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[Bam_Bam]

I live here in Thailand with my Thai wife, I am currently doing it off a Non Immigrant O visa.

Right now we are in Korea for a week, so when I get back I assume I will just get another 90 day stamp, 4 days after we get back we are heading off to Laos for 2 weeks, when we return from that, my visa is just about right on the 12 month mark, so again, 90 day stamp.

Here is the curly part, 2 weeks after returning from Laos with my visa maxed out and getting my last 90 day stamp, I am heading off to Indonesia for 1 week, when I return, what will they give me, 30 days or the remainder of my 90 days ????



Anyone found themselves in this situation before ???

Bam Bam

[Bam_Bam]

Actually I just had another look at my Non O stamp, it runs out halfway through the Laos trip, so the 90day I get when I return from Korea will be the one in question now.

Still the same question though, just different timing.

Bam Bam

[Scumbag]

Once your visa has expired on the next entry they will give you a 30 day visa waiver stay. The remainder of the 90 days will be gone.

[Bam_Bam]

Thanks Scumbag, I kind of thought that would be the case.

It's a real pisser, my wife is due to have a baby, about the same time the 30 days I get on return from Indonesia runs out and I would like to be here for it.



Bam Bam

Edited by Bam_Bam, 28 September 2011 - 09:57 PM.

[Bam_Bam]

Well a valuable lesson learnt here, what I should have done when I got back from Korea was get a re-entry permit, which I thought only applied to things like Retirement and Marriage Visa / Extensions.

They also apply to Non O and business visa's, had I got the re-entry permit, I would still have the remainder of my 90 stamp I received when i got back from Korea and another re-entry before I leave for Indonesia would have again retained the balance.

Instead I now have had to pay for a 7 day visa extension and will have to return home approx 2 months earlier than planned for a new Non O.



Bam Bam

[seans]

Bam_Bam, on 22 October 2011 - 03:37 AM, said:

Well a valuable lesson learnt here, what I should have done when I got back from Korea was get a re-entry permit, which I thought only applied to things like Retirement and Marriage Visa / Extensions.

They also apply to Non O and business visa's, had I got the re-entry permit, I would still have the remainder of my 90 stamp I received when i got back from Korea and another re-entry before I leave for Indonesia would have again retained the balance.

Instead I now have had to pay for a 7 day visa extension and will have to return home approx 2 months earlier than planned for a new Non O.



Bam Bam

If you are 49 or more you can get a 12 months retirement visa and then you need a multiple re entry for 4,900 bhats

if you are under 49 then you can get an education visa for 22,000 which is valid for 15 months
this is a 3 months non o and a 12 months education visa. with this you are supposed to study Thai for 4 hours per week.

If you need a visa urgently I know a Thai lady you can get you one even on the same day you apply with no delay
If you need help PM me and I will give you ladies name and phone number

[Scumbag]

seans, on 22 October 2011 - 08:16 AM, said:

If you need a visa urgently I know a Thai lady you can get you one even on the same day you apply with no delay
If you need help PM me and I will give you ladies name and phone number

How does she do this?

[Bam_Bam]

seans, on 22 October 2011 - 08:16 AM, said:

If you are 49 or more you can get a 12 months retirement visa and then you need a multiple re entry for 4,900 bhats

if you are under 49 then you can get an education visa for 22,000 which is valid for 15 months
this is a 3 months non o and a 12 months education visa. with this you are supposed to study Thai for 4 hours per week.

If you need a visa urgently I know a Thai lady you can get you one even on the same day you apply with no delay
If you need help PM me and I will give you ladies name and phone number

I am 53 and have no intention of getting a Retirement Visa / Extension, I am legally married to a Thai and we have a baby due around Xmas, it is my intention to get a Parent Visa.

I too know quite a few people here that "offer" visa's, quite illegally I might add, I refuse to play the bribe / corruption game here, it is bad enough as it is, without fostering it.

I will do the right thing and go home and get a new Non O, getting illegally obtained visa's, leaves you open to deportation and black listing, that would not be a good thing for my wife and unborn child.



Bam Bam

[altec123]

Bam Bam-  You should be able to get a non-immigrant visa in Jomtien without an issue if you are married to a Thai national, without leaving Thailand.  Bring your wife, her ID card, your marriage papers and her family book to Immigration.  I ran into a delay when I got my retirement visa because I only had 7 days left on my visa.  The immigration officer was going to issue the non immigrant o as soon as I brought my wife, and the other things I mentioned above in without any problem.  Ultimately I did a visa run to get an additional 14 days and picked up my retirement visa a couple of days pater as my wife's family book was in her home 10 hours away.  Everything as on the up and up and I worked directly with immigration and did not use any visa service.

[Poppa]

There are many curlies in the system.
Without going into too many details, let me just say I went to the office 170 days overstayed, paid my 20K to the police, and still ended up with a perfectly legitimate series of two 90-day Non-O extensions without ever leaving Thailand.  In the end, I got the year retirement visa I wanted, and everything was strictly done through official channels.  Never had to leave.  If you give them a chance, they can usually work things out, but you have to remember the golden rule:  it's up to them, and how you present yourself is everything.
Best of luck to you, and congratulations on your family!

[Bam_Bam]

Well, the curlyness continues.

My new Passport arrived this week, so I headed down to Jomtien Immigration this morning to get the extension I got just after I returned, transferred into my new passport and was told by old mate (the English guy) that it couldn't be transferred into the new one and what I would have to do is present both the old cancelled passport and the new one when I leave on Tuesday for Indonesia.

He also quite categorically told me that I do not have to have any cash in the bank, just proof of income to get a retirement extension, I even said to him that the Thai guy on the information desk had given me 3 different answers on previous occasions when asked about the subject. He also told me that because I am legally married to a Thai that I can not pick and choose what visa I can apply for, I had intended to apply for the Parent / Family visa, he insists that it must be the Marriage Visa / extension or the Retirement extension and said that is is very easy to get ???

I have already booked and paid for the flight home, so I will carry through with that now and have another look at it when I get back.

Bam Bam

Edited by Bam_Bam, 04 November 2011 - 12:12 AM.