Evo Terra
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There's this great thing called Google. I just used it to search for "bangkok" AND "ministry of foreign affairs" and within one second, at the very top of the search results was the ministry's English-language website, and one click away was the address, phono number, fax number, etc.
Of course, as I had intimated, that's not the address for the particular office I was looking for. But thanks for showing us you can at least type.
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I look at the .pdf you included, UJ. (Thanks for that!) I think I/we have everything, except for where it gets into business stuff, which I'm not sure is applicable. To wit:
The application must be submit at least 15 days before visa expirationYes. Just got my 30-day extension to my KL-acquired 60 day single-entry visa yesterday, so I'm on a real visa that's good until April 28th.1. 1.1 Form TM.86 for the foreigner, who has Tourist and Transit Visa and applies for Visa Status Alteration and applies for non-immigrant visaI assume I fill that out at Immigration.2. A copy of passport pages (for example, personal information page, last entries stamp, visa sticker and extension stamp (if any) and departure card (Form TM.6))Easy enough to do again.3. Either one 4x6 cm photograph or one 2 inch size photographI have three fresh ones from my visit yesterday.4. Application fee of Baht 2,000.More money, of course.5. A copy of passport and a copy of work permit of the person who fulfills the duty or responsibility in ThailandMy wife's passport is right beside me. It shows "non-immigrant B" good until May 16. What I don't have is the actual copy of her work permit, as it's still in processing.And here's where it goes off the rails, as I don't think items 6-8 are needed, unless that's part of the work permit process?6. The Company’s registration certificate, with the details of the company’sbusiness objectives (certified by the Registrar not more than 6 months)7. Value Added Tax (VAT) Registration Certificate (Form Paw.Por.20)8. List of the Shareholders (Form Bor.Or.Jor.5) (certified by the Registrar notmore than 6 months)9. 9.1 A copy of evidence proving that the applicant is father, mother or childrenor certificate of marriage or birth certificate;I have the original marriage license. Not a copy. It's got a fancy gold embosses stamp and the real-ink signature of the county clerk. And I'm going to get it further validated/verified at the US Embassy tomorrow.* (Documents under 9.1 and 9.2 must be translated into Thai or English andcertified by local or overseas Embassy or Consulate of the foreigner and bythe Legalization Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand) (Formore information, please call 0-2575-1056-9)It's in English already, and I assume that the trip to the Thai Consulate further certifies that.And here we jump off into the weeds again for 10... and maybe even 11 as I haven't done taxes for 2015 yet.10. A copy of the list of withholding income tax of Thai employees (Form PawNgor Dor.1) (for the past 3 months, together with the attached list of all Thaiemployees, showing the first to the last names, and the receipt)11. A copy of the list of withholding income tax of the foreigner (Form Paw NgorDor. 91) for the latest year (If you cannot present it, please submit anexplanatory letter.) (Attention: Immigration Commissioner)So with the notable exceptions listed above, I think I have or will have everything for a smooth-ish sailing. Unless the kicker will be not having the actual copy of the work permit, which sounds like a deal-breaker to me.
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My wife is the breadwinner now that we're in Thailand, and I'm going in for the dependent O visa. We were told by her employer's "visa runner" that we need to:
a) take our marriage license (from the US almost 30 years ago) to the American Embassy to get it certified (easy enough and appointment made for tomorrow), and
then take that document to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs "near the immigration center", and then c) go to the Immigration center proper (Chaeng Wattana) and apply for the visa (assuming I have at least 16 days remaining on my current stay, which I have.)
But my trouble is with the "near Immigration" part of said instructions. Because the mfa.go.th site shows their offices on Sri Ayudhya Road, not far from the Phyra Thai BTS stop. Yet everything else I read is "near immigration", almost 20 km north of there. Google Maps is often utter <deleted> when it comes to things like this, and there's a good chance this is a specialty splinter office set up just for this kind of service.
Has anyone been to the MFA recently to have them stamp/verify/accept a marriage certificate as part of the process for freeloaders like me? If so, I'd love an actual address, or at least a dropped pin on a map so I know where the hell I'm going.
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then take that document to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs "near the immigration center", and then
Where, exactly, is The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok?
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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Spot on, OJAS. Always a good idea to get confirmation from those on the ground. Google maps has a 50/50 chance of accurately dropping a pin in Thailand. Though they are eerily accurate when it comes to driving/walking directions when points are correct.