Apply for a Thai Visa Online

A Non-immigrant O or B visa can be granted a spousal extension for up to one year if you marry a Thai citizen.  You can apply, with your Thai spouse, at any main Immigration office, but the approval will come from Bangkok.  

 

 

The Application will include:

     Application  Form  TM.7. 

     Original and copy of passport with validity not less than 18 months

     Two 4x6cm photos

     Marriage certificate (if married outside Thailand, you must provide a letter of guarantee from your embassy)

     1,900 baht fee

Evidence of a combined family income (husband or wife or both working) of not less than 40,000 baht per month. Evidence is usually in the form of previous 3 months paid tax receipts.  If working in Thailand, a work permit and evi¬dence of tax payment are required.  If money is earned abroad you will need proof such as pay stubs, tax receipts and proof of bank transfers into Thailand.  Note that in the past, you could show proof of 400,000 baht in a Thai bank account but this rule was changed by National Police Office Order No. 606/2006.  If you applied for a marriage extension under the old rule, you can renew it under the same old rule.

     Up to date bank book

Documents indicating Thai nationality or perma¬nent residence of the spouse, such as identification card, census registration, address/residence iden¬tification, or passport (in case the spouse is a permanent resident)

The applicant accompanying his spouse to the Immigration Bureau to certify all the documents.  The couple must be able to confirm they are still husband and wife.  You may be asked to bring a friend (preferably Thai, with an ID card) who has known you and your spouse for a significant time, to verify that you are living together as husband and wife.

You may also be required to produce the following:

     Spouse's house register and identification card

     Birth certificates of children (if any)

     Map of the house where you and your spouse are resident

At the time of the initial application, you should receive a extension of stay for about 45 days and will be told to return to the same office on the day that extension ends.  Assuming the extension is approved, you will be stamped for an extension of stay for one year minus one day from your current entry into Thailand.  For example, if you entered Thailand on January 10th and applied on April 20th, your final approval would happen sometime in June and would be extended until January 9th of the next year. (Note:  You should not reduce the money in your Thai bank below 400,00 baht during the application period.)

If your extension of stay expires and the final extension has not yet been approved, you must return to the Immigration office again to receive another short extension.  If you have a work permit, the permit must be extended in conjunction with each visa extension.  After your first extension, you can extend the visa for another year. You will need to show the same financial information for renewal (i.e. a minimum of 400,000 baht in the bank or 40,000 baht per month income).  The Immigration office sometimes refuses one-year marriage extensions for the smallest of reasons.  It pays to be well prepared with documentation and have more than the minimum 400,000 baht.