Non Immigrant O Extension Based on Marriage

[Mutt Daeng]

Seems totally illogical to me that Immigration is there to deal with foreigners entering or staying in Thailand, yet the forms they require completing by said foriegners are written in Thai script.  However, not really surprising as there is not much logic applied  to anything much here in Thailand.

Every/Any form I have ever been asked to fill in from Thai Immigration has always had an English Translation .My guess is that the Two Forms Mutt Daeng has been given are for his Thai Wife to fill in and maybe he has to sign one of them

Here is a Visa Form Directory taken from the Royal Thai Immigration Department site which shows most of the forms you would ever need .......all have English translations on them. ( apart for the Visa on Arrival form for Chinese Nationals  )

https://immigrationbangkok.com/thailand-immigration-forms/

As jivvy has pointed out " how many 'native ' languages should they provide the forms in ? "

What would be acceptable to you PN

We who are English speakers/writers are taken care of by Thai Immigration .Good job you can speak and write English PN , because if you could only read and write Gaelic then you would have a " fadhb "    

The IO specifically said that the form I posted in the OP was for me to fill in and the other one is for she-who-must-be-obeyed to fill in.

[Mutt Daeng]

Seems totally illogical to me that Immigration is there to deal with foreigners entering or staying in Thailand, yet the forms they require completing by said foriegners are written in Thai script.  However, not really surprising as there is not much logic applied  to anything much here in Thailand.

Every/Any form I have ever been asked to fill in from Thai Immigration has always had an English Translation .My guess is that the Two Forms Mutt Daeng has been given are for his Thai Wife to fill in and maybe he has to sign one of them

Here is a Visa Form Directory taken from the Royal Thai Immigration Department site which shows most of the forms you would ever need .......all have English translations on them. ( apart for the Visa on Arrival form for Chinese Nationals  )

https://immigrationbangkok.com/thailand-immigration-forms/

As jivvy has pointed out " how many 'native ' languages should they provide the forms in ? "

What would be acceptable to you PN

We who are English speakers/writers are taken care of by Thai Immigration .Good job you can speak and write English PN , because if you could only read and write Gaelic then you would have a " fadhb "    

The site above is NOT an official Thai immigration website.

[Smithy]

The site above is NOT an official Thai immigration website.

Correct...as I said " they are taken from the Royal Thai Immigration Department site " and added to the site I posted   

It even says " Visa Forms for Download
For your convenience we have made available this library of official forms from the Royal Thai Immigration Department. "

[Smithy]

The IO specifically said that the form I posted in the OP was for me to fill in and the other one is for she-who-must-be-obeyed to fill in.

Are there Numbers at the top of the forms you were given ?

[Mutt Daeng]

The IO specifically said that the form I posted in the OP was for me to fill in and the other one is for she-who-must-be-obeyed to fill in.

Are there Numbers at the top of the forms you were given ?

No, but there is a box in the top right of each form with Thai script in it.
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[Mutt Daeng]

Google translate says the lower image contains the text "thai people", but can't figure out what the upper image contains.

[iammike]

I believe but also not 100% sure, it says Alien (foreigner)

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But Starman will know for sure.

[gotlost]

Check with BI at SI there is a pac of about 8 pages 4 of which are in Thai. The Thai only forms have no form number on them. I have seen these same forms at other immigration offices. This pac of forms can be picked up and taken home so you and your wife can fill them out in peace. I have not seen these Thai forms on any government site..but you never know. As I said the information on the Thai only forum is the same as is asked of the foreigner.  If somebody is at immigration pick up the pac and you can post on BE.

[Starman]

Check with BI at SI there is a pac of about 8 pages 4 of which are in Thai. The Thai only forms have no form number on them. I have seen these same forms at other immigration offices. This pac of forms can be picked up and taken home so you and your wife can fill them out in peace. I have not seen these Thai forms on any government site..but you never know. As I said the information on the Thai only forum is the same as is asked of the foreigner.  If somebody is at immigration pick up the pac and you can post on BE.

A good idea in theory but not so much in reality.

I have had a quick perusal of the forms and I must say that I am not too sure of how many expats and their wives would be able to go through this and understand the whole picture. Some of the information is quite intense and would require at least one of the couple to have a vast understanding of both Thai and the native language of the expat.

This takes us back to PrakhonchaiNick's perfectly plausible suggestion that forms from immigration should be in Thai and English.

[gotlost]

  How about Swahili.

[Starman]

How about Swahili.

Good idea.It would be easier to understand than GLenglish.

[Starman]

I believe but also not 100% sure, it says Alien (foreigner)

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But Starman will know for sure.

Looks that way @Iammike.

[Smithy]

I think these new forms from BI are to test whether the Farang/Thai couples really do love one another.

Any weak relationships could easily be broken whilst attempting to fill them in ( apparently )   

[Gerry]

I think these new forms from BI are to test whether the Farang/Thai couples really do love one another.

Any weak relationships could easily be broken whilst attempting to fill them in ( apparently )   

That's funny.

I know form filling can be a pain in the rear end from time to time but hardly relationship breaking. I wish mine and my wife's joint understanding of Thai officialdom was better sometimes. It can be difficult but we get by.

[Mutt Daeng]

I believe but also not 100% sure, it says Alien (foreigner)

คนต่างด้าว

But Starman will know for sure.

Looks that way @Iammike.

I'm confused. The thai script posted by @Iammike does translate to Alien. Not sure where that came from though, since it is not the thai script that's on the top right of the form I posted.
Mrs. MD says it doesn't make sense, that it's just letters of the Thai alphabet