dmcrory

Outstanding! 

Thanks for for your help!

D

Thanks  for the quick response,

 If I get the income affidavit  from the Canadian embassy am I still required to have 1.6 million baht on deposit for 12 months for retirement extension?

 Do I just show the immigration officer the  income affidavit  from the Canadian embassy and everything is good.

What is required to get a retirement visa or what  is the process ? 

 I am trying to avoid opening a bank account and transferring funds. Can this be avoided by showing the income affidavit from the Canadian embassy?

thx

D

 Hello everyone,

Does the Canadian embassy still do income affidavits and does Thai immigration still except them.

thx

Dan

 Everyone,

I flew in to Thailand with a visa exemption on May 18 it expires on June 16.  It is my understanding that it can be extended for another 30 days.

What is the process and the cost of doing this?  When should it be done?

If you have to go to immigration by the old airport is there a bus that goes out that way. 

Thanks

D

Everyone,

I have a unique situation.

I came into Thailand on a Thai Visa Wavier and then extended it once for 60 days. (normal procedure)   Then because I had medical issues Immigration at Bumrungrand Hospital gave me 2 more Visa Wavier's with a Doctor's consent based on my medical condition.  Good until Oct 1, 2016

Here is my question:

Can I "change the Status of my Visa Wavier to a Non-O Visa for Retirement Purposes." based on Immigration already giving me 2 extra Visa Wavier.  I am concern about leaving the country because Laos and Cambodia have limited Medical Resources if something happens.

If so where do I go and what is the process?

1. 50 years old Yes

2. Income Letter from Embassy Probably can get

What else?

Where do I go?

Will they do it?

Thanks for your help.

D

Everyone,

My Khmer Girl Friend came to Thailand with a 60 Day Tourist Visa can this be extended at the end of 60 days for 30 more days.

I have to do a Visa Run to Vientiane, Laos before Aug 08 and I have a Khmer Girl Friend who just arrived in Thailand with a 60 Day Tourist Visa last Saturday.

When I go to Laos is it possible to get a Re-entry Permit for my Khmer Girlfriend. Where do I do the re-entry permit at the border or in Nong Khai what are the days open and hours. What is the cost of a re-entry permit.

Can the re-entry permit be done at the Airport in Bangkok I am going to fly ThaiSmile.

What's the best way to do it.

Thanks

D

Everyone,

Can you get a "90-non immigrantion Visa" for retirement in Cambodia or Laos at the Thai Embassy? If so what is the process. Do they have single and multiple entry? Do I have to show a Income Affidavit from U.S. Embassy? Do I get it then come to Thailand and extend after the 90 days? I am new to this so sorry for the stupid questions.

How can I meet Thai Immigration Requirements for monthly income if I get my income in one lump sum.

For example: If I got $100,000 (a random number) income in March 2016 can I use this to meet the Thai monthly Income requirements.

I think the U.S. Embassy doesn't care but Thai Immigration may require me to show proof. Will they except a bank statement that shows the $100,000 (a random number) was deposited.

Can this be done and how do I go about doing it. Would a letter from my Accountant satisfy Thai Immigration monthly income requirement.

When I show proof of Income in Laos and Cambodia are they as strict? I read somewhere that in Laos they are satisfied with just the affidavit but it was old post.

Will they accept a savings account with a large sum of money in it? Let's say over one million. (random number again) I don't want the 5 year privilege visa or whatever it's called because I don't know if I will stay that long.

Can I setup a bank account then start paying my self their monthly income requirement for a couple of months and then show them this.

Once you set this up do you have to show Thai Immigration monthly income verification every time you do an extension or is it just the first time?

This is all new to me so trying to understand.

Thanks for your help

D

Thanks I did not know this.

This will save me from doing a Visa Run to get a Tourist Visa which sounds like the incorrect Visa.

I am presently in Bangkok

How do you apply for a conversion to a 90 day non immigrant visa entry?

Do you need an appointment for the US Embassy to get income verification?

I don't have income coming in but I have access to my savings which is a healthy amount several times the required amount.. I was told by the Canadian Embassy they take what you have in your savings and divide by 12. Will the U.S. Embassy do the same thing.

What else do I need to do?

What application?

How do I meet the accommodation requirement? I mainly concern about the 90 day non-immigrant visa right now.

Thanks for your help

D

Everyone,

I came into Thailand with a 30 day Thai Visa waiver I extended it once and have until Aug 08, 2016.

