strandedmalaysia

anyone? i'm feeling uneasy and worried all time. I really do not want to leave my family too often just for renewing visa, and during covid pandemy...plus with all the haste that comes with it.

my extension date is getting closer. I'm worried if i ask these questions to immigration officers while applying my 1900 baht extension, lay out all my situation, officer will deny my extension and instead deport me back to my origin country or keep me on watch list.

Dear respected members of forum,

We've just got out of mandatory hotel quarantine like a week ago, a family arrived from Malaysia (we were expat family in Malaysia and my contract had finished, now we are back to where my in-laws live)

My wife had been accepted to continue her master degree studio, she has received Ed visa

My child got 90-day non-imm visa which the university helps to include as accompany-family member

I, was supposedly to receive the same visa as my child since i will be accompany my wife while she is finishing her studies but instead Thailand embassy issued me a normal 30-day tourist visa which can be extended once (report due next 2 weeks)

What are my options to accompany my wife and child while she studies here? I run online business and my in-laws are all living in Thailand (but none of them are Thais). I do not intend to leave Thailand alone, once in every 60 days or so just to re-apply for another tourist visa and Thailand Pass, then undergo mandatory hotel quarantines all over again. I also have no plan to physically work in Thailand momentarily, but focus to homeschool my child.

I believe liason officer from the university will help to take care my child 90-day visa but i dont think they will help me find an alternate visa for my case. They did issue the same letter of request so all of us would have gotten longer-stay visas but unfortunetely my case was only given a tourist visa after i refused to pay certain "fee" for a 90-day non-imm visa application (unofficially, off the book) while i was submitting my visa applications. I saw the visas fee, but i was asked almost triple the cost just for myself. Luckily he did not ask my child the same amount of money but went by the book instead.

Please help. I need to stay in Thailand throughout the period of my wife finishes her master degree, i can leave the country once a year (maybe) then return with renewed visa. Is there another type of visas that i can apply? What are the requierements? like deposit THB 800.000 in local bank for three months? What do i need to prepare?

Thank you for any advices

We are leaving Thailand as soon as wife and kids get covid vaccinated. We may not be coming back to Thailand for few years or until covid-19 mandatory requirement is back like the old times. We might be in case of emergency situation but i hope not.

On Thai passports of my wife and kids, there are 3.5 years validity (exp end of 2024). By law, are they eligible to extend those passports years before its expiration time? Or should we report those passports as missing?

Can they apply for 10yrs passports? Where? How much the cost?

thanks

Like the title states, how is Phuket hospitality when it comes to a family (2 adults, 2 kids under 5yrs and a newborn) are booking NON-FAMILY rooms but instead a regular room which allows 1 free kid to stay with parents? I've been to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Pattaya, Cha am, and many more of tourist destination and none of the frontdesks will require to upgrade or forfeit the room booking when looking at a family of 5.

We are okay to add extra bed or even pay for extra charge of breakfast for kids and newborn but MUST a guest upgrade the room for a newborn which btw, sleep at his very own baby cot and/or baby mat, upon check-in?

I am referring specifically to Adamantra Resort, Splash Beach Resort, Novotel Vintage Park Resort, Sunwing Kamala Beach, Ibis Hotel, etc (those in Phuket at 4 to 5-star hotels/resorts). Do they hold a very strict policy to NEVER allow over 3 human stay in a Deluxe room?

thanks

Planning to travel to Phuket with family, any good resorts/hotels within walking distance to white sand beach, has kids playground or water slide pool? range of budget for room is 1000-2500 baht/night. thinking to stay 6 days to get good coverage sightseeing of Phuket.

thanks

On 10/19/2020 at 10:37 AM, ubonjoe said:

To change from a tourist visa to a 90 day non immigrant visa (category O) entry at immigration the 400k baht only has to be in the bank on the day you apply. Requirements are here: https://bangkokimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/06-edit_NON-O.pdf

When you apply for the one year extension based upon marriage near the end of the 90 days it needs to be in the bank for 2 months. If you have  a child from your marriage there is not 2 month requirement.

From clause 2.18 of the immigration order for extensions.

"(5) In the case of parents, the father or mother must maintain an average annual income of no less than Baht 40,000 per month throughout the year or must have deposited funds of no less than Baht 400,000 to cover expenses for one year."

I think it will be risky to a apply in Nan due to not actually living at the house shown in your wife's house book since the can check you are living there at any time.

I think there should be a solution to the problem you are having in Bangkok. If your brother in law could write a statement you are living in his apartment with some sort of proof of the arrangement with his employer that they are providing it as part of his job.

Thank you uBonjoe,

One thing i'm confused, i am now on 60-day permit and ending Nov 25. Do you think i can apply for marriage visa on the first week of November? Or must i wait 15 days before Nov 25?

And, What duration am i looking here? I've seen two options of either 90 days or 1 year. Is it possible to skip 90 days and apply straight to 1 year because i really do not want to drive up to north just to re-apply 1 year after February 2021. And for 1 year, must i do 90-day report at CW or MTT?

And I've asked IOs at MTT and they told me ONLY land owner can issue a contract statement, and even my bro in law does not know who the land owner is (everyone stays here only know the CEO of the company they work for). Also the problematic home address in Nan where the house is currently rented out (when we arrive in Nan, we will be staying at relative's house, about 8km from the address written on Blue Book). I might talk to IO and if they cant settle it, i'll then talk to the tenant and let him know to give me a call whenever IO visits, do you think it's safe?

Dear fellow members,

Like my username suggests, i am stranded here and there is no way to return home until next year (or anytime until my government lift up the complete lockdown). My embassy is willing to provide letter to apply for visa extension but pay 1900 baht per month plus hundred baht fee for taxis and hours of queue, i have then decided to just apply for Non Imm O marriage based visa.

I have a thai wife, and two thai kids holders of dual passports.

My wife's hometown is in Nan province.

We arrived Bangkok in February 2020, i extended my 60 Tourist Visa on April 2020, then i applied for 60 days family visitation on 15 September 2020 at MTT Temporary Office

Ladies at MTT told me 15 days BEFORE 25 November 2020, i must submit my Non Imm O application at Nan Immigration. Appearantly they cant process my Non Imm O visa in Bangkok. Reason is that the apartment we are currently living does not have written contract by landlord. The apartment is part of company incentives that my brother in law works for. He doesnt live there but treats it as his "storage" room. 

Therefore before we hit the road back to Nan, i need to make sure that my Non Imm O visa appl will not get rejected again. Yes, my application was once rejected in 2016 and i lost 1900 baht. Reason was because 400.000 baht in the bank is just 1 week shorter from 2 months seasoning. 

This time ladies at MTT ensured me i do not need to season 400k anymore because i have thai kids. However, when i asked to record her statement, she gently refused me.

I would very much appreciate if someone here can throw me a complete list of documents (original and how many copies) i must prepare before visiting Nan Immigration. 

Also, the building/house that is written on House Reg Book (blue book, i dont know what its called) is currently rented to someone else and he is running business on that house. I was told that IO will visit me during 15 days of application at the exact address written on the book. Should i ask the tenant to pretend to be my family and call me when IO visits? 

And the Non Imm O visa that i am looking at, how long would i be given? Full 1 year without having to report back to Nan? Or just a normal 90 days validity visa?

Do i need to let the IO keep my passport during the process?

Thank you.