Hello,

I wanna write about my experience that I had today (17/03/2009) in the Jomtien Beach Immigration office.

I was there for a normal extension at my Tourist Visa (30 days more, I have a tourist visa 2 entry that I use always cause every 3 months I go back to my country to visit my parents and for me until now is ok), then me and my girlfriend (Thai citizen) we argue to the thai officer on the desk no 3 with write OVER 90 DAYS, LINE A about info for the new rules about Immigration Visa "0" marriage (we have the intention to get married in December, I am 38 years old), he said:

1) 400000 baht in a thai bank accont

AND he said AND not OR

2) 40000 baht a months that they come from outside, to support family for me (Switzerland) ????

I was really surprise cause I read in some forum that I have one of them option now after new rules coming last December 2008 to choise and NOT TOGHETER!

Somebody please can give me the right answer and really what the new thai law says about it?

Thanks

Yes it is EITHER now, not both. He was wrong - par for the course.

The rules says OR.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/post-a70477-...ember-2008.html

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Hello,

I wanna write about my experience that I had today (17/03/2009) in the Jomtien Beach Immigration office.

I was there for a normal extension at my Tourist Visa (30 days more, I have a tourist visa 2 entry that I use always cause every 3 months I go back to my country to visit my parents and for me until now is ok), then me and my girlfriend (Thai citizen) we argue to the thai officer on the desk no 3 with write OVER 90 DAYS, LINE A about info for the new rules about Immigration Visa "0" marriage (we have the intention to get married in December, I am 38 years old), he said:

1) 400000 baht in a thai bank accont

AND he said AND not OR

2) 40000 baht a months that they come from outside, to support family for me (Switzerland) ????

I was really surprise cause I read in some forum that I have one of them option now after new rules coming last December 2008 to choise and NOT TOGHETER!

Somebody please can give me the right answer and really what the new thai law says about it?

Thanks

This is the oficial rule.

(6) In case of marriage with a Thai lady, the husband who is an alien must have an average annual income of not less than 40,000 baht per month OR a money deposit in a local Thai bank of not less than 400,000 baht for the past 2 months for expenses within a year.

Thanks to everybody. Now I am clear is OR! And I was sure that the thai officer there is a perfect... :-)

My good friend went Monday for the renewal of his" marriage visa " at Jomtien and he was told to get 400.000 Thb + 40.000 Thb monthly,("Law changed in January Sir") He does not have the 400.000 Thb, but the officer was "so kind" to propose him to borrow him the 400.000 Thb for a consideration of 28.000 Thb.

Which he accepted or No Visa

My good friend went Monday for the renewal of his" marriage visa " at Jomtien and he was told to get 400.000 Thb + 40.000 Thb monthly,("Law changed in January Sir") He does not have the 400.000 Thb, but the officer was "so kind" to propose him to borrow him the 400.000 Thb for a consideration of 28.000 Thb.

Which he accepted or No Visa

Oh Dear. That old one. They were alledgedly doing that in the past.

He should contact Bangkok head office.

The rule is quite clear. 400,000 OR 40,000 Monthly Income.

This is one of the problems of the new rule in that you can only deal with your local office. Captive Customers.

My good friend went Monday for the renewal of his" marriage visa " at Jomtien and he was told to get 400.000 Thb + 40.000 Thb monthly,("Law changed in January Sir") He does not have the 400.000 Thb, but the officer was "so kind" to propose him to borrow him the 400.000 Thb for a consideration of 28.000 Thb.

Which he accepted or No Visa

Oh Dear. That old one. They were alledgedly doing that in the past.

He should contact Bangkok head office.

The rule is quite clear. 400,000 OR 40,000 Monthly Income.

This is one of the problems of the new rule in that you can only deal with your local office. Captive Customers.

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Sure, we all know it is 40.000 or 400.000, but who is going to complain to Bangkok knowing he has to deal every year with the Jomtien office.

Sad but.

So It's mean that the officer in Jomtien decide if today we have the sun or the rain? What we can do, or where we can complain about this kind of officer? How we can show them that thai new rule law is valid? What I have to do?

Thanks

strangely enough I meet a guy that claims he works there a few days ago, a balding guy about 50, he chatted to me for a few minutes and seemed genuine and then claimed it was his birthday and tried to get some money out of me to buy a beer

There's a very recent thread here regards a guy applying for his 3rd marriage extension at the Suan Plu 'head office' and getting the EXACT same 400,000 + 40,000 demand, not one OR the other. His desk clerk even refused to acknowledge that the printed copy of the new law he presented as proof was even valid. Of course, that resulted in a major face issue with said clerk and the applicant got shafted.

I am just wondering of they are using that old chestnut of us poor suckers in the 'twilight zone' between a law being passed and the law being published in some official gazette (or however they chose to dick about it here)?

Edited March 22, 200917 yr by NanLaew

They seem to be a bit disorganised at Jomtien right now, they have swapped all the staff there with the ones from the new airport, there are only a couple who remained, the guy who does the reception at the front is still there. The queues were quiet large when I went for my 90 day reporting and they werent pushing people for a copy of something with an address on.

Barry Kenyon from the British consul is there nearly full time now helping them out.

There is no longer a FPV presence it seems at Immigration now.

Edited March 22, 200917 yr by JimSiam

Oh well...this is all good news...NOT! For a while, we had what was one of the best and most efficient immigration offices in Thailand and then the head man got promoted last year and if these reports are true, it has quickly gone down hill.

My good friend went Monday for the renewal of his" marriage visa " at Jomtien and he was told to get 400.000 Thb + 40.000 Thb monthly,("Law changed in January Sir") He does not have the 400.000 Thb, but the officer was "so kind" to propose him to borrow him the 400.000 Thb for a consideration of 28.000 Thb.

Which he accepted or No Visa

28,000 Baht? Why he simply walked out of and came back a day later with a lawyer? Doesn't cost him 28,000 Baht. But I even doubt that in this case a lawyer would be necessary.

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