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What a stupid question from big....must be something in the water...being German do your broken bones take longer to heal?

The question was about the anti-Thai comment, not the time it takes for bones to heal - try reading slowly if you are finding comprehension difficult.

Your blood viscosity changes after about 9 months to 2 years in a different climate now. She is now of German climate blood. I know I have tolerated the heat now far better in BKK than I did before. The humidity however, is what makes most people miserable here.

Nope!

"A second important factor that influences blood viscosity is temperature. Just like molasses, when blood gets cold, it get "thicker" and flows more slowly. Therefore, there is an inverse relationship between temperature and viscosity. Viscosity increases about 2% for each degree centigrade decrease in temperature.".

Happens there and then, it certainly does not take months or years.

How can the OP be on an extension of stay if he still has a valid multi-entry Non-B ?

I don't remember seeing this posted here, so here they are;

http://www.kpmg.com/global/en/issuesandinsights/articlespublications/taxnewsflash/pages/ies-flash-alerts-2014/flash-alert-2015-050.aspx

http://wp.doe.go.th/wp/images/law/3/notice11032558.pdf

The Thai Department of Employment issued an announcement on March 6, 2015, declaring the types of work-related activities that are not classified as “work” under Thailand’s Alien Working Act B.E. 2551 (2008).¹

With immediate effect, the following activities will not require application for a work permit:

1. Attending a meeting, conference, or seminar;
2. Attending an exhibition or trade fair;
3. Taking part in a business meeting or business negotiations;
4. Attending a special lecture or academic lecture;
5. Attending lectures as part of training or technical training;
6. Purchasing goods at a trade fair;
7. Attending a Board of Directors meeting at one’s own company.

Why do Immigration not just set financial requirements for an Ed visa, the same as they do for marriage and retirement ? Say for instance, proof of income from outside Thailand of 30k a month or a seasoned 350k ? That would stop the illegal workers in their tracks, that would stop the people who step off the plane with a backpack and a dream.

People with a backpack and a dream were those who made this place so enviable for you.

Have the decency to recognize it.

They had absolutely nothing to do with my decision to move here !!

_{Each consulate make their own visa counting and regulations.If Vientane has not stamped anything on your passport they may still issue a visa, for that you would need to bring proof of funds coming from abroad and a rental contract. Otherwise you can go to Savannakhet, Laos for a double entry tourist visa, or Penang, Malaysya for a single one. You could probably enter visa exempt, but it not recommendable, because you could extend that for a max of 7 days.}

_{At this time you should also look into obtaining a new passport.}

If the OP did decide to take the "visa exempt entry" , surely that would be extendable by 30 days , (as of 29 Aug 2014) and not 7 ?

Lung X-Ray ? I have never been asked for one of those ?

"Had friend go in get residency And he had well over 20 overstays." That simple eh ? Just pop in and get residency ? Whatever !

Back in 2013 when I was on an ED Visa, we had to do both an extension and the 90 day report (two diff queues at chaeng wattana). You may want to check with your school on that, it's easy to miss and just do the extension first time round

Your first extension counts as a 90-day report, so the OP has no problem there :-)

Sorry for the long quote, but this was posted on another site, I thought retirement meant no WP ? Comments :-)

"petch01;

People get yearly extensions of stay to their original Non-Immigrant Type-O visa for a variety of things; being married to a thai national, supporting half breed thai kids and being over 50 being the top three..

Now, just because Immigrations stamps the engrish word into your passport saying "retirement" when you get a new yearly extension of stay doesn't mean that's the classification of that type of extension in the eyez of the thaiz. Also just because Immigrations refers to it as "retirement" doesn't mean that's what it is. That's just what they call it so clueless foreigners understand easier...

The actual thai wording of Police Order 327/2557 (the one in effect as of last August) for that type of extension of stay does NOT use the thai word for "retire" เกษียณ AT ALL.

The real wording in thai for section 2.22 (๒.๒๒) of the current Police Order says กรณีใช้ชีวิตในบั้นปลาย. That roughly translates as "in the instance of living out the end of your life". There is NO mention about being retired; ONLY about being over the threshold age of 50 and meeting the financial requirements.

Just so you know; the Department of Immigrations has NOTHING to do with work permits and the Department of Labor has NOTHING to do with visa extensions..

I know a TON of foreigners on yearly extensions of stay based on being over 50 (which as I said, we white people and Immigrations commonly calls "retirement") yet who hold valid work permits. They work for international companies thai businesses and more colleges than I can shake a stick at all over the country!

Immigrations doesn't care a bit nor do they have a dog in the fight on whether you hold a work permit or not..

With that being said, the Department of Labor (the governmental agency which issues work permits) here in Bangkok does seem to have a bug up their ass about issuing them to foreigners holding yearly extensions of stay based on being over 50 and I only know a few who have them here.. However, the same agency, DOL in Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Udon, etc have NO problem issuing a work permit with people on extensions of stay because they're over 50..

