BritTim

For those who have a questionable immigration history, Vientiane is the safest bet for tourist visa applications. Their requirements are stated clearly on the embassy website. If you satisfy them, and have fewer than three previous tourist visas issued specifically in Vientiane, visible in your current passport, your visa application will be granted.

If you will be traveling regularly, negating the need for re-entry permits can more than cover the extra cost of the multiple entry visa.

I am almost sure the answer would be no. The only proof of income that they might possible accept would be an income letter from your embassy, and even then I would be doubtful.

Just double checking: you are saying that Penang is issuing multiple entry Non O (marriage) visas with financial proof (unseasoned) right? I had been informed via a source that I considered reliable that Penang was no longer issuing the multiple entry Non O for any reason.

The missed report will not be a problem.

... such as your home address (on the visa application) and date of birth (on the passport data page attached to the application). There really is no choice, but an appallingly designed website with access to most of my personal details does make me nervous. There is a market for this kind of data on the dark web.

1. Bank statement from anywhere if in English or with English/Thai translation. 2. Not sure. Probably at least a recent month and the one immediately preceding it. 3. Probably must be an account where the funds are available immediately with, at most, loss of interest. 4. Single entry 2,000 baht; multiple entry 5,000 baht.

What Immigration require and the rules applied by individual consular officials at embassies/consulates are not always in concurrence with each other. Most embassies impose a requirement of six months validity at the time the visa is issued. Some embassies/consulates might apply different rules. Immigration, on entry, requires that you have a passport valid for the duration of your intended stay.

(Very busy right now. Have not read the complete thread) Leaving via either Bangkok airport, the chance of a ban is virtually 100%, no matter what excuses he tries to make. If he is seriously wealthy, there are fixers who can make problems like this go away. If he contacts an established agent, although they will not handle this themselves, they can probably make a referral. Expensive! The only case I ever heard of like this where someone avoided a ban was a number of years ago leaving via U-Tapao airport. There are not many departure options, and he may well get banned anyway, even leaving through that airport.

There is a big difference depending on whether the child is Thai or non Thai. You had an extension as a family member of a Thai. The OP is applying as the parent of a non Thai.

Income proof is most often accepted if it is either from employment in Thailand, or you can get a supporting letter from your embassy.

In addition to reasons given by Caldera, we should not assume that the systems used by Immigration are any better designed than the public facing websites we try to use. Frankly, if they can ask applicants to show proof rather than hope their system is working, I kind of sympathise.

Unless this is by means of an embassy letter, I would be extremely surprised if they would consider income (and maybe not even then). Savannakhet tends to try to be helpful, but trying to deal with income proof would be a nightmare. No harm asking, I suppose.

As long as the TM30 is from a property with a Bangkok address, you will probably be OK at Laksi. The current address is obviously what they expect though.

Please provide a link to these revised (country wide) rules. The latest Police Order that I have seen made public was Regulation For TM30 Reporting (June 2020) . That contains: (emphasis mine)

In that case, your confirmation that seasoning is not required is useful information, but we would welcome knowing your source for this comforting reassurance. Based on the general attitude at that consulate, I would not be surprised if you are correct, but have not seen anything that would make me dogmatic.

You probably do if applying in HCMC.

One issue to eliminate when this kind of symptom is encountered with websites (low chance but easy to try) is a prompt that gets hidden behind other windows. Try minimising all the visible windows. Sometimes, lo and behold, the hidden prompt will appear.

Can you cite a source for this. My own understanding was that the permission to stay was honoured, with no deportation or fines. However, future requests for visas, extensions and visa exempt entries frequently resulted in denials. The consensus seemed to be that the extensions were legally valid, but acquired using shady practices. Retribution was not via prosecution, but future discrimination against those who received them.

When you use an agent who uses unapproved ways to get you a visa/extension, I am not aware of any cases that have resulted in you being prosecuted. However, you can face problems from Immigration later making your life difficult. A classic example, affecting many Westerners, was those who acquired the dodgy Non O (Volunteer) visa and extension.

The issue, most likely, is that there was no record of her using her Thai passport to leave Thailand. The official might have wanted to confirm that she left Thailand via legal means.

Jomtien has local rules on TM30 (different from the official rules) that they may or may not enforce.

No problem

It is interesting that the issue arose at exactly the same time as multiple entry Non O visas became harder to get in Savannakhet. As you say, it is possible that this is a deliberate global change mandated from on high.

Plenty of rural Thai families live on less than half of this. If there is no rent to pay, and you grow much of your own food, you can live surprisingly cheaply up country in Thailand.