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He can not apply for a double entry tourist visa as double entry and triple entry tourist visas were abolished a couple of years ago with the introduction of the METV.

I recently had a passport lost.(Feb 2017)

I got a temporary 1 year emergency passport from the U.S. embassy  here in Bangkok   immediately on application for a new passport (for travel out of country if needed).

However my new U.S. passport arrived  only 7 days from the date of application, so the emergency passport was not needed after all.

Good and quick service from the U.S. embassy.

I am assuming you don't have the funds to renew the marriage visa you have for a one year extension.

If you did you could renew it every year by showing either 400K Baht in a Thai Bank account in your name OR 40K Baht monthly income.

At one time a couple of years ago you could apply for a double entry or even triple entry tourist visa.

The METV was supposed to replace them.

In fact it made it impossible to get more than a single entry most places in the world, including  Southeast Asia.

A real step backward in my humble opinion.

But obviously Thai immigration doesn't  care about my opinions.

Sorry to tell you your work permit is issued for you for a particular job with the support of your employer.

Once you terminate that specific job, and start another, unless your employer specifically authorizes a change in your job description with the department of labor your work permit is no longer valid.

It may seem stupid, but it is government regulations,

I am sure ou are familiar with that from he Indian government also.

He entered on his NZ passport,  and therefore he has a current visa in that passport.

He should exit on  that same NZ passport so that his entry stamp shows a corresponding exit stamp to avoid overstay problems and cancel out the entry with an exit.

Use his Thai passport to enter a neighboring country, and then return to Thailand on hi Thai passport.

If they question him for not  having an entry  stamp in his new Thai passport, he should show the receipt r the fee for a new Thai passport that he received in Thailand. If necessary explain this to a supervisor in immigration who should have seen this situation before.

I recommend that  this be done by air re-entry as the immigration people at the airport should have seen this before, whereas land borders immigration may have never seen it.

But the first step is to clear the entry stamp on his NZ passport with a corresponding exit stamp to balance entries and exits out.

Then re-enter on your new Thai passport as described above.

Good luck.

I am afraid you will have to either have your wife's written consent or a Thai court order.

The reason is that more than one person has attempted to take  their Thai daughter back "home"  to their native country without the mother's consent.

There is a corresponding number of stories from the father's native country of Thai mothers who have taken their sons or daughters to Thailand against the father's wishes.

it is always done in the children's "best interests", but as minors the children could  not give their "informed consent".

I am not making judgements, I am just trying to explain the problem.

For a retirement visa/extension you will need certain financial things first.

You will need either:

• 800 K Thai baht in a Thai bank account in YOUR name
• OR a pension or income of at least 65K monthly
• OR possibly a combination of the two sources that equals 800K annually (if that option is allowed by the local immigration office you apply to.

But to answer your question directly, generally immigration will insist that any funds, especially bank deposits, must be "seasoned" for a period of 60 days at the time of application for your first application approval

That means for your first (initial) retirement visa/extension  you almost always need a minimum of 60 days to season your financials before they will accept your application.

If it is a 2nd or more retirement visa/extension renewal the fund must be "seasoned" aa above  for a period of 90 days.

So the minimum time ahead of approval which you can apply is either 60 days or 90 days as described above due to the funds "seasoning"  requirement.

They will only extend your retirement until the date your current  passport expires.

If that is not a full year that is when your next renewal date will be.

You will need to renew your passport before that date.

Then you will need to reapply for another year extension with your new passport.

I addition you need to be aware that certain countries in South East Asia require you to have  6 months minimum left on your current passport to enter them with a visa, and if you have less than 6 months left before your current passport expires these countries may deny you entry.

So be aware of, and pay attention to,  your passport expiration date, and take the steps needed to renew it when required.

Let me just guess.

if she is your sister, she must have at least one parent in common with  you.

Therefore if she is Thai and listed in a Thai family book and has a Thai I.D. card, it is very likely that you were also listed  to.

In fact, even if you were actually born in the U.S. you are legally a Thai dual national.

You have a right o a Thai passport by your dual nationality.

But to cut to the point, if your sister has a Thai I.D.. card  and/or a Thai passport, I am sure that a signed photocopy of one or both of them  would be enough to prove your relationship to her with  the Thai embassy/consulate.

Once you are in Thailand, if I was you, I would look into getting a Thai passport there as you qualify for dual Thai nationality in all likelihood .

Explore that issue with the Thai embassy/consulate to see what they say.

Your choice, but I never understood what an agent could do that a normal person could not do for themselves.

For me, I reside in a furnished apartment  room in Bangkok. for which I have a 3 month rental contract and I pay renal bills for that room each month.

That is all the "proof of residence" I have ever needed for anything in Thailand from immigration to opening a bank account.

A tourist visa, no matter where in the world it is issued will give you a 60 day stay on entry to Thailand and may be extended for another 30 days at your local immigration office for a 1900 Baht fee.

