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wife under 50, husband has non-o longstay

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hi,


my husband and i entered thailand four weeks ago without knowing this visa/border-run crackdown. we both got 90 days (he is german and has non-o longstay visa, i am south korean). since south koreans used to get 90 days on arrival, three times border runs would have made our one year stay together in thailand. ok, it's just a memory of bygone days now. if we knew this before, we would have applied visa together for both of us in munich, where everything's super easy. too late to regret, though.


to sum the backgrounds:

- we are now in thailand

- husband has non-o longstay (one year, multiple)

- i would like to apply for non-o spouse visa (one year)


my question is:

1. is it possible in thailand or any other countries nearby?

2. is it the must to have a thai bank account and a big amount of baht in it?

3. how to open a thai bank account? so far i heard only "no." they say it's only allowed for people who already has a proper visa or working permit.


can someone clarify for me please?


thanks a lot in advance!

Edited by littlerose

You can apply for a non-O visa, based on being a dependent of your husband. You should apply for a non-O visa in a neighboring country, based on your husband.

No money in the bank is required for the visa.

Opening a bank account is just trying your luck at several banks till one says yes. Don't only try different banks, also try different branches. It often helps if you know a Thai national that can vouch for you.

You as a depend of your husband does not need to show money in the bank in Thailand, your husband will need to show money in the bank or the required income (which can be from abroad).

The post is confusing! If the husband has a Non-O/A -Long Stay- visa then he should have received 1 year permission to stay upon entry. Unless I'm really confused (easily done), If that is what he has the wife cannot apply for an extension as a dependent until the first year runs out and he extends it for one year.

Your husband does not have a long stay visa he apparently has a standard multiple entry non immigrant O visa that only allows a 90 day entry a non-oa visa which is often called a long stay visa gives a one year entry..

You might be able to get a single entry non-o at a nearby embassy or consulate. You certainly will not get a multiple entry visa. It would be better to get a 2 entry tourist visa in Laos.

If you husband can meet the financial requirements for an extension of stay based upon retirement during the last 30 days of any of his 90 day entries. He would need 800k baht in a Thai bank for 60 days or an income of 65k baht or a combination of the 2 to reach a total of 800k baht.

After he has his extension you could get a one year extension as his dependent.

As Joe said, a double entry Tourist visa would probably be your best option

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thanks for all your helps!


joe's right. it's a non-o multiple entry, not a non-oa longstay. perhaps i was confused between the two and used those words mixed. sorry guys who got confused by my wrong expressions :)


anyway, double entry tourist visa seems by far much better if non-o dependent visa brings us such circumstances for single entry only.

If you are traveling with your husband when he does his entries you probably will not have a problem getting your 90 day visa exempt entries. Just be prepared to show proof that you are not working here is what they will be looking for. Traveling with him should prove that.

A double entry tourist visa gives you more time. But once your husband has a 1 year extension of stay, you will need to go abroad to get a non-O visa yourself.

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If you are traveling with your husband when he does his entries you probably will not have a problem getting your 90 day visa exempt entries. Just be prepared to show proof that you are not working here is what they will be looking for. Traveling with him should prove that.

yes, that's the best of course!
we are always travelling together. they can also see many twin stamps in our passports (btw, during the last several years we spent three to seven months in thailand every year, means, there are many thai stamps in our passports) and we can also carry and show them our english marriage certificate if they want.
that will be enough proof? i feel insecure and so i have been searching for the non-o visa since it seemed the most reliable entry-guarantee option.

If you are traveling with your husband when he does his entries you probably will not have a problem getting your 90 day visa exempt entries. Just be prepared to show proof that you are not working here is what they will be looking for. Traveling with him should prove that.

yes, that's the best of course!
we are always travelling together. they can also see many twin stamps in our passports (btw, during the last several years we spent three to seven months in thailand every year, means, there are many thai stamps in our passports) and we can also carry and show them our english marriage certificate if they want.
that will be enough proof? i feel insecure and so i have been searching for the non-o visa since it seemed the most reliable entry-guarantee option.

Having your marriage certificate with you would be good to have with you to show if additional proof was needed. Immigration is not trying to stop people from traveling here. They are trying stop people that are working here illegally.

You should be able to get multiple entry non-o in Germany by showing your husbands visa at one of the honorary consulates such as the one in Essen. They are more flexible than the embassy and official consulates.

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ya, we should have known this bit earlier, especially when we were both in munich, latest at the thai consulate in munich. we even visited there together to apply his visa but we didn't even think any need of my visa at that time (so far i never had any kind of visa even though we stayed in thailand for months every year.) yes, making a visa at the honorary consulate in munich was the most easy, smooth, and quick among the places we experienced.

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