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3 hours ago, Formaleins said:

Yes, it is thanks, marriage with Thai son. Two months is what I always thought but recently read there was a change (2019) where only the initial extension was 2 months then after that it is 3 months. But even so, if I miscalculate, what are the options? Can you get a 60 day and preserve the original Visa or even pay a few days overstay or is the original Visa voided and it is a new one from the home country?

There were no change 2019 regarding seasoning money for the 1 year extension based on marriage. 

52 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Can you clarify. Non O retirement is not available in many countries. Certainly Au and I also thought USA and UK.

Very few countries have that option.

You can apply for the 90 days Non-immigrant O Visa based on retirement in many many countries, incl the UK. Why wouldn't you? It's one of the most obtained Non-O Visas in Europe. Then you extend it 1 year at the time. 

On 10/7/2020 at 1:44 PM, 2 is 1 said:

Slower coz soon don't have any left to leave , rest is here for stay and have hole life here!

Thailand don't understand what they going to loose! These people never get back, if move your life forward , almost never you go backwards. You maybe leave bad memories in past and nobody want those anymore!

The leaving stranded people were not big spenders and many still here must be running out of money, that's all. 

3 hours ago, Dannyxyz said:

Pinoy is a foreigner. Anybody not Thai is a foreigner. Farang is used instead of foreigner by many people no matter where the person is from. Maybe the Filipino was mixed race and looked more like a farang than traditional Filipinos. Farang is not reserved for westerners only. It's mostly used in regards to looks (White skin). So sometimes even mixed Thai are confused with farang if they look too White like.

A farang is a caucasian westerner,nothing else. 

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

If my memory is correct they took that from me in Jomtiem and gave me a different one to fill in. It also certainly does not include all the possible reasons for needing a COR.

What's wrong with fewer choices? The last time I got a Resident Certificate from Jomtien Immigration there was only 2 options: Drivers licence or Other. You just wrote why you needed the RC next to Other. 

5 hours ago, jackdd said:

No, that's for permanent residents.

You just go to your immigration office and tell them what you want. Take the usual copies, your rental contract and passport sized photos with you, then you should be good to go at most offices.

You need to fill in the correct form for the Resident Certificate. No one  will do it for you.

3 hours ago, tonray said:

You will be directed to the overstay desk, paperwork signed, and an overtstay stamp put in your passport. Once you get that stamp...you can then head back to the departure booths and exit.

You don't have to go back to the immigration booth. The guy you pay the fine to, is also an immigration officer. 

3 minutes ago, toolpush said:

I was in Canada a couple of years ago and went to a local private doctors clinic to get that form signed off. I asked the Doc to please sign it and I would be on my merry way. He refused. He told me that the leprosy test would take two weeks to get the results and that the elephantiasis test results would take the same length of time. I gave up.

No proper doctor would run tests for leprosy, elephantiasis and syphilis stage 3. No one in any western country have any of those diseases these days. Any doctor with half a brain knows that and would only concentrate on the urine sample to check if you are a drug addict and the TB-test. 

26 minutes ago, ponder said:

I am in Bangkok.

Read post #3 again. 

2 hours ago, finnsk said:

They can not take money out of all the poor migrant workers from the Asean countries.

 

So they try to take more milk/MONEY out of the milky/MONEY cows, as we are for them.

 

I do not believe the western retirement visa holders is any burden to the country, but I believe the migrant workers is running from the hospital bills, and that we had to pay for.

If you know how to get a health insurance with deductibles, then you can get an insurance for quite a low price. If staying to long with "wrong" insurance company, it might cost you. And immigration didn't come up with the idea that people on O-A Visas/extensions needs a mandatory health insurance. They just have to enforce it. 

2 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

And it is now postponed with less than 48 hours notice and no refunds allowed for anything as only delayed to an unknown date in the future rather than canceled.  

Try to understand that the whole idea about the STV came from the boss at TAT and the minister of tourism and sports. No one in Phuket was prepared for this entry so fast, and there were no official way to apply for the STV in China to be able to arrive in Thailand October 8. There are people suggesting that these 120-150 Chinese "tourists" are actually invited to Thailand as a test to see if the STV will work at all. 

In my opinion, insulation is really important. There are so many houses/buildings with non-existing insulation. The heat builds up during the day, especially on sunny days and it feels like living in an oven. In Thailand people seems to think that insulation is used in colder countries, and is not needed here, big misunderstanding. 

