Visa demographics

[tom in bangkok]

I've been in Thailand for about 18 or so months but a lot of the visa threads don't seem to apply to me (thankfully, as it seems). I'm curious as to the distribution of expats here as I scarcely see a non-b thread or news relating to changes to non-b requirements.

[pgrahmm]

Have a retirement visa but could also qualify to use the marriage/family visa....

 

Suspect there's more than a few doing the same....

[Colabamumbai]

Retirement, embassy still verifying income, but married also. 

[klauskunkel]

No visa, that expired long ago.

[Pattaya46]

2 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

No visa, that expired long ago.

You still depend on it if you are on yearly extensions.

What do you write on your yearly TM.7 ?

[Tropposurfer]

I’m in special Hamsun Man visa ????

[rwill]

As people on this site tell others regularly we are not here on visas.

[pgrahmm]

39 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

I’m in special Hamsun Man visa ????

Yep - special....Been here awhile?

[IvorLott]

20 hours ago, tom in bangkok said:

I scarcely see a non-b thread or news relating to changes to non-b requirements.

Well, I'd guess that most folks on non-B are working for multi nationals (or similar) and we tend to get most of the red tape dealt with through personnel departments (or similar) hence the lack of threads. 

Just a guess, but apart from signing occasional forms, or being taken to the odd office at extension time (Immi or Min of Lab) as I have to do a few times a year, we 'Bs' get it comparatively easy especially when compared to the lads on retirements, or marriage Os.....

[mehrdad]

Over stay from 10 years ago ????

[Suradit69]

2 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

No visa, that expired long ago.

Yes, my last visa expired about 12 years ago. Since then I've been here on annual extensions of stay.

[Suradit69]

3 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

You still depend on it if you are on yearly extensions.

What do you write on your yearly TM.7 ?

The form I fill out requires a lot of historical information including  the airport I at which I entered Thailand, the flight I was on and the visa I used to enter, the year I was born and when my passport was issued and when it will expire. 

 

None of those things entitles me to stay in Thailand. I am legally here only because I have an extension of my permission to stay issued to me by Thai immigrations.

 

I am not here "on a visa." The visa I had expired long ago.

 

 

 

[tom in bangkok]

Whether it's a visa or extension, it's still based on one of the categories business, retirement etc. which is the point of the poll.

[Crossy]

6 minutes ago, tom in bangkok said:

Whether it's a visa or extension, it's still based on one of the categories business, retirement etc. which is the point of the poll.

 

I've clarified the poll question.

 

[wwest5829]

52 minutes ago, Suradit69 said:

The form I fill out requires a lot of historical information including  the airport I at which I entered Thailand, the flight I was on and the visa I used to enter, the year I was born and when my passport was issued and when it will expire. 

 

None of those things entitles me to stay in Thailand. I am legally here only because I have an extension of my permission to stay issued to me by Thai immigrations.

 

I am not here "on a visa." The visa I had expired long ago.

 

 

 

Quite correct but allow that with the new healthcare coverage requirements, it is those who entered on an O-A Visa that are affected. Thus, this is the critical determinant, not our Extension of Stays.