Somewhere I read that a spouse may piggy back on the others retirement visa.

This attachment has a stipulation of the piggybacker having to do 90 day visa runs. It is from the Thai immigration dated July 07.

Is this still in effect?

Thai_Retirement_Requirements.pdf

Somewhere I read that a spouse may piggy back on the others retirement visa.

This attachment has a stipulation of the piggybacker having to do 90 day visa runs. It is from the Thai immigration dated July 07.

Is this still in effect?

Thai_Retirement_Requirements.pdf

Maybe this thread will give you some guidance.....

Somewhere I read that a spouse may piggy back on the others retirement visa.

This attachment has a stipulation of the piggybacker having to do 90 day visa runs. It is from the Thai immigration dated July 07.

Is this still in effect?

Thai_Retirement_Requirements.pdf

Maybe this thread will give you some guidance.....

Thanks

If you got this impression from reading other posts then the poster probably wrote retirement visa when he meant retirement extension (happens all the time). So-called piggy-backing, known as extension of stay as a dependant, is available for some relatives of the holder of certain types of extension (see paragraph 7.19 of Royal Thai Police Order No. 606/2549)

The website of the Thai consulate in Hull says nothing about piggy-backing. At any rate, for definitive information on extensions of stay it is preferable not to rely on information posted on the websites of consulates but instead to refer to the aforementioned Police Order. Consulates deal with visas, immigration offices with permissions and extensions of stay, and from experience it appears that neither of the two are very knowledgeable about the work being done by the other.

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Maestro

1. Somewhere I read that a spouse may piggy back on the others retirement visa.

2. This attachment has a stipulation of the piggybacker having to do 90 day visa runs. It is from the Thai immigration dated July 07.

1. yes

2.no

If you got this impression from reading other posts then the poster probably wrote retirement visa when he meant retirement extension (happens all the time). So-called piggy-backing, known as extension of stay as a dependant, is available for some relatives of the holder of certain types of extension (see paragraph 7.19 of Royal Thai Police Order No. 606/2549)

The website of the Thai consulate in Hull says nothing about piggy-backing. At any rate, for definitive information on extensions of stay it is preferable not to rely on information posted on the websites of consulates but instead to refer to the aforementioned Police Order. Consulates deal with visas, immigration offices with permissions and extensions of stay, and from experience it appears that neither of the two are very knowledgeable about the work being done by the other.

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Maestro

Although I have spent many years dealing with Thai authorities, I am surely getting the bigger picture.

Thanks again,

1. yes

2.no

1. Yes if, as many others, you use “retirement visa” to mean “retirement extension”

2. More correctly, retirement visa is used to mean “non-immigrant visa category O-A”. In this situation, each person has to apply at the consulate for his/her own visa. One person applies for the non-O-A visa, the other for a non-O visa. Since the non-O-A visa will, upon arrival in Thailand, lead to a permission of stay for one year, the other person will probably apply for a multiple-entry non-O visa and will have to do a border run every 90 days.

With 3-4 weeks remaining of the permission to stay for the person who had the non-O-A visa, both go to the immigration office. The person with the non-O-A visa applies for a retirement extension, the spouse for an extension as a dependant.

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Maestro