What is this...?

[benlovesnuk]

I was just looking at the savvanahkhet appointment page and a notification popped up.

 

I was going to maybe go on the 30th december....obviously not now....

 

Can someome explain this to me as i cant understand how it makes sense...

 

If im on non o marriage visa...so from now on i have to apply for an evisa or extend at immigration

 

I have to book online whilst not being  in the country, i have to wait 10 to 15 days outside of the country, i need 400k in the bank regardless of whether im on single 90 day or 1 year extension...

So theyre pushing people to extend at immigration...

 

Is that it, or have i missed something else incredibly dumb that they did..?

[benlovesnuk]

Okay, so you cant do it, i have to apply in person...but now im so confused

 

Edited 7 hours ago by benlovesnuk

[DrJack54]

Some countries have/will be adopting eVisa.

More and more countries adopting eVisa as the method to obtain visa for Thailand. 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1340074-thai-visa-shake-up-southeast-asia-consulates-switch-to-e-visa-only/

46 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

If im on non o marriage visa.

What are you currently on..

A non O based on marriage (90 day permission of stay?)

[Upnotover]

22 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

Okay, so you cant do it, i have to apply in person...but now im so confused

 

Because they didn't start e-visa yet. As the letter says, until 20 December apply in person.

[benlovesnuk]

23 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Some countries have/will be adopting eVisa.

More and more countries adopting eVisa as the method to obtain visa for Thailand. 

 

What are you currently on..

A non O based on marriage (90 day permission of stay?)

 

At this moment im just in a 90 day stay outside the end of the ME non O i had now expired. I was either going to extend at immigration for 60days, or go and get a single 90 day at savannakhet.

 

What i dont understand is, and would like clarity on, if youre in thailand, and you goto laos normally to get visa, are they stating when this rolls out, that i will have to leave to laos, apply for an evisa wait 2 weeks in laos (10 to 15 days) and also have to show 400k for a single 90 day..?

 

Am i missing something, or is this correct?

[DrJack54]

5 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

if youre in thailand, and you goto laos normally to get visa, are they stating when this rolls out, that i will have to leave to laos, apply for an evisa wait 2 weeks in laos (10 to 15 days) and also have to show 400k for a single 90 day..?

First up don't think the application will take 10-15 days.

More like 5.

In any event can follow you want another non O visa.

Unless you don't plan to remain in Thailand.

Apart from that you could bounce to a land border and obtain 60 day visa exempt and obtain the non O at your Thai immigration office.

You could have even applied for 12 month extension from your previous non O.

Assume that you don't have the 400k seasoned for 2 months. 

[benlovesnuk]

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

First up don't think the application will take 10-15 days.

More like 5.

In any event can follow you want another non O visa.

Unless you don't plan to remain in Thailand.

Apart from that you could bounce to a land border and obtain 60 day visa exempt and obtain the non O at your Thai immigration office.

You could have even applied for 12 month extension from your previous non O.

Assume that you don't have the 400k seasoned for 2 months. 

 

It might take 5 days, but as they, the authority in question stipulate 10 to 15 days, starting at the point youve paid cash at the consulate outside of thailand, thats why im asking if anyone can understand the practical reasons for this.

 

As in, theyre trying to push people to 1 year extensions or 1 single entry at an incredible inconvenience...type of thing.

 

What would be the reason to border bounce getting a 60 day exempt rather than a 60 day extension at my local immigration office at the end of this stay?

 

Its not that i dont have the money, its that i hate and abhor the process and people who put it all together...like many on here i just avoid it, i did it for almost a decade, and i dont want anything to do with them, in my house, etc.

 

Do you have any insights into the questions i did ask?

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

consulate outside of thailand, thats why im asking if anyone can understand the practical reasons for this.

Can't imagine that payment will be made (in person) to consulate.

I'm obtaining an eVisa for Vietnam next week. The payment is made online. 

Can't see why the eVisa cannot be obtained while in Thailand.

Obviously to activate the eVisa you need to exit Thailand and enter Laos and then enter Thailand to use the visa. 

12 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

As in, theyre trying to push people to 1 year extensions or 1 single entry at an incredible inconvenience...type of thing.

I'm not aware of places that you can still obtain ME Non O based on retirement.

So yep can imagine ME Non O marriage might follow suit. 

15 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

Its not that i dont have the money, its that i hate and abhor the process and people who put it all together

If over 50 you can do extensions based on retirement. 

Some of the "hate and abhor" might be partly due to immigration office. 

Which do you deal with? 

Agree, that I wouldn't like officials in my place. 

[Caldera]

46 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

It might take 5 days, but as they, the authority in question stipulate 10 to 15 days, starting at the point youve paid cash at the consulate outside of thailand, thats why im asking if anyone can understand the practical reasons for this.

 

The reason is simply that ALL Thai embassies and consulates are moving to the eVisa system, a process that has been in progress since quite a few years already.

 

After other nearby Thai embassies (Hanoi, Phnom Penh) and consulates (Ho Chi Minh City) switched over to eVisa, the writing for the ones in Laos was on the wall.

 

You don't pay cash, you pay online when you apply. You are supposed to be located in the country where your application is being processed throughout the duration of the application process.

