Content

• Steps
• What do you need
• Warnings

Foreigners who marry Thai citizens are entitled to a special Thai marriage visa (The Thai Marriage Visa) for a period of one year. To do this, you need to do the following.

Steps

1. 1 If you are married while in Thailand on a tourist visa, obtain a nonimmigrant visa for a long stay in Thailand (90 days). There are two options for how to do this:
   • Return to your home country and apply for a nonimmigrant visa at the Thai Embassy.
   • Contact the Immigration Department in Bangkok and apply for a nonimmigrant visa there.
2. 2 Collect the required documents. A list of documents is given below in the "What you need" section. Prepare two sets of certified copies of all documents.
3. 3Before your visa expires, apply for Thai marriage visa at your local immigration office.
4. 4Submit two sets of certified copies along with original documents to the Thai Immigration Office for review.
5. 5 Confirm the data specified in the documents. Your documents will be pending for a month, during which you will be asked to confirm some information.
6. 6After a month, contact the immigration office again and get a visa for one year.

What do you need

• Your passport (original and copies)
• Wife / Husband ID
• Thai House Book of Wife / Husband
• Birth certificates of children (if any)
• Your marriage certificates
• Banking Book in Thailand showing funds of 400,000 THB (you can deposit 400,000 THB in a savings or fixed deposit account with a Thai bank two months before applying for the first visa and three months before applying for each subsequent visa )
• Instead of a bank account, you can provide a letter from your embassy showing an income of 40,000 THB per month (this should be the foreign national's own income, not joint income or wife's income; it should not be transferred to a joint account)
• Letter from your Thai bank confirming the availability of funds
• Drawn map of your place of residence
• Proof of where you live with your wife / husband (if you are renting a property, you need a copy of your ID and home registration of the owner)
• 2 photos together inside your house
• 2 photographs outside the house with the number of the house or condominium

Warnings

• Consular officers reserve the right to request additional documents as needed.
• Documents confirming financial solvency must be provided only to a foreign male who married a Thai citizen. Such documents are not requested from foreign women.
• After obtaining a Thai marriage visa, you must check in at the Immigration Office every 90 days.
• A Thai marriage visa needs to be renewed annually, regardless of the circumstances (birth of a child, and so on).