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This Visa (supporting of a Thai child) usually applied for a non-married parent. Whereas if the parents are married, they (the foreign spouse) would be applying for a Marriage Visa.

Prior to the application submission, there are supporting documents that must be prepared:

* You (the applicant) would need to be recognize by the district office (i.e. the foreign spouse being recorded and verify that he/she is the father/mother of the child). This route can be simpler if the child is able to communicate and have sound knowledge of understanding.

If the child (still a toddler) does not or is unable to communicate, the foreign parent must be and go through the appointment by the Thai Family court. Once the court have announce its ruling, the applicant must take this court order to the district office to obtain the documents mentioned above.

Other documents required to apply for this type of visa are:

1. Certification Letter issued by the District Office (as described above)

2. Applicant’s passport

3. Child’s birth certificate and house registration

4. Confirmation of the Applicant’s monthly salary (demonstrating at least 40,000 Baht per month) (proven by PND 1 and PND 91) OR Bank’s confirmation of the applicant’s bank account showing the balance of at least 400,000 Baht in the applicant’s Thai bank account.

As noted, you cannot apply for a Change of Visa Status unless you have 21 or more days of your visa exemption or tourist visa remaining. If you are in the country only on the visa exemption (30-day stamp) you would be better off obtaining either a tourist visa or non-immigrant O visa outside the country so you will have adequate time to work through the legal process above.

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Hello KDC

You've actually asked about this already on another thread. And, actually, we did reply to this, though the post seems to have gotten lost. So let me run through it again. Easy stuff first:

Tourist Visas -- These are 60 days with a possible 30-day extension. IF you can get a double-entry tourist visa in the US, then your sister can stay 60-day, purchase a 1,900-baht 30-day extension, make a visa run to Cambodia (1-day) and receive another 60-days, followed by another 30-day extension.

If your sister could get a double-entry visa, it would allow her 6 months in Thailand (including extensions). She could then visit Vientiane, Laos -- not Phnom Penh in Cambodia -- to receive another double-entry tourist visa.

Los Angeles Consulate -- This is arguably the most difficult consulate in the U.S. to obtain help from. It is very unlikely they'd give you more than a single-entry visa of any flavor. You are better off dealing with Consulates General in Chicago or New York or the honorary consulate in New Orleans.

Do note, however, that consecutive tourists visas -- particularly in cases where the extensions have been utilized -- can become problematic with some consulates refusing to issue new ones.

The preferred method would be to obtain a non-immigrant O visa based on seeking medical treatment in Thailand. To do this your sister MUST have documentation from the IVF clinic she will be using that states she is seeking treatment and will be under a doctor's care.

This visa will be for 90-days (single-entry). At the end of those 90 days, the doctor can certify with Immigration that your sister is still under a physician's direct care and that travel by air home is not possible. In such a case, a 90-day extension will be granted. These extensions continue as long as the physician continues to certify that your sister cannot leave due to health reasons.

Finally -- While it technically is possible to obtain a visa based n visiting family, the process outlined above is preferred and has better odds of success.

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Hi Stepfuni,

Ah, if things were only so simple! Unfortunately, they're not. There is nothing automatically granted to you. Even though you will be marrying a Thai national you need a non-immigrant marriage visa, apply for a work permit and -- far down the line -- worry about permanent residency. The residency part is so far off that I will not cover that here. There is lots of info available about what's required for that.

The working assumption in this thread is that you are female, but just in case I'll give you the list of the documents required for both male and female (as they are different).

First you need to apply for the Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage. This need only be a single-entry 90-day visa. You will then apply for an extension of stay inside Thailand that will extend this to a full year.

List of documents for extension Thai spouse visa

Note: 2 copies of each item are required.

