Immigration, Visa & Work Permit

Marriage & Family Visa

Applications based on a Thai spouse, a Thai child or a dependent family member — with the relationship and financial evidence prepared to the standard immigration actually applies.

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Foreign spouses of Thai nationals
Foreign parents of a Thai child
Spouses and children of work-permit or visa holders
Families applying together and wanting the filings coordinated

Non-O applications based on a Thai spouse or Thai child

One-year extensions of stay on a marriage or family basis

Dependent extensions tied to a working spouse or parent

Legalisation and translation of foreign marriage and birth documents

Preparing for the interview and residence-visit checks the marriage basis involves

90-day reporting and re-entry permits for the whole family

Confirm the basis — spouse, child or dependant — and the evidence it needs
Legalise, translate and record the foreign family documents
Plan the financial evidence and its holding period
File the Non-O application or in-country conversion
File the extension, and prepare for the interview or residence visit
Set the family’s reporting and renewal calendar

Documents to prepare

Passports, visas and entry stamps of every applicant
Marriage certificate or the child’s birth certificate, legalised and translated where foreign
The Thai family member’s ID card and house registration
Bank book and bank letter, or income evidence
Photographs of the family at the residence, where the basis requires them

Currently applied as a Thai bank deposit of 400,000 baht held for the required period, or monthly income of 40,000 baht. As with all immigration figures these are set by regulation and office practice, so we confirm the position current at your filing date.

A marriage validly concluded abroad can be relied on, but the certificate has to be legalised, translated and, for several purposes, recorded with the Thai authorities before it works smoothly in filings. We prepare that document chain once, so every later application reuses it.

A marriage-basis extension can support a work permit, and the sponsoring-company conditions applied are lighter than under a Non-B. The exact criteria in force are confirmed case by case before the employer relies on them.

The basis of the permission falls away, so the status cannot simply roll on to the next renewal. There is usually time to transition to another basis — retirement, a Thai child, employment — and planning that transition early is the difference between a switch and an overstay.

Marriage-basis extensions include a consideration period while the file is reviewed, so they run longer than most categories. Indicative handling time once documents are complete: IMMIGRATION_TIMEFRAME.

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