CanadianGirl2

On 2/17/2021 at 6:30 AM, Paddington said:

My Thai husband and I are locked down in the U.K. and have been since August 2020..we live here now. My friend who deals with our post in BKK told me that I’d received citizenship letter (only been married 30 years and applied many years ago. ....) We lived in BKK for many years and personally did not find anything about the process easy! Would anybody have a link to RG for August -December 2562 so I could  just have a look?I have trawled through the ones that members have posted but can’t see my name on any of them so think it is on Sep / Oct 2562 (2019) . Many thanks!

7 November 2019 (39 women) - http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/D/085/T_0003.PDF

22 August 2019 (30 women) - http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/D/063/T_0002.PDF

23 May 2019 (39 women) - http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/D/038/T_0010.PDF

16 hours ago, GarryP said:

I applied based on marriage to a Thai, not PR. I was on a yellow tabien baan only 6 months when I applied. I applied in 2011 if I recall correctly. I do not know if regulations have since changed or it is a different requirement if based on PR. 

Just to add to this, I was on the yellow book for 9 months when I applied for citizenship in 2015.

The only requirements were that you had to be married to a Thai for 3 years or 1 year if you have children together. No requirements for how long you have been living in Thailand or how long you have been in a yellow book. 

On 13/11/2016 at 10:59 AM, sas_cars said:

 

Guess these are the ones who conduct interview at Mcdonalds?

 

My interview with the NIA was at my house.

8 hours ago, aidenai said:

Four months after the NIA-interview I got a copy of the SB letter that my application had been approved and forwarded to the MOI.

After that it took 3 years and 10 months before I got the interview at the MOI.

So you received confirmation from your SB and not NIA directly?

I don't know if it matters, but I live several hours away from Bangkok. The NIA specifically came to my province to conduct interviews and I was under the impression that my local SB was no longer handling my application, but I guess I am mistaken. Should I be contacting my SB, the NIA, or both about my application status?

5 hours ago, Big Guns said:

For me it took about 1 year 8 months from NIA interview until MOI interview this year.

Did you receive any updates after the NIA interview like aidenai did?

Does anyone have any updated processing times between the NIA interview and the MOI for citizenship applications (Thai spouse)? Is it still approximately 4 years?

My NIA interview was 14 months ago and I haven't received any updates.

If your husband hasn't been working or paying tax in Thailand recently I would think he would need to set up some form of employment in Thailand for you to qualify.

Thank you, Arkady. He just recently moved back to Thailand after working abroad for many years. He’s now employed in the public sector and makes over the minimum amount to “sponsor me”. So I don't think it should be an issue, other than not having worked/lived in Thailand for many years, which I guess according to Samran's wife's application shouldn't be an issue.

We are outside of Bangkok and I believe Immigration is not familiar with citizenship applications at all (as you said), but we do have a good rapport with them. We’ll see how far we can get with the local authorities and go from there I suppose. I never go to Bangkok and would prefer to keep my official address here if possible.

Samran, do you have the link to the list of documents that you submitted for your wife’s application?

I’m in a similar situation and would like to apply for Thai citizenship ASAP due to the long processing time.

I’m a foreign woman married to a Thai man, marriage has been registered with the Thai authorities for over 3 years, husband has a monthly income of over 15,000฿, and I have my tabian baan. However, like yourself my husband hasn’t been a tax resident here in many years.

It is possible in Thailand - my husband just got an advance on his salary.

He mentioned he was buying a new car and his boss said why not get a salary advance to make a larger cash down payment to reduce the monthly payments.

He's been with this company for less than 3 months and it was no problem, as long as there was enough cash in the advance salary pool at the time.

My husband is Thai and works for a Thai company. So no, it's not unheard of. Just have to ask.

I had the pleasure of meeting H.E. Mr. Teparak (and his wife) twice, during his post at the Royal Thai Embassy in London.

He is extremely well spoken, very fluent in English, and remained quite apolitical during our chats. Very diplomatic - as a diplomat should be. His career is posted on the Royal Thai Embassy in London’s website (Consul-Generla in Dubai, Minister in Canberra) but it isn’t complete. For example, he was also stationed at the Royal Thai Embassy in Ottawa for a few years (I believe in the mid 1990s). I unfortunately have forgotten where else he said he was posted. Anyways, he’s hardly new to the game.

According to the Royal Thai Consulate General in Vancouver, a child born abroad to a Thai father and a foreign mother cannot acquire Thai nationality if the parents are not married. It's very good to hear that this doesn't mean "at the time of birth" if they are offering to give you the child's birth certificate once you are legally married to the father.

http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/cms/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=111

That info is out of date, The nationality act quoted has been revised several times,

We went through it all in a discussion about it in a previous topic with the OP,

I see. Thank you. It seems that the definition of “Father” was added in 2008.

"...means also a person having been proved, in conformity with the Ministerial Regulation, that he is a biological father of the person even though he did not register marriage with the mother of the person or did not do a registration of legitimate child."