 

The multi-entry Non-O visa has been on its way out and isn't available via the eVisa system anywhere. So yes, they're clearly trying to push people who live in Thailand long-term towards getting 1-year extensions from immigration within Thailand. 

[benlovesnuk]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Can't imagine that payment will be made (in person) to consulate.

I'm obtaining an eVisa for Vietnam next week. The payment is made online. 

Can't see why the eVisa cannot be obtained while in Thailand.

Obviously to activate the eVisa you need to exit Thailand and enter Laos and then enter Thailand to use the visa. 

I'm not aware of places that you can still obtain ME Non O based on retirement.

So yep can imagine ME Non O marriage might follow suit. 

If over 50 you can do extensions based on retirement. 

Some of the "hate and abhor" might be partly due to immigration office. 

Which do you deal with? 

Agree, that I wouldn't like officials in my place. 

 

Ive got 10 more years till im 50, and ive been here almost 20 so maybe its time to move...

Its not so much that theyre in my place, its the taking pictures in bedroom bizarreness...id rather live in a bin in the artic...then someone gawp at me and my wife sitting on our bed like good little citizens

 

Cheers.

[benlovesnuk]

41 minutes ago, Caldera said:

 

The reason is simply that ALL Thai embassies and consulates are moving to the eVisa system, a process that has been in progress since quite a few years already.

 

After other nearby Thai embassies (Hanoi, Phnom Penh) and consulates (Ho Chi Minh City) switched over to eVisa, the writing for the ones in Laos was on the wall.

 

You don't pay cash, you pay online when you apply. You are supposed to be located in the country where your application is being processed throughout the duration of the application process.

 

The multi-entry Non-O visa has been on its way out and isn't available via the eVisa system anywhere. So yes, they're clearly trying to push people who live in Thailand long-term towards getting 1-year extensions from immigration within Thailand. 

 

Time to move to a better country, me thinks.

[benlovesnuk]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Can't imagine that payment will be made (in person) to consulate.

I'm obtaining an eVisa for Vietnam next week. The payment is made online. 

Can't see why the eVisa cannot be obtained while in Thailand.

Obviously to activate the eVisa you need to exit Thailand and enter Laos and then enter Thailand to use the visa. 

I'm not aware of places that you can still obtain ME Non O based on retirement.

So yep can imagine ME Non O marriage might follow suit. 

If over 50 you can do extensions based on retirement. 

Some of the "hate and abhor" might be partly due to immigration office. 

Which do you deal with? 

Agree, that I wouldn't like officials in my place. 

 

People can do as they like to me, when im dead throw my body in a field, but its the sneering at my wife, and the disrespect she has had to accept simply for being my wife in her own country.

Unfortunately im 10 years away from 50, i think the time has come to move...cest la vie

 

Thanks, good luck with yours

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

Unfortunately im 10 years away from 50, i think the time has come to move...cest la vie

I posted in another thread re meeting a young UK guy who had just returned to Thailand and while in UK obtained a DTV (took few days) 

He didn't take the soft (nonsense) options.

He took the working online.

Granted easy for him as he actually does work entirely online for UK company. 

Perhaps something you could look into down the track. 

 

[scottiejohn]

35 minutes ago, benlovesnuk said:

 

Time to move to a better country, me thinks.

Like where?

[Maestro]

1 hour ago, benlovesnuk said:

...its the taking pictures in bedroom bizarreness...

 

That falls under the requirement of evidence that the marriage is not only de jure but also de facto, for example that it is being consummated on an ongoing basis. Consider yourself lucky that immigration is not asking for video evidence.

[scottiejohn]

25 minutes ago, Maestro said:

 

That falls under the requirement of evidence that the marriage is not only de jure but also de facto, for example that it is being consummated on an ongoing basis. Consider yourself lucky that immigration is not asking for video evidence.

Me thinks de jury may be out regarding de facts of the case!

[BrandonJT]

Just so people fully understand:

 

Yes, both Vientiene and Savannakhet will be switching to e-visa, but it will not be exactly the same as everywhere else with e-visa.

 

Payment must be made in-person, in cash only, as part of your e-visa application.

 

The instructions posted by both the embassy and consulate make that very clear.

 

I'm not sure how they're allowed to change the process like that compared to every other e-visa embassy/consulate, but that's what they have posted.

Edited 2 hours ago by BrandonJT

[DrJack54]

7 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

Payment must be made in-person, in cash only, as part of your e-visa application.

Read replies to Op..

That requirement will be highly unlikely.

If it is then choose another option.

Simple. 

Name ONE country that requires eVisa application fee to be paid in person at consulate/embassy 

 

[BrandonJT]

42 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Read replies to Op..

That requirement will be highly unlikely.

If it is then choose another option.

Simple. 

Name ONE country that requires eVisa application fee to be paid in person at consulate/embassy 

 

Name one country that requires payment in baht. I don't know how they can have such a requirement to pay in person, but it's quite clear that's the intention since the entire document is very clearly about e-visa.  It doesn't make any sense at all, and completely defeats the purpose of e-visa.  But Thailand is good at defeating the purpose of well-intentioned systems.