Chris78

Thanks for that. Seems very clear. 

Hello and apologies for restarting what is probably an old topic. 

Can anyone who's recently been through the process give a definitive list on what documents are definitely required. For example, when I search online, some lists say you need a letter from the organisation requiring the check and others do not. 

I'm hoping you can do it with passport, photos and a copy of WP (need original sighted as well?). 

Any tips would be much appreciated. 

If you know an Internet place close by that area that does printing that would also be amazing. 

Thank you. 

1. Yes. The border closes at 10.pm.
2. No. You apply in the morning of day 1 and collect the visa in the afternoon of day 2 (Monday to Thursday). If you apply on a Friday you can't collect until Monday afternoon.

Thanks for this. Do you know if the Thai Embassy/Consulate in Vientiane gives non-immigrant B visas?

Greetings,

I am planning to do a border run from Chiang Mai to Vientiane to apply for a non-immigrant B visa at the Thai Consulate there.

I am yet to do this run and have only done runs in Penang and Cambodia through agencies so i have some questions.

1) There is a Nok Air flight that arrives in Udon Thani after 5pm. Will that leave enough time to travel to the border and enter Laos that same day or would I need to stay in Udon Thani/Nong Khai for a night before making the border crossing the following day?

2) Is one morning, arriving at the Consulate at 8:30am sufficient to complete the visa process and is it reasonable to expect to be done by lunch time and be ready to travel out of Laos and back to Udon Thani to catch the 6pm flight back to Chiang Mai?

3) Are there any tips that you found helpful in making this border crossing more efficient or easier in any way?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

If you had a visa from an embassy or consulate it would not be canceled.

The extension cancellation is done at the immigration office where is was issued and the work permit is canceled at the local Labor Ministry work permit office.

Thanks again for clarifying.

Once the extension cancellation has taken place, presumably on the last day of my current job, must I leave the country on that same day or is there some kind of grace period in which to travel and gather documents to apply for a new non-imm B?

There is no grace period to leave. If you go on the date that is your last day of work you would have to leave on that day or apply for a 7 day extension, pay 1900 baht and be given 7 days to leave the country.

As I wrote before you can go to immigration a few days before your last day of work shown on the letter and they will post date the cancellation to that date,

I appreciate the time you have taken to explain this. You have been very helpful.

If you had a visa from an embassy or consulate it would not be canceled.

The extension cancellation is done at the immigration office where is was issued and the work permit is canceled at the local Labor Ministry work permit office.

Thanks again for clarifying.

Once the extension cancellation has taken place, presumably on the last day of my current job, must I leave the country on that same day or is there some kind of grace period in which to travel and gather documents to apply for a new non-imm B?

There is no grace period to leave. If you go on the date that is your last day of work you would have to leave on that day or apply for a 7 day extension, pay 1900 baht and be given 7 days to leave the country.

As I wrote before you can go to immigration a few days before your last day of work shown on the letter and they will post date the cancellation to that date,

If you had a visa from an embassy or consulate it would not be canceled.

The extension cancellation is done at the immigration office where is was issued and the work permit is canceled at the local Labor Ministry work permit office.

Thanks again for clarifying.

Once the extension cancellation has taken place, presumably on the last day of my current job, must I leave the country on that same day or is there some kind of grace period in which to travel and gather documents to apply for a new non-imm B?

You will need to cancel your work permit. You can do it yourself or allow your employer to do it.

You will need a letter from your current employer stating the date your job ends to cancel your extension. You could go to immigration a few days before that date and they will post date the cancellation to that date so you would have time to leave the country.

Thanks for this.

So, whatever date is in the letter from my employer as my last day of work, I need to leave the country on that same day?

Or, is it right after immigration cancels the work permit and visa? (presumably they would do this from the day listed as my final day of work).

Thanks very much.

I'm assuming the visa is cancelled along with the work permit at the same time?

Hello all,

I will be starting a new job in Chiang Mai next month and finishing up at my current job in Bangkok in two weeks time.

Last time I changed jobs, I recall having to travel back to my old workplace to get a cessation of work letter and cancel the visa (and work permit perhaps) within the province that I used to work before I could start the non-immigrant B process for the new job.

As I do not want to repeat that process this time around, I was wondering if anyone can provide some details on whether this process is necessary, what to say exactly in the cessation letter and what needs to be provided at immigration to properly cancel the visa/work permit before applying for a new non-imm B visa.

