I am from Taiwan and my wife is Thai. I work in Vietnam and enter Bangkok about 16-20 times a year. I always pay for VOA but there are a lot of people especially tourist groups from China for VOA and it takes more and more time of waiting. I am thinking how to get a multiple entry visa on marriage.

After reading, it seems I have two options,

Option 1). Go to Thai Consulate in Savannakhet in Laos to get a multiple entry on marriage.

Option 2). Get a dependent non-O visa with single entry (90 days) in Taiwan and then get extension in Bangkok. My question is that I am only able to stay a week or so in Bangkok each trip. If I have 400,000 baht in my bank account in Bangkok for two months, is it possible that I go to extend my non-O visa to one year and get multiple entry permit in the same week after my entry with dependent non-O single entry visa? In most topics, people want to stay as long as possible each entry so they apply for extension after 60 days of entry. I am confused in my case....I don't stay long each entry. I want to get it fast.

Many thanks!

I think it's better for you to go to Savannakhet. You can do that in 24 hrs from Bangkok.

Edited November 2, 201411 yr by paz

Your best option certainly would be the multiple entry non-o from Savannakhet.

You would not have enough time here to do an extension of stay based upon marriage. If you got the non-o visa you would get a 90 day entry but would not be able to apply for the extension until the last 30 days of the entry. When you apply for the extension you then have a 30 day under consideration period before you get the extension stamp.

Many thanks. I'll find a time to go to Savannakhet this month.