One Year Visa

[aliwright]

Hi

Can anyone please help me with this rapidly changing subject.

I am 47 and married with two young children and want to move to Koh Samui in the new year. I have a Uk MOD pension so do not intend to work and I will be placing my children, aged 10 and 11 into one of the English schools on the island. Does any of this entitle me to apply for a one year, multiple entry visa as I am struggling to get any positive feedback elsewhere.

Thanks

Ali

Edited October 8, 2007 by aliwright

[Mahout Angrit]

Does your wife or any of your children have Thai nationality?

[aliwright]

Does your wife or any of your children have Thai nationality?

No, we are all British

[Mahout Angrit]

I cant really give you definite info but I think the only way will be for you to explore education Non Immigrant ED visas for your children and for you and your wife to apply for a Non Imm O visa based on supporting one child each on an ED visa.

Hopefully someone with more precise info will help.

[aliwright]

I cant really give you definite info but I think the only way will be for you to explore education Non Immigrant ED visas for your children and for you and your wife to apply for a Non Imm O visa based on supporting one child each on an ED visa.

Hopefully someone with more precise info will help.

Thanks Mahout

Your info is quite interesting in that I seem to remember being told that if you have children in full time education in the country they will be entitled to a one year multi entry visa and perents gain the same entitlement so I will persue this avenue.

Thanks for your help and if anyone else can add to this I would be very gratefull.

Ali

[Maestro]

The information provided by Mahout Angrit is spot on. One parent per child on an extension of stay for study can get an extension as dependent .

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Maestro

[JimGant]

One parent per child on an extension of stay for study can get an extension as dependent .

Accompanied by 400K baht each in a Thai bank for at least 3 months.

[lopburi3]

The bank deposit is 500k and from reports immigration is not at all happy to approve two parents splitting up there kids to obtain such an extension of stay so it may not be as easy as it sounds. They might have to settle for one extension of stay and one parent making 90 day border runs.

[aliwright]

The bank deposit is 500k and from reports immigration is not at all happy to approve two parents splitting up there kids to obtain such an extension of stay so it may not be as easy as it sounds. They might have to settle for one extension of stay and one parent making 90 day border runs.

Forgive my ingnorance, this is all new to me but am I right in thinking then that both my wife and I would get a 12 month visa. One of us would have the extension of stay, meaning only needing to leave the country once a year for the stamp but the other, still having a 12 month visa, needs to leave every 3 months to get the stamp?

[lopburi3]

If you are unable to obtain the two extensions of stay the one and a multi entry visa (90 day runs) would probably be the best alternative. But I would try the two parent/student extension first if you can meet the two 500k bank deposits that will likely be required.

[aliwright]

If you are unable to obtain the two extensions of stay the one and a multi entry visa (90 day runs) would probably be the best alternative. But I would try the two parent/student extension first if you can meet the two 500k bank deposits that will likely be required.

Great. Thanks for that I now understand. Yeah the two parent/student extension with money in the bank is the way forward and if that fails I now have other options to try.

Thank you

[Mahout Angrit]

If you are unable to obtain the two extensions of stay the one and a multi entry visa (90 day runs) would probably be the best alternative. But I would try the two parent/student extension first if you can meet the two 500k bank deposits that will likely be required.

Hi Lop,

It's been reported on here that ED extensions are only given for 3 months at a time now, is this the case? and if so surely the parents wont get a 1year extension if the kids have only 3 months.

[lopburi3]

The visa extensions that are subject to the 90 day renewal (you do not need a new visa) is that issued for study of Thai language.

[Mahout Angrit]

Thanks Lop

One of us would have the extension of stay, meaning only needing to leave the country once a year for the stamp

Extensions of stay of 1 year can be perpetually applied for with no need to leave the country provided you continue to meet the conditions.

If you both dont get the extension of stay then after border runs every 90 days the one who missed out will have to get a new Multi entry Non Imm O after 15 months max(4 runs) at an embassy outside Thailand.

Edited October 9, 2007 by Mahout Angrit