Change Visa After Marriage

[durhamboy]

Hi, I'm British, 59 and currently on one of these 1 year visas with visa runs every 90 days. I'm planning on marrying my Thai fiancee soon and I was wondering if I can change my visa to married status and thereby saving the visa run every 90 days.

We are planning to go to UK early next year so I will probably have only 1 more visa run to do so I would only want to change visa status if its easy and doesnt cost much.

Thanks in advance.

[lopburi3]

No visa allows longer stay than 90 days for marriage. Only if you extend for one year would you not have to exit but that requires a lot of documents and financials (Thai bank 400k for 2 months is basic requirement). You can however obtain a 60 day extension of stay from immigration to visit wife after marriage with much less paperwork so with current 90 days that would be a total of 5 months before next exit. If planning to exit Thailand early next year do not believe one year extension process worth the effort.

[OJAS]

Only if you extend for one year would you not have to exit but that requires a lot of documents and financials (Thai bank 400k for 2 months is basic requirement).

Alternatively, the OP could apply for a 1-year retirement extension as long as he met the more stringent financial requirements (800k in a Thai bank for 2 months for the initial extension (3 months in subsequent years) or 65k monthly income as confirmed by the British Embassy).

[ubonjoe]

Unless your visa has already expired you can get 90 more days by making a border run just before the visa expires (enter before).

Then get 60 days extension which should take you into next year.

But if you are planning on only making a short trip the UK then the one year extension based upon marriage to a Thai would be best option. You would need to have 400K baht in the bank for 60 days or have income of 40K baht proven by a letter from the embassy.