Mario2008

For the rules regarding your GF visa look at:

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp606EN.pdf

page 5, point 7.7. and 7.8. So yes, she can start an university degree.

There are too many educational institutions to mention, and I don't know of a list. Just use google and yahoo. In yahoo: university thailand would give you a small list. Also you can have a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unive...ies_in_Thailand

No, at most you would get a 7 days extention for 1900 baht. If you need to stay longer you will have to make a border run and get a visa exempt entry for 30 days. (Depends on your nationality).

She doesn't have to study Thai language, she can study what ever she wants. The only problem is that most studies will be in Thai language.

The educational institution must be recognized by the government.

If the onward ticket to Vientiane is within 30 days you will have no problems with the airline going to Thailand. Only not sure about problems going to Vientiane.

Why not convert your visa in Thailand itself. Can be done also on 30 day visa exempt entry, as long as you do it within the first 9 days.

You can apply for it in Thailand as well. Just be sure you have at least 21 days left on your visa exempt entry stamp or tourist visa.

If you are married to a Thai you can also apply for a non-O based on marriage.

The toursit visa is valid for 60 days, not 2 months, and can be extended in Thailand for another 30 days.

You need to apply for it in advance, but not 90 days in advance. Once you get the visa you have a period of 3 months to enter Thailand and make use of the visa.

When you exit the country after 90 days you might have to buy a visa from the country you are traveling to. Not sure what then visa requirements are for a Iranian. Depends on the country you are traveling to. Better to check this good.

Regarding your work it will be jobs that are in the list at the end of the link I gave you; like tour guide, lawyer etc. That is slightly different from the list of investments foreigners aren't allowed to do.

For most job, as asian you should have a minimum income of 35,000.

Multi non-O does not qualify, as you don't live 3 years consecutive in Thailand. You have to leave Thailand every 90 days. The WP isn't relevant regarding how many years you live in Thailand, but the visa. It is the visa that allows you to stay, the WP that allows you to work.

As to the last question, I don't think it restarted the clock. The rules don't say that you had to be on the same type of visa. But do realize that the ammount of tax you pay is a mayor consideration for granting PR.

A dependent visa is based on being dependend, not on salary. If they want to work, not sure if they can on dependent visa, they will need to have a workpermit and meet the requirements for that.

If you mean if there is a minimum income requirement for the person who you are dependend on the answer is no.

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp606EN.pdf

Page 9, point 7.19 gives the requirements for dependend visa.

Unfortunately, as Lopburi3 mentioned, they are not considering applications for PR at the moment. You can only apply when immigration announces you can, normaly near the end of the year. So this would right now not be an option.

An option would be doing volunteerwork for a registered charity. This would qualify you for a non-O visa and gives extra points when applying for a PR application.

Yes, if you later can show a family income of 40,000 you can change your visa to a "regular non-O, wich you can extend every year.

On multiple entry you can come and go to thailand as much as you want, as long as you don't stay longer than 90 days. After leaving you can come right back in the same day and only need to show your passport, no other documents. This visa is valid for one year. By just going and coming to Thailand before the year is finished you can extend this visa to almost 15 months.

After that you can no longer use this visa as it is expired. So after 15 months you have to leave Thailand and go to a Thai embassy and apply again for a non-O multiple visa. For this you need to show the required documents again.

On a multi entry you don't need to show any income. It just allows you to enter the country for a maximum of 90 day, before you have to leave the country. After that you can come right back again for another 90 days. It is valid for one year. By leaving and retunring just before the end of this year you can get another 90 days and so extend your visa to almost 15 months. After 15 months you will have to go to a Thai consulate or embassy abroad and apply again for this visa.

A work permit can only be issued by the labour office. There is no way around that and in some jobs you are not allowed to work. Also there is a mimimum requirement of salary for many jobs, depending on your nationality.

About opening a shop I' don't know much how to go about that. But have a look at the following link: http://www.boi.go.th/english/download/busi...stment-laws.pdf

It also gives a list of businesses and jobs you are not allowed to perform.