1. Application form T.M. 7 with one photograph size 4x6 cm. and Visa Fee 1900.-Baht

2. Copy of passport ( with certified true copy )

3. Required documentation for applying visa in case of

* For supporting Thai wife

1. Marriage Certificate

2. Child's birth certificate (if any)

3. Wife’s house registration

4. Wife’s identity card

* Incase of Working

1. A copy of work permit or receiving work permit form ( WP.2 )

2. The letter from the applicant’s company to certify salary that the applicant receives not less than 40,000 baht per month (identifier position and salary) or husband or wife working has Income including at least 40,000 baht/month

3. Personal Corporation income Tax (PND.1) in latest 3 months and personal income tax for previous year with receipt

4. Recording interviewing the husband and wife for confirming status of husband and wife

5. House’s map

6. Other such as Registration Company

7. Picture of house and family

* To be supported from Thai husband

1. Marriage certificate

2. Child’s Birth certificate

3. Husband’s house registration

4. Husband’s identity card

5. Recording interviewing the husband and wife for confirming status of husband and wife

6. House’s map, picture of House’s and family

Application for further stay for non-Thai wife to receive the support from a husband who is a Thai citizen or a Thai permanent resident of the Kingdom of Thailand.

The husband who has Thai nationality

1. Immigration form 7 (Tor Mor 7)

2. A copy of passport

3. A 4 cm. X 6 cm. Photograph

4. 1,900 baht application fee

5. A Marriage Certificate

6. A copy of Census Registration, a copy of Identification Card

7. Birth Certificate of the applicant's children (if any)

8. A record of interviewing the applicant and her husband

9. Applicant must accompany her husband to the Immigration Bureau office to certify of all the documents. The couple will be able to confirm that they are still husband and wife.

10. The officials reserve the rights to examine or ask for additional documents if necessary.

The husband who is a permanent resident in the Kingdom of Thailand

1. Immigration form 7 (Tor Mor 7)

2. A copy of passport

3. A 4 cm. X 6 cm. Photograph

4. 1,900 baht application fee

5. Marriage Certificate

6. A certified copy of the husband's passport, a non-Thai Identification Card of the husband, permanent Residence Certificate of the husband

7. Birth Certificate of the applicant's children (if any)

8. A record of the interview of the applicant and her husband

9. Applicant must accompany her husband to the Immigration Bureau office to certify of all the documents. The couple will be able to confirm that they are still husband and wife.

10. Evidence of husband's income together with related documents such as: -

* Bank pass-book

* Bank Statement from the Bank where the applicant has an account

* Evidence of employment and income

11. Evidence of income tax payment (if any)

12. The officials reserve the rights to examine or ask for additional documents if necessary.

As for the work permit, these are the things you'll need to have:

• For non-permanent residents: A valid passport containing a Non-Immigrant visa.

• CV or Resume showing application's educational qualifications and describing in detail the applicant's past position, duties, performance, and place and length of employment.

• A recent medical certificate from a first-class licensed physician in Thailand stating that the applicant is not of unsound mind and not suffering from leprosy, acute tuberculosis, elephantiasis, narcotic addition or habitual alcoholism.

• Three 5x6 cm. full-faced, bareheaded, black and white or color photographs, taken no more than six months prior to the filing of the application.

• If the job applied for is subject to a license under a particular law, in addition to the Alien Occupation Law, a photocopy of such license, (e.g. teacher's license, physician's license, press card from the Public Relations Department, certificate of missionary status from the Office of Religious Affairs, etc.) shall be attached.

• If the applicant is married to a Thai national, the original and photocopies of the following must be presented: Marriage certificate, spouse's identity card, birth certificates of children, household registration, as well as photocopy of every page of the applicant's passport.

As you can see, you're looking at a lot of paperwork. Our expert Legal Advisors can provide you a more detailed information about visa requirements, work permit and company legal issues.

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Let me also add the following

Lastly, if in the event you manage to obtain permission from the Condominium Juristic, you must also convert a portion of this residential unit into an office equipped with office table, chair, telephone maybe or a computer and a banner of your company. As per work permit requirement, you are also advised to hire 4 Thai employees per 1 foreigner/work permit applicant. There are some cases where the officer may approve employees less than 4 but this is on a case by case and is on the discretion of the officer but in reference for the office address, you must allocate space(s) for the employees that will be hired by your company.

