Reduction in number of NON-Immigrant visa types from Sep 2024

[oldcpu]

On 6/6/2024 at 7:16 PM, Highlandman said:

 

Nearly all countries cancel permanent residency visas if the holder spends an extended period (usually 1 year or more) outside of the country.

 

 

Hmm ... not precisely - there can be circumstances where this is not the case.

 

Lets take Canada for example.  If a person with a PR to Canada, soon after arriving in Canada, then marries a Canadian, but that Canadian then decides to move out of Canada (with their PR spouse) and that person with the Canadian PR for the next 30 years does not return to Canada - as long as that PR stays married to the Canadian, outside of Canada, the person with the Canadian PR status does NOT lose their Canadian permanent residency.  Canada has decided once one has the PR, if they marry and stay with a Canadian citizen, then they keep their Canadian PR status, regardless where they live in the world.

 

These generalizations about PR are exactly that - generalizations , and there can be exceptions and one really needs to check each country's circumstances.

[oldcpu]

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[Maestro]

On 5/31/2024 at 5:05 AM, Mike Teavee said:

Of course the LTR is an Non-Immigrant Visa, only PR & Citizenship would be considered "Immigrant" 

 

 

That's an interesting point you make. 

 

Foreigners with PR status are immigrants. I don't know if they get an Immigrant Visa stamped into the passport when their application for PR is approved, but every time they travel abroad, ie outside Thailand, they must make sure they have an Immigrant Visa, usually a Non-quota Immigrant Visa, in the passport and to retain their immigrant status they must return to Thailand before the expiration of the visa.

 

By definition, therefore, any visa other than an Immigrant Visa is not an Immigrant Visa. Among these visas, there is a group called Non-immigrant Visas, clearly labelled as such in the visa stamp in the passport or the e-Visa document. 

 

Not all visas that are not Immigrant Visas are part of the group labelled Non-immigrant Visa. There are, for example, the Tourist Visa and the Visa on Arrival, and a number of other visas with fancy labels.

 

The proposed reduction in the number of the categories of Non-immigrant Visas therefore presumably refers to the visas currently labelled Non-immigrant Visas, but experience has taught us that there is no way to know what will really be done in the end.

[Maestro]

On 5/31/2024 at 8:46 AM, Pattaya57 said:

Thai cabinet was talking about reducing 17 non-immigrant visa categories to 7. That is "non-immigrant" is in the title of the visa

 

Are there really as many as 17 different categories of Non-immigrant Visas? I saw a list posted but I don't remember it being that long. 

 

Do they perhaps mean 17 clauses in the Police Order regarding extensions of stay referring to the one-year extension of the permission of stay received upon entry with a Non-immigrant Visa? It wouldn't be the first time that government people say visa when they mean extension of stay.

 

It's all so perplexing; my head is spinning.

[Pattaya57]

33 minutes ago, Maestro said:

Are there really as many as 17 different categories of Non-immigrant Visas? I saw a list posted but I don't remember it being that long. 

 

Do they perhaps mean 17 clauses in the Police Order regarding extensions of stay referring to the one-year extension of the permission of stay received upon entry with a Non-immigrant Visa? It wouldn't be the first time that government people say visa when they mean extension of stay.

 

It's all so perplexing; my head is spinning.

Sounds a lot to me as well but I said 17 because the OP said 17

 

"The Thai cabinet decided on its cabinet meeting 2024-05-28 to scrap 10 of the 17 different NON-Immigrant visa categories."

 

The so-called list of all current non-immigrant visa earlier in the thread also only listed 12, not 17?

 

On 5/30/2024 at 9:15 PM, george said:

Until the change the Thai Non-Immigrant Visas has been categorized into the following types:

• NON-F Visa Category. 
• NON-B Visa Category. 
• NON-IM Visa Category.
• NON-ED Visa Category. 
• NON-M Visa Category. 
• NON-R Visa Category.
• NON-RS Visa Category.
• NON-EX Visa Category.
• NON-O Visa Category.
• NON O-A and
• NON O-X Visa Category. 
• NON L-A Visa Category 

[Liquorice]

According to the Thai Embassy DC, this is a list of the current Non Imm visa types.

Visa Types / Visa Fees / Validity  - สถานเอกอัครราชทูต ณ กรุงวอชิงตัน (thaiembassy.org)

 

Non-Immigrant
B	Employed as an academic staff/teacher in Thailand	80	N/A	90 days
B	Employment	80	N/A	90 days
B	Internship (Non-Curricular internship)	80	N/A	90 days
B	Sport-related activities (Trainers/Coach/Instructor/etc.)	80	N/A	90 days
B	Travelling to Thailand for a business purpose e.g., Meeting, Exhibition	80	200	90 days (S) 1 year (M)
B	Frequent business visit 3 years	N/A	400	3 years
ED	Attending workshop training or seminar organized by International Organizations	80	N/A	90 days
ED	For monks, nuns, priests studying dharma in Thailand	80	N/A	90 days
ED	Internship (Curricular internship)	80	N/A	90 days
ED	To study in a basic education level (primary, elementary, and secondary school)	80	N/A	90 days
ED	To study in a higher education level (university and college)	80	N/A	90 days
ED	To study in a short course (Thai or English language) / attend Muaythai training	80	N/A	90 days
F	Family or dependent of diplomatic officers/ officials based in Thailand	80	N/A	90 days
F	Peace Corps	Exempt	N/A	90 days
F	To attend a meeting with a Thai agency or to participate in an event organized by the Thai government	80	N/A	90 days
F	To work with the government, diplomatic mission or an international organization in Thailand	80	N/A	90 days
F1	Participants in Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) program	80	N/A	90 days
IB	Investing in a BOI-registered company/Working in a BOI-registered company	80	200	90 days (S) 1 year (M)
IB	Employment (BOI)	80	N/A	90 days
M	Film crew (having the purpose of producing a film, motion picture, or advertisement)	80	200	90 days (S) 1 year (M)
M	Media/Press based in Thailand	80	200	90 days (S) 1 year (M)
O	Diplomat’s housekeeper	80	N/A	90 days
O	Medical treatment (longer than 60 days)	80	N/A	90 days
O	Retirement (pensioner aged 50 or above with a state pension who wishes to stay in Thailand for no longer than 90 days)	80	N/A	90 days
O	Thai nationals who have abandoned their Thai citizenship	80	N/A	90 days
O	To be a contestant or a witness for the judicial process	80	200	90 days (S) 1 year (M)
O	To stay with non-Thai family residing in Thailand (more than 60 days)	80	N/A	90 days
O	To stay with Thai family residing in Thailand (more than 60 days)	80	N/A	90 days
O	Voluntary work with NGO/Charity/Association (without salary)	80	N/A	90 days
O-A	Long-stay (O-A)	N/A	200	1 year
O-X	Long-stay (O-X)	N/A	400	5 years
R	To perform missionary work or other religious activities with approval from a relevant Governmental Department	80	N/A	90 days
R-A	To perform missionary work or other religious activities with approval from a relevant Governmental Department	N/A	200	1 year
RS	Research and Science	80	N/A	90 days

[JTXR]

On 5/30/2024 at 9:57 AM, Liquorice said:

The O-A must still be available, as they announced a reduction in the mandatory Insurance requirement.

Can someone link to something more or less official about this announcement?