SERGERAMOS

16 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

The point is, we don't know what office the OP is using. Each office often implement their own rules. 

 

The OP could well be using the same immigration office as I do and, thus, your comments are inane. 

 

The immigration office he will use may have the same rule as the one I use. Once again making your comment inane.

 

You may not be interested. That has no bearing on the OP's situation.

 

 

I use udon Thani 

15 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

When married to a Thai national it is easy to stay 4 months or longer in Thailand.

Her is how to go about:

 

#1 - Simply fly to Thailand VisaExempt (WITHOUT a Visa).  On arrival you will be stamped in by Thai border-immigration with a 30-day Permission to stay. 

NOTE: You would also need an onward flight reservation for a flight to an international destination on a date prior to the expiry-date of the 30-day Permission to stay, otherwise the airline staff at departure can refuse you to board.  Such onward flight-reservation can be bought on-line for 16 US $ at e.g. onwardticket.com 

 

#2 - During the 2 weeks preceding the expiry date of your Permission to stay, you can visit ANY Thai Immigration Office (one or more in every province) and apply for a 30-day extension of stay.  That extension costs 1.900,- THB, is provided on the spot, and the 30 days ADDED to the expiry-date of your Permission to stay.

 

#3 - During the 2 weeks preceding the expiry date of that extended Permission to stay, you can once again visit the Thai Immigration Office of the province where you are residing, and can apply for a 60-day extension of stay for reason of 'visiting your Thai wife'.  Your wife has to be with you when doing the application.  It costs 1.900,- THB and is once again delivered on the spot with the extra 60 days added to the expiry date of your extended Permission to stay. 

You will need evidence of living at an address in the province you apply (TM-30 and house-book copy will do.

You also need to provde a copy of your original Marriage Certificate, as well as a recently issued Kor-Ror-2 document (extract from the Thai national marriage register providing evidence that you are STILL married to your Thai wife).  That Kor-Ror-2 document can be obtained at ANY Thai Amphur, costs 20 to 100,- THB and is provided on the spot. Note that when you married abroad, you would first have to legalize and register that foreign Marriage Certificate so that it can be included in the Thai nation-wide marriage register.

 

#4 - With the above 3 steps you already have 120 days in Thailand, but having already applied for the 30- day and 6-day extension of stay you cannot extend the Permission to stay anymore.  And so now you will need to exit Thailand latest on the expiry-date of that latest Permission to stay you got.  A simple border-hop will do the trick (can be done same day or you can make of the opportunity to visit the neighboring country where you cross the border). 

 

#5 - After having crossed the border (e.g. a land-border crossing to Laos, Malaysia or Cambodia, or a cheap flight to Vietnam or Singapore), you can simply return VisaExempt to Thailand and will be one again stamped in with a 30-day Permission to stay.  And that NEW Permission to stay can once again be extended with a 30-day and a 60-day Permission to stay. as addressed in steps 2 and 3.  

 

>> So doing the above allows you to stay up to 240 days (8 months) in Thailand without any issues whatsoever. And so you are not bothered with:

- Applying for an eVisa to enter Thailand (the process can be an administrative nightmare);

- The petty rules/regulations to apply for the Non Imm O Visa or its extension in Thailand (which is absolutely dreadful for a Non Imm O Marriage Visa), as well as the inconvenience of a possible house-visit during the under consideration period of the Marriage Visa and its 1-year extensions.

Great info mate thanks for that 

19 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

A  VOA cannot be extended.

A Visa Exempt Entry can though.

I suspect you have one of those.

Two totally different things.

19 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

A  VOA cannot be extended.

A Visa Exempt Entry can though.

I suspect you have one of those.

Two totally different things.

 

20 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

Something else that needs to be checked.

 

I have done several 60 day extensions without my wife present.

Thanks mate you sure it was a 30 day voa and not a 60 day tourist visa 

57 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

You can get a 60 day extension at immigration. 

