moto77

Can I just say that this site is about a million times better than the Nazi Bangkok Post site? You can say make any racist comment you like over there, but the thugs in charge of that place delete ANY post that is favorable to Thailand.

I LOVE THAIVISA.COM and THE NATION!

He's an American kid, but his family lives in CM? Weird.

Anyway, regular 60 day tourist visas can be extended for 30 days.

No the back pages cannot be used for visas. Some countries, like the US, will add more visa pages for free upon request. I'm not sure what the UK's policy is on this, though.

If you move permanently to Thailand, you WILL lose your Greencard, regardless of whether you apply for re-entry.

If you live mostly in Thailand and only spend a month or two per year in the US, the USCIS will eventually notice this and revoke your permanent residence status. If you wish to retain the right to residence in the US, you should wait to move until you have US Citizenship.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...000082ca60aRCRD

In response to your question, no, because 1. the Thai government will not know how he gets his money and 2. the non-O is a non resident visa. He will have to leave Thailand every 90 days.

Does anyone know how long it takes to have pages added to your passport at the US Embassy in BKK?

Is it still free?

1. A new visa.

2. Three visa runs.

HAHA! Welcome to our world!

It's always interesting to see a newbie's first reaction to the CRAZY world of immigration law, regardless of country.

Most of us are used to these issues by now, but it is refreshing to see someone experiencing it for the first time to remind us how crazy the system really is.

By the way, with minor variances, it is like this in every country all over the world.

You need a job at a firm that can provide the documentation to obtain a work permit.

I have a job at UTCC. What documentation do I need to get from them?

QUOTE (473geo @ 2010-04-18 12:44:02)

A law graduate

A political Science graduate

A seasoned political campaigner and masters graduate

A doctor

A popular entertainer turned to politics

A former MP from the North

Meaningless unless you know what school awarded those degrees. They could have been mail-ordered or they could be from Harvard; we don't know.

Abhisit's Bachelor's and Master's degrees were from Oxford in Political Science and Economics, and and he graduated with highest honors in both.

And I've found over the years that the people that whine the most about university degrees being useless, generally don't have one (or they have one from a crappy school), and they are pi$$ed at the world because they don't have the same opportunities as those with degrees. All the "practical experience" in the world does not replace a degree. Ask just about any for-profit business that hires college graduates over experienced non-grads. Ask the army, which gives a lieutenant with a degree and one year of experience a higher rank than a 20-year veteran sergeant major with no degree who will never be promoted to officer status no matter how much experience he garners. There is a reason for that: Practical experience teaches you to keep doing the same thing you have always done, but much more efficiently. A degree teaches people how to think; how to come up with new ways of doing things; how to deal with new situations. Hopefully that lieutenant listens to his sergeant when he needs to do something that has been done before. But--equally important--hopefully he trusts his instincts when a truly new situation arises.

A degree does not replace experience, but experience does not replace a degree.

Just to refresh your memory,

Nelson Mandela was a convicted felon and a terrorist backed by the communist regime of the Soviet Union.

He got himself educated on Marxism Leninism( hard core Marxism) in his prison cell on the Robben Island which some call the Robben Island "University" now

Nice profile for a Nobel prize winner?

Well, think again

I don't think much of Mandela either. He may have been a great radical, but he nearly ruined the place as president. (Much like U.S. Grant was a great general, but horrible president.) Is there another example in modern history--besides South Africa--of a first world country becoming a third world country? Life expectancy, education, gender equity all down. Crime way up. GNI per capita is up slightly ONLY because of all of the foreign investment that flowed in after apartheid embargoes ended.

It is total nonsense. You use a re-entry permit to keep a current permitted to stay alive, not for visa entry and it is only valid until your current permitted to stay expiration date (not visa date).

Work permits are no longer tied to visas so you can have a one year work permit and make normal exit/return trips of 90 day stay. Before that it only required re-validation anyhow.

Awesome, thanks. I can't even imagine Thailand (which is not generally long-term resident friendly) putting together an onerous system like that!

"Even if you have a double- or triple-entry visa, you cannot leave again without invalidating your work permit papers. If you do have to go out of country and return on the same visa, you must get a re-entry permit from Immigration. The re-entry permit, like a work permit, is valid until your visa expires."

Does anyone know about this FOR SURE?

If you have the 400k and will be able to use that in two months your best bet would be to obtain a 60 day extension of stay at the end of your current extension (to visit wife) and by the time that is nearly over the two month requirement will be met and you can extend for Thai wife. This 60 day extension will require wife ID/marriage certificate but not financials.

