Non O Multiple Entry @ Savannakhet, Laos - April 2013

[PlastikbinLina]

Don't forget that with an O visa Multiple Entry issued outside Thailand you must leave the country every 90 days. An overstay means a daily fine of 500.

[lookingeast]

It is the same thing - a non immigrant O visa. They require the financial requirement for over 50 but will allow just pension over the age of 65 - but the visa is the same and issue is to those over age 50. It also appear to just be a local UK requirement/system.

AH - thanks for clearing that up !!!

[navara]

Well... perhaps your lucky. I was there for many times and nobody asked me to have a year visa instead of 90 days. How can it be they did not ask you for your financial record? I have been informing about this 2 years a go already. They said: same rules as all Thai consulates around Thailand.

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Hi guys

I got a Non O visa based on marriage from Suvanakhet in January this year using the visa service from the Savanvegas casino. I didn't show any financial docs as this was the first time of me applying for such a visa, but show the same docs as listed in the OP.

Following on from the OP, are we saying that you still don't need to show financial docs for any subsequent Non O visas? I was under the impression that you needed to when applying a second or third Non O visa?

Also, I'm under 50 years of age

Edited April 8, 2013 by TheScarf

[ubonjoe]

Did you get a single or multiple entry visa. For a single entry proof of financials at any location would not be required.

This topic is about getting multiple entry O visas and if you read the entire topic you will find that at Savannakhet financial proof is not normally asked for.

[zyphodb]

What country are you from? Does this apply if ur from the uk? I want to get my first 1 year multiple non 'o' marridge visa, I'm currently on my 2nd multiple entry tourist visa but wanna stay here without going back to the uk & beabled to get extentions on it in Thailand, I have all the marridge forms & cash in the bank etc. Do u think this is possible?

[ubonjoe]

You can get an extension of stay based upon marriage with no problem at immigration if you can meet the financial requirements of 40K baht income or 400K baht in the bank in your name for 60 days.

You need a single entry non immigrant O visa that you can get at any nearby consulate or embassy without any problem. During the last 30 days of that 90 entry you could then get your visa.

Edited April 8, 2013 by ubonjoe

[Julie12]

I'm a British female and just got married to my Thai partner yesterday. I'm on a tourist visa (15 days) that expires on 18th April. I don't want to have to go back to the UK just to apply for a marriage visa if i don't have to. We have all the documents listed in the OP. I have one concern....I have just returned from a 3 week trip to Laos (at the time i was not married and unaware of the issues surrounding visas, otherwise i would have got the marriage visa while there), so is it a problem if i go to Savannakhet (am i allowed to go into Laos again after being there recently?). As my current tourist visa expires on 18th April can i go to immigration to apply for a 60 day extension (as ubonjoe mentioned above) even if i do not have the financial details of 400k? If i choose to go to Savannakhet on 18th April and get a Non O visa, am i right in saying i have to leave the country every 90 days? Does anyone know why this is different from a Non O visa obtained in Thailand, or is it that after you get the Non O visa you can apply for a marriage visa, which means you do not have to leave every 90 days? Is it just me or is this confusing!! Thanks in advance and I appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

[lopburi3]

Go and get a single entry non immigrant O visa on the 18th and then 60 days later visit immigration with husband to extend your stay for one year using normal TM.7 and fee of 1,900 baht. What is issued inside Thailand each year is an extension of stay (you never have to leave) - not a visa - so if you plan any travel you will have to buy a re-entry permit first. There is no problem going to Laos again to get the visa. You could not have obtained earlier as you must be married first - take the marriage certificate and copy of husbands ID card and home register.

[Mario2008]

A foreign woman married to a Thai national doesn't need to show income for a 1 year extension of stay. For a 60 day extension no income is required anyway.

Keep in mind that the visa will be applied for on day 1 and you pick-up the next work day.

