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    O visa based on marriage sponsorship letter

    I am going to apply for an O visa based on marriage.

    Requirements say i need a sponsorship letter from my spouse.

    Does anyone know the format the letter should be and the content of said letter?

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    i would think that as long as your wife is with you,she has here id.plus house book,and your marriage certificate thai.and translation.and a few photo's of you together and any id.you have passport,letter with your address to confirm it,if your renting you might need a letter from your land lord and a bank statement. but give your imm.a ring first or maybe visit if not far.
    might have to go to Bangkok.imm.

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    Ah. I'm coming back from Indonesia on my own. She will have to send me documentation. But house book might be an addition but they don't ask for that.

    Yes proposed address.
    anything else i wonder

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    I don't know if it is different to what I got my wife to write when I needed a letter in Perth to get a 60 visa but this is all she wrote for them.

    "I have invited my husband to visit me in Thailand he will be residing with me at ......"

    She had her photocopied ID card (both sides on the bottome of the letter.

    I think if your wife rewords it with something like this,
    " My husband is returning from Indonesia and will be reising with me at.."
    Hopefully they will accept that as a sponsorship.

    Cheers

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    Can't you come in on a tourist visa and then apply here for the marriage extension? Might be easier.
    Or is this only with the retirement visa?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stroller View Post
    Can't you come in on a tourist visa and then apply here for the marriage extension? Might be easier.
    Or is this only with the retirement visa?

    That is exactly what I did.

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    Isn't an 'O Visa' issued for 90 days? After 90 days you can apply for the 'Married Extension'? I'm just guessing.

    How do I get a Thai marriage visa?

    THAILAND MARRIAGE VISA APPLICATION PROCESS

    • You must obtain a 90-day visa or a 1-Year Non-Immigrant O visa from your home country or country of residence prior to your application for the Thai marriage visa. ...
    • Once the non-immigrant visa is obtained, you must travel to Thailand to activate the visa.





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    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    Isn't an 'O Visa' issued for 90 days? After 90 days you can apply for the 'Married Extension'? I'm just guessing.
    Pragmatic
    Yes that is correct as I found out the hard way except the first 90 day Visa is the Marriage Visa. I thought it was issued for a year so when i rocked up to what I thought was my first 90day report they said no you have to apply for an extension which will be for a year if granted. I said how "do I do that"? They said "too late not enough time left before Visa runs out to process the extension".
    So off back to Australia again and started the whole thing again. This time it was my fault but I wish they had told me when they gave me the original 3 month visa.

    Live and learn is fine but here it is a way of life.

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    I was wrong, it's not a tourist, but a non-imm visa (90 days) you should get outside Thailand.

    Marriage Visa and Retirement Visa

    There is no direct application for this 2 visa types. But don’t worry its not going to be a complicated process, as long as you will meet the special financial requirements for the application. How to obtain a Marriage Visa in Thailand? You must simply be married to a Thai National. Otherwise, if you want a Retirement Visa in Thailand, you need to be 50 years old or above.
    The process is as easy as 1 2 3. First step, you obtain a non-immigrant visa. Next, convert the non-immigrant visa to either Marriage Visa or Retirement Visa. These are the visa types that will allow you to stay in Thailand for the whole 1 year (renewable) without going to the border or not leaving the kingdom anymore at all.

    http://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand/thailand-visa-types.php


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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    Requirements say i need a sponsorship letter from my spouse.
    From another forum.

    That letter is almost never asked for and just added proof for issue at Consulates in the Asia region where more documentation is normally required. In US the marriage certificate will likely be all that is required but I would have copy of wife ID card and home register (often asked in Asia) just in case. If you want the extra letter just a simple 'please issue multi entry non immigrant visa to my husband John Doe to visit with me in Thailand' should do it.

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    Anyone know if the marriage or dependant extensions involve a trip to bkk?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stroller View Post
    I was wrong, it's not a tourist, but a non-imm visa (90 days) you should get outside Thailand.
    Stroller
    I only got a 60 day tourist visa in Perth and then applied for a Non O married visa once I was here which I was granted and I am now waiting for my first yearly extension to be granted.



    So the process I followed went like this;

    I applied for 60 day tourist Visa in Perth, required invitation letter from my wife (see earlier post for detail)...granted

    30 days after arriving here I went to Immigration office in Buriram and applied for Non O married visa, this required quite a lot of paperwork and a home visit which involved references from a neighbour and the Pu Yai Ban. When I applied for this they extend my permission to stay by another 30 days so it total they had 60 days to process my application, it was granted so I had a Visa that then allowed me to stay for 90 days from the date it was granted/ signed off.

