Marry A Thai Woman Then Apply For O Visa

[DGIE]

I think the moderator and others had answered your inquiries.

So you are ready to marry, huh?

Decide carefully because you will see many other women while here and

and you will regret later. Just kidding.

But you shall not work with non O visa.

[kenny1916]

I think the moderator and others had answered your inquiries.

So you are ready to marry, huh?

Decide carefully because you will see many other women while here and

and you will regret later. Just kidding.

But you shall not work with non O visa.

I was under the impression that you could work on an O visa if you were married and had a work permit

yes im ready to marry and but I just want to understand about this area of things as you hear so many different ideas

[ubonjoe]

You can get a work permit and work on O vis or extension of stay based upon marriage to a Thai.

[chrisinth]

I think the moderator and others had answered your inquiries.

So you are ready to marry, huh?

Decide carefully because you will see many other women while here and

and you will regret later. Just kidding.

But you shall not work with non O visa.

??

Once your work permit has been applied for and granted you can apply for an extension on your Non-O to run concurrent with the work permit.

[lopburi3]

Extensions of stay are normally one year for employment - they are not tied to work permits. And a non immigrant O visa extension for Thai wife seems to be the subject of discussion and that does not even require a work permit.

[kenny1916]

Two separate things, marriage and then visa...

You'll have to ask the amphoe (district) where you plan to marry exactly what paperwork they need, it might differ from location to location. In general you will need two pieces of paperwork from your embassy, one stating that you are free to marry (i.e. you are single or legally divorced), and a second one, an affidavit for marriage, stating your income, your address and two witnesses of your own nationality.

Ask your embassy in Thailand what is required to get those two papers. It will require more paperwork then you might ever imagine, even a trip back home to get everything together.

Both papers need to get translated into Thai, and legalized at the Ministry of Foreign affairs.

Your future wife will need all her paperwork (ID card, house registration book, which is blue, not red).

Then you should be able to marry.

Once married, a few more visa options are opened.

Firstly, on every entry (regardless of what visa you used) you can get a 60 day extension once, no financial proof needed, only marriage paperwork and wife.

Secondly, you can get a non immigrant O visa at any embassy or consulate. In your home country you'll easily get a multiple entry valid for 1 year, with each entry allowing you 90 days of stay (+ 60 day extension as married person). Local embassies are reluctant to give a multiple entry, with the exception of Savanakhet in Laos (see Lopburi's post).

Thirdly, if you have either 400,000 Baht in the bank, or a legal income of over 40,000 Baht/month, you can extend your non immigrant O visa to 1 year.

My guess is that the bigger stumbling block will satisfying your embassy in giving you the required paperwork.

My embassy (Belgium) requires:

- Paperwork showing income (salary slips)

- Birth certificate, stamped and legalized by city hall of the place you were born, certification not older then 6 months.

- A transcription from the population register of the place you live, stating address, marital status, name and nationality, stamped and legalized by a city official.

- Name, address, birthdate of two Belgian nationals stating that they are aware of your marriage plans and a copy of their IDcards.

my consulate we have an affirmation it has all the details you ask for on it as 1 form when i go to marry her i will be unemployed as im giving my home up in the uk and not returning i plan to marry and apply for o visa as you say but my money is pretty short as im only working part time in the uk now and need to save before return ( does not working make a difference or not ? )

Now we know you are in the UK it helps.

Suggest you take time to study the website of the Royal Thai Consulate in Hull as it is really excellent and he service they provide is very good with a fast turnaround. You can apply for an O-A non immigrant visa from them and everything can be done by post, email and phone. All the forms are also available from their website too.

You'll also need:

1. Medical cert from your GP. £££'s

2. Document from the police to confirm no criminal record. £££'s

3. The Affirmation, I think you have to write your own from a list of their requirements, 2,000+ baht. There is a list of their fees on the FCO Bangkok website.

4. Proof of income is 40,000 baht/month for marriage but there are many more hoops to jump through than for Retirement with monthly income of 65,000 baht which is fairly straightforward but no WP. Marriage application is a fairly long job with a number of visits involved. Also if you divorce you have just 7 days to leave the country!

5. The 90 day reporting is on Form TM47 available to download from Thai Immigration website. I do mine by post and it is free.

6. Annual extension to stay is on Form TM7, as above, it's 1,900 baht done on the spot and no 'tea money'.

7. Re-entry Permit application form is a TM8. Without one you will invalidate your permission to stay and will not be allowed to re-enter without a new visa.

There is a lot of required reading to do! Swings and roundabouts.

Finally many things will be affected by where you live in Thailand. Hope that helps.

Best of luck.

if I was to get a one year O visa based on marriage at suvannaket and intend to do visa runs or sign at immigration as I don't have the 400,000 b what do you recommend as the best option ?

and do I need the re-entry permit if im doing the visa runs ?

[Mario2008]

If you don't have 400,000 in the bank OR an income of 40,000 a month (can be from abroad), you cannot get an extension of stay from immigration and will need to leave the country every 90 days. No re-entry permit is needed, as you are not on an extension of stay.