Thank you,

Chris

I just dealt with this issue for a fellow australyian. Required a call to the embassy 02-3446300, then follow press-buttons to get a real person.

The embassy is no longer (as of last year) issuing the letter to which UJoe refers to in the above post.

The embassy informed Thai Immigration of this, but that message did not trickle-down to DanSingKon Immigration.

The embassy official to whom I spoke said to call the embassy, if you have a prob. doing the transfer,

while you are in the Immi office - the official can explain (in Thai) the revised procedure.

Hope this helps, cheers AA

Thanks all for the replies.

So the process would be:

1. Apply for the new passport but keep the old one with the current visa and extension of stay stamp in it.

2. When it is time to renew the extension of stay take both passports to immigration and call the Aus embassy regarding the transfer.

OR

3. Get the extension of stay stamp transferred right after getting the new passport thus making the annual re-extension process easier.

To those who have experience with passport renewals,

I am wondering what the process is for transferring my one year non-imm b visa from my current but soon to be expired passport to a new one.

The renewal process itself is simple enough but will I have to get some sort of a statement from immigration prior to the renewal application or does the Australian embassy give me a statement to take to immigration to put a stamp in the new passport?

Or, worst case scenario, do I have to leave the country and restart the visa process from the beginning !!

Thanks in advance,

Chris

It would seem that the copies can be certified by VFS staff:

Where to certify documents

Certified copies are copies authorised or stamped as being true copies of originals, by a person or agency recognised by the laws of the persons home country. All personal documents such as Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Household Registration Book, Educational Qualifications, etc. must be certified by the relevant local district office as follow

Australian Visa Application Centre: Service Deliver Partner VFS Global.

http://www.thailand.embassy.gov.au/bkok/DIAC_Certify_documents.html

Thanks very much for this.

What country are you referring to?

Some consulates require sight if the originals, plus copies.

I believe that self certification is acceptable in other cases.

This is for an application for the Visitor Visa to Australia. So I suppose my question should be: what do the Australian Embassy require?

Greetings,

In the application for the Visitor Visa - Tourist Stream, we are asked not to provide original documents unless requested but instead to provide 'certified copies' of the original documentation. Is it sufficient to sign and date the copies ourselves or must we take them to a official institution to have them certified?

If we do need to take them somewhere, any tips on where and who for convenience and value?

Found it buried at the bottom of the the bottom of the Online Application page of the India Visa Thailand website.

Here is the link for anyone else looking: http://www.indiavisathai.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ref_form10122012.pdf

I'm in the process of applying for a tourist visa for India. I have filled out the main application form online but have seen that there is also a referral form required for non-Thai applicants.

Can someone explain exactly what that looks like and how I go about getting it?

Thank you

Hello All,

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can buy a strap/case for my iphone so that I can run with the phone attached to my arm.

I have looked at a few sports stores here in BKK with no luck thus far.

Thanks so much to those who replied. Your links and directions are very helpful.

I am an Australian passport holder residing in Thailand and am looking to obtain a UK passport.

I have a UK birth certicate (born before 1983) and a Thai working visa.

Can anyone assist in outlining the steps i would have to take?

I believe you have to apply for 'Right of Abode' before beginning the passport application process?

Any help in clarifying this process would be much appreciated.

Chris

Might it not be more about King's Birthday?

Yeah, but that should only affect Sunday and possibly Saturday night.

This is to do with local elections and will apparently affect all of this weekend as well as Saturday and Sunday of next weekend.

Can anyone provide some more information on bar/club closures this weekend (Fri 3rd Dec- Sun 5th Dec)?

I just heard today that many bars would close and that restaurants would not be allowed to sell alcohol all weekend due to local elections (Thong Lor, Sukhumvit and Klong Toey).

I also heard that perhaps Khao San and Silom are not affected by these elections.

I cannot see any information on this forum and not many people seem to know about it.

Yeah, I know this, but I was wondering if anywhere will be open, even if they're not selling booze.

Just wondered if anyone has any inside knowledge as to what will be open tonight with the election tomorrow. Ideally, I want to find a bar to watch the football in. Will anything be open, or will I have to find a restaurant to watch the game?

I was told by a visa run agent that it's possible to transfer a 60-day tourist visa to a non-immigrant B visa here in BKK. Is this possible and, if so, how is it done?