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Cheers for the answers guys.

Much appreciated

At the moment I have a non O visa for marriage from Savannakhet, Laos, but the next time I apply for this visa I will go to Chaeng Wattana.

I have heard that after you have been given the visa, the immigration will visit your home to check up. I just want to know if this is the case and if it has happened to anybody.

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Cheers

If you have obtained your Non O visa at Chaeng Wattana, has anybody ever been visited by the immigration at your address?

I've heard they do spot checks now and then.

Thanks for all your help Ubonjoe.

Much appreciated

Just a quick list check to get a non o visa for marriage;

My passport with one copy of the photo page. (not the visa page)

Copy of my wife's ID card, front and back, on one piece of paper.

Original marriage cert with one copy, front and back on same piece of paper.

Originals and copies of other documents given to us when we got married. Don't know what they are.

My wife's original Tabian Baan book with one copy of the only two pages typed on, on one piece of paper

Two photos about passport size with whitish background and without my glasses on. The same photos that were accepted at the Thai Consulate in Vientiane.

My wife in tow. Let's make it a holiday, if not a little stressful.

I will sign and date, on the day I go to get the visa, on my passport copy. My wife will sign and date her ID and Tabian Baan copies.

Do we both sign the marriage cert copies?

Thanks in advance

Andrew

An address in Laos is not needed.

Thanks again

Going for my Non-O visa for marriage next week. Going to pay for the 12 month visa.

Have original marriage cert, wife's ID card and blue book and multiple copies of everything. Also, I have photos to take and the 500 baht fee.

Have I forgotten anything?

Also, can someone please clarify the 12 month visa. Does this mean a border run every 90 days or 90 day reporting at immigration?

Fee is Bt 5,000 not 500. Copies have to be signed. Original of ID and house book are not needed.

With a multi'entry visa you need to make a border hop every 90 days unless you extend each entry for further 60 days at immigration. Fee Bt 1,900.

Oops. I meant 5000, not 500. 500 would be great though.

Are they choosy regarding photos? ie; background colour, exact size, glasses or no glasses

I'm taking everything with me, plus the wife, just in case.

Cheers for the reply

Sorry, one more

On section 2, do you need to write in a present address in Laos or can you leave it blank?

I'll be going to the consulate straight from the border, so won't know any places there

Cheers

Guarantor in Laos leave blank. Thailand write self.

Intended stay would be 90 days since the is how long each entry will be.

Fantastic!

Ubonjoe, you're a star

Hi,

Just looking at the Savannakhet form now. What should you write in section 5? It asks for the name and address of a guarantor in Laos and in Thailand.

Also in section 4, it asks about duration of proposed stay. I'm presuming I put 12 months because I'm applying for the 1 year visa, but if someone can confirm, it will be much appreciated.

Regards

Going for my Non-O visa for marriage next week. Going to pay for the 12 month visa.

Have original marriage cert, wife's ID card and blue book and multiple copies of everything. Also, I have photos to take and the 500 baht fee.

Have I forgotten anything?

Also, can someone please clarify the 12 month visa. Does this mean a border run every 90 days or 90 day reporting at immigration?

You cry racism yet refer to others as farangs. tut tut.

Farang has no racist connotation to me. If I have offended you I apologize. In china all foreigners epi non Chinese are referred to as Lowai.

Don't worry oiboy, there are still a few knobs on this forum who thinks the word farang is offensive. Ignore them.

Your OP is well-written and I feel for your plight. Is this your first time in Thailand? Do you encounter these types of behavior all the time in Thailand? Just wondering if it's isolated to certain areas. Thais--particularly in tourist areas--have a tendency to treat groups of people the same based on past experiences. I have heard that Indian tourists in the past (not sure if still the case today) have a reputation for being cheap-charlies. Regardless, the way you were treated is not right and I hope these incidences are the exception and not the norm during your time here.

