90 Day Extension On Multiple Entry Non-imm Type O

[skeetaboat]

So the girl in charge of processing our visas at work tells me that I can go to Immigration here in Chiang Mai with a 90 day extension of stay application and recieve an extra 90 days without having to do a border-run. I have a multiple entry non-immigrant type O visa. I work for a registered Thai organisation, but I have no work permit.

Does anyone know if this is possible-- or is she pulling my leg? She says that you can apply for it once with out a work permit.

[skeetaboat]

Bump!

Does anyone know the answer?

I need to sort this out as I'm due to give birth May 25, current stamp runs out June 5th. Not keen on stuffing around with immigration 10 days after giving birth.

[samran]

Can I ask if you are married? If so, what is the nationality of your spouse and if they are non-thai, are they working?

The general scenario is if you are married to a Thai male, there are no financial requirements to extend your O visa, only his ID, house registration and your passport, plus the 1000-odd baht application fee.

If your spouse is a foreign citizen working in Thailand, then you can extend your stay based on being the spouse of someone legally working in Thailand.

If you are unmarried, I am not sure what your options are, you may want to do the border run now, and get the extra 90 days now.

[skeetaboat]

Can I ask if you are married? If so, what is the nationality of your spouse and if they are non-thai, are they working?

The general scenario is if you are married to a Thai male, there are no financial requirements to extend your O visa, only his ID, house registration and your passport, plus the 1000-odd baht application fee.

If your spouse is a foreign citizen working in Thailand, then you can extend your stay based on being the spouse of someone legally working in Thailand.

If you are unmarried, I am not sure what your options are, you may want to do the border run now, and get the extra 90 days now.

Hi samran, thanks for the reply. I'm married, but to a non-Thai citizen who is not working legally (his visa has always been dependant on mine). We both have a non-immigrant type O visa and usually do 90 day border-runs.

Once we went to BKK and applied for the 90 day extension of visa, with the appropriate documents prepared by my workplace (but no work permit -- I've never had one) and we were given a 30 day 'under consideration' stamp. This was just post coup and for whatever reason everyone seemed to be getting these short term 'under consideration' stamps, even if they previously had been able to apply for 90 day extensions. I work for an refugee issues organisation, and until recently none of these organisations could apply for work permits for their foreign staff. All of the staff at my workplace were on non-immigrant visas type O or type B, without work permits and applied for 90 day extensions. About 3 months ago MOI and the Labour Dept changed the rules for refugee organisations and everyone now has a work permit, although I don't.

After the unsuccessful 30 day 'under consideration' stamp we went back to doing border-runs because it was too expensive to travel from CM to BKK and keep applying for this 90 day extension of stay, especially when we weren't sure if we would be getting it or not.

So, I'm highly illegal, but because of the baby I asked my work place to organise my work permit. They refused but said they would sort out this arrangement where I could apply for the 90 day extension in Chiang Mai. But as the time draws closer, I'm getting skeptical that it will actually work, and I'll end up overstaying (or having rush out of hospital to do a border-run -- exactly what I was trying to avoid. Grr)

So that's the full story. I'd love to know either way if I'm going to have problems applying for this 90 day extension. Can anyone shed some light?

[samran]

I don't know what to say really, except to say that the 30 day under consideration is pretty standard for most visa extensions. Everyone gets them. The coup would have had nothing to do with it. It is basically a stamp which tells you that they are going to put it on the bottom of the backlog pile, but they'll get to it shortly.

If you are eligble for the visa extension, and it appear that you are, then I'd go down that route. Your visa would then be extended to 12 months after your first entered Thailand on that non-immigrant O Visa. There is no major significance to the 30 day stamp, exept that to say that it means that you'll get your extension (usually) in 30 days.

Lopburi3 might have some further insight, but that is it from me, sorry!

[lopburi3]

From my reading you are not eligible for any 90 day extension of stay. You should have a work permit and you admit everyone else does have. So why are you the black sheep? I have no knowledge of any work around your organization may have with Chiang Mai Immigration but unless there is a work permit in process do not see how an extension would be made.

You may be able to arrange a medical condition extension of stay after the birth with the help of hospital/doctors if what your "employer" says turns out to be false.

[skeetaboat]

From my reading you are not eligible for any 90 day extension of stay. You should have a work permit and you admit everyone else does have. So why are you the black sheep? I have no knowledge of any work around your organization may have with Chiang Mai Immigration but unless there is a work permit in process do not see how an extension would be made.

You may be able to arrange a medical condition extension of stay after the birth with the help of hospital/doctors if what your "employer" says turns out to be false.

[skeetaboat]

From my reading you are not eligible for any 90 day extension of stay. You should have a work permit and you admit everyone else does have. So why are you the black sheep? I have no knowledge of any work around your organization may have with Chiang Mai Immigration but unless there is a work permit in process do not see how an extension would be made.

You may be able to arrange a medical condition extension of stay after the birth with the help of hospital/doctors if what your "employer" says turns out to be false.

They're not being clear about why they wont get me a work permit, only that they wont get one. I too think that I can't get a 90 day extension of the visa without a work permit, hence I came on here to check. I absolutely should have a work permit but I don't.

How would I go about arranging a medical condition extension of stay? What form is needed for that?