Darren, I am 65 years old and live in Thailand on a one year retirement visa every year I show the immigration bureau my funds of 800,000.00 baht in the bank I am currently in the process of bringing my 49 year old American wife to Thailand to live with me I am concerned about her visa can she come to Thailand on the 30 day arrival visa and then convert to a retirement visa as my wife and do I also have to deposit a further 800,000.00 in my Thailand bank to cover her visa, I have heard so many different stories.

Darren, I am 65 years old and live in Thailand on a one year retirement visa every year I show the immigration bureau my funds of 800,000.00 baht in the bank I am currently in the process of bringing my 49 year old American wife to Thailand to live with me I am concerned about her visa can she come to Thailand on the 30 day arrival visa and then convert to a retirement visa as my wife and do I also have to deposit a further 800,000.00 in my Thailand bank to cover her visa, I have heard so many different stories.

It is imperative that your wife comes to Thailand on a 90 day non-immigrant visa because she is not at the age of 50 years she cannot change the visa on arrival 30 days to a non-immigrant visa which is needed to start the process of a retirement visa and it is also...
I have come to Thailand with a one year non-immigrant o type visa multiple entry I have just checked my visa stamp that I was given at the airport and they have only stamped me 30 days and not 90 days what can I do?

I have come to Thailand with a one year non-immigrant o type visa multiple entry I have just checked my visa stamp that I was given at the airport and they have only stamped me 30 days and not 90 days what can I do?

We have seen this on numerous occasions, you can go to your local immigration office and very politely point the mistake out to them and ask if they can change the date for you and give you your allocated days, if they will not you can go back to the airport and ask...
I have a one year married to a Thai national visa and it is time for my renewal I have been to submit my documents and previously we had to produce two photographs of our wedding ceremony we gave the officer two photographs of our wedding ceremony in the new application and the officer stated the photographs were not sufficient they want two photographs of myself and my wife sitting on the sofa in our home in Pattaya, what do you make of this?

I have a one year married to a Thai national visa and it is time for my renewal I have been to submit my documents and previously we had to produce two photographs of our wedding ceremony we gave the officer two photographs of our wedding ceremony in the new application and the officer stated the photographs were not sufficient they want two photographs of myself and my wife sitting on the sofa in our home in Pattaya, what do you make of this?

Weird and wonderful rules, yes this seems to be the case but I am advising all my clients to take two sets of photographs with the application, two photographs of the wedding ceremony and two photographs of yourself and your wife in your place of residence which...