    30 days prior to that permission to stay expired I went back to the office and applied for an annual extension, involved the same paper work again but no home visit this time. Once again my permission to stay was extended by another 30 days to allow application to be processed. Yearly extension granted. Now I was permitted to stay in Thailand for a year with the dreaded requirement that I report to the Immigration office every 90 days, which supposedly can be done online but I haven't tried that yet.

    Lastly about 30 days prior to my permission expiring (it can be started up to 45 days prior apparently) I once again had to provide the same pile of documentation as the 2 previous times. These three time when I had to present all the documentation was the only time the wife came with me to Immigration as she had to fill in and sign some papers. Once again my permission to stay was extended 30 days to allow the application to be processed. At this point the application is still in progress, it was delayed because they forgot to photocopy my bank book at the time I applied, it wasn't until 3 weeks later when I went to enquire about progress that they told me about the "problem" and they then photocopied the bank book.
    Lucky they do give the extra 30 days as my last extension actually expired on the 22nd January but my permission to stay is valid until 23rd February. So I still have 3 weeks before panicking.

    Hopefully all that waffle that helps someone understand the process better

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Anyone know if the marriage or dependant extensions involve a trip to bkk?

    jabir
    The only reason we had to go to Bangkok in regard to my aplication my a Non O married Visa was to get our translated Marriage certificate verified at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
    We were married in Australia so to register our marriage here in Thailand at the Amphur and thereby get the form that Immigration required for our application we had to get the marriage certificate translated and certified. It was a saga of epic proportion but I won't go into that.

    Hope that helps.

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    OK cheers . I was aware of the "paperwork" for the extension of stay. The Indonesian Embassy website just says.

    Supporting documents
    • For family member of a Thai Citizen (spouse/children)
      • Copy of Marriage Certificate for spouse or Birth Certificate for children
      • Copy of passport and ID card of the Thai spouse (All copies must be signed by the Thai spouse)
      • Sponsorship letter from the Thai spouse
      • Applicant’s bank statement showing at least THB 400,000 or equivalent in other currencies for the past two months

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Anyone know if the marriage or dependant extensions involve a trip to bkk?
    Nope. All immigration offices do them. It should be done at your local Immigration Office.

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    Maybe I should add that I got more input from you guys that I have so far from TV, which is strange because the name of their site suggests i should get loads on this subject.

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    I just email Banana Backpacker hostel in Penang and ask them what I need to bring in case it's different from the previous year.

    I have done the 1 year extension at immigration in Hat Yai and never again. About 2 inches of paperwork X3 (2 copies). Photos, then same photos again with immigration offices who will come to your house and check your wardrobes n shit. Loads of visa extension stamps until granted. Total pain in the arse. The immigration lady even said 'better you go to Penang' but I was adamant. She was right.

    I'll be in Perth at the end of the month so I'll do it there this time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    I am going to apply for an O visa based on marriage.

    Requirements say i need a sponsorship letter from my spouse.

    Does anyone know the format the letter should be and the content of said letter?
    The thai consulate in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam requires it to issue a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa based on marriage without proof of funds,
    It's hand written (in thai is fine) and looks like this

    To whom it may concern:

    my name is Somcheetah the thai, my thai id number is 123, I am married to joe blow foreigner whose passport number is 234. please issue him a year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type O visa.

    Thank you
    Somcheetah the thai

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    I just email Banana Backpacker hostel in Penang and ask them what I need to bring in case it's different from the previous year.

    I'll be in Perth at the end of the month so I'll do it there this time.
    You can get a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa based on marriage to a thai in Penang BUT you need to show 400K baht (or the equivalent) in a bank account in your name to get it (a foreign account is fine). You can get the same visa with the same requirements at the thai consulate in Yangon too
    If you're wanting to get a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa based on marriage WITHOUT showing proof of funds the ONLY two thai consulates that issue them are the ones in Savannakhet Lao an Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

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    yes as u see a lot of hoops to jump through .... personaly i use the 800k route ... i have a daughter as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Anyone know if the marriage or dependant extensions involve a trip to bkk?
    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    It should be done at your local Immigration Office.
    I was told and experienced that a "retirement extension" is all processed at the local TIO, which is what I have done in the past.

    I was also told that a "marriage extensions", although processed locally, are/were sent to Bangkok for approval.

    That was some years ago though.

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    Mate was at soi 5 yesterday, said the IO told him with a smile that nobody should worry because visas are available for all, didn't mention how much, but good that Big Joke is stamping out corruption.

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