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So I believe what she has to do now is to go to Laos, get a Double Entry Visa (each one is good for 90 days). So what she has to do is every 90 days she has to make a border run again? Gosh this is so confusing. As far as work yes she is looking for work. But she has the money to stay in the country for up to a year and not have to work. Perhaps she should get an education viisa?

The double-entry Tourist Visa allows her to stay in the country for 60, not 90 days, at one stretch. After the first 60-days she can pay 1,900 baht and obtain a 30-day extension. At the end of that, she does a visa run, gets 60 more days and get another 30-day extension. So it's 2 extensions and 1 visa run.

If she has no money to stay in the Kingdom, then I'm not sure how an education visa will help. She would have to enroll and attend school for this to be valid. Language schools charge in excess of 25,000 baht for visa and 100-200 hours of language lessons.

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Regarding your question: "Can we use our Kankahar condo (my wife OWNS it) as the company address ?"

Not only you would have to obtain consent from the owner of the unit, but you are also required to get your clearance and permission from the Condominium Juristic Management Office. As each condominium project has their own building rules and regulations. Some may only permit the condominium unit owners to utilize their unit for residential purposes. And they would prohibit the owner from using as an office and/or commercial address.

Some of the reasons that the condominium juristic management would refuse you to have your company using the condo are the wear and tear of the elevator usage, limited parking space (from your business visitors), and having of the company sign posted up on your front door may ruin their global code of appearance.

Let us also take this opportunity to clarify the misunderstanding of the responsibility to register the company’s VAT within 60 days.

In fact once the company has been registered with the Department of Business Development (i.e. Ministry of Commerce), the established company has the responsibility to apply for a TAX ID Number within 60 days after the company has been established. Whereas the VAT (Value Added Tax) would be require if the company’s gross sales reaches 1.8 million baht. On the other case even if the company is not generating over 1.8 million baht in gross sales, but the company intends to apply for a work permit for either their authorized director or their employee, then they must apply and enrol in the VAT system with the Revenue Department.

The required documents when registering in the VAT system are:

From the Landlord

Letter of consent from your landlord

Copy of ID card and House registration of your landlord

Copy of the Condominium Unit Certificate (Title Deed)

From the Lessee (your company)

Company’s affidavit

Copy of the passport of the Company’s Authorized Director (in the case of foreigner director)

Copy of the Authorized director’s ID Card and house registration (in the case of a Thai director)

Pictures of the office (the condo unit) – pictures must cover the following aspect – the illustration of the company’s name by the condo unit number, actual office

Map to the office

Lease Agreement (between the designated company and the Condominium Unit owner [Landlord])

And for your own interest – clearance from the Condominium Juristic Management permitting you to use this condominium unit as your company’s address.

Please be inform that having an registered office in a condominium may be at risk of being blacklisted, as when you apply for the VAT and/or a work permit. The related officer will be visiting the office to inspect the status of the business. Upon the officer’s visitation, if the security guard of the condo building are unaware of your company existence, and when they have been questioned, they may inform the officer they have never seen or hear of your company and your company does not exist. And once they were unable to inspect, they would have to report to their superior of the visitation outcome.

Furthermore, when you have your company renting the condo from your wife, your company has the responsibility of withholding 5% of the rental payment and you would have to submit them to the revenue department on a monthly basis. Whereas your wife at the end of the year would be incurring tax as she has been collecting the rent (generating income) from your company

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From your brief description, I'm assuming this business activity falls under BOI Eligible Activity Section 5.4.1 Manufacturing of Consumer Electronics. But to be certain, more input are required. Whereas the incentive package are also determine by the business location.

In your BOI application (business proposal) you are required to provide three years financial and business forecast. Apart from having your business objective matches with the BOI Eligible activity list, if your business proposal meet all aspect established and required by the BOI, your application would have a high chance of success.

Please be informed that in most cases, the minimum investment required by the BOI is 1 million baht excluding the land value and the working capital. But there would be an exemption in the case if the company is categorized as an SME business, which would then be just 500,000 baht required.

