I have a female faring colleague who is unhappy in the job and perhaps wants to quit the contract / WP.

If its agreed that she quits and if our employer issues the cancellation of the visa can she simply revert to a visa based on marriage to her thai male spouse. What is involved exactly? Does she have to show funds in a bank account?

thanks

Her Thai husband acts as financial means (there is no fixed requirement) so basically the normal marriage paperwork for extension without the banking requirements. We are talking immigration extensions of stay rather than visas I believe?

Can anyone else offer advice on this. Can the resident expert / guru ubonjoe please advise?

There is not much more I can add.

I assume she has an extension of stay based upon working not a visa.

She can apply for a an extension of stay based upon marriage to a Thai man with no financial proof. She would need a termination letter from her employer to cancel her current extension dated for the date she applies for the the extension.

Why doesn't she just apply for Thai citizenship.

Dead easy for married female foreigners, then no need for any VISA at all.

Why doesn't she just apply for Thai citizenship.

Dead easy for married female foreigners, then no need for any VISA at all.

Not all that easy. It does require being on extensions (not visas) for a period of time before applying for it and would need an extension to stay on until it is approved.

Why doesn't she just apply for Thai citizenship.

Dead easy for married female foreigners, then no need for any VISA at all.

Not all that easy. It does require being on extensions (not visas) for a period of time before applying for it and would need an extension to stay on until it is approved.

I don't believe there is any requirement to be on extensions for any period of time.

Get your first extension, and you can apply immediately.

The rules are all different for foreign women.

Why doesn't she just apply for Thai citizenship.

Dead easy for married female foreigners, then no need for any VISA at all.

Not all that easy. It does require being on extensions (not visas) for a period of time before applying for it and would need an extension to stay on until it is approved.

There is no overt visa requirement. The main requirements are:

- marriage for 3 years in the case of no children

- marriage for 1 year in the case of children

- birth certificates of any children

- husband having filed a tax return stating more than 15,000 baht per month income

- husband having properly been discharged from military service (if not currently serving).

- husbands house registration and ID

- wife's yellow tabieen baan

- marriage certificate

- copy of the wife's passport

There are a few other bibs and bobs and you apply at special branch.

It's pretty straght forward all in all.

^^

Thanks, Samran, I thought it was something like that.