Thai Marriage Visa, Non Immigrant O by Thailand and Australian Visa

By:
Thailand and Australian Visa 
04/12/2012
Keywords:
Visa, Marriage Visa, Immigration Services

Once a foreigner is married to a Thai national, you can apply for a Thai marriage visa at the Thai embassy. The Thai marriage visa as it is known is called a non-immigrant “O” Visa. You can apply this non-immigrant O visa at an embassy or consulate outside Thailand. Once you have been issued with this visa and have entered Thailand you can apply for an extension of stay at any Immigration office – meaning a one year visa.

You need to show the following documents:

• – Original copy of your marriage certificate (translated into Thai if it is from abroad),
• – Your Thai spouse’s ID card as well as their house registration papers.
• – You also need to show a joint income of 40,000 baht or more per month* or 400,000 a year. This can be made up of income from one partner or both partners combined. If the income is from abroad, you will need a letter from your embassy verifying it.
• – You may also need to show some proof of the income such as pay slips, bank accounts, money transfers, a letter from your employer / investment company or other documents to that effect.

*It used to be that you could show a local bank balance of 400,000 baht OR an income of 40,000 baht a month but now it seems that an income of 40,000 baht per month is accepted.

In recent times Immigration has also asked for 4 photographs of you and your spouse in your Thai property, one photo of you standing outside the property clearly showing the mailbox and your street number and three photos inside the dwelling showing both of you. Also required, in some instances, is a map from your property to the Immigration office. Presumably this is so Immigration can easily find you if they wish to do one of the spot checks that they perform from time to time.

The Thai marriage visa as it is known is called a non-immigrant “O” Visa. The “O” standing for “Other” are issued to foreigners married to a Thai national. Usually in Asia the “O” Visa is only issued as a single entry and valid in Thailand for a 3 month stay. Outside of Asia this can normally be issued as a multiple entry Visa meaning that it has multiple legs. The standard one year Multiple “O” visa can be used for a one year with 4 ‘legs”. Every 3 months you would need to leave the country and re-enter to activate the next leg.

You can also visit our website at:
http://www.thaivisa.com.au/marriage-visa-thailand/

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