How to handle spousal visa when changing visa to Non Imm B

[leddie]

Ok a bit complicated so here it goes.

Husband on non-Imm O retirement, wife piggybacking on this with non-Imm O dependent visa.  Both have 1 year extension.

If husband leaves country to change to non Imm B in order to work on a job in Thailand, what becomes of dependent spouse visa.

Does she have to leave country immediately, and apply for new type of dependent visa from overseas (based on husband non-imm B), or can she stay in country on current extension and renew, as the dependent status is till the same, even though husband is changing visa types?

[ubonjoe]

I think you have a one year extension of stay not a non-o visa. On the date your husbands extension of stay ends your's also ends since it is based upon his.

You would have to leave the country to get a new non-o visa from a embassy or consulate.

[leddie]

51 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I think you have a one year extension of stay not a non-o visa. On the date your husbands extension of stay ends your's also ends since it is based upon his.

You would have to leave the country to get a new non-o visa from a embassy or consulate.

Thanks UJ.  Sorry, I meant to say both spouses are on  12 month extension of stay from original Non-Imm O retirement.  Husband as primary visa, wife as dependent.  If husband leaves without re-entry permit to change to Non-imm B from Non-Imm O, then technically upon departure he has no active visa or extension of stay.  Does the wife's extension of stay become invalid when he leaves, and force her to leave (before him to stay legal?).  Alternatively could she stay in country and then change her dependent extension of stay to his new Non-ImmB which would also be extended eventually.

Edited March 21, 2018 by leddie

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, leddie said:

Does the wife's extension of stay become invalid when he leaves, and force her to leave (before him to stay legal?). 

The wife's extension will become invalid as soon as he leaves the country. She would have to leave at the same time as him and get a new non-o visa when he gets the non-b visa.

1 hour ago, leddie said:

Alternatively could she stay in country and then change her dependent extension of stay to his new Non-ImmB which would also be extended eventually.

If she was to stay in the country immigration would charge her with an overstay when she went to get one based upon his new extension based upon working.

[leddie]

27 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The wife's extension will become invalid as soon as he leaves the country. She would have to leave at the same time as him and get a new non-o visa when he gets the non-b visa.

If she was to stay in the country immigration would charge her with an overstay when she went to get one based upon his new extension based upon working.

Thank you for the advice!