Marriage Extension

Liam Dale · Post by **Liam Dale** » June 22, 2016, 1:11 pm

Process is tightening up. Bouncing me from officer to officer at immigration with different priorities but all good. Literally the next day Immigration police turned up at the house to verify us, house and the village leader. All good. First time process. No idea if subsequent and I had to have 400k in bank for TWO months. I understand 3 for re-newals in future. Officers were far more interested in asking village leader about any Farang who fight with wives. This is apparently their criteria for working out false/finance marriages now. He also told us there had been 600+ false marriage busts around Issan especially Nong Bua Lam Phu. They were now not only booting the farang but jailing the wives AND the guarantors. Hmm factor. Just recent info. No qq please.

Post by **SJP17** » June 22, 2016, 1:19 pm

600 ! I never thought it would have been as high as that.

So its 65k a month guaranteed by uk embassy, translated and certified at ministry of foreign affairs , doesn't sound too bad

Post by **Lone Star** » June 22, 2016, 1:21 pm

Post by **SJP17** » June 22, 2016, 1:25 pm

Ok , cool ive still got 30 years till retirement anyway

Post by **samuel** » June 22, 2016, 1:28 pm

@Liam Dale

home visit is done only the first time you apply for the marriage extension. in our case, they did not even visit us again after we moved to a new house.
financial proof is 1st time 2 month ahead and 3 month the following years.
process is not tightening up, at least not in my case for the last 5 years.
fake marriages > http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nationa ... 45768.html

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » April 10, 2024, 7:13 pm

I got the marriage extension this morning at Khon Kaen Immigration by the bus station 3 (baw kaw saw). I forgot one thing. My e-visa was shown in my passport; however, they wanted to see the information the Thai Embassy in Ottawa, Canada had sent about the e-visa to my email address in Toronto. I wasn't even sure I had it anymore. Anyway, the police officer gave me the extension without the email and told me to go home and find it and bring the information to him quickly.

Happily, I found the email, and we took it to the officer in the afternoon. We also made a number of copies for next year, and the year, and the year after....

Post by **Stantheman** » April 10, 2024, 11:43 pm

Laan Yaa Mo wrote: ↑
April 10, 2024, 7:13 pm
I got the marriage extension this morning at Khon Kaen Immigration by the bus station 3 (baw kaw saw). I forgot one thing. My e-visa was shown in my passport; however, they wanted to see the information the Thai Embassy in Ottawa, Canada had sent about the e-visa to my email address in Toronto. I wasn't even sure I had it anymore. Anyway, the police officer gave me the extension without the email and told me to go home and find it and bring the information to him quickly.

Happily, I found the email, and we took it to the officer in the afternoon. We also made a number of copies for next year, and the year, and the year after....

LYM,
Just quick question please, how many days was the e-visa for and what type? Plus was this your first extension request of any type?

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » April 11, 2024, 7:46 am

It's a non-immigrant O visa. I have been here one year, and Immigration needs me to submit personal and bank information, photos, and so on again. The Immigration officer stamped in my passport to return on May 11th when I should be approved.

I had a student visa to attend Chiang Mai University for two years in the mid-1980s. That visa was arranged between Chiang Mai University and the University of Wisconsin.

I'm off to Phanna Nikom for a few days. Enjoy the New Year.

Post by **sometimewoodworker** » April 11, 2024, 11:32 am

samuel wrote: ↑
June 22, 2016, 1:28 pm
@Liam Dale
home visit is done only the first time you apply for the marriage extension. in our case, they did not even visit us again after we moved to a new house.

financial proof is 1st time 2 month ahead and 3 month the following years.

process is not tightening up, at least not in my case for the last 5 years.

fake marriages > http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nationa ... 45768.html

@samuel
The financial proof is not 3 months ahead for any extension. It is 2 months, even for a retirement extension though in the past it was 3 months for retirement and 2 months for marriage. The 2 months for retirement changed when the 800k 400k rule change occurred. Some immigration offices have asked for 3 months for marriage, Udon never has, or it has never been reported. It is specifically given in the guidelines dated 3rd'December 2008 that were being handed out in 2019

I couple of years ago some applicants were asked to prove that they still had the 400k (I was) in the bank during the under consideration period. I have heard no recent reports of this being asked, however absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, so it is perfectly possible that some people are being asked for this

Post by **jackspratt** » April 11, 2024, 12:31 pm

Did you notice the date of that post, woody?

Post by **sometimewoodworker** » April 11, 2024, 3:05 pm

jackspratt wrote: ↑
April 11, 2024, 12:31 pm
Did you notice the date of that post, woody?

No however Since the requirements have been in place since 2008 and it had not been corrected my post is not invalid though rather late I agree.