Where To Go?

[gosompoi]

Okay I currently have a Type O Visa - Marriage single entry but I do not qualify right now for my yearly extension. This time I just do not have enough money to meet the extension qualifications and life is a bit on hold with my first child to be born very soon. I believe I can just cross the border and get a new visa. I want a Multiple entry Non Imm Type O Visa since I know I will be leaving the country twice this year. So my question, what closest Embassy/Consulate to Thailand is issuing with the least amount of hassle - Multiple Entry Non Imm Type O Visa? Thanks in advance to all those who give input.

[lopburi3]

Singapore normally requires proof of 400k in a bank account (somewhere). KL might issue without but reports have been few and both negative and positive. Penang had started to issue after not doing so for a time but rules are not clear - bank account is being asked but for some not required and for others a high amount asked.

All local Consulates will require marriage certificate/copy and copy of wife id/passport signed and dated to prove current relationship.

Multi entry still seems to be best obtained in home country.

You do have a 60 day one time extension of stay available under section 7.23 if you have not used it. Cost is 1,900 baht from immigration and provide

1. Application form

2. Copy of applicant’s passport

3. Copy of census registration

4. Copy of the Thai national’s ID Card

5. Copy of marriage certificate or birth

certificate

[fauxie]

Singapore normally requires proof of 400k in a bank account (somewhere). KL might issue without but reports have been few and both negative and positive. Penang had started to issue after not doing so for a time but rules are not clear - bank account is being asked but for some not required and for others a high amount asked.

All local Consulates will require marriage certificate/copy and copy of wife id/passport signed and dated to prove current relationship.

Multi entry still seems to be best obtained in home country.

You do have a 60 day one time extension of stay available under section 7.23 if you have not used it. Cost is 1,900 baht from immigration and provide

1. Application form

2. Copy of applicant's passport

3. Copy of census registration

4. Copy of the Thai national's ID Card

5. Copy of marriage certificate or birth

certificate

I'm in a similar position to the poster of this thread. I was told on the phone to go and get a second one of these 'one time provisonal' 60 day extensions and that it's possible with the documents I presented last time that I may get longer. I explained it was the one time provisional extension I got before, as opposed to the 1 year extension for a person currently on a non-imm O and married to a Thai that I believed to be completely separate and they said not to worry and just come and do the same thing again and bring the same docs. What a baffling situation it all is.

[Lite Beer]

Singapore normally requires proof of 400k in a bank account (somewhere). KL might issue without but reports have been few and both negative and positive. Penang had started to issue after not doing so for a time but rules are not clear - bank account is being asked but for some not required and for others a high amount asked.

All local Consulates will require marriage certificate/copy and copy of wife id/passport signed and dated to prove current relationship.

Multi entry still seems to be best obtained in home country.

You do have a 60 day one time extension of stay available under section 7.23 if you have not used it. Cost is 1,900 baht from immigration and provide

1. Application form

2. Copy of applicant's passport

3. Copy of census registration

4. Copy of the Thai national's ID Card

5. Copy of marriage certificate or birth

certificate

I'm in a similar position to the poster of this thread. I was told on the phone to go and get a second one of these 'one time provisonal' 60 day extensions and that it's possible with the documents I presented last time that I may get longer. I explained it was the one time provisional extension I got before, as opposed to the 1 year extension for a person currently on a non-imm O and married to a Thai that I believed to be completely separate and they said not to worry and just come and do the same thing again and bring the same docs. What a baffling situation it all is.

Fauxie. You are quickly learning that the Thai Immigration Dept. is not very straightforward. Different offices and officers use different guidelines for the same procedures.

It dosn't really matter what anyone on here says, we can only give advise. Its the authotities who decide your future. If you are convinced that the Bangkok office said they will give you the extension why not go down there with the documents they asked for and see what happens. However irregular it seems to the rest of us. If thats what they said, go for it. They can only say yes or no. While you are there you can ask about everything else you are not sure of.