It doesn't make any difference. You need to proof you are married with a copy of your marriage certificate.

Under new Thai rules a woman can now choose what she want on or passport, ms or mrs.

Even under Thai rules, would this effect how foreign consulates treat your visa application or would it be like you say, just submit a copy of the marriage certificate along with copies of the original passport/ID?

Like RueFang said. But also people don't change their passport for just that and being miss or ms can be outdated. Embassies know that. The proof embassies want is the marriage certificate.

Best is to apply for the WP first. The labour office will than give you form WP3, which shows immigration that you will get a WP. When you have your non-O from immigration you get the WP. For volunteer work there is no income check. Going to the labour office and imigration could be done in 1 day. The actual Wp you might get a few days later.

But what kind of non-B are you on now? If you are on a 3 month non-B and yearly extensions your visa expires the same day you quit your job and returned the WP. It is not the case that your visa remains valid till the date you are permitted to stay. In that case you should have extend your visa with 7 days at immigration, other wise you are in overstay!

There are more and more reports that you will have to go to the immigration office of your own area. It seems that has always been the rule, but now they start enforcing it. Especially in Bangkok as they have a high workload.

With a workpermit you are allowed to work and with the visa you are allowed to stay in the country.

The benefit of a visa based on marriage is that you need to show less income than on most other types of visa, only 40,000 baht for you and your wife together.

Also on an entry stamp you would have to get married and apply for the non-O visa for her in the first 9 days of her stay. (You need to have at least 21 days left).

Like Lite Beer said, better to have a visa so she won't have problems with the airline.

It doesn't make any difference. You need to proof you are married with a copy of your marriage certificate.

Under new Thai rules a woman can now choose what she want on or passport, ms or mrs.

Meaning your Dutch doesn't mean you don't need a visa. It means you can come to Thailand without a visa if you don't stay longer than 30 days in a row and not more than 90 days in a 6 month period. As Lite Beer said, you can stay fore a maximum of 90 days in a 6 month period. So if you stay 9 times 10 days, that is fine.

If you want to extend your 30 day stay with 4 more days you can get an extention of 7 days at an immigration office. Cost is as mentioned 1900.

If you want to stay longer you can get a tourist visa for 60 days at any Thai embassy or consulate, which you can extend with 30 days in Thailand itself.

on question 1 I'm not sure, but believe is indeed 3 months.

On question 2 it is 3 months.

That depends largely on the job itself. For most jobs there is a minimum requirement regarding the income of 50,000 baht. For some jobs there are other requirements, like for a teacher there is no mimimum income requirement. In some jobs foreigners are not allowed.

Your employer would have to provide a lot of documents. Better ask the labour office what they exactly would need.

If need be to change your visa you can do that in Thailand at an immigration office, you don't have to go abroad. But check if you realy need to change visa's. For example for a non-O based on marriage there is no need to change your visa, you can get a workpermit on that one too.

The work permit is the other requirement for you to be allowed to work. The visa allows you to stay, the workpermit to work.

That is indeed the question. For volunteers there are no limits regarding income and I have seen none regarding the hours you would have to work. But for volunteers there is no income check.

For the non-B for a teacher there is also no mimimum income requirement, same goes for the WP.

Does this mean you can volunteer and get a non-O visa on any hours? Since there are no fixed rules a lot of descretion will be with the labour office and the immigration police and they will draw the line somewhere. You get the visa and WP to do volunteer work, not for an extended holliday.

Same goes for paid teachers. They will look at your income to see if it is reasonable and if you can support yourself on that salary. No one will take 1 hour a year nor one baht per hour seriously. But wear they draw the line is indeed the question.

In English:

http://www.lawyer.th.com/National_Police_O...er_Oct_2006.pdf

In Thai:

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp606.pdf

Not sure about the nov2004 notation of the Thai text

I'm lucky that I don't have to deal with paying taxes in Thailand myself, so to be honest I haven't got a clue myself how your wife would be able to do this. I have to leave that to persons with who know about Thai taxes.