Marriage visa

[halfpast_2]

hello, i am currently in thailand on a tourist visa which runs out in a couple of weeks i have been in and out of thailand on 30day visa's for the best part of a year before that. i am renting a home and have been living with my thai girlfriend for the past month and a half. we are looking into getting married but i seem to hear so many different things.

is it right i need :

some kind of certificate from the embassy in bangkok saying i have never been married??

once married do i get the non imm "'o'' visa??

i need:

200,000bt going upto 400,000 next year???

i am looking at starting a small business but am only looking at present so have no work is this a problem???

i want to get everything right but it seems so daunting at the moment,

can anybody give me advise???

thanks....halfpast2

[the scouser]

Hi halfpast,

With regard to the process of getting married go to the following website which givesadvice on marriage in Thailand. There you will find a straightforward step by step guide which is relevant irrespective of what nationality you are.

As for the immigration requirements post-marriage I can only advise what I have gleaned from other posts. Once married you leave Thailand and obtain a multiple entry "O". With this you can enter Thailand for a period of 90 days at a time. However, rather than leave every 90 days, it is possible to obtain a one year permit and it is for this that you need to lodge dosh in the bank. From what I can understand the current amount is 250,000 baht but that this will shortly increase to 400,000 baht. Should you go down the one-year path then you need to report to the local immigration office every 90 days and acquire a re-entry permit for those occasions when you wish to leave the country and return.

Regards,

Scouse.

Having posted this I checked the hyperlink and it doesn't appear to be working. Go to www.britishemb.or.th then "consular" then "marriage in thailand".

[halfpast_2]

thanks for that scouse, im gonna try the website now.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Well put Scouser. The existing reg's specify 200,000 baht, but it seems some officers round it up to 250,000        I think a current letter from the bank evidencing 200k will suffice. There is an awful lot of rumour ' out there ' The Ministry of Misinformation is working overtime.