In Vientiane you should be able to obtain a single entry non immigrant O with marriage certificate, copy of wife ID card and home register and good to have note asking from wife so they know you are together. But as said in para one there is no need for this trip.

I applied at the Miami consulate in the US. I got a multiple non-o visa. I had to show at least $500 in the bank, marriage license and wife's Thai ID, but did not need a letter from her.

I have a non-O visa. What documentation do I need to get a work permit?

If you are caught by the police you with a visa that is expired by even one day, you will be arrested, jailed and deported--FOR SURE.

If you leave 21 days late you will be fined 10,500 baht at the airport, but will not be arrested because you have left voluntarily.

FLY in:

15 days by land

30 days by air

Once you get a visa, you are pretty much stuck with what you get. In fact, you are pretty lucky that they sent any money back. The US government rejects more visas in Thailand than it give out and it keeps the money regardless.

"Once you submit the documents for a work permit, you must not let your visa expire. Even if you have a double- or triple-entry visa, you cannot leave again without invalidating your work permit papers. If you do have to go out of country and return on the same visa, you must get a re-entry permit from Immigration. The re-entry permit, like a work permit, is valid until your visa expires."

This means that your work permit expires when you leave the country even if you have a multiple B or O entry visa?

What is the point of having a multiple entry visa then if you have to get re-entry permits anyway?

I called the Thai consulate in Miami and here is what I was told.

It is easier to get a multiple non-O visa than a multiple non-B visa!

She said that if I submitted the following, I would definitely get a 1 year multiple non-O visa:

Application

1 Photo

Wife's Thai ID

Marriage License Copy

Return flight itinerary

Bank Statement showing at least $500 ($500? LOL!)

$175 Money Order

Return envelope

For a 1 year multiple non-B visa I would need:

Application

1 Photo

Invitation letter

Contract in THAI (which I don't have)

State Police clearance from my state

Return flight itinerary

Bank Statement showing at least $500 ($500? LOL!)

$175 Money Order

Return envelope

USA is correct.

Really? I didn't realize that multi-non-O was hard to get now--do you know what criteria is being used for successful cases? My honorary consulate is in Miami.

I was under the impression that a multi-B visa would be issued ONLY for the time I was actually working.

I am flying over on May 3 arriving May 5. Leaving for Cambodia May 13 returning May 20. Starting work June 1. I will also be leaving several other times during the summer. Clearly, I will need a multiple entry of some kind.

I already have letters from the school which say my employment begins on May 31 and ends on August 3. We are leaving on August 8.

I should add that it is a copy of our US Marriage Certificate. Our marriage is not registered in Thailand, only in the USA.

I am sending in my application for a non-O visa based on marriage to a Thai spouse. I have a short term (summer) job offer in hand from a Thai university and I will apply for a work permit when I arrive in Thailand. (I was told that this was a better option than a business visa, because it will not expire with the job, correct?)

What documentation do I need to put in the envelope? I have:

My Passport

My Photo

Visa application form with reason stated as, "to stay with Thai wife"

Return self-addressed post paid envelope

COPY of marriage certificate

COPY of wife's Thai ID card

Is there anything else I should include? Do I need to send a bank statement?

Thanks!

Sounds like he picked the wrong mia noi! Strange that they did the whole family though, obviously a message.

very tragic. a message for whom?

Just about everyone thinking of visiting Thailand, added to the other recent news stories this gives a clear message that it is not the land of smiles, who in there right mind could shoot a six year old kid no matter what the father had done.

Don't blame Thailand. This kind of garbage happens all over the world, and is comparatively rare in Asia. In fact, most of the other circumstances are considerably worse.

Germany:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1334018,00.html

Brazil:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8590924.stm

Sweden:

http://www.thelocal.se/10610/20080320/

Austria:

http://www.newser.com/story/42588/child-mu...zl-charges.html

South Africa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1899609.stm

5. Don't lie about anything. Don't have her come over on a tourist visa and then marry her in the US. That's visa fraud.

WRONG WRONG WRONG.

It's only visa fraud if she applies for residency afterward knowing that she would get married before coming.

So...

1. It's not fraud if she goes back to Thailand after the marriage--with or without the hubby.

2. It's not fraud if she decides to get married AFTER she gets here... you can bet that there will be questions about this, but many people have done it and been fine.

The visa will be dated the day it is issued. Single entry Non-O visa will be valid for 90 days from the date of issue. As long as you enter the Kingdom before the expiry date of the visa you will get 90 day permission to stay on arrival. Personally would apply 10-14 days before departing, but check consulate turnaround times.

Thanks again!