1. Does anybody know for sure if Jomtien allows the combination method for non-O extensions? Anybody ever try?
   
   2. My Filipina wife, well under 50, obtained a non-immi O visa in Manila last year, based on her marriage to me, a long time holder of a non-O with many extensions. I understood at the time that her visa depends on the validity of mine and (important part) needs to be renewed when I renew. However-
   
   - She entered Thailand on her non-O in January, 2026.

   - She applied for her extension in late March. She received it in April. We used an agent just for convenience (we meet all the legal and financial requirements).
   - My extension has to be renewed mid-October, but she was given a full year, until April 2027.
   
   Is this going to cause a problem, besides the inconvenience of having to deal with extensions twice/year, instead of just once? I'll check with the agency, but what do the visa pros on here know? I dread checking at the Jomtien office itself!

For the most part, agents specialize in retirement extensions. Anything else is not what they do on a regular basis, and therefore requires more work for them, or is out of their ability to obtain.

Which means 99% of the time if you go to an agent and you are over 50 years old, they will be doing the extension based on retirement.

Your wife's extension was obtained based on retirement for that exact reason. It was not based on being a trailing spouse to you.

You can try having her apply for her next extension based on being a trailing spouse to you. It would mean a shorter extension, because it will only be until your validity date. This would sync up both of the extensions together. It's possible to do this, they would require proof that your wife met the requirements of the last extension. That means proof of 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account in her name only for 3 months after the extension was received, and then never dropping below 400,000 baht. They are fully within their right to request this, since it was a requirement of the extension she received. If they do require it, then you will not be able to do any extension on your own if these funds are not something you can show. That means you'll be using an agent again.

1 hour ago, BrandonJT said:

Which means 99% of the time if you go to an agent and you are over 50 years old, they will be doing the extension based on retirement.

Your wife's extension was obtained based on retirement for that exact reason. It was not based on being a trailing spouse to you.

OP stated;

4 hours ago, Peabody said:

2. My Filipina wife, well under 50, obtained a non-immi O visa in Manila last year, based on her marriage to me, a long time holder of a non-O with many extensions.

Even for an agent it seems highly unlikely they were able to obtain an extension based on retirement for his spouse, due to her age.

@Peabody obviously had his extension issued by Jomtien. Out of interest, I'd like to know if it was Jomtien that issued his spouses extension, or a different IO.
Does her extension also state 'retirement' ?

Edited August 11Aug 11 by Liquorice

The extension is stamped "Retirement"

Not sure if Ai is accurate on this. Ai claims:

1.While her visa depends on mine being active, they still give a 1-year extension.

2. Since she has an O visa based on being a dependent of mine, only I need 800,000 in the bank (which I stated I have in my OP).

17 minutes ago, Peabody said:

The extension is stamped "Retirement"

Are you referring to stamp in her pp?

She cannot have an extension based on retirement. She is under 50.

At a guess she obtained a Non O based on as dependant.

Sometimes referred to as piggyback on your retirement extensions.

Don't know what an agent could/would do for you in that situation.

What docs did you supply for her extension. Meaning.. Marriage certificate etc

3 hours ago, Liquorice said:

OP stated;

Even for an agent it seems highly unlikely they were able to obtain an extension based on retirement for his spouse, due to her age.

Her non-O and extension were based on being the dependent of the holder of a non-O visa. That's also how she obtained her original non-O in Manila.

What kind of visas are normally issued to dependent children? Is it an Ed visa if they are in school? What if they are pre-school?

12 hours ago, Peabody said:

- She applied for her extension in late March. She received it in April. We used an agent just for convenience

7 hours ago, Liquorice said:

@Peabody obviously had his extension issued by Jomtien. Out of interest, I'd like to know if it was Jomtien that issued his spouses extension, or a different IO.
Does her extension also state 'retirement

That is the 64K question.

Using an agent for the wife's initial extension. OK, the wife's extension stamp must have the name of the immigration office from where it was issued.

Jomtien? Or did the agent obtain the wife's one-year extension stamp from an immigration office 'up country'?

4 hours ago, Peabody said:

The extension is stamped "Retirement"

4 hours ago, Peabody said:

Her non-O and extension were based on being the dependent of the holder of a non-O visa.

If her extension is stamped 'retirement' then it obviously wasn't issued as a dependent.

4 hours ago, Peabody said:

Since she has an O visa based on being a dependent of mine, only I need 800,000 in the bank (which I stated I have in my OP).

If the extension was somehow based on retirement, even though she is under 50, then @BrandonJT summary is correct.

9 hours ago, BrandonJT said:

You can try having her apply for her next extension based on being a trailing spouse to you. It would mean a shorter extension, because it will only be until your validity date. This would sync up both of the extensions together. It's possible to do this, they would require proof that your wife met the requirements of the last extension. That means proof of 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account in her name only for 3 months after the extension was received, and then never dropping below 400,000 baht.

She'd have to provide evidence of meeting the financial requirements in her name for the next extension.

Which Immigration office issued the extension stamp, which is also noted on the stamp?

Is it possible to upload a scan of the extension stamp?

The OP wife obtained a Non O based on being a dependant.

Not many places now issue these.

The wife did not obtain a Non O (retirement)

My understanding is that her extension should of had "until date" same as husbands extension.

Don't know why she was given full year.

The OP did not outline what he provided re docs for her extension but it's more than just a marriage certificate.

The agent would not have facilitated an extension based on retirement.

Straight up not possible.

34 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

The OP wife obtained a Non O based on being a dependant.

Not many places now issue these.