[retell]

I'm a British female and just got married to my Thai partner yesterday. I'm on a tourist visa (15 days) that expires on 18th April. I don't want to have to go back to the UK just to apply for a marriage visa if i don't have to. We have all the documents listed in the OP. I have one concern....I have just returned from a 3 week trip to Laos (at the time i was not married and unaware of the issues surrounding visas, otherwise i would have got the marriage visa while there), so is it a problem if i go to Savannakhet (am i allowed to go into Laos again after being there recently?). As my current tourist visa expires on 18th April can i go to immigration to apply for a 60 day extension (as ubonjoe mentioned above) even if i do not have the financial details of 400k? If i choose to go to Savannakhet on 18th April and get a Non O visa, am i right in saying i have to leave the country every 90 days? Does anyone know why this is different from a Non O visa obtained in Thailand, or is it that after you get the Non O visa you can apply for a marriage visa, which means you do not have to leave every 90 days? Is it just me or is this confusing!! Thanks in advance and I appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

if you aint got the money in the bank stay away from immigration inside thailand it is the first thing they will ask savannakhet will work for you , also it might be interesting to obtain a thai passport which for a female isnt such much trouble

[IMA_FARANG]

As someone mentioned about the Financial requirements for a marriage visa/etension, as a FEMALE you do NOT need 400K Baht in a Thai bank.

MALES do, but under Thai law FEMALES don't.

I would guess 90% of the "marriage visa" questions on this visa topic come from males asking about marriage to a Thai female....so at least this situation is unusual.

[siam2007]

It is the same thing - a non immigrant O visa. They require the financial requirement for over 50 but will allow just pension over the age of 65 - but the visa is the same and issue is to those over age 50. It also appear to just be a local UK requirement/system.

I thought a multiple-entry does not require a whole lot of funds or even a fixed pension or other income from investments or so, as long as you are older than 50.

I thought this rule only applies to the one-year-O-Visa where you do not need to leave the country every 90 days....

[lopburi3]

The visa that allows a one year stay is called non immigrant O-A and is not issued by that Consulate and requires the same financials as one year extensions of stay from immigration within Thailand or 800k in bank or income of 65k but bank money could be in home country bank.

[ubonjoe]

You will not get a multiple entry non visa at any nearby embassy or consulate for being over 50. Their was a report of getting one in Penang but he had 800K baht in the bank to show.

In KL or Penang you will need to show money in the bank for multiple entry non-o based upon marriage to a Thai. Savannakhet is the only location that does not require financial proof.

Edit: Changed Phuket to Penang

Edited April 11, 2013 by ubonjoe

[siam2007]

You will not get a multiple entry non visa at any nearby embassy or consulate for being over 50. Their was a report of getting one in Phuket but he had 800K baht in the bank to show.

In KL or Phuket you will need to show money in the bank for multiple entry non-o based upon marriage to a Thai. Savannakhet is the only location that does not require financial proof.

I guess you are referring to PENANG and not Phuket, as Phuket is part of the country, and therefore does not have a "Thai Consulat".

I am still on a recently obtained multiple-non-B, even though I have reached the magic age for Thailand, but the last information that I have from the honorary Thai Consulat in my home town (luckily there is one) is, that they only need to see 5K in Euro cash or on a (local non-Thai) Bank account for a multiple-non-O.

That information is from March 2012. Not sure if the requirements have changed since then.

Edited April 11, 2013 by siam2007

[ubonjoe]

Oop's I fixed it.

At many honorary Thai consulates in a persons home country you do not need to show any financial proof for a multiple entry O visa. You would not get one period from an embassy or official Thai consulate in your home country because they only do OA visas.

Edited April 11, 2013 by ubonjoe

[fabianfred]

The KR2 is often required new each year, as it proofs that you are still married. Only when just married can you use the one the amphur give you when you got married.

A new one costs something between 20 and 50 baht and can be gotten at any amphur, except for people married more than 12 years or so ago. (Older marriages are not in the online database yet)

so does that mean I don't need a Kor ro 2 as I've been married 15 years?

[ubonjoe]

The KR2 is often required new each year, as it proofs that you are still married. Only when just married can you use the one the amphur give you when you got married.

A new one costs something between 20 and 50 baht and can be gotten at any amphur, except for people married more than 12 years or so ago. (Older marriages are not in the online database yet)

so does that mean I don't need a Kor ro 2 as I've been married 15 years?

No

You will have to make a trip to the Amphoe where you got married and have the marriage registry set up in the computer system. But a check at the local Amphoe would be good just to see if it is already in the system or not.

[Mario2008]

The KR2 is often required new each year, as it proofs that you are still married. Only when just married can you use the one the amphur give you when you got married.