Can you get a Thai Retirement Visa with a Thai Visa Waiver?

What is the process?

How much does it cost?

How long does it take? (Do I have enough time)

Is there a Multi-Entry Thai Retirement Visa or do you use re-entry permits?

I am 50 years of age have a Passport good until 2026. Presently, living in a Hotel and plan on travel around living in Hotels until find a spot to stay. Do not have a Thai Bank Account. Have adequate income.

Thanks for your help

D

Will a booking for a airplane ticket work for a onward ticket at the embassy?

Everyone,

Does a Khmer with a 60 day tourist visa need a onward ticket.

I have a travel agent in Phnom Penh that they need to have a onward ticket.

Thanks

D

Everyone,

She cannot get a 60 day Thai Tourist Visa in Vientiane?

Is what your saying: "A Cambodian Citizen cannot get a Thai 60 day tourist visa in Vientiane at the Thai Embassy there."

If this is true.

She should get a 60 day Thai Tourist Visa in Phnom Pneh then when I enter Laos to get my 60 day Thai Tourist Visa she can get a re-entry stamp for her present 60 Thai visa.

Can she get a re-entry stamp?

How do re-entry stamps work? Do you have to give the date your going to re-enter by?

I will be in Laos for about a week to get my 60 day Thai Tourist Visa?

What is the best way to handle her Thai Tourist Visa?

Thanks

D

Everyone,

I am presently in Bangkok with a Thai Visa Waiver that has 20 days left on it

My Cambodian Girlfriend is in Phnom Penh and is suppose to have her Cambodian Passport by Tuesday night.

Can my girlfriend fly to Bangkok with a Thai Visa Waiver for 14 days? What are the conditions?

If she flow here with the Thai Visa Weiver with 14 days then we could both go to Laos and get a Thai Tourist Visa in less then 14 days.

1.Can Cambodian's get a 14 day Thai Visa Waiver?

2. Can they fly with a Visa Waiver?

3. Do they need a onward ticket?

4. Can they get a Tourist Visa in Laos?

Someone is telling me that they can only come in by land with the 14 day Thai Visa Waiver.

Thanks for your help

D

Mission Accomplished. Arrived at the Airport Bangkok Airways had the Indemnity form ready. I decided to go to a Travel Agent and get a booking which work fine so didn't have to fill out the Indemnity Form. Exited using my Canadian Passport with my Cambodian Visa - Exit Stamp Cambodian Immigration. Flew to BKK. Switched to U.S. Passport and absolutely no problems. The Immigration Officer just stamped me in for 30 days didn't even look up. Presently, my Canadian Passport is at the Canadian Embassy being renewed should have soon. Might get and extension for my 30 day Visa Wavier. Thanks for your help!

Everyone,

I should state that I haven't been to Thailand since 2012 2 visa exempt stamps then 45 days (don't have many visa exempt entries but have 2 tourist visas I didn't use because one death in family Mother and other I was sick with H. Pylori) and my present home has been in Cambodia for 10 years shown in my Canadian Passport by 5 1 year visas. I would purchase a 1 year Cambodia Visa or a Thai Tourist Visa but am limited by my Canadian Passport expiring in Sept. from what I understand I have to exit by air to switch from my expiring Canadian Passport to my U.S. Passport then I can get a Thai Visa exempt entry stamp and eventually fly back to Cambodia and get a Business Visa and extensions for whatever period I desire.

I plan on dropping off my expiring Canadian Passport and application at the Canadian Embassy in Bkk then flying back to Cambodia entering with U.S. Passport and have Canadian Embassy in Bkk mail my new Canadian Passport to the Consulate in Phnom Penh this will limit my time in Thailand to less then 30 days.

Thanks

D

Everyone,

I am going to be flying from Phnom Penh to Bangkok in the near future using Bangkok Airways. The local office told me I can sign a Bangkok Airways Indemnity Form if I don't want to purchase a on-ward ticket.

My understanding this makes me responsible for a ticket out of Thailand if Immigration refuses my entry (anything else). If I am refused entry will I be dumped back into the arrive terminal area and where can I just purchase a ticket back to Phnom Penh what about my bags? Will I be allowed back into Cambodia? Note: I have a Canadian Passport that expires in Sept and going to switch to my U.S. Passport will Cambodia accept this?

What is the process if you are refused entry by Thai immigration with a Indemnity form? Is it worth the risk of signing a Indemnity form?

