Originally Posted by
Frawley
Having to do this one year extension of non-immigrant O soon (based upon marriage...no WP involved). O-Visa is one year multi-entry good for another 7mos. Have all of the documentation understood but don't see a specific form mentioned at the Thai Immigration FAQ. Is there one or is it just an issue of providing the evidence along with the passport/visa? Lovely but somewhat confusing place, Thailand. Thanks for any help. - Frawley
Forgive me for being thick, but I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, BUT;
If you have a multi entry Non-Immigrant Type-O visa good for another 7 months what's the rush to apply for a year's extension of stay anytime soon?
With the visa you have you just "run-4-the-border" and you receive another 90 day permission to stay until stamp. Plus with that visa IF you run-4-the-border just before the visa itself expires (written on the visa as "must be used by" or "must enter by" date) you'd get another 90 days. Most people with that visa get almost 15 months in country by doing so.
There's no up-side to getting a yearly extension of stay based on marriage now because you've still got so much time left on the visa you have. I wouldn't apply for it until you have about 60 days left on your very last permission to stay until stamp that you can wring outta that visa..
For the yearly extension based on marriage to a thai national; are you going to used 400K baht banked in thai bank in an account in your own name, or are you going to use a notarized letter from your embassy stating you have 40Kbaht a month income from your country? If you're going the banked money the 400K baht has to have been in there 60 days BEFORE you apply.
Fill out form TM.7 from this website;
Thai Immigrations The link to their forms is on the left
in BANGKOK you'll need the following:
- Letter from the embassy stating you have the required monthly income (40K baht) from your country
OR
- a letter from your thai bank stating you have 400K baht in the account
You'll need copies of;
- every page of the thai bank book (if you're going the banked money route)
- the Kor Ror2 & 3 (thai marriage certificates),
- your wife's thai i/d card
- her house book
- the picture (information) page of your passport
- the page with the Non-O visa
- the page with the current permission to stay until stamp
- the TM6 departure card
- a google map or hand drawn map to your house from immigrations
You'd also need a couple pictures of the thai wedding ceremony, you and your wife standing in front of your house address numbers, pictures of you two sitting around the living-room or some other area of the house.
You turn that pile 'o stuff in pay 1900baht and it goes under consideration for 30 days.. Now in reality during that 30 days Immigrations is supposed to come to your house and see that you're really married.
Here in Bangkok I only know of one person that ever happened to. After the 30 days is up you go back to Immigrations and they stamp you in with a year's extension of stay.
After that you'd need to buy a re-entry permit if you're gonna leave the country or you'd lose the extension when you left. Re-entry permits are 1000baht for a single and 3800baht for a multiple.
Believe me it reads like a far more complicated procedure than it is in reality..
Good Luck.