Why don't you just Google 'Thai calendar' or 'Thai public holidays' or both? 

You have your answer in 10 seconds. 

58 minutes ago, jessc said:

Short answer: Yes, use a lawyer or a Thai accountant with experience setting up companies.

 

If your goal is just the visa, probably simplest to have your Thai partner open a Thai company, and then sponsor you for a work permit and visa. There are restrictions on what occupations foreigners can be sponsored for, and agriculture may be a restricted occupation. The law generally requires you show 2 million baht in verified capitalization, and 4 Thai employees enrolled in social security, in order to sponsor a foreign work permit. What is actually required as proof of these requirements varies depending on where you incorporate. 

 

Opening a Thai company with a 49% or less foreign shareholder shouldn't be harder or take longer than a 100% Thai owned company. But practically, depending on where you are, it can be harder if the local DBD office doesn't have much experience with companies that have foreign shareholders.

"If your goal is just the visa, probably simplest to have your Thai partner open a Thai company."

If his goal is just the visa, then it's easier and cheaper to marry his gf. 

48 minutes ago, bamboozled said:

I'm not sure "farming" is off the map for foreigners, exactly. Or rather, actually planting and harvesting, etc...might be, but managing or marketing (especially or perhaps only if it is for export) will be allowable, I believe. The idea is that the foreigner has some expertise not readily available from a Thai citizen that she/he is bringing to the table.

 

What's possible to grow in Thailand that thai farmers don't already grow and have the knowledge about? 

"Then you are required to provide the same financial records, medical certificate and police criminal check  as required when applying for a non-OA."

Not correct. It's only the financial requirements that are the same. No medical insurance/certificate or police record check is needed when applying for a 1 year extension based on retirement when holding an initial Non-O Visa.

One more thing,leaving Thailand during a covid-19 outbreak wasn't the smartest move ever. 

18 minutes ago, mlkik said:

I have had little success in searching so have posted here. 

 

Thai Embassy in London have suggested if I want to return to Thailand to apply for this visa.

If you really want the medical test done by the book just Google 'nhs in uk'. Every proper clinic can also do this. One urine sample plus the TB- test is what's needed. The other 3 diseases in the list are just visual checks. 

32 minutes ago, WalsallRobbo said:

Yep, a month, including 15 days in quarantine is hardly worth it. Add in the cost (a likely £2000 plus) and all the kerfuffle it just doesn't seem worth it.

I will have to get back to my company and ask if I can work from Thailand for a while for it be worth it.

I think the maximum I can stay is 90 days on my visa - I don't want to convert it into a full-time marriage visa - as I live permanently in the UK. Does anyone have experience of this? Or getting a recent flight from Thailand - are they still running?

I would say that £2,000 is impossible incl a flight back home. There are flights out of Thailand every week, that's not the problem. Check this out:

https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/application-for-certificate-of-entry-to-thailand-for-non-thai-nationa?page=5d6636cd15e39c3bd00072dd&menu=5d6636cd15e39c3bd00072de

Check out this link:

https://smart-visa.boi.go.th/smart/pages/about.html

I think you need to have the marriage certificate translated. 

4 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

applied around sept 21.  paid 1900.  got nov 30 this week.  she said, "government...." didn't understand anymore.  sorry will not name where.  i have too many undercover spies looking for me.....luckily English is my 11th best language.  

You're not of much help to people if you can't say what immigration office you visited. 

9 hours ago, vogie said:

I think my choice has to be between True or 3BB due to where I live, but the question is......is there any noticeable difference between 100 Mbps and 200 Mbps, if there are, what are those differences? All I do is watch tv and do not play any internet games etc.

If you just watch TV and surf, you don't need faster than 100Mbit/s. What you need is a stable connection. That's where the differences are, and it's also depends on location when comparing ISP's. 

6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

There is no list that I am aware of. Thai Elite is a different since it has to go through the MFA for approval.

If you can reserve a ASQ and a flight you can get the certificate of entry.

From the UK and other countries you do not have to wait for seats a scheduled repatriation flight,

I think he means that the category for people with Thai Elite Cards allowed to apply for a CoE were officially announced before the category for people on O-A and O-X visas/ extensions.