retirement) by meeting the requirements <- Now, whether he has enough time left on his current extension based on marriage to get the 800K baht into a thai bank account in his name only and let it season 2 months before his extension runs out so he can change the reason for his extension from marriage to retirement I do not know.. 😕 

AND 

If he's on a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa <-where he has to bounce out/back every 90 days (which is unlikely but not impossible) he can still keep using that visa until it expires by continuing to bounce out back <- VISAS don't end just because the reason you got it changes

IF his current extension runs out before he can get his act together and get the 800k in the bank for 2 months, then bouncing him out/back at a land border to get OFF the current extension and re-enter on a 60 day free entry stamp so he can start the whole process of applying for an in country 90 day Non-O visa based on retirement and then 2 months after that apply for the year extension. 

If he's bouncing out/back at ANY of the Lao land borders (especially Chiang Khong or Chiang Saen) have him use a service or he's gonna get hung up crossing out/back