I perused the thai version of the labor laws regarding the issuing of work permits to foreigners, I found there is NOTHING as in not a single word which says, foreigners on extensions of stay based on being over 50 are prohibited from holding a work permit.. The ONLY place you read about this is in english which was allegedly translated from thai... However, as I said, there is NOTHING in the thai version of the guidelines put out by the DOL that says you can't do it.

If the company you're working for says it can't be done; there's far more chance that they don't know how to go about getting it done.

Face it, given these people's (that would be the thaiz) reticence to ask someone else the answer to a question they don't know, they will immediately bust out with the old fall back answer "CANNOT!".. That just means they personally don't know how to do it, NOT that it can't be done IF you get to the person that actually knows how to do it.

Also just because they stamp "employment prohibited" under your extension of stay that DOESN'T mean you can't work, it means that extension of stay alone doesn't give you permission to work, you still need a work permit..

You can indeed "work" on an ED visa and I know more than a few foreigners studying for their degrees at universities here who hold a work permit. They are doing a paid internship in their field of study.

But as a rule other posters are correct; foreigners enrolled in a b/s private school to study thai, or some other Ministry of Education approved subject here can't get a work permit..

Contrary to other assertions, there is NO retirement visa! Period end of story. The terminology has gotten so blurred by foreigners and thaiz alike that it just erroneously referred to as that..

There are two types of Non-Immigrant visas you can get based on being over 50. That would be a Non-Immigrant Type-O (which can be gotten at Bangkok Immigrations for 2000 baht and is a single entry 90 day visa). After that you apply for a yearly extension of stay. Also you NEVER renew or extend that original visa. You extend your permission to stay.. It's NOT a visa it is a permission to stay (based on you previously holding a Non-O visa). That Non-O expired when ever it expired..

The other one called a Non-Immigrant Type OA (with the 'A' meaning annual) is gotten at a Thai Embassy usually in your home country BEFORE you wing you way here. It's commonly called a Long Stay by various Thai embassies. It's the one which requires the health check, police background check etc. That visa itself is good for a calendar year from the date it's issued AND every time you enter Thailand you get a permission to stay stamp for a full year.. IF you play the dates right, and exit/re-enter the country just before the visa itself expires you can almost get 2 full years of stay inside thailand.

Sorry this was long, I read this same b/s on every thai related forum on the inter-web.. To sum it up, yes, you can get a work permit while on a yearly extension of stay based on being over 50, IF you know how to.."

Have you signed a contract for the next school year ? If not, it does not bode well...................

In order to teach legally as a foreigner in Thailand,

you require

1. a teaching licence or waiver. (Ministry of Education)

2. a work permit (Ministry of Labour)

3 permission to be in the country (Immigration Department)

You only have 1 of 3, that is number 3 in the list above.

You don't require Number 1 to teach in a university, that is only for schools.

You screwed up yourself dude that's what I think. All you had to do is leave the country without making a re-entry.

You wanted it by the book - you've got it. You could use your visa as long as you wanted without the work permit but since you insisted on cancelling visa (which no one ever wishes to do) the day you informed Immigration you don't work anymore your extension was void. No informing - no voiding. You can't get another paper from labour department. WP can't be uncancelled. You're going for 20k and then you may start thinking of saving 500 thb a day))

Really ? Why post if you have no idea what you are on about ?

Land borders will give 15 days for most and 30 days for G7 countries.

If you are on a 30/15 day visa exempt entry, then you can extend it for 30 days (1900 Baht) at your local immigration office.

Will this new dress code, (which is not particularly wrong) lead to one of the most corrupt immigration offices becoming whiter than white ? I doubt it, they should get their own house in order first, then worry about how people dress.

And you asked this question in December last year !

Your nationality is what is important, not where you are coming from.

If you have 8 months left on your work permit you can just go to immigration and get an extension for 8 months. That what I did. It costs 1900 baht

The issue is that extensive paperwork is needed, and for non-teachers, taxes paid for a minium salary of Bt 50,000.

Because not everyone is able to meet the above requirement, they have to go get multi-entry non-imm 'B' visa.

The minimum salary varies by nationality so is not always 50k.

errr why are back to back Bs a problem?

This is the 1st report I can recall of somebody having a problem on entry.for back to back non-b's.

Possibly because of a suspicion a person was working without a work permit.

This would suggest that you are right Ubon;

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774742-information-technology-networking/?view=findpost&p=8640747

UbonJoe - If it is his first extension, that will count as his 90 day report ?

Hi, I need ur help urgent!

I came to bkk last night via don meung, they told me I have been in and out 6 times, another time will be deny entry to thailand. I will be out of Thai on 16 feb back again on 26 feb! What can I do, can u pls advice. Is going to suvanambhumi airport better?

After some confusion, now it seems that is just a computer warning and is looked by few offices only.

I think that for a next time if you carry Bt 10,000 cash, and an outgoing ticket and immigration will have no legal basis to deny you entry.

You have no RIGHT of entry ! Whether you are allowed into the country is at the discretion of the IO, they do not need any "legal" basis to deny you entry.

If you have not been working since Nov 1 , surely you have been on overstay since then ? Your WP has NOTHING to do with your permission to stay.

This was posted last week. Changes as of Monday.