Work To Marriage Visa

[SamSaraburi]

Ive had a non-immigrant B visa extension from my job for the last few years and was thinking it would be easier if I change it to one based on marriage to a Thai. The reason is if I lose my job, I’ll still be able to stay until I find a new job. 

If I change to marriage extension do I have to keep money in the bank if I am still working or does my salary suffice?  

[BrandonJT]

As long as your salary is at least 40k baht per month, you can use your salary to meet the financial requirements.  When your next extension comes up, you would just apply based on marriage to Thai instead of work.  Should be relatively simple (if you can consider a marriage extension simple).  I would recommend going to your immigration office beforehand and asking them for their handout of requirements.

[SamSaraburi]

26 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

As long as your salary is at least 40k baht per month, you can use your salary to meet the financial requirements.  When your next extension comes up, you would just apply based on marriage to Thai instead of work.  Should be relatively simple (if you can consider a marriage extension simple).  I would recommend going to your immigration office beforehand and asking them for their handout of requirements.

Thanks for your reply. I’ll do that.

[Rob Browder]

On 6/6/2025 at 2:20 PM, SamSaraburi said:

 

Ive had a non-immigrant B visa extension from my job for the last few years and was thinking it would be easier if I change it to one based on marriage to a Thai. The reason is if I lose my job, I’ll still be able to stay until I find a new job. 

If I change to marriage extension do I have to keep money in the bank if I am still working or does my salary suffice?  

If you use your salary, you will need to supply all the paperwork for a Non-B (company documents, etc) PLUS all the paperwork for a Marriage-Based extension.   It's not like the good old days (~5+ years ago), where you only had to show your tax-payments for the salary.
 

If you can put 400K in the bank for 2 months prior to application, this makes the process MUCH easier, as you only have to provide the marriage-based documentation, which is a 1/2 ream of paper, by itself.