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Yep, under 50.

I actually didn't realize the children need to live with me in order to get the guardian extension. We're not sure exactly how the living situation will work, but they would most likely be living with their mother most of the time. This is definitely going to change things. In that case maybe the best option is to save up for an elite visa. That's not a small amount of money though.

Thank you guys for all of the info. I think I'll take a trip to the local immigration office and ask them about all of this.

Thanks, it sounds like at the amphur we would get the Kor Ror 6 stating we have joint custody, and that would be used in obtaining a guardian visa. The OP in that post has a bit of a different situation though, since he already has a guardian visa before the divorce. Since my yearly extension is based on marriage, I guess I would need to leave the country within 7 days after the divorce and apply for a new Non-O visa. This is all a bit confusing though since everybody's situation varies a bit.

Thanks @DrJack54. Not currently divorced. We're talking about it and I'd just like to be prepared for what happens as far as my visa is concerned. We have children.

Can anyone help me understand how it works if you're on a marriage extension and get a divorce, and then want to switch to a guardian visa? Do you need to leave the country?

Our builder said that tiles with the highest antislip rating (R-10 or R-11) are difficult to keep clean and keep from staining. We need to choose tiles for around the swimming pool and the patio area. If the most antislip tiles aren’t good, should R-8 or R-9 be ok for wet kids playing around the pool?

Ok that's good to hear, thanks. We're far from Bangkok but changing our plans and driving tonight so we can have 2 full days to sort this out.

Thanks, yeah that's what we were thinking we'd have to do if we can't get the emergency passport sorted.

We're in Thailand and traveling to the USA for 1 month. Our 5 year old and 2 year old both have US passports. The 5 year old has a Thai passport, but somehow we completely forgot that we didn't make a Thai passport for our 2 year old and just realized this today. (I know, really dumb.) How big of a problem is this? Our flight is on the 18th in the morning. My wife said we can get an emergency passport for him tomorrow. Is that true, and is it necessary? Thank you for any advice! Can't believe we did this...

Thank you! Just needed to confirm. We're still surprised.

Actually, I just want to confirm. After we visit the USA for 1 month like we have planned and returned to Thailand, we're able to use this visa again at a later time to travel to the USA, right?

Wow, that's great news! I assumed this would be a single entry tourist visa like they have in Thailand.

My children are dual US-Thai citizens with US passports, so that's no issue. It was just the wife who needed a visa. For the emergency appointment application, we uploaded a photo of my dad's birth certificate and my birth certificate to prove relation, a letter from the funeral director with their contact information and the date of the funeral, and also a letter from my mother (this was not required) saying how much my wife has helped through this whole process and how she should be at the funeral. Also, when we were dealing with the death and remains, the US embassy was extremely helpful. My wife was in contact with a Thai woman at the embassy through the whole process. She would not assist in any way with the visa process though. EDIT: Also, I should add that we did not book our airline tickets yet and that wasn't an issue. We booked our tickets after she was approved.

Is this really a 10 year multiple entry tourist visa?! We weren't expecting that at all...

I just want to follow-up here so it can help other people or set the record straight for others who said this is not possible. Due to the death of my father (my wife's father-in-law, no blood relation) she was able to get an expedited visa appointment the next day and was approved for her visa at the end of the interview. It arrived in the mail about 2 weeks later, but I believe if it wasn't Christmas and New Years it would've been faster. The US embassy has an emergency visa application process. You book an appointment through the normal route, then in the portal area there's a link to apply for an expedited/emergency appointment. It explains on this page what information you need to provide. After applying you wait for the email letting you know if you were approved. We were approved, so we then booked an emergency visa appointment for the very next day. She was approved and we just got her 10 year "M" B1B2 visa. I think (hope) this is a 10 year multiple entry visa, but I'm going to start another post to confirm. So it definitely is possible to get a visa very quickly to the USA, at least in our case.

@Guavaman THANK YOU!! That's great news. It's not a huge amount, but my family definitely needs it right now with the costs of airplane tickets for the funeral, so getting the full amount is extremely helpful. The USA death certificate should be issued by the embassy in the next few days, but the insurance claim almost certainly won't be processed until after the new year, so I'm not sure if the second part would apply here. But, it clearly stating in Section 42 that insurance income is exempt is a huge relief. I'm not sure why none of my google searches found anything related to that. Again, thank you so much!

Does anyone know if money from my father's life insurance policy (from the USA) would be taxed if sent to Thailand? He passed away in 2023 and the money would not be taxed in the USA.

It would be the same for me. Hell, I wouldn't mind if they just dumped me in the nearest bin and got on with it. However my dad had only visited twice before and only moved here two months ago to try out retirement in Thailand. I'm still waiting for family to wake up to break the news and then I can see what they think, but I'm almost certain they'll want to hold a ceremony stateside. I'm in favor of just sending the cremated remains, but I'm not going to make that decision on my own.

Thanks. I'll be contacting them tomorrow morning. He actually moved here only two months ago, so he'd definitely prefer to be sent back to his birthplace.

Thank you. That's a good idea.

Unfortunately my father passed away today and I need to send his remains back to the USA. I'm located in Thailand. I'm still figuring out with the family if it'll be his body or if he'll be cremated. This is all very sudden and we have no idea how to go about doing any of this. We checked one website that said sending the body back costs somewhere around 450,000 THB. Does that sound right? If anyone has ANY advice or suggestions we would really appreciate it. Thank you!

My father recently retired in Thailand, but sadly he passed away today. We're figuring out how to go about sending his remains back to the USA for the funeral. I want my wife (who is Thai) to come for the funeral, and then our children could also come. Is there any special type of visa she could get or any way of getting her a visa in time?

Ok so the JBL support website has a "Product Expert" chat thing and within a couple minutes they confirmed it will work in Thailand and that the voltage range is 100-240V. Cool, time to spend some money... Thanks everyone!

@tomazbodner @impulse Thanks guys! I actually don't own it yet so I can't read the adapter. I have some Amazon US credit I need to use and a friend coming to Thailand shortly, but can't find any info on this damn adapter. I just realized JBL has a really good support system on their website so I sent them a message and hopefully I'll get the info I need shortly. I'll update this post with the info in case other people have the same question.