One other question will a airline booking work for a on-ward ticket? Could I go to a travel agent and get a on-ward booking and will the airline and Thai immigration accept this?

Thanks

D

Everyone,

Is a 30 day Visa Waiver extendable for a U.S. Passport? If so what is the process to extending it.

Thx

D

Thanks everyone for the great information. I will take both passports when going to renew my Canadian Passport at the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok.

D

Everyone,

I have a unique situation it goes as follows:

I have a Canada Passport that is about to expire on Sept 16, 2016 and I am presently in Phnom Penh Cambodia.

I am dual citizen Canadian and American meaning I have a Passport for each country. Is it OK to switch between my Canadian Passport to my United States Passport while renewing my Canadian Passport in the Kingdom of Thailand at the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok.

The process would go as follows:

When leaving Phnom Penh, I would stamp out of Cambodia with my present Canadian Passport which has a Cambodia Visa/Entry Stamp and then upon arriving in the Kingdom of Thailand by air switch to my United States Passport and stamp into the Kingdom of Thailand with a 30 day Visa Weaver.

Then the next day turn my Canadian Passport into the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok to be renewed while using my United States Passport during my stay in the Kingdom of Thailand.

Then upon exiting the Kingdom of Thailand by air stamp out of the Kingdom of Thailand using my US Passport which has the Visa waver entry stamp then switch back to my new Canadian Passport when entering the next country.

What is everyone's opinion on doing this?
Is this legal and a OK thing to do?

Has anyone ever done this going into Thailand and what was their experience?

Is there anything I need to know are drawbacks to doing this? How should I prepare? I can show them my application and expiring Canadian Passport.

Will Thai Immigration cause me grief? What responses should I give them?

Should I explain to the Immigration Officer up front what I am doing?

Thanks

D

Thanks for all the responses. I have a email into the Consulate in Phnom Penh and the Embassy in Bangkok to find out more.

Will the Thia Embassy in Phnom Penh give me a Tourist Visa with less then 6 months on my Canadian Passport?

My other question is can you use two passports I am Canadian and American. Can I use my US Passport while my Canadian Passport is being process. Meaning could I send my US Passport to the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh and they give me a tourist visa I then fly into Thailand and hand over my Canadian Passport to be renewed while using my US Passports.

Can you switch between Passports? Is this going to set alarms off.

If not I will try to go to the Canadian Consulate tomorrow during walk in hours and find out more.

Thanks for all your help.

D

Everyone,

I have a Canadian Passport with less then 6 months. Expires Sept., 2016.

I have three questions:

1. Can you renew a Canadian Passport in Cambodia? It's my understanding that you have to go to the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok. I prefer not to go Thailand if possible. If you can what is the process?

2. Will the Airline let me on the plane with less then 6 months if I am going there to visit the Canadian Embassy to renew my Canadian Passport.

3. If I can not renew in Cambodia will Thai Immigration let me into the Kingdom of Thailand to go to the Canadian Embassy and renew my passport with less then 6 months on my passport.

Thanks for your help.

Dan

Everyone,

I am thinking of going to Chiang Mai within a few days of arriving I will have to do a visa run to the Myanmar Border.

My questions are:

1. Is there a limit on the number of times you can get a 15 day visa exempt entry stamp? Another words I can go to the Myanmar Border more then once?

2. If I get 15 day visa exempt stamp while in Chiang Mia and come back to Bangkok within the 15 days can I get a 7 day Visa exempt entry stamp in Bangkok with a onward ticket to Bali?

I want enough days because I am trying to wait for Ramadan to be over in Indonesia. Which is after Aug 20, 2012.

Thanks

Dan

So I would get a 15 day extension if I did a Visa run to Myanmar.

Is it from the day I do the 15 day extension or from the day the Visa Exempt Expires Aug 2, 2012 in this case?

So it would be Aug 17, 2012?

Thanks for your help

Everyone,

I have a Canadian Passport, flew in from Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 4, 2012 received a 30 day VOA. I am thinking of going to Chiang Mai and eventually will do a visa run to Myanmar before my VOA expires.

I have two questions:

1. If I have a 30 VOA and want to do an extension do I get 15 days or 30 days at a land border?

2. My VOA Expires on Aug 2, 2012 if I get an extension let's say on July 29, 2012 when does the extension start adding the 15 or 30 days? Is it Aug 2, 2012 + 15 or 30 days OR July 29 + 15 or 30 days?

Thanks for your help

Dan