Nurseynutcase Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I am confused. Can anyone enlighten me as to why if you are a male farang with a Thai wife you only need to prove 400,000 baht income/savings. However if you are two unmarried farangs living together here you need 800,000baht each as proof of income/savings. I would have thought that if you were married you would need a greater income than if you were two single people like us. Am I missing something here? No, we do not want to get married - both been there, done that and won't do it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebike Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I would guess that being married to a Thai theoretically makes you a stake-holder in the country and therefore you are cut a break. If you were married it would be 400,000 baht each (800,000 for one, the other follows as dependent)... Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Even more mysterious is why a Farang female married to a Thai man has to have nothing in the bank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 55 minutes ago, Nurseynutcase said: I am confused. Can anyone enlighten me as to why if you are a male farang with a Thai wife you only need to prove 400,000 baht income/savings. Because an extension based upon marriage to a Thai is for humanitarian reasons. They also took the fact that the wife can work or have income from a business to help support the family into consideration when they set the financial requirements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 "However if you are two unmarried farangs living together here you need 800,000baht each as proof of income/savings." Provided that you are both aged 50 or over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Off topic posts and replies to them have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurseynutcase Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Thanks to everyone who replied. Was unaware about the female farang/thai male thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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