Mike T
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On 1/8/2024 at 9:25 AM, rebbu said:
The money is not a problem. OK, cheers, that's one option available.
If money isn’t an issue, do you think one of the Elite Visa packages might be worth a look ?
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46 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:
I never applied for an Irish visa, but have applied many times to other European countries. Assuming you're all about a visa for a Thai national, it makes a difference the nationality of the other person and the relationship of the 2. If you are the other person, you are a citizen of a European country and you are married to the Thai person, it will be much easier to apply at your own Embassy as you won't have to show financial proof nor a hotel reservation. You still might have to show flights reservations which can be booked by a travel agency without issuing the ticket so the booking can later be cancelled. Once you get the Schengen visa you can travel to any of the Schengen countries. If you are not a European or not married to the Thai person you'll probably have to show a hotel reservation for the full duration of your visit (can book through any of the booking website, look for a hotel that you only have to pay for upon arrival and that you can cancel the reservation without penalty). On both cases the Thai person will need a medical insurance and the embassy would give you a list of insurance companies acceptable by them.
A few things incorrect here.
Ireland is not in the Schengen area, so a Schengen visa is useless to gain entry to Ireland.
Even if the Thai citizen is married to an Irish citizen. Financial proofs are still required, along with proof of return (flights), insurance etc.This is because there is no “marriage visa” in the irish system for short term visits, so the applicant has to apply for a standard short stay tourist visa.
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It looks more complicated than it is, although the amount of documents required for a tourist visa is a bit excessive.
just follow the instructions in the “document guidance” section of the Embassy’s website and you’ll be grand.
Only apply for a single entry visa if it’s your first time. After a few single entry trips you can apply for a multi-entry and that can be issued for up to three years. -
May I suggest that your campaign to have more Thai visitors could possibly aided by reducing the ridiculous amount paperwork required for a tourist visa. We can arrive in Thailand and get stamped in for 30 days, but Thai people, even those married to Irish citizens, have to produce an enormous amount of paperwork to get a visa to travel in the opposite direction. Things like “copies of every passport you’ve ever owned”, for a tourist visa !
Ireland of the “hundred thousand welcomes” my @rse.
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It's not as good as it seems.
It only applies to people who already have a tourist visa to the UK.
If you want to go directly to Ireland on a tourist visa, you still have to go through the draconian application process where you have to submit reams of paperwork to prove you have a reason to return to thailand. I've refused to allow my partner to go through the humiliation of having to submit bank records, letters from employers, birth certs of her children and a copy of the deeds to her house, just to get permission to go for a 2 week holiday to see my family.
Easier by far, and a lot nicer for my family, to bring them to thailand to meet her.
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Only Single-entry Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage offered on web portal.
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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I hear you, same here.
I work outside of Thailand myself as well, but on a different rotation, three months on three weeks off.
I just stamp in on an exempt for the few weeks.
it works for me, but I could see how month on month off could get problematic.
Best of luck with a solution.