Non Immigrant O Visa in Kuala Lumpur (KL)

This is just a quick post to note that a friend recently received his first non-immigration O (marriage visa) to stay in Thailand for 90 days.   This was done in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the Royal Thai Consulate.  The require documents for this were:

• Passport
• Application forma
• Copy of wife’s Thai ID card
• Copy of wife’s Thai house book
• Letter from wife (Thai citizen) asking that a Non Imm O visa be issued
• Copy of marriage certificate
• (Optional, but supplied to the consulate nonetheless) Copy of children’s birth certificates

His wife signed all documents related to her.  He arrived at about 10:00am and there was about a 45 minute wait to submit.  They require 1 business day to process things and the pickup time commences at 2:30pm the following business day.  Take care to note both Thai and Malaysian holidays as well as weekends.

This visa was a single entry non immigrant “O” visa food for 90 days as he did not have the required 18 months until expiration on his passport.  It’s been said that for the 1 year multiple entry, non immigrant 0 visas you’re required to show at least 400,000 baht in a Thai bank account or a minimum of 40,000 baht monthly income.  I’ve heard recent reports that applicants aren’t being called out on this but to be safe I’d recommend you have this proof.

Getting a Thai visa in the region is typically a great deal more difficult than attaining one in your mother country before you come to Thailand.  Often times honorary consulates will require nothing but a form and a letter for Imm B’s.  As I get updated reports in getting visas in the southeast Asian region I’ll post here on the Thailand Travel Depot blog!

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