There have been no more multiple entry tourist visas for over a year now, since double entry and triple entry tourist visas were ended,.

The only multiple entry tourist visa left is the METV which has many restrictions and isually is only issued in your home country.

However, if you have been doing Ed visas legally, and don't have any SETV on your visa record, there is no reason to not try for a Single Entry Tourist Visa in Laos, Penang, or whatever.

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Has anyone from the USA received their yearly status letter from Social Security for retirement. I keep looking for mine. The postman here cannot be trusted.

 

Yes, I just received mine yesterday 10 June 2017

I was going to post this elsewhere but I will do it here

I received my U.S. Social Security address reconfirmation form at my Thai residence address here in Bangkok yesterday 10 June 2017 by the afternoon  international mail.

It was dated 3 June 2017, so it took 7 days to get here from the U.S.

I will sign it and mail it back by EMS  at the local Thai post office tomorrow (12 June 2017 with a dated receipt for the EMS mail.

This form has to be signed and dated  and retuned to verify my Thai address to continue my monthly U.S. Social Security  pension from the U.S.

I normally photocopy the EMS mail receipt as proof it was mailed.

If you are retired and living in Thailand the U.S. Social Security requires the retuned and signed form to show you are still alive and at the same residence address;

I always get a receipt and photo copy it from the EMS as proof of mailing. date.

You must check that your mailing address is correct, as if the U.S. Social Security has the address wrong they can stop your pension.

It has previously happened to me, and it took me 3 months to correct their mistake.

Required a trip back to the U.S. to correct in person  to restore my pension.

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You should always keep their Thai passport valid so they can enter the country using it.

Cost is 1000 baht and a hour or 2 to do the applications.

 

As  I posted before this is NOT true if they are  dual nationals.

However using their Thai passports is usually the best and easiest method.

Thai nationals , even with valid but expired Thai passports can enter Thailand  with their expired Thai passports..

They can also enter Thailand on their legal foreign passport, but if they do that they will require a visa as any  foreigner  would.

It is easy for a dual national to renew his or her passport in Bangkok, however.

Whatever passport a dual national uses, however, they should later exit Thailand on the same nationality passport, so they will show a valid departure stamp in that passport

Yes, it can be done at CW.

You will need copies of your passport and I.D. page, your entry stamp with date. and a photo.

The photocopies can be done on the first (ground) floor photocopy shop.

You can also get photos made at the same shop.(with a one minute instant camera)

If you want the people there will fill out the form you need.

You will have to sign the form you need with your own signature.

Then go upstairs (2nd floor in CW) get a queue number and wait until your number is called.

Pay the fee (1900 Baht) and wait until the passport with a 30 day extension is returned to you when they again call your queue number.

I've done the process many times.

Obviously you are not a U.S. citizen.

What you describe is EXACTLY why when you get a new U.S. passport the U.S. embassy here in Thailand issues you a form letter asking Thai immigration to transfer or note in  your new passport that you have a current visa in our old passport, even if your old passport is effectively canceled by the new passport.

Not all nationalities have this service, but I have changed U.S. passports several times in Thailand. and I have had my  current visa "transferred" to my new passport at Thai immigration with this form letter.

Not that this  information will help you, but just so others know the correct procedure for new  U.S. passports.

It has become the norm in the U.S for consulates to enter single entry visa when possible  and then to expect that single entry visa to be extended in Thailand at your local immigration after arrival.

That provides more "local control of visas" in Thailand which is preferred by the "paper pushers" in  charge at Thai immigration.

Not a complaint, just a fact.

A retirement visa/extension PROHIBITS you from working in Thailand.

That is why a retirement visa/extension is useless for working in Thailand.

Often a retirement visa will say that when it is issued.

This NOT true of a marriage visa/ extension  based on marriage to a Thai.

Lke everything, there are possible exceptions.

For example a person can qualify for a retirement visa/extension and later marry a Thai.

Normally that marriage will mean changing his/her retirement visa to a marriage visa to allow working in country.

No, immigration is closed on Saturday and Sunday, so Monday will be first possible chance unless you were smart enough to go early on Friday.

You could have gone early you know and you still would have got the extension from the last day added on anyhow.

There was no need to wait to the last day, any time in the last week would have been acceptable.

Depending on the immigration office, Wednesdays and Thursdays are usually slow days.

But even though you may get a multi entry visa in Singapore based on marriage to a Thai,  they will NOT give you that same visa  based on retirement in Thailand unless you are a Singapore resident.

Try it and see.

There is no automatic 7 day extension, be prepared  to leave the country.

Your work permit ends when you choose to end it.

If you are here based on your job working for a Thai company even as the "director',  when you lose your job you also  MAY lose your visa and the right to stay in Thailand in many cases.

That may not always be true, but be prepared for the possibility.

Good luck, you may need it.

If your wife is unwillingly or unable to help you there may have some shocks coming.