Good Luck

[fauxie]

Singapore normally requires proof of 400k in a bank account (somewhere). KL might issue without but reports have been few and both negative and positive. Penang had started to issue after not doing so for a time but rules are not clear - bank account is being asked but for some not required and for others a high amount asked.

All local Consulates will require marriage certificate/copy and copy of wife id/passport signed and dated to prove current relationship.

Multi entry still seems to be best obtained in home country.

You do have a 60 day one time extension of stay available under section 7.23 if you have not used it. Cost is 1,900 baht from immigration and provide

1. Application form

2. Copy of applicant's passport

3. Copy of census registration

4. Copy of the Thai national's ID Card

5. Copy of marriage certificate or birth

certificate

I'm in a similar position to the poster of this thread. I was told on the phone to go and get a second one of these 'one time provisonal' 60 day extensions and that it's possible with the documents I presented last time that I may get longer. I explained it was the one time provisional extension I got before, as opposed to the 1 year extension for a person currently on a non-imm O and married to a Thai that I believed to be completely separate and they said not to worry and just come and do the same thing again and bring the same docs. What a baffling situation it all is.

Fauxie. You are quickly learning that the Thai Immigration Dept. is not very straightforward. Different offices and officers use different guidelines for the same procedures.

It dosn't really matter what anyone on here says, we can only give advise. Its the authotities who decide your future. If you are convinced that the Bangkok office said they will give you the extension why not go down there with the documents they asked for and see what happens. However irregular it seems to the rest of us. If thats what they said, go for it. They can only say yes or no. While you are there you can ask about everything else you are not sure of.

Good Luck

I know, I'm going round and round in circles on the threads here, lol. It just seems too good to be true, and yes I certainly know how the Thai Imm. Dept. is not straightforward. I suppose I should just go down there with plenty of time to spare on my visa. Right now that's about 7 weeks, so maybe go a month before it expires? I don't want to count on something so obviously flimsy and then have less time to get a flight to Penang should I need to go back to apply for another cat. O single or multi entry. It does seem that for now I may be doing the single entry O's until I'm back in the UK before xmas where I'll almost certainly apply for a multiple, probably from Hull (or is Birmingham fine). This deal with the tax or the certification from the Embassy sounds complicated. Certainly the tax receipt route will surely amount to more than the 3.5k per month it works out for me to do visa runs. I'm beginning to wonder whether it's truly worth it for me to sort all that stuff out just to leave behind the hassle of leaving the country. Maybe it isn't.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Birmingham is fine.

[fauxie]

Birmingham is fine.

Cool beans. It's just that everyone speaks so highly of Hull. Ok, that's the plan then. Just keep getting single O's until December (or a multiple if Penang will give me one) and then a multiple from Birmingham.

[gosompoi]

Singapore normally requires proof of 400k in a bank account (somewhere). KL might issue without but reports have been few and both negative and positive. Penang had started to issue after not doing so for a time but rules are not clear - bank account is being asked but for some not required and for others a high amount asked.

All local Consulates will require marriage certificate/copy and copy of wife id/passport signed and dated to prove current relationship.

Multi entry still seems to be best obtained in home country.

You do have a 60 day one time extension of stay available under section 7.23 if you have not used it. Cost is 1,900 baht from immigration and provide

1. Application form

2. Copy of applicant's passport

3. Copy of census registration

4. Copy of the Thai national's ID Card

5. Copy of marriage certificate or birth

certificate

When do you need to apply for this 1 time 60 day extension? I also assume this can be done in the Ubon Rachitanti office. My current visa expires 23/1/08.

Edited January 6, 2008 by gosompoi

[lopburi3]

I would make application this week. It should start at the end of your current stay.

[gosompoi]

Thanks much! That will do for now! But I still will need a new visa after that. My last visa was at the consultate in Loa. They gave me a Non-Imm O - Marriage 90 day visa with no financial documents but of coarse I know I will need them now for an extension.

[gosompoi]

Just a follow up, thanks for the info. I popped in my Local Imm Office in Ubon and picked up my 60 day one time extension in less than 10 mins.