manonthemon

My country has the 30 days exempt option. But from what I'm reading here ther, the 6 months is required.

http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/123/15380-Questions-&-Answers-on-Thai-Visa.html

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Thanks,

We'll be traveling form India - mothers home country but not my daughters home country - she has a western passport.

Hi,

I live in Thailand with my girlfriend (not Thai) and daughter (6 months).

Soon we'll be traveling outside Thailand together. The thing is that on the way back to Thailand my daughters temporary passport will not have the 6 months validity required for the on arrival 30 days visa exempt. (shell probably have something like 5 months validity on the passport left)

The 6 months validity is also required to get a normal tourist visa. Getting her a new passport is not an option at this time as the procedure takes to much time

Do you think that this will be a problem. Does it matter that we're talking about a little baby and both her parents will have proper Thai visas (Torist and Non B probably)?

Not that it matter but my daughter was born in Thailand, than left the country for a couple of days, came back with a 60 days tourist visa and now she's overstay here by a couple of months - but I was told its not a problem as kids don't pay the overstay fines and the fact of an overstay doesnlt reflect on their future future ability to receive thai visa.

In short - will she get a 30- days visa exempt on arrival with a passport valid only for 5 months.

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My question is - is the monsoon always like this in Phuket??


I recently moved form Bangkok. Two last rainy seasons there were most of the time...nice and sunny. A rain or two a day and that's it. But what I see in Phuket for the last few days is depressing.

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I would suggest a reading of the actual immigration act of 2522 as tourist entry is specific to 90 days and that one year option is for Diplomatic/official business/touring/sports only available from the highest authority so perhaps they would allow Tiger Woods an extended tourist or sports entry but it is not a day to day option.

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/doc/Immigration_Act.pdf

Thank you! Thats exactly what I was looking for.

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If you meet the criteria for a one year extension of stay, for example based on retirement or marriage, you can convert your tourist visa to a non-immigrant visa.

It's not an extension of a tourist visa then but a new, non-immigration visa? It makes me wonder why they state that a tourist visa may be extended to long term stays.

Is is just lack of precision when writing this information on their website?

While reading through the Phuket Immigration website I encountered information about possible one year tourist visa extension:

http://phuketdir.com/pktimmigration/

his type of visa may be extended to long term stays of up to one year according to the authority given to the director general of the Police Department (presently changed to commander-in-chief of the National Police Bureau) to consider and approve extensions of not exceeding one year at a time (according to section 35 of the 1979 immigration act).

Thai Visa website seems to confirm it

http://www.thaivisa.com/applying-for-extension-of-tourist-visa.html

Normally, if the applicant wants to continue touring the country, an extension may be granted for not more than 30 days unless there are extenuating circumstances that would entitle the alien to a one year extension. Fee 1,900 baht.

I wonder what these "extenuating circumstances" might be that would entitle one to get a one year extension of their tourist visas? Any ideas?

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Thanks, sounds promising.

If anyone has more recent info from Penang - please share.

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Any updartes on the Penang Tourist visa with an extension alredy in my passport?

I'm about to go for a visa run form Phuket OR make a 30 days extension in the local immigration. Wondering if this will kill Penang as a visa run option for me,

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Yeah, I'm doing that already(+ milk and cookies) and it's amazing to see how eager she's to learn and how quickly she memorizes new words and sentences.

But on the general topic - is there anywhere where I could read more about Burmese population of Phuket? How many, where from etc? Are there any organizations focused on that issue? I know that some muslim organizations try to deal wit the recent influx of Rohingya, anything else?

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My wife also suggests you do this through a third party - either your partner or wife, the girl's mother or the owner of your residence - that way you lessen the sense of 'interference' which can rub some people up the wrong way.

Thanx for this tip! Will definitely ask the concierge to pass on whatever little gift I get for the girl.

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No worries - I don't want to interfere - I realize that on some level this situation is profitable for both Thais and Burmese (though donating to some charity focused on that issue sounds like the right thing to do). But I just want to know more.

The girl in my residence - I hate seeing her work while she should be at school. Yet I know there isn't much I can do. I do try to teach her a few words in English though, just for the fun of it.

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Yes, back on the topic of massage. I've been paying 300 baht for quite sometime now. There is a "massage mafia" on Phuket and they collude to make the price 300 baht over the whole island.

The "massage mafia" was a joke for our new friend in Phuket.

Any other kinds of mafia I should be aware of?...I can't find my favorite bkk street snack - Sai Grok - here. Maybe it's a mafia thing too?

Exactly. There are cheaper massages around, but by the time you get there, paying for fuel and dealing with the traffic, it's hardly worth the trouble.

So you manged to save 7500 baht a year from your massages in Bangkok? As you live in Cherng Talay I can reccomend getting massaged in Phuket Town for around a 150 baht a throw. Take out 100 baht for fuel to get to and from your house, and you will save an astonishing 2600 baht a year or 50 baht a week! You will be able to get an extra bowl of noodles a fortnight. Or 2 archer beers and a bottle of water each week.

Pay the 300 baht - everywhere and anywhere.

Well, I already got a few addresses here, some of them near the place where I live so the distance or traffic is not a problem (and honestly - traffic on Phuket is a joke after two years in Bangkok). Just asking the question here saved me 200B each time I go and get a massage with my GF. I'm happy with that!