You can initially apply for a BOI Promotion on an individual basis, but once the project has been preliminary approved, you will be require to establish a juristic identity (Limited Liability Company) as it is the BOI’s policy of granting the BOI Card/Certificate to a Limited Liability Company.

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The determining factor with the work permit is not the number of hours you work, but the amount of income you earn. There is a set minimum wage holders of work permits must earn. If you are working part-time, and your school's accountant has to report that, then its very possible you will not qualify for one.

Working without a work permit is never an option. It's illegal and very risky to try. If caught you will be fined and possibly arrested and jailed.

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As noted, your extension to stay legally in Thailand was based on being married. Now that you are divorced, you've lost that permission. To stay perfectly legal, you should leave the country and obtain either a visa exemption stamp (your profile says you are from Hawaii) that can give you 30 days if done through an airport or 15 days at a land crossing. Or you should obtain a tourist visa (single- or double-entry) which can give you 90-180 days.

If you do not leave the country until June 22 and exit through an airport it's unlikely any sort of marriage-status check will be done. But you would still have been illegally in the country between then and the date of your marriage and could face an overstay fine of up to 20,000 baht.

If you can arrange the funds, a short trip to Vientiane to obtain a double-entry tourist visa is probably best.

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As your friend is on an extension of stay, she will have to leave the country ASAP as her employer may have already notified the Labor and Immigration departments that her employment has been terminated and that she has no legal basis to stay in the country. If she cannot exit the country quickly then she can cover herself by going to Immigration herself, state that her employment has ended and apply for a seven-day extension to get her affairs in order.

The extension will cost 1,900 baht and give her 7 days. Making a quick border run costs about the same or slightly more and will get her 14 days to plan a longer trip.

As you noted she "has a life" in Thailand, I'm assuming her desire is to remain here long term? Does she plan on finding new employment?

If not, then her options are more limited, particularly if she is not married to a Thai national or over 50 years old. She can obtain long-stay visas for educational or investment/business purposes. Or with a trip to the Hull consulate in the United Kingdom, she could "self certify" her financial situation to obtain a 1-year non-immigrant O visa.

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Provided all your paperwork is in order, the extension can be done in one day in big offices such as in Bangkok. Smaller provincial offices can create delays. It's best to double-check with the school and Immigration as to exactly what documents they will require from you.

Also, your assumption was correct. You, as an Indian citizen, must apply for an ED visa in your home country. It cannot be done in the U.S. or elsewhere.

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shadiadi -- As you are on an extension of stay on a non-immigrant B visa, your situation is different.

Firstly, as noted, you must have a re-entry permit. If you leave the country without one, the visa will be cut short and on return you will not have a visa. You'll end up with a 30-day stamp.

If you travel using the re-entry permit, your original permission-to-stay date (11 months from now) will remain intact. Then, within the last 30 days of that date, you can apply for another extension of stay.

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As it sounds as if the tourist visas are not consecutive or even within a short duration of time, there should be no problems with obtaining additional tourist visas, even in Southeast Asia.

As for as the 30-day visa exemption at the airport, that is not a problem at all.

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An interesting situation.

I'm guessing that your stepson is Thai but holds both Thai and American passports?

And that he entered Thailand on his U.S. passport because his Thai passport was lost?

Normally, he could exit Thailand on his Thai passport and use a U.S. passport to return home. BUT, the American passport will show the October 30-day stamp. While he could get through immigration by showing a Thai passport, the airline will check the U.S. passport. Therefore the missing exit stamp is going to be caught.

The only option then is to pay the 20,000 baht overstay. It's a shame he couldn't have replaced the Thai passport while still in the US. That would have been less costly.

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While under the law a visa cancellation is possible, it's extremely unlikely if your only offense is a few days overstay on your permission to stay date.

You'll be charged 500 baht per day at the border crossing. You cross the border, re-enter and will be stamped in for another 90 days. An "overstay" stamp in your passport is likely, but not 100 percent certain. In either case, the stamp is not going to be a problem in the future if it's the only one.