Comes under the heading of the purpose of visit > To stay with non Thai Family residing in Thailand (more than 60 days).

39 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

My understanding is that her extension should of had "until date" same as husbands extension.

Don't know why she was given full year.

The OP did not outline what he provided re docs for her extension but it's more than just a marriage certificate.

The agent would not have facilitated an extension based on retirement.

Straight up not possible.

Agreed, but who knows what an agent can facilitate.............. pulling elephants out of a hat?

I'll reserve judgement until I view an image of the extension.

Appears to be a total breakdown in communication between the OP, the agent, and an IO, of what was intended and what was obtained.

Edited August 11Aug 11 by Liquorice

14 hours ago, Peabody said:

Does anybody know for sure if Jomtien allows the combination method for non-O extensions? Anybody ever try?

From memory, Jomtien discourages or rejects the combo method.

On 8/11/2026 at 2:35 AM, Peabody said:

Does anybody know for sure if Jomtien allows the combination method for non-O extensions? Anybody ever try?

I have done combo at Chonburi Immigration, but the Sri Ratcha office. As far as I am aware they will only do it for a 12 month Non O Retirement extension. They were a bit fussy about the amount in the bank, I had 200K and they said they would do it but next time had to show more, but wouldn't say how much.

Not heard of anyone doing one recently at either office.

11 minutes ago, sandyf said:

I had 200K and they said they would do it but next time had to show more, but wouldn't say how much.

You were lucky they accepted that.

A common cocktail is have 400k in a dedicated FD account and also savings account for the monthly transfers deposits.

eg 400k in bank account + monthly transfers of 35k+ per month.

Think the lowest funds in bank I have seen is 350k + monthly transfers ~40k

On 8/11/2026 at 4:31 PM, Liquorice said:

I'll reserve judgement until I view an image of the extension.

Appears to be a total breakdown in communication between the OP, the agent, and an IO, of what was intended and what was obtained.

Our OP's gone, missing in action. A(nother) hit-and-run windup post? Or...possibly realizing that the service by the agent on the wife's extension wasn't on the up-and-up?

15 minutes ago, rwilem said:

Our OP's gone, missing in action. A(nother) hit-and-run windup post? Or...possibly realizing that the service by the agent on the wife's extension wasn't on the up-and-up?

Wrong on all counts.

My guess is that this type of application is relatively rare and, if included in a stack of normal applications, may have been simply overlooked by the female major who signed this.

42 minutes ago, Peabody said:

My guess is that this type of application is relatively rare and, if included in a stack of normal applications, may have been simply overlooked by the female major who signed this.

That may very well be the case, but the agent should have immediately noted the error, particularly as your spouse is well under 50.

You need to sort this situation out sooner rather than later and visit Jomtien Immigration, perhaps with the agent, to rectify the stamp.

On 8/11/2026 at 5:17 AM, BrandonJT said:

...That means proof of 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account in her name only for 3 months after the extension was received, and then never dropping below 400,000 baht. ...

Not for a dependent of an O-visa holder. She was not required to have any bank account. Only I am/was.

48 minutes ago, Peabody said:

Not for a dependent of an O-visa holder. She was not required to have any bank account. Only I am/was.

She did not receive her extension as a dependent. That's my entire point.

OP, your thread seems to be down to immigration office error.

How was not picked up by yourself or Agent is very surprising.

Suggest you contact your agent (and/or) attend your immigration office.

Nothing adds up.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Suggest you contact your agent (and/or) attend your immigration office.

Nothing adds up.

Applied on March 17, and then got a permitted to stay stamp until April 1, next year. That would assume the extension was granted on and stamped this past April 1. That's two weeks from application to approval, which seems an odd length for any 'under consideration' period. (They're normally 30 days.)

Wife is not 50, and apparently well under 50, yet the stamp says 'RETIREMENT'', another oddity.

Not that it's a biggie now, about which office approved the extension, because anomalies abound here. But looking at that stamp, I could not make out which office did this. Maybe it is indeed from Jomtien, OK.

OP, did your wife attend the immigration office in person? It's a requirement for extensions, at least normally, and the applicant sits for a photo.

Anyway, it'd be best to resolve the situation sooner rather than later, as one probably gets cut a little slack with immigration for bringing an error, a discrepancy, to their attention when it's first discovered.

Letting it stew until the next extension(s) is probably not a good idea.

Edited August 13Aug 13 by rwilem

5 minutes ago, rwilem said:

Letting it stew till the next extension(s) is probably not a good idea.

Fact is the onus is on folk to check they have correct stamp.

The most common one is io at airport ignores reentry permit and stamps ve entry.

Guess what .. It's your fault.

OP go to immigration

12 minutes ago, rwilem said:

Wife is not 50, and apparently well under 50, yet the stamp says 'RETIREMENT'', another oddity.

It's not an oddity.

It's an error on behalf of immigration.

Frankly almost find this thread not credible.

OP Should have attended immigration immediately.

Nothing makes sense.

The wife's extension makes no sense

1 hour ago, rwilem said:

Not that it's a biggie now, about which office approved the extension, because anomalies abound here. But looking at that stamp, I could not make out which office did this. Maybe it is indeed from Jomtien, OK.

Chonburi > AKA Jomtien, the same IO that issued the OP's extension.

On 8/13/2026 at 11:30 PM, Liquorice said:

Chonburi > AKA Jomtien, the same IO that issued the OP's extension.

Cannot be taken as read. Chonburi Immigration has 3 offices, although the one on Koh Sichang doesn't deal with expats.

I do not use Jomtien but the stamps in my passport are just the same.