If I am on the street and I am referred to as a farang, then fine. I am the white guy stood there. What irks me is when I am referred to as the farang teacher, usually in front of my face, when everybody knows I am English and everybody knows my name.

As for whether people in Thailand are racist, in my experience I would have to say a great many are, but most of my experience is with regards to schools, not in normal, everyday life. Schools request native English speakers, but when you show them a teacher who is not white, even though they are a NES, they do not want that teacher and will usually pick another teacher of inferior quality, and what do you know, they're white.

I find this disturbing, as this is from the education system, so what are they teaching these kids.

What should I put on the Affirmation of Marital form if I am not currently working?

I was just going to put not working until I read somewhere else that said not to write unemployed. You must put an occupation and a salary.

Prayut has a point about protecting oneself. I agree and if I had a daughter, I would be saying the same thing. However, his timing and wording of the statement should have been thought out better.

Whether the victims were scantily clad or not, it is an horrific act to have happened and unfortunately it is something that happens all over the world, not just Thailand. We live in a dangerous world and there are some evil people out there who have a complete disregard for life. It is also shocking but sadly true that many of these crimes go unpunished because the attacker is never found.

My thoughts are with the families of the victims and my hope is that the police may find the vile attacker(s) of this horrendous crime.

Is it possible to obtain a WP without a degree, if one works for a teaching agency?

The job does not include teaching, it is liaising with foreign teachers, posting jobs, reading emails and resumes, giving advise, helping with enquiries and the like. The job does not require visiting schools.

I work for a teaching agency in Bangkok. Last year and more so this year, we are finding it harder to find teachers. We're just not getting the number of applicants we used to and also the experience level and quality of applicants has reduced.

Without getting full facts, I can only hazard a guess that many teachers have moved on to pastures new or more teachers are sticking with their current jobs because of difficulties with visa laws changing.

Not sure if this question is relevant for the immigration, but it needs to be asked.

What is the possibility of changing the rules for the need for teachers to have a degree to teach children in Thailand?

If a person has a non-o visa and then obtains a work permit as a teacher in a school, would the non-o be cancelled and a non-b be issued in its place?

Please advise

cheers

Thanks for the info.

Does anybody have any info. with my other qustions?

Cheers for any help

I am going to do a VOA run to Cambodia and just have a few queries about counting the days for the 6 month period, when can go and best borders.

I have had 2 TV and 2 TV extensions. I went to Laos obtained a 2 month TV, then the extension and did the process over again, so that will be approximately 6 months since my last VOA. My visa runs out on the 16th April, still during the holiday.

Are the regulations or the border people exact about the 6 months or are they more relaxed, give or take several days less, maybe a week less? I don't envisage there being any problems but just want to check.

Also, I may well be in Burilam (not far from Korat) for the holiday and probably doing the visa run solo, no group tour. I want to be able to go to a border and not be shocked with requests for flight tickets, being refused entry, etc. Somebody has mentioned a border stop called Chongjom (don't know if spelt correctly), but I have never heard of it.

If Chongjom is a border stop is it a viable option. ie. hassle free?

Are there any other border stops in this area which I could use?

Thanks in advance for any assistance given!

I have read a few posts regarding changes in the law with obtaining TV's, so was wondering if there has been any change when applying for a TV extension at the immigration. Do I need any other documentation, flight ticket, etc?

Thanks in advance.

My friend will be coming to Thailand in May, firstly to do a celta, then hopefully to teach here. She is unsure of which visa to obtain. I have mentioned she may be able to get a non imm B from the Thai Embassy in Hull.

Can anybody confirm if this is possible?

She is a little concerned about getting into visa trouble.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I will have to go to the immigration soon in Bangkok to extend my tourist visa. I now have a new passport, so was wondering if I take both passports to the immigration, will they simply transfer the current TV stamp to my new passport and add the extension, or is there another process I need to do first before I get the extension?

Thanks for any help