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As your trip is for 8 weeks in Thailand Tourist visas are all that you will be required. The process will be different for each of you, however:

FOR YOU -- Apply for a (free) single-entry Tourist Visa in the UK. This will give you 60 days (just shy of 8 weeks, so you might want to alter your itinerary slightly) in Thailand. If you do need more time, you can pay 1,900 baht at an immigration office for a 30-day extension. Then go and enjoy Cambodia and do not worry about a visa upon your return to fly out of Bangkok. As a Briton, you qualify for a "visa exemption" which allows you 30 days with just a stamp in your passport.

FOR YOUR HUNGARIAN FRIEND -- She can apply for a 30-day Tourist Visa and can pay to extend it for 1,900 baht. After that, head off to Cambodia. When you two re-enter Thailand to fly out of Bangkok, she will need to purchase a 1,000 Visa on Arrival, which will give her 15 days.

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As noted, it makes little sense -- either legally or financially -- to continue doing what you are doing. If you were paying 500 baht every two weeks for a visa run then that's 6,000 baht over six months. For only a small bit more you could travel to Vientiane, Laos and obtain a double-entry Tourist Visa. You would have to pay 3,800 baht for the two extensions needed to maximize the 6-month potential of the Tourist Visa, but consider you won't have to 12 days of your life making visa runs as you would now.

From a legal standpoint, rules concerning number of consecutive visa runs and total days spent in the Kingdom on visa exemptions change repeatedly. As you've seen, you also are subject to the discretion of the immigration officer you meet who could easily determine you are abusing the visa exemption process and refuse you and even order you to leave the Kingdom within seven days.

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Before you dismiss it out of hand, remember it IS a contract and she DID sign it.

As such, it most certainly IS enforceable.

She signed and agreed to the penalty of non-compliance of a month's notice. If the company pursues it, it's up to the court, but odds are high she would lose the case.

They could decide to make an example of her. Or the company could have a lawyer on staff.

It's something to consider.

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For foreigners wanting to get married in Thailand, it's fairly simple. This process will not take longer than 7 days.

The first step will be to obtain an Affirmation of Freedom to Marry from your embassy. This has to be done by you. Normally, the embassy will just require your passport and 2 reference persons (including their respective contact information and addresses) if you have never married.

If you have been divorced previously, you must present your "original" divorce decree(s)/divorce certificate(s) of all prior marriages as an added requirement to being single. If widowed/(er), then a death certificate is an added requirement. For divorced and widowed/(er) applicants, an affirmation of Single Status must also be acquired (as a supporting document to Freedom to marry). The embassy will issue these documents within the same day.

These documents will have to be translated into Thai language and must be officially certified at the Thai Ministry of Foreign affairs, the MFA quote a duration of 3 days for this process. Thereafter you will be required to officially register your marriage at the Local District Office in Thailand.

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A year vs. a week would see a very different reaction among Immigration authorities. Any benefit of the doubt or understanding that you might receive due to a few days would surely not be forthcoming if you had stayed illegally in the Kingdom for a year.

Is this your situation? Or just curious?

If you are arrested and have no one in Thailand to assist you, then you will need to engage the services of your embassy to retrieve personal belongings, arrange transport home, etc. If, however, you are not arrested you most likely can leave without penalty from Suvarnabumi International by simply paying the fine -- a maximum 20,000 baht -- and showing your outgoing ticket. As noted, many immigration officials are surprisingly relaxed if you can pay the fine and are leaving the country. On the other hand,you may get a stamp in your passport or be barred from returning for a period of time.

Some border points are under instruction from the main Immigration HQ in Bangkok that anyone exiting the country with an overstay of 40 days or more is to be arrested and sent to Bangkok for questioning, at which point they will be processed and placed in the Immigration Detention Centre before they are able to make their way out of the country. Again, while in the IDC, you will need assistance to arrange tickets, etc.

It cannot be understated that overstaying is a serious offence. In some of Thailand’s neighbouring countries the mandatory punishment is 14 days jail and in many Western countries, overstaying your visa may see you subject to a ban from returning to that country for a period of 5 years. Please don’t think that the 20,000 baht maximum fine is a friendly invitation to overstay as long as you wish, like some sort of convenient, long-term visa solution. It isn’t.