According to the Royal Thai Consulate General in Vancouver, a child born abroad to a Thai father and a foreign mother cannot acquire Thai nationality if the parents are not married. It's very good to hear that this doesn't mean "at the time of birth" if they are offering to give you the child's birth certificate once you are legally married to the father.

http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/cms/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=111

Outdated information, as indicated by ubonjoe.

I went to my local immigration yesterday and applied for my 12 month extension of stay. Thank you for the information, everything was straight forward and I was in and out in 30 minutes. The officer said that she’ll be visiting me at my residence in a few weeks.

My only problem now is the 90 day report. I asked about this and they said that there is no need for me to report to them at all. They said that they used to require a report every 90 days but not anymore. This is in line what they originally said to me: either do an extension of stay or border runs, there is no 90 day reporting.

So, do not all immigration offices require 90 day reports for those on an extension of stay?

Edit. spelling.

Out of curiosity, if both you and your husband prefer Canada over Thailand, than why are you both here?

Filial piety.

You can apply for a re-entry permit at any time during your extension of stay period.

You can even get one on departure from either of the airports in Bangkok 24 hours a day.

Thank you. You have been very helpful.

I will have to ask at the international airports near me, as I'm quite far from Bangkok.

There is no multi entry extension.

If you wish to leave the country you apply for a re entry permit.

1,000 Baht single

3,800 Baht multi

Could I not just use my multi-entry visa to make trips?

You would not be able to use your visa because you would get a permit to stay date different from your extension of stay when you enter the country. That would cancel out your extension.

Can I apply for a re-entry permit after I receive my extension (If say an unexpected trip comes up) or does it have to be applied for at the same time?

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But ! What you "knew" was not correct, "90 day" reporting is not required or possible if one has a multi entry "O" visa which requires that the visa holder leaves the country every 9o days !

You are now aware that to undertake 9o day reporting, an extension of stay is required which , apparently the immigration officer told you. Believing the immigration officer to be mistaken was a mistake !

Again, it wasn't a big deal. Calm yourselves. Seems like people on here take more of issue over what I said than the immigration officers themselves.

There is no multi entry extension.

If you wish to leave the country you apply for a re entry permit.

1,000 Baht single

3,800 Baht multi

Could I not just use my multi-entry visa to make trips?

Probably best not to tell Immigrations officers that they are mistaken, especially since you then had to come to TV to ask what's correct.

There may have been a communications/language issue that caused confusion, but since you have to deal with them and they do have discretion in dealing with cases, they may or may not always be right, but they're never wrong ... and you may have to deal with the same people for years to come.

As thepool said they were probably stating an either-one-or-the-other case, which would have meant it was you who was mistaken. Generally, they do in fact know very well what they are doing even if it may not always be clearly communicated and it may not always be what you want to hear.

Everything official was related to my husband in Thai, who is 100% fluent in English, so there were no communication or language issues. The immigration officers made no mention of 90 day reporting, which I knew was possible, so I said that they were mistaken and that I didn’t physically have to leave the country if I reported to them.

It wasn’t a big deal at all. All the officers are female and they were quite happy with me since they usually don’t deal with foreign women. I have no problem with telling people they are mistaken and they certainly didn’t take offence to it. I’ve been in about 3 times after that for other things and they are always friendly to me, know me by my first name, and let me skip to the front of the line when they see me come in, so I really don’t think I’ll have any issues with them. Thanks for your concern though.

"On TM.7 it states “I wish to apply for an extension of temporary stay in the Kingdom for another period of X days”"

Since it asks for the number of days, I think many put '365'.

Yes, just one year at a time.

Sorry, I edited my post. I just want to know if I can put 365 (since it's my first extension) or if I have to put 275.

During the final 30 days of any entry you can apply for a 12 month extension of stay based on your marriage.

So I can apply for an extension of stay (Tm.7) now based on marriage (as my entry stamp has less than 30 days left out of the 90) regardless of when my visa expires?

On TM.7 it states “I wish to apply for an extension of temporary stay in the Kingdom for another period of X days”. Is 12 months the maximum I can put or since it's my first time applying it's 12 months from when I first entered Thailand?

Edit. Also, what's the difference between a 1-year single entry extension and a 1-year multi entry extension for someone that already holds a multi-entry visa? I see now that my multi-entry visa was a waste of money since I'm applying for an extension of stay. Don't want to make the same mistake for the extension.

I am currently in Thailand on a 12 month multi-entry Non-Immigrant O Visa that expires in 2015. The visa was granted on the basis of marriage to a Thai national (husband). I am not close to retirement age. My 90 day entry stamp expires in few weeks and I would like to remain in Thailand without doing any border runs.

I have made several visits to my local immigration office but have not received a straight answer. They talked about an extension of stay and border runs but I said that they were mistaken and that I didn’t need to do either of those things (to my knowledge).

I was under the impression that extensions of stay are based on one’s visa expiration date and not when your entry stamp expires.

Am I correct in assuming that I do not need to apply for the 12 month marriage extension at this time since my visa is valid until 2015? Rather I just need to report to immigration every 90 days with TM.47 (FORM FOR ALIEN TO NOTIFY OF STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS) and the supporting documents?

If not, how can I remain in Thailand until my visa expires without doing border runs?

Thank you.