Marriage O from Savannakhet-90 day reporting in LOS?

[swissie]

A scenario:

Getting a "Marriage O" visa in Savannakhet and the do the 90 day reports within Thailand (in my case Nakhom Phathom). Possible, yes or no?

Never mind the annual visa/extension but I hate those 90 day border-runs.

By not doing those border-runs, would this be regarded the same way as not doing 90 day reports within Thailand? Ergo maximum fine is 5000 Bht?

That would be nice, since a fine of 5000 Bht would be less expensive than doing 3 border-runs per year !

Thanks & cheers.

[MJCM]

If you don't do the extension, then you don't need to do the 90 day reports, so to answer your question, you need to do the Border Runs.

[swissie]

.................. Let's take it further:

If I get a "Marriage O" in Savannakhet, AND DO NO BORDER RUNS, what exactly will happen when I show up the next year in Savannakhet to do my extension of the "Marriage O" ?

Cheers.

[nev]

.................. Let's take it further:

If I get a "Marriage O" in Savannakhet, AND DO NO BORDER RUNS, what exactly will happen when I show up the next year in Savannakhet to do my extension of the "Marriage O" ?

Cheers.

You will get hit with a 9 month overstay, you have to leave Thailand every 90 days on the non O visa based on marriage, so not leaving after the first 90 days means you are overstaying your visa.

[ubonjoe]

Any stay greater than 90 day would be an overstay with a fine of 500 baht per day up to the 20k baht maximum.

If you don't want to do the border runs you would need to get a one year extension of stay based upon marriage.

You could skip a border run by getting a 60 day extension to visit your wife. That would give your about 5 months without doing one.

[utr]

not to mention any overstay of more than 90 days will get you banned from thailand for i think now at least 1 year that's plus the fines.

[swissie]

Thanks folks. Let's see if got this right:

- Apparently, after getting a "Marriage O" in Savannakhet, I can not do 90 day reports in Thailand, I must leave every 90 days.

- If failing to do a border-run after the first 90 days, I am already on Visa-Overstay, although the Visa itself is still valid for 9 more months ? This is the part that puzzles me.

All this is in context with my op.

Thx & cheers.

[ubonjoe]

You would be on an overstay of your permit to stay not your visa. Your visa only allows you to enter the country and obtain a permit to stay. After that you are on a permit to stay not a visa.

You visas expiration date means nothing more than the last day you can use your visa to get another 90 day permit to stay.