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As mentioned correctly above, you have a 7-day window on either side of the reporting date. However, your comment about the fine is puzzling. According to the Immigration Department website, the fine is only 2,000 baht.

If a foreigner staying in the kingdom over 90 days without notifying the Immigration Bureau or notifying the Immigration Bureau later than the set period, a fine of 2,000.- Baht will be collected. If a foreigner who did not make the notification of staying over 90 days is arrested, he will be fined 4,000.- Baht.

Also note that you do not need to report in person, yourself. You have several options:

1. The foreigner makes the notification in person, or

2. The foreigner authorises another person to make the notification, or

3. The foreigner makes the notification by registered mail.

Also, for those new to the extension process, your first application for extension of stay by is equivalent to the notification of staying in the Kingdom over 90 days.

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Unless you are married to a Thai national or plan to invest at least 10 million baht in Thailand, your Non-Immigrant O visa will have to be changed to a Non-Immigrant B (business) visa. You also will be required to obtain a work permit.

The good news here is that the financial requirement is much smaller, so you'll be able to free up that 800,000 baht in the bank if you so desire. You also will NOT have to leave the country as a change-of-visa type application is available.

You said your company will be doing all of this for you, so it should be easy for you. But as you asked about the process, this is what's required:

- Passport or travel document with validity of not less than 6 months.

- Completed visa application form.

- Recent passport-sized photograph (4 x 6 cm) of the applicant taken within the past 6 months.

- Evidence of adequate finance (20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family).

- Letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour. To obtain this letter, the applicant’s prospective employer in Thailand is required to submit Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Tel. 02-2452745, or at the Provincial Employment Office in his or her respective province. More information is available at www.doe.go.th/workpermit/index.html

- Copy of Work Permit issued by the Ministry of Labour and alien income tax or Por Ngor Dor 91 (only in the case where applicant has previously worked in Thailand).

- Corporate documents of hiring company in Thailand such as:

1) business registration and business license

2) list of shareholders

3) company profile

4) details of business operation

5) list of foreign workers stating names, nationalities and positions

6) map indicating location of the company

7) balance sheet, statement of Income Tax and Business Tax (Por Ngor Dor 50 and Por Ngor Dor 30 of the latest year)

8) value-added tax registration (Por Por 20)

- Document indicating the number of foreign tourists (for tourism business only), or document indicating export transactions issued by banks (for export business only).

N.B.

- An alien who receives a Non-Immigrant visa can work in Thailand once he or she is being granted a work permit. An alien in violation of the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979) concerning taking up employment without work permit or the Royal Decree B.E. 2522 (1979) concerning holding employment in certain restricted occupations and professions shall be prosecuted and imprisoned or fined, or shall face both penalties.

- It is recommended that the applicant should apply for visa at the Thai Embassy/ Consulate in the country where he/she has the residence

Upon entry into the Kingdom, applicant or his or her appointed representatives must apply for a work permit at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour in which the applicant will be obligated to pay income tax accordingly. If the applicant’s associated company is located in the provinces, the applicant must apply at the Employment Office of that province.

Applicant’s family members (i.e., spouse, parents and children who are

unmarried and under 20 years old) are eligible to apply for a Non-Immigrant Visa (category “O”) and will be allowed to stay for a period of 90 days but no longer than 1 year.

Our expert Legal Advisors can provide you a more detailed information about visa requirements, work permit and company legal issues.

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Again, the extension can only be granted with the signature of a genuine physician. As long as he certifies you are under his direct care and cannot travel outside the Kingdom due to health reasons, you will be permitted to stay.

If treatment ends or your doctor does not agree to continue signing extensions, then you will have to legitimately arrange a retirement or other long-stay visa.

Our expert Legal Advisors can provide you a more detailed information about visa requirements, work permit and company legal issues.

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Our expert Legal Advisors can with visas, work permit and company setup and legal issues.

www.sunbeltasia.com

26th Floor Fortune Town BR, 1 Ratchadapisek Rd, 10400 Bangkok

Tel: 02-642-0213 Fax: 02-641-1995

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