Need help for the questions about visa in Thailand

[PaigeLeo]

I am from the United State and 25 years old and got in Thailand without visa (got 30 days stay at Chiang Mai Airport) in October and it will expire soon on the 8 of November.

I married my wife since 2011 in the US and we have married license, now she moved back to Thailand( my wife is Thai) I wonder how i can extend my visa here??

at the Immigration, they said I can extend my visa for 30 days, how does this work?

and at the boreder (Mae Sai, Chiang Rai) it used to be 15 days each time.. but heard my friend said it is 30days now and some said only 7 days so i dont which one?

if we want to get spouse visa for me, where can I get it and what we need to prepare for this?

Ps. i was visit Thailand to see my wife family year and a half before and has to go back for Family Emergency in the US.

we have our own business here in Chiang Mai, but it just started for a year for I dont think our income would meet what they request here for visa.

please help me, thank you very much

[ubonjoe]

You can get a 60 day extension of your 30 day visa exempt entry to visit you wife. You wife will need to go with you. You will need your US marriage certificate, copies of your wife's house book and ID card.

In order to get a one year extension of stay you would need to register your marriage at an Amphoe.

You will need to do a self certification of your marriage certificate at the US consulate in CM by doing an affidavit. Then have it and your marriage certificate translated to Thai and have the translation certified by the Ministry of Foreign affairs. The translation service can get the certification done at the MFA for you. Then you would go to an Amphoe to register you marriage. They will issue a Kor Ror 22 marriage registry that you will would need at immigration. They will also update your wife's house book and give her the choice to have your name on her ID.

In order to get a one year extension of stay you would need 400k baht in a Thai bank for 60 days in your name only or proof of 40k baht income.

You would you need to get a single entry non-o visa that would give you a 90 entry before applying for the extension. You can get it any nearby embassy or consulate.

You can also get a multiple entry non-o visa that wold give you unlimited 90 day entries for a year in Savannakhet Laos.

[Mario2008]

MFA has an office in Chiang Mai, at thethe provincial government complex. (ground floor, next to the passport office is the legalization section).

[PaigeLeo]

thank you guys very much for your help =)

and if i dont have 400k baht or 40k of income right now, what should I do?? we have the business here under my wife name but it just start and since it is a very slow economy, we dont make 40k per month =(

please help me ..any advices?

[ubonjoe]

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof needed.

[PaigeLeo]

thank you very much for your answer

how much it costs for 60 days visit wife at Chiang Mai immigration?

and it will be good for how long? 3 months 6 months or a year? and how much it cost in Laos?

[Lite Beer]

The 60 day extension from immigration costs 1,900 baht.

The Multi Entry Non Imm O Visa from Laos costs 5,000 Baht and gives you a stay of almost 15 months.

You will have to leave Thailand every 90 days though.

As for the 40,000 Baht a month, it has to be your salary, not your Wife's and not joint.

[ubonjoe]

All extensions of stay cost 1900 baht.

The multiple entry non-o visa would give you unlimited 90 day entries for a year. The fee is 5000 baht.

[PaigeLeo]

so I have to leave every 90 days ..by airplane or I can do it by walk at Mea Sai, Chiang Rai too? and how long i have to leave for a day or just a few hours would be ok too?

[paz]

so I have to leave every 90 days ..by airplane or I can do it by walk at Mea Sai, Chiang Rai too? and how long i have to leave for a day or just a few hours would be ok too?

You can also get 60 days extensions at immigration for Bt 1,900. That means leaving every 150 days.

When doing border hops there is no time set for when one has to re-enter.

[PaigeLeo]

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof needed.

i got extension for another 60 days at the immigration (Chiang Mai) and the officer there said i have to go to Laos to get 3 months for Non-Immigrant Visa (cost 100o bath for single entry and 2000 bath for multi-entry) and then apply again for a year visa in Thaiand (with proof of income 40000 a month or 400000 bath bank statement) how can i get a year or 15 months in Laos with no financial proof (cost 5000 baht for visa, right?) this is the first time i will apply for this kind of visa. i know that me and my wife need to register our married at Amprom (city hall?) (we only have married license from the US)

thanks very much for your guys help and for future advise here =)

[ubonjoe]

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof needed.

i got extension for another 60 days at the immigration (Chiang Mai) and the officer there said i have to go to Laos to get 3 months for Non-Immigrant Visa (cost 100o bath for single entry and 2000 bath for multi-entry) and then apply again for a year visa in Thaiand (with proof of income 40000 a month or 400000 bath bank statement) how can i get a year or 15 months in Laos with no financial proof (cost 5000 baht for visa, right?) this is the first time i will apply for this kind of visa. i know that me and my wife need to register our married at Amprom (city hall?) (we only have married license from the US)

thanks very much for your guys help and for future advise here =)

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof.

They will accept your US marriage certificate. You will need it and a copy plus signed and dated copies of your wife's house book and ID card.

The marriage registration is only needed for a extension of stay at immigration.

[PaigeLeo]

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof needed.

i got extension for another 60 days at the immigration (Chiang Mai) and the officer there said i have to go to Laos to get 3 months for Non-Immigrant Visa (cost 100o bath for single entry and 2000 bath for multi-entry) and then apply again for a year visa in Thaiand (with proof of income 40000 a month or 400000 bath bank statement) how can i get a year or 15 months in Laos with no financial proof (cost 5000 baht for visa, right?) this is the first time i will apply for this kind of visa. i know that me and my wife need to register our married at Amprom (city hall?) (we only have married license from the US)

thanks very much for your guys help and for future advise here =)

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof.

