rakchanun

News from the new regulation:

This is coming from the Chief of Immigration.

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5.Now the news for frequent visitors: We have checked this upwards and backwards all day and it has been confirmed by a copy of the new regulation we have. If you have a visa on arrival more than three times in six months, you cannot come into Thailand without a visa from an Embassy/Consulate. When you enter Thailand, even if you are here just 1 hour, this counts as 30 days. If you come back 6 weeks later for 2 days, this again is 30 days. If you arrive a month later for 4 days, still counts as 30 days. When you leave, you cannot enter Thailand for 3.5 months without coming back with a visa. The reason is to force people who are supposed to have work permits to do so and pay tax.

Another example; you arrive for a week, this counts as 30 days, One month later 3 days and its 30 days, two months later and its for a two week period, still another 30 days. You can reenter Thailand in 6 weeks without having a visa.

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Am I missing something here? The two examples cited above seem to describe the same circumstances, yet in the first it's stated that the person cannot come back until after 3.5 months, but the 2nd can after just 1.5 months.

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The difference between the two is the time periods between the visits. In example one the person stayed for 1 hour, then 6 weeks later came back for 2 days, then 1 month later for 4 days, which is a total of 9 weeks, approx 2 and half months. Therefore they have to wait another 3 and half months to not have more than 3 stamps in 6 months. However, the second example, they come for a week, 1 month later for 3 days, and 2 months later for 2 weeks. This I make a total period of approx 4 months, considerably longer than the total period of 9 weeks described in the first example. I am a little confused as to why they can return after just 6 weeks, but maybe there's something I haven't quite understood after having read this whole thread. But basically, the difference between the two examples is the total time period of the three visits.

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I believe that they had to pay 5000 baht so they could go travel further.

I know somebody who is already one Month in jail for overstay. When you have to go to the court, you can be released if you show the bank guarantee. This can be 1000 baht, but also much and much more and it doesn't mean that you are free.

They will keep your passport till the case is done. if you don't have the money, you will stay in prission till the money is paid.

Be aware that you are in Thailand. Foreign people have less rights and have to pay much more than Thai people. They will trow you in the prisson with others. 140 people in one room is normal and you spend between, killers, gays, aids patients etc.

Amazing Thailand

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You're definately NO Einstein; where do you get off, listing "Gay People" in the same line-up with "Killers", Aids-Patients" etc ? ? ? ? ?

Go and smell some roses, mate ! !

You got it! I had to read the sentence twice just to check I'd read it right. And more to the point, where do you get off listing gay people & AIDS patients along with killers? True many people get AIDS from needle sharing, but it's not a crime to get ill. Funnily enough, it's often the 'straight' people in prison who commit the 'carnal offences against the laws of nature' as many laws like to word it. I wonder if the 'etc' includes such radical & despised groups such as men, women, diabetics & cancer patients...??

Not sure what dictionary you use but the Oxford English spells it 'pae' (otherwise it would refer to a foot).

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that's a little harsh. not one to be pedantic... but to refer to foot it would have to be pedi-, and not pedo-. also, the oxford dictionary recognises pedo- as US spelling of paedo-.

I'm surprised nobody commented on the headline.

First thing that occurred to me:  "cut" is slang for circumcise.  I wondered why a court would be circumcising a paedophile?

BTW, paedophile is not in my dictionary.  I guess perhaps it's a British spelling.  I've always seen it as pedophile.

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yup, paedophile = british spelling. come on, british all the way....!

scouse / samran

thanks for your help, very much appreciated you are correct in saying that i haven't lived with my partner for 2 yrs in a relationship akin to marriage, it was only 9 months before i had to return to UK to study. i heard somewhere the figure of £10,000 savings bandied about to support your partner during the period between their arrival and their getting permission to work, does anyone know is this is around the right figure? also, as i currently receive a student loan (grr, won't go into the issues of a labour government introducing fees, top-up fees etc), and in my final year of my degree will be receiving a bursary from the government for teacher training, does anyone know if this constitutes 'recourse to public funds'?

thanks again for your help

pablo

hi

just found this forum so giving it a go. i know that most of you have only dealt with immigration issues with regard to gfs, but hey - if you dont ask, you never know. so, here goes

I have been in a relationship with my same-sex Thai partner for three years, and following the implementation of the Civil Partnership Act in the UK at the end of this year we intend to apply for him to settle in the UK and get a Civil Partnership. However, I am finding it difficult to find information about this.

Firstly, will it be necessary for him to obtain a spouse visa before coming to this country? I'm guessing this is so as I think I am right in saying the rules have recently changed with regard to opposite-sex couples, as previously many opposite-sex spouses came to the UK on a tourist visa and get married, before returning to their home country to obtain a settlement visa. Just want to check tho'.

Secondly, the literature always states that we must have sufficient funds to support the non-UK partner before the partnership takes place, and also up until leave to remain is accorded. How long does it currently take after application for the leave to remain to be granted, and therefore how long would we need funds to support my partner for if we got the partnership within a month of his arrival?

Thirdly, I live with my parents, grandmother and younger sister in a 4 bedroom house. If my parents gave permission for my partner to stay in our house until the partnership took place and therefore our own accommodation secured, would this be satisfactory to the immigration office?

Fourthly, and related to the third question, I am currently a student on a 4 year degree and want my partner to join me in the UK before I have finished my studies. Will the fact that I only work part-time, with a wage of £50 a week as I am a full-time student, count against us in an application? Obviously I do not receive a full-time wage, but if I had saved about £3000 to support my partner whilst he is here, would this be sufficient for the application to be approved?

Sorry it's so long but I hope someone can advise me.

Thanks a lot

pablo