Thailand Marriage Visa
The visa for the foreign spouse of a Thai citizen, valid a year and renewable yearly. Emerhub handles the application, the extension, and your yearly renewals.
What is the Thailand marriage visa?
The marriage visa is the Non-Immigrant O visa for the foreign husband or wife of a Thai citizen. It lets you live in Thailand with your spouse, is valid for a year, and is renewed each year for as long as the marriage and the financial conditions hold. With a separate work permit, it also lets you take a job.
You enter Thailand on a 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa first, then convert it to the one-year extension of stay based on marriage at immigration. Since January 2025 the initial Non-O can be applied for online through Thailand's e-Visa portal.
What you can do with a marriage visa
A settled, renewable basis for living in Thailand with your family.
One year, renewable
Valid for a year and renewed yearly while you still meet the conditions.
Live with your spouse
Stay in Thailand with your Thai husband or wife, year after year.
Work, with a permit
Take a job once you have a work permit, with lighter company requirements than a standard work visa.
Multiple re-entry
Leave and return with a re-entry permit, so travel does not void the visa.
A path to residency
After three consecutive years, marriage is a qualifying basis to apply for permanent residency.
Apply from anywhere
Since 2025, the initial Non-O can be applied for online through the e-Visa portal.
Key requirements for the marriage visa
Three things define eligibility: a legally registered marriage, the financial threshold, and entry on a Non-O visa.
Bank deposit
In a Thai account, seasoned two months for the first application and three for each renewal.
Monthly income
An alternative to the deposit, or combine the two to reach the threshold.
to a Thai citizen
A legally registered marriage, not a ceremony alone.
The marriage and your entry
You need a legally registered marriage to a Thai citizen, whether registered at a Thai district office or married abroad and legalised in Thailand. You first enter on a 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa, then apply for the one-year extension of stay based on marriage within the last 30 days of that period.
The financial requirement
You meet one of two thresholds: a deposit of 400,000 baht held in a Thai bank account, or a monthly income of at least 40,000 baht. The two can be combined, for example 200,000 baht in the bank plus 20,000 baht a month. The deposit must be seasoned for two months before the first application and three months before each annual renewal.
Documents required
- A passport from your country of nationality, valid for at least six months.
- A marriage certificate from a legally registered marriage, Thai-registered or a foreign marriage legalised in Thailand.
- Your Thai spouse's national ID card and household registration.
- Financial proof: a bank letter and updated passbook for the deposit, or income evidence for the monthly-income route.
- Your valid Non-Immigrant O visa, with the extension applied for in the last 30 days of the 90-day stay.
- Proof of the relationship, such as photographs and a map of your shared residence, which immigration often requests.
Foreign documents usually need certified translation and legalisation before they are accepted. We confirm the exact set your immigration office expects, since requirements vary a little between offices.
How to apply
From registering the marriage to your yearly renewals, we handle the paperwork so it does not get rejected on a technicality.
Register the marriage
You need a legally registered marriage to your Thai spouse. If you married abroad, we help legalise the certificate in Thailand so immigration will accept it.
Get the Non-O visa
We arrange the 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage, at a Thai embassy or through the e-Visa portal, so you can enter and start the extension.
Meet the financials
We help open a Thai bank account and structure the 400,000 baht deposit, or assemble the income evidence, in the way and the timing immigration expects.
Apply for the one-year extension
We file the one-year extension within the last 30 days of your stay, and handle each annual renewal, your 90-day reporting, and re-entry permits.
Applying or renewing a marriage visa?
Tell us where you are in the process, and we'll handle the visa, the financial documentation, and your yearly renewals.
Thailand marriage visa FAQs
The questions foreign spouses ask most about the marriage visa.
What are the financial requirements?
Either a deposit of 400,000 baht in a Thai bank account, or a monthly income of at least 40,000 baht, or a combination of the two that adds up to the same. The deposit must be seasoned for two months before the first application and three months before each annual renewal.
Do I need an income letter from my embassy?
Not necessarily, and many embassies no longer issue one. The US, UK, and Australian embassies, among others, stopped providing income-verification letters. If yours does not, use the 400,000 baht deposit method, or show twelve months of monthly transfers of at least 40,000 baht into your Thai account.
Can same-sex couples apply?
Yes. Since Thailand's Marriage Equality Act took effect in January 2025, a same-sex spouse legally married to a Thai citizen has the same right to the marriage visa as any other spouse.
Can I work on a marriage visa?
Yes, with a separate work permit. Being married to a Thai citizen makes the work permit easier: the company requirements are lighter than for a standard work visa, with the usual four-Thais-per-foreigner ratio reduced. The visa itself does not authorise work without the permit.
How do I get started?
Register the marriage, obtain a 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa based on it, meet the financial requirement in a Thai bank account, then apply for the one-year extension at immigration within the last 30 days of the 90-day stay. We handle each of these steps.
Can I travel in and out of Thailand?
Yes, but you need a re-entry permit before you leave, or the extension is voided. A single re-entry permit is 1,000 baht and a multiple-entry permit 3,800 baht, available at immigration or the airport.
What happens if we divorce?
The marriage visa is based on the marriage, so a divorce ends the basis for it and the visa becomes invalid. You would need to switch to another visa or leave. Check with immigration on the timing, as you may be allowed to stay until the current permission expires.
Can it lead to permanent residency?
Yes. After three consecutive years on the marriage visa, marriage to a Thai national is one of the qualifying bases to apply for permanent residency, though the process is competitive and subject to annual quotas.
Talk to our Bangkok team
A free, no-obligation call: thirty minutes with our Bangkok team to confirm the right financial route, walk through the marriage and document steps, and plan your yearly renewals.
591 Sukhumvit 33, Watthana
Bangkok 10110