A Not Common Visa Question

[ShingDam]

Hello,

i have a special question about the marriage visa.

I am married have 3 babies and did the marriage visa 2 Years ago.

Every year you need this 400.000 Baht cash on a thai bank account for 1 month.

My problem is that i always after i transfered the money invest it till the time to the next appointment. Than you have to transfer again. Good as long you have the cash and good as long you want or have some ideas to invest.

My question is, if you have a lot of land, house, animals and so on ( i know my wife has it) if you can use this as garantie or the wife can garantie for me?. I dont like to ask in Bkk because i dont want they think i start to get problems or i dont like to invest, the questions could be uncomfortable. So i ask here.

I was in Arranyaprathet and i asked the police department there.

Him asked me, are you married - yes (2 years now)

you have the marrievisa - yes (2 years also)

you have a house min 1 Mio Baht - yes (i told him my house is worth more)

you have a driving license - yes 4 years already

and so on ... everthing him wanted i had.

Later him told me , no cannot.

Somebody know something about that, maybe if i do have do buy a condo in Bkk or so.... ?

Thank you

Frank

[the scouser]

Frank,

You might get a better reponse in the Thai residence forum.

Topic moved.

Scouse.

[lopburi3]

The extension of stay is for supporting a Thai wife and the requirement is 400k in a bank account or monthly income of 40k and there is no getting around that if you want this extension of stay. In Thai society the man is expected to support the wife.

You or wife could be asked to explain how you provide support if money is doing a disappearing act each year.

There is a provision for investment visa/extension of stay that could be fullfiled by a 3 million baht condo purchase but there are a number of restrictions so you need to talk directly with immigration first to make sure you do it right.

[Noel]

If the OP has a problem with or reticence in showing 400k for '1 month', I somehow doubt he is in the market for a 3 million condo.

[lopburi3]

He asked about buying a condo. He also said he takes the money out of bank to invest it. So he may have more money than any of us.

[srisatch]

Out of interest 400,000B is not so much. If it was 'invested' in a UK building soc you might get £175 pa...so you must have something else in mind...why not just play the game?

[astral]

I am not sure that money in your wife's name will count for "your visa".

Remember you cannot legally own land in Thailand.

Property would have to be a condo.

You can check on the investment visa requirements.

Alternatively set up a company and employ yourself as a consultant, paying the necesary salary, well the tax on it anyway,

and get a visa and work permit that way. Sun Belt will hel_l you.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Out of interest 400,000B is not so much. If it was 'invested' in a UK building soc you might get £175 pa...so you must have something else in mind...why not just play the game?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

He's doing a dangerous balancing act.

[visarunner]

No way out , you need to have 400K in YR A/C , or as suggested set up yr own company , may be in the name of yr wife n let yrself be employed.

[ShingDam]

Hello and thank you for your advices !!!

I may be one of the younger fools who came here to start a new life or which will fail in the future as so many others.

It is really not my intention to push up about money ( I mean to have a big mouth ) and i am far away from playing any game.

I only think about the future and i am now 34 years old. (now many will think Ohhh my Goood)

So if i have to transfer every year exspecially to a fixed time 400.000 Baht and after i invest it - because i dont believe that thailand has an inflation rate about 2 to 4 % (i am not so sure about the exactly rate now I am to lazy to look) like the official rate is annouced (i am sure the real inflation is about 15 to 20% sectoral more, my house would cost the twice then 2 years ago, my cows gained 30% up in price in about 1,5 year) - so i think how much it may be in the future ... in 10 year 4.000.000 in 20 8.000.000 and then i will be just 54 !

Although if the inflation is so high and the farrang currencies ($, Euro) and so on will balance this out, my problem will be blown in the wind.

(But this only if they wont change the law.)

And I already invested a lot.

Thats why i want to know. ( See soon i have 3 kids ) and i would sleep much more better if in short or long my investments (in my wifes name or in my babies name) could be a garantie, (i have a farm, land cows, goats, wildpigs ... and so on, this i write only because i mean, i am not short of money if something happens(till now), even with my thai investments (ok i have nothing, my wife has ).

I dont want to buy a condo, but somebody of my drunken "friends" told me a farrang can have a condo on his own name, and i saw many farrangs with pictures about condos and houses on the embassy in bangkok, that why i thoughd it may be ....... a solution.

So thank you very much, and if somebody knows something let me know na

Frank