 

Documents required are usually; your passport, copy of marriage certificate, copy of wife's house book and ID card. Some offices may want an up to date KR2. 

Thanks mate saves me a trip 

Hi all I arrived in Thailand and got a 30 day voa and plan to extend this at my local immigration then I plan to do a visa run and extend that as well my question is I am married to a Thai lady do I have to do a border run or can I get a visa from immigration based on marriage I am only staying for just under 4 months so this is just a visit 

I would strongly make your case around the fact you have done many visas for your wife in the past and that you have abided by the rules many times and that your wife has never overstayed her visa in the past 

Just depends where your living I got married in the uk and live here with my wife it's a lot of hassle renewing visas changing passports etc better off her keeping her maiden name 

Why does cloud flare want to check my browser it's a pain 

I just got my refund from emirates said I was getting a full refund paid £320 for return flight only refunded me £290 so no full refund 

I would buy oil and airline shares these will recover in the long term but expect to hold them for at least 5 years 

5 hours ago, Dazinoz said:

I agree.

 

Just a few weeks ago I was participating in a thread on gold. Amazing how many don't like it. One poster was going on how much better his money was in shares. Like to know what he thinks now.

 

Yes, shares will probably go back up and gold down, but at the present time I have a small amount gold and a tidy little profit if I survive and sell.

All Thai women like gold I'd be amazed if many don't like it 555

 That's like playing Russian roulette you might have under lying problems and not know would not take the chance but if you don't mind locking yrself away for a long while just do that 

1 hour ago, treetops said:

Unless they're some sort of "rescue" flights, the info above is at odds with Emirates' own website where it states all flights are cancelled as of today.

 

ETA.  The suspension extends until 23:59 local time on 9th April.

Yes think your right gutted 

31 minutes ago, SERGERAMOS said:

I am on the same flight was booked on a later one but looks like they have rebooked me on that flight thanks for the info and fingers crossed 

2 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Unable to contact Emirates by phone, I checked (again) my booked flights on the Emirates website to find that Flight EK 377 BKK to DXB on 01 APR 20 (which was shown last two days as 'suspended' has now been reinstated but former seat booking (paid for) have been deleted. Looks like they may have changed the aircraft type and it's first come first served at check-in as far as seats go!

 

 

I am on the same flight was booked on a later one but looks like they have rebooked me on that flight thanks for the info and fingers crossed 

Get back while you can hahahahaha there are no flights that any normal person on holiday can afford and if. You do find one the airline cancels it without a refund the British gov should be organising planes to get us home 

I have a return flight with Qatar on the 21st of April I wanted to change my flight to an earlier date so I could get back to the uk Qatar were quoting £1400 robbing sods so booked a £320 flight with emirates yesterday for the 1st of April now they are not flying both flights were booked with the airlines direct also booked a Thai smile flight to bangkok and a train ticket for when I got back to the uk think I've been shafted from all angles any advice anyone 

Not much chance of that mate it's dead here 

I was in udon from November till the end of Jan it was quite busy pretty much the same as usual I arrived back last week and was amazed by how quiet it is I am judging this on the night life in soi sampan and surrounding beer bars central plaza and my local gym which in my opinion gives a good indicator on the local economy all of these places are pretty much dead were as the same time last year it was vibrant not sure what's happened but your observations are pretty much spot on 

I would imagine you can catch it off handling money so we're all doomed 

Just done mine took me a while but got there after some advice off the old git how for have you got 

1 hour ago, UKresonant said:

How about deleting all your open applications, and starting afresh again, is it 14 strikes and your locked out (if you have been trying a lot). 

What type of Visa are you attempting to apply for Tourist? Single entry non-O?

(Take it your not within traveling distance of Glasgow, Liverpool, Hull or Cardiff )

You do seem a bit stressed ????

Stressed isn't the word I'm after a setv but to far to travel managed to get to the upload passport bit but says the jpeg file to big what a pain