I've seen blind people massage service in China couple years ago and been curious to try it ever since. Sounds like a better choice for them than walking around with a microphone and a portable speaker and bagging.

Will have to try and find such a parlor here. If you ever hear about such a place in the north of Phuket pls reply in this thread.

Where exactly is this massage place in the south of the island?

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Thanx a lot! The Tesco Thalang option looks great due to the location. Will check it out for sure!

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I expect to see many similar threads from you in the future.

No, there is no cheap transport here.

Yes there is - it's called my own motorbike Renting a car for 600B a day isn't that bad too. Better than taxis anyway. But on the topic of massage....

Hi,

I recently moved from BKK to Phuket. I've been warned that the island is much more expensive than the capital. So far it's not that bad...except for one thing - foot and thai massage prices. In Bangkok I used to pay 150B/Hr and I got it at least once a week. Here all the parlors seem to quote 300B for the same thing (I live in Cherntalay).

Hence my question - do you know a place in Phuket where they charge less for one hour foot or thai massage. I really miss this stuff!

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They did provide an e-mail address.

Anyone having photographs or videos can send them to Pol Lt Col Somboon Sarasit, email [email protected]

I'm sure many of us have sth interesting to submit.

Talking about taxis - It's more affordable for me to rent a car for a day than take a taxi to Tesco and back. And I do collect friends from the airport with a rental car - when will I see my photo in the "wanted" scetion of Facebook?

Having read all the posts here we "chickened out" decided to get our baby a touris visa in Kolkata, just to be on the safe side and not get into any trouble on our way back to Thailand, at the airport. I believe we could have gone with an onward travel ticket reservation from Thai Airways (they allow you to make a reservation without payment and it works so far it worked in some situations when an onward ticket was required) but we decided not to risk it, payed the 2000 Rs extra and got her a visa.

As I cannot imagine doing visa runs with a baby, she'll probably overstay her current visa. In the meantime we will try and figure out a more permanent solution for her- some visa based on her mom's Non B (yet to come).

One thing I found strange while applying for our visas in Kolkata was that when we were filling in the form they asked us to state how many children are accompanying us on our travel to Thailand - both me and my GF stated one but the visa we eventually got states zero. I don't even know why they ask for this information if the child need a separate visa anyway...

Ah, and if you want to get a double entry tourist visa in Kolkata than it's possible - but you do need to have all your flights in and out of Thailand reserved. The most annoying and strangest thing was that form my GF (Indian) they required a ticket back to India..no anywhere else but only India.

Thanx for all the feedback.

Airline could refuse boarding as baby will not have onward ticket to qualify for visa exempt entry so I would get a tourist visa

We (mom and dad) have a reservation for another ticket but it's only for June by which time the baby will have overstayed by around 30 day.

When we were leaving Thailand earlier today the immigration lady told us that the baby can come back on the 30 days stamps. Will the airline (air asia) refuse boarding if both parents have tourist visas? Especially that babies that age usually don't need separate plane tickets and as they fly on their parents tickets? The question is are they that strict with babies?

Hello,

Me (Polish) and my girlfriend (Indian) had our baby daughter born in Thailand. She is 3 months old now and has a Polish passport.

Today we left the country for the first time since she was born and went to Kolkata, India to get new tourists visas.

Do we need to get one for the baby too?

I'm reading that there is no fine for baby under 7 years old overstay so maybe it's better to just get her an on arrival 30 days stamp??? Would we have any trouble with the immigration when leaving (and returning to) Thailand next time. We live here but we are between jobs hence our current visa run.

And one more thing - my girlfriend and mother of the baby should be getting a non b visa anytime soon. Can she get a dependent visa for the baby when she has an Indian passport and the baby - Polish? We're not married.

Thanx in advance for you reply - I need some information quickly as we're going to the embassy tomorrow to get our visas done. (by the way - doe's anybody have any experience with getting a double entry tourist visa in the Kolkata embassy?)

Hello,

I'm 30, form Europe

I've lived in Thailand for 2 years now. All that time on a Non B visa from a school in BKK. But now as my contract with the school is finished, my visa is expired too. I already left Thailand and came back with the 30 days stamp.

I've recently moved to Phuket where my girlfriend (Indian) got a job. She'll get a Non B visa soon. I don't want to look for a job for a while, want to stay at home and take care of our new born baby girl.

What are my visa options? As far as I know they are as follows:

- Tourist visas and visa runs

- Signing up for a course and getting an Ed Visa (I'm reading it's starting to be troublesome in Phuket)

- Getting married to my GF and getting a dependent visa on her Non B?

Did I miss anything, what seems to be the best option in my case, any advice much appreciated!

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No many documents are required, just copies of work permit, passports, letter from school (in Thai) and got to fill up the form available at the counter. Photos will be clicked online at the HQ. Another important thing is to have the new employment contract (photocopy) as well.

The thing is my GF doesn't have a work permit yet as she's only been invited to work for the school and we're going there to sigh a contract so they can start the procedure of getting the WP, visa, teachers license etc.

Well, we'll try to gt another letter form school, exactly like the example from the police HQ and got there yet again. We'll cal the embassy too - maybe they will help.

I just don't understand why would anyone be rude like this. And why is it so hard to legally teach English in Thailand. It's not like she's trying to make trouble, just work, teach thai kids and earn an honest living.

anyway - thanx for all the replies. Keep fingers crossed,

regards,