http://www.phuketimmigration.go.th/en/

/Beware! Much information on the above-linked site regarding required documents for extensions of permission to stay is outdated. Currently valid information can be found in Police Order 606/2549, of which the original Thai text and two different English translations are linked in this post. -- Maestro

Thanks for the link, I'll pin it


totster

You're welcome

I've just spent a total of nine hours trying to get things right for my one-year extension (my fourth) on the basis of being married to a Thai. This year it's far from easy, and I suspect there will be plenty of other people who will run into a wall on this.

I would appreciate any definitive answers anyone may have. The answer needs to come from someone who has already successfully hurdled this wall.

Background:
1. I have no problem meeting the "money in the bank" qualification nor the monthly income qualification.
2. My wife and I have a limited partnership, just the two of us, allowing me to make some money and to have a work permit. This is not a fake "convenience" company. We DO work, pay taxes, have accounts and an auditor etc etc.
3. I initially supplied the documents defined in Police Order 606/2549. I was told at Immigration in Phuket that 606 is basically out of date and really not that relevant any more. Things have changed.

Here is what I eventually had to supply in support of my application:
1. Application form – two copies (from Immigration office).

2. Passport + 2 copies

3. Wife's ID card + 2 copies

4. Wife's Sumnow Tabien Baan + 2 copies

5. Work permit + 2 copies

6. Two 2"x2" mugshots

7. British marriage certificate + 2 copies

8. Wife's name-change certificate + 2 copies

9. Bank pass book (updated) + 2 copies

10. Partnership certificate of incorporation + 2 copies

11. Company registration details (Samnak ngan tabien hoon suan) (set of 8 pp from Provincial Company Registration Office) + one copy

12. Por Ngor Dor 1 tax form – two copies

13. Por Ngor Dor 91 tax form – two copies

14. Up-to-date company balance sheet – two copies


Here's where it gets difficult.

We were informed that we might - repeat might - need a Registration of Family Status document, without which my application might - repeat might - be kicked back.

We were pointed to the website www.consular.go.th and basically told to do our own research. No one in Phuket Town Immigration seemed at all sure whether we need this document, and absolutely did not know what the document number was, or who should fill it out, what supporting docs are required, and which govt office should process it. The only other information was, "You may have to go to your embassy in Bangkok to get them to certify the genuineness of the marriage certificate".

We did eventually find a link to Document No Khor Ror 22 Registration of Family Status (ทะเบียนฐานะแห่งครอบครัว คร. 22) . When you download this you find it's an English translation, and is totally uninformative. There does not appear to be a Thai version, which is weird. And of course, we have no idea whether this is actually the form we need.

There's one guy at Phuket Town Immigration who usually knows all the answers (regulars will know who I mean). He doesn't know the answer to this one.

So, anyone out there been through this already and knows the drill?

regarding the link above:

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Aha! Got my one-year extension yesterday without the Khor Ror 22 (below). But Immigration Phuket Captain warned me that I shall definitely need one next time round. Be interesting to see how definite "definite" is in a year's time.

Further to this, I now have some good answers from people who've already done this. Anyone who's extending on the basis of having married a Thai outside Thailand (ie, non-Thai marriage certificate) should check this. See http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/#entry1605503