A new one costs something between 20 and 50 baht and can be gotten at any amphur, except for people married more than 12 years or so ago. (Older marriages are not in the online database yet)

so does that mean I don't need a Kor ro 2 as I've been married 15 years?

It means that if you married more than about 12 years ago you might need to go to the amphur where you got married to get an updated khor rhor 2, as it might not be in the online database.

Check with the local amphur and ask the amphur where you got married to enter the marriage in the online database if they didn't do that already.

[Sakadidam]

Sorry from which country you are from?

[72BKK]

Hi, I am going to Savannakhet from Bkk on the next week to apply for non O multiple entry visa based on marriage with thai spouse. It's my first time in Savannakhet. I have no financial 400K proof. I have most of documents required (just need to update kr-2) as well described from OP.

I am planning to to take the bus early morning (6:30 am) from Mo chit to Khon Ken and then take a second one to Mukdahan which thing allow me to have better quality buses and a safer trip during the day (don't like crazy bus night races). This way i should be in Mukdahan on 7 pm and able to choose to go directly to the border or to overstay one night in Mukdahan. This looks like the best option i have to go by bus in a confortable way. any tip about this will be well accepted, thanks in advance.

What really bother me is the timing: the last 90 days of stay expire on the 15th of May (it says "admitted until 15 May" in my passport). What is the problem? I am very supersticious. If i'll go to the consulate on thursday 16 to apply for my visa then: will I receive the visa starting from friday 17 or from the same day I apply, which is thursday 16??

I know that i can't apply for a new visa until the previous one is not expired yet so i can't apply for a new one for example on the 15th. is this correct?

I am sorry if you think that is a stupid question, i mean what is important is surely to get a multiple 1 year visa whatever is the date but i would like to avoid to have it starting from friday 17

So is there anyone who remember if the visa start from the day you apply or from the next day, the one you collect it??

Thanks in advance for your time.

andrea

[lopburi3]

admitted until 15 May

That is not a visa date but a permitted to stay stamp from immigration and ends the moment you exit the country so you can apply on the 14th and get back on the 15th and it will not matter which day the actually do the visa process.

[nev]

I am recently married so i have kor tor 2-3 and will have my wife with me and have all documentations ready, i will be going to get a single entry Non O based on marriage, would it make any difference if i went to vientiane instead of Savanakhet to obtain what i mean is vientiane strict on issuing? and do they need financial requirments be shown, or for a single entry proof of funds not needed?.

[Mario2008]

Financials should not be necessary for a single, only for a multiple non-O it is advised to go to Savanakhet.

[ubonjoe]

For a single entry non-o Vientiane is no problem at all. Just have copy of marriage certificate, wife's ID and house book. Copy of your passport photo page and your Lao visa/entry stamps.

[ShannonT]

I am planning on getting a Multiple Entry "O" visa from Savannakhet next week. The Khor Ror 2 I have is about 2 months old. Does it still count as "recent" or do I need to get a new one?

[bangkokburning]

The KR2 is often required new each year, as it proofs that you are still married. Only when just married can you use the one the amphur give you when you got married.

A new one costs something between 20 and 50 baht and can be gotten at any amphur, except for people married more than 12 years or so ago. (Older marriages are not in the online database yet)

I am throughly confused by this.

What does a new copy of my old information prove? I would imagine I could get this copy even if I were divorced. The document doesn't change, it can't. Im sure that anything coming out of Amphur gets an offical stamp and date so I am still perplexed.

Are you stating that each year I need to go to the Amphur in which we were married and recieve a new stamped and dated copy of the registration - which does not show we remain married but only that the marriage occured.

Further, we signed a book, how is this digitized (in Thailand no less) and put into a db so that I might aceess at a different Amphur.

For a non-o marriage multi?

Totally clueless as to what this accomplishes.

[Mario2008]

The KR2 confirms you are still married, it doesn't only gives your marriage date etc.

[bangkokburning]

OK, by their very nature - documents do not change, they cannot.

So how does a different Amphur issue you a "new KR2" ?

How is the existing marriage verified (attachment, stamp...)?

The document we signed (4x) no way if I go to a different Anphur I will get an "original copy". Are you stating these are digitized and put in a db for the Amphurs to access all over Thailand.

Wher on KR2 does it state and stamped - marriage in affect.

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