Non-immigrant O Multi Entries

[tomsof]

hello, I'm french and i'm maried with thai woman, i used to make a non immigrant o multi entries visa in thai embassy in Paris. I went in paris last month (october 04)and i asked for my visa. but what was my surprise ? they said that things changed from jully 04 and if i wanted a multi entries i have to show an accont book with 400000 baths in. of course i don't have my thai bank book with me...so i just get a single journee non-immigrant o visa. but they said that if when i arrived in thai i have the money i can go to the immigration and they will changed my visa for one multi entries. I really don't know what's happened. I never listen about that before did the embassy worker make mistake ? can i really go to immigration with the money and changed my visa ? if somebody know about that please answer me, thanks.

[Nam Kao]

I thought single entry was for you having to bring in 400K for a 1 year extension

and a Multiple entry did not require to bring in $$$ BUT you had to do a border

run every 90 days?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

hello, I'm french and i'm maried with thai woman, i used to make a non immigrant o multi entries visa in thai embassy in Paris. I went in paris last month (october 04)and i asked for my visa. but what was my surprise ? they said that things changed from jully 04 and if i wanted a multi entries i have to show an accont book with 400000 baths in. of course i don't have my thai bank book with me...so i just get a single journee non-immigrant o visa. but they said that if when i arrived in thai i have the money i can go to the immigration and they will changed my visa for one multi entries. I really don't know what's happened. I never listen about that before did the embassy worker make mistake ? can i really go to immigration with the money and changed my visa ? if somebody know about that please answer me, thanks.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you have the 400,000 in a bank in Thailand, take your wife, her ID, your marriage papers, a letter to Immigration from your bank, and your bank passbook and extend that single entry visa for one year. Immigration cannot convert a single entry visa to a multiple. The RTE in Paris refused a multiple because they see that you are using the multi to avoid the financial requirements of an O visa based on marriage.