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    Planning a move

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    A retirement visa is only available to applicants  50 years or older, Applicants must meet requirements, eg 65000 Th  Bht OR have 800000 Th Bht in a Thai bankThe age criteria  was recently reduced to 50 from 55 year age as a minimum. The age is not a negotiable thing.  Your options are to marry, or become a businessman, study at an approved Institution, or border hop each 90 days, assuming you obtain a multi entry Non-Immigrant visa. When you make application for a visa it has to made for a  specific activity such as those  outlined above. And the classification is not changeable, thus semi is not valid for any class of visa.   You either have a wife, do some study at a valid institution, do some business, or retire at 50 years of age. I hope that this clarifies the situation for you

    British or thai baby

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    The child can have dual citizenship.   There are obvious benefits in the Brit citizenship. Register the birth with both the Brits and the Thai Authorities asap. You can then apply    for both passports whenever. You shouldn't have any probs  Good Luck

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    Marriage and baby

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    The child is considered illegitimate with similar connotations as you'd find in the west. A legal recognized marriage needs to be done at a District Registrar's Office. Thailand does not recognize de facto relationships or Temple weddings. Your Thai family will know where to go to do the formalities

    Non-immigrant o visas

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Thai law does not recognise defacto relationships at all. Thus you need to rely on the retirement visa, or marry the lady. It may be that you could find a sympathetic immigration officer  prepared to exercise discretion in requirements because you are certainly doing ' the right thing ' by the lady.  Remember that the  Department wants a letter from your bank stating that you have the reqired amount in the account as at the date of application, not average balances over the past 12  months. A little creativeness might see you over the hurdle long enough to get the letter from the banker.
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    One year visa

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Assuming that you are in Thailand on a non=immigrant O visa, at your age you can apply for a one year extension of stay at the Phuket Immigration office. You need a letter from your Thai bank evidencing that you have at least 800,000 Th baht in the account. At your age and based on the information you provided here, you should be eligible for a one year extension.You need to follow the same procedure each year for  3 years. After 3 years you may be able to apply for a residency permit. When they give you that one year extension you will need re-entry permits if you intend to travel outside Thailand. A multiple re-entry permit is also obtainable from Immigration for 1000 baht. The present cost for the one year extension is 500 baht. It is rumoured that cost increases are likely in the future. That you own a condo in Thailand is likely to indicate that you have commitment to the country, so take documents with you indicating owner- ship.

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