They will accept your US marriage certificate. You will need it and a copy plus signed and dated copies of your wife's house book and ID card.

The marriage registration is only needed for a extension of stay at immigration.

oh thank you very much and for non-o visa in Savannakhet, they will give me a year visa right? or how long they will give me a visa to stay?

and what I reallt need to get the Visa there? any documents? forms? pictures?

[ubonjoe]

You can get a multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet Laos with no financial proof.

They will accept your US marriage certificate. You will need it and a copy plus signed and dated copies of your wife's house book and ID card.

The marriage registration is only needed for a extension of stay at immigration.

oh thank you very much and for non-o visa in Savannakhet, they will give me a year visa right? or how long they will give me a visa to stay?

and what I reallt need to get the Visa there? any documents? forms? pictures?

A multiple entry visa gives unlimited 90 day entries for a year. By doing an entry just before the visa expires you can get almost 15 months of total stay.

Other than the visa application form with 2 photos attached, your passport and a copy the the photo page nothing more is needed than what what a I wrote before.

[PaigeLeo]

thank you very much for information. =)

[PaigeLeo]

so this is what i got from your guys's help answers

to get multiple entry non-o visa in Savannakhet, Laos with no financial proof.

1. i will need my wife blue book (house book)

2. my wife ID

3. our US married license

4. my passport

5. 5000 baht for visa (is it included multiple entry already?)

6.my 2 photos (what's size?)

7. Visa Form (what's Form?)

and i DO NOT need

1. my bank account and any financial proof

2. my thai married licese (I DO NOT NEED TO register at city hall in Chiang Mai) ** we dont have Thai married in Thailand since we got married in the US

anything else im missing here

and as i understand is that i have to leave every 90 days, can i just cross the boreder at mai sai, Chiang Rai to Burma (at the market area) for 1-2 hours and cross back to Thailand?

[ubonjoe]

1/2 You just need signed (by your wife) and dated copies.

3. Original and a copy.

4. Copy of photo page.

5. A multiple entry visa costs 5000 baht.

6. 3.5cm X 4.5cm

7. Savannakhet .pdf

You can just a border hop every 90 days. If you want to skip one you can get a 60 day extension of your 90 entry to visit your wife at immigration fro a fee of 1900 baht.

[PaigeLeo]

thank you for your answer

any recommends about going to Laos ..

I have no idea if i can take a bus to go there or how to get there from Chiang Mai.??? (in limited budget)

[ubonjoe]

I am not sure there are any direct buses from Chiang Mai to Mukdahan. You probably would have changes buses in Udon Thani or Khon Kaen.

[PaigeLeo]

thank you very much =)

[Mario2008]

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[PaigeLeo]

my plan is to be in Laos on the 21st Dec and back on the 24th Dec.. i think i will go get Visa on the 22nd and it should be able to pick up on the 23nd, right? do i need more time for that? 21st to 24th should be enough time? ps. on 24th, my flight will be at 7.40 am (very early in the morning).. i just want to make sure since this is my first time to be in Laos for Visa.. as i know we dont need Thai married license ( we have one from the US) and visa fee (with multi-entry) 5000 baht ..we should be ok, right?

[ubonjoe]

Savannakhet does the visa on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

Where are you flying to?

Your US marriage certificate will be accepted. Plus the signed copies of your wife's house book and ID card.

You will need 1500 baht or $35 for the Lao visa on arrival.

It is 5000 baht for a multiple entry non-o visa.

[PaigeLeo]

we will fly with Nokair since they have a good deal from bkk to mukdahan and since this is the first time, my wife has to be there too?? and she is Thai, how much for Lao visa for her?

[ubonjoe]

You wife does not have to be with you to get the visa.

If she has a passport she gets a free visa exempt entry. If no passport she would pay 30 to 50 baht for a 3 day border pass.

[PaigeLeo]

Is it for sure that they will give me a visa in Laos without financial proof ? Because it is cost a lot to go there and i am very worried that it will be denied there. Sorry for keep asking again and again and thank you very much for your kindness help

[PaigeLeo]

And could you please upload the form i need again because the one you put early, i cannot download no more .. Or could you send me that form to my email <email address removed> thank you very much

[ubonjoe]

File sent check your inbox.

Don't worry about the financial proof. If they changed the rules there would a topic about it on this forum.

[OJAS]

so I have to leave every 90 days ..by airplane or I can do it by walk at Mea Sai, Chiang Rai too? and how long i have to leave for a day or just a few hours would be ok too?

You can also get 60 days extensions at immigration for Bt 1,900. That means leaving every 150 days.

When doing border hops there is no time set for when one has to re-enter.

So can those of us with Thai wives really have as many 60-day extensions as we like over the 10-year lifetime of our passports, provided that none of them are consecutive?

[ubonjoe]

so I have to leave every 90 days ..by airplane or I can do it by walk at Mea Sai, Chiang Rai too? and how long i have to leave for a day or just a few hours would be ok too?

You can also get 60 days extensions at immigration for Bt 1,900. That means leaving every 150 days.

When doing border hops there is no time set for when one has to re-enter.

So can those of us with Thai wives really have as many 60-day extensions as we like over the 10-year lifetime of our passports, provided that none of them are consecutive?

I would guess you could. But who knows what the rules might be during those 10 years.