Non migrant visa lapsed

[Angela36]

My uncle is visiting the UK from Thailand. He is a UK citizen. He has has lived in Thailand for 14 years on a Non Immigrant visa O. He is retired. He has a Thai wife and has bought property in Thailand. He has a visa on the basis of Thai wife. Every year he renews the visa and then has to renew every 90 days. There is a continuous period of such visas for the last 4 years. There have been no lapses.

He came here in May but his visa had lapsed. His visa lapsed prior to him returning to the UK for a holiday. He paid the visa expiration fee on leaving Thailand. 

He is now due to return to Thailand and is trying to apply for a visa. There seems to be some confusion as to what his options are.

Can he apply based on his previous stays in Thailand or does he have to apply afresh - single entry and take it from there. We have created an account online as per the instructions on the Thai visa website.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Thank you.

 

[elviajero]

6 hours ago, Angela36 said:

Every year he renews the visa and then has to renew every 90 days.

Every 90 days he reports his address, not renews his visa.

 

6 hours ago, Angela36 said:

Can he apply based on his previous stays in Thailand or does he have to apply afresh - single entry and take it from there.

He applies afresh.

 

He should apply for a single entry non-immigrant O visa as the spouse of a Thai. When he returns to Thailand he will receive permission to stay for 90 days. Within the last 30 of the 90 he can apply for a 1 year stay as before.

 

6 hours ago, Angela36 said:

He came here in May but his visa had lapsed. His visa lapsed prior to him returning to the UK for a holiday. He paid the visa expiration fee on leaving Thailand. 

How long was his overstay?

[fishtank]

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 He paid the visa expiration fee on leaving Thailand. 

He paid the overstay fee. He might be banned from entering.

Depending on the length of overstay he can apply for a Non Imm O Visa in UK and extend in Thailand for 12 months.

[GroveHillWanderer]

3 hours ago, elviajero said:

 

How long was his overstay?

This is an important question. If it was less than 90 days he should have no problem applying for a new visa. If it was over 90 days (but less than a year) he would be banned from returning for a year. A longer overstay (depending on exactly how long) would mean an even longer ban.

 

Hopefully his overstay was less than 90 days.

[HampiK]

I mean it's not clear written in the OP. But I guess the Uncle had extensions the last 4 years and done all his 90 days reports.

So the overstay would be only a few days (my guess from the story). So mean the Extension now is finished and have to make a new Non O Visa back home.

 

But should have confirmation from "Angela36"!