Invitation Letter And Which Non Im B ? + O Visa Issue.

[luisparis]

Hi

after quite a lengthy process we have received company and VAT registration and I'm about to fly to Guangzhou Besides enjoying Southern China for a few days, I plan to apply for the Non Im B and our lawyer said she would arrange the whole process until the work permit once I get back to LOS with the Non Im. I will be staying about 8 days in Thailand when i come back, before heading back to europe for 2 weeks.

I thought what I had to apply was a 3months single entry and we could work out the reentries and extensions in BKK but read the invitation letter model; on this website for non im B, and it is about 1 year multiple entry.

What visa should I actually apply for?

Besides my wife, a chinese citizen, still has one entry valid on her tourist visa but no longer our infant daughter. Can I apply already for a kind of dependant for our daughter or is better to aim for another tourist visa ? Likely shall we also aply for my wife at the same time or is it better to wait for my WP to be over ? I happened to send one of our nephew in the same Guangzhou consulate for a non imm Ed and dealings haven't been very easy although he obtained his visa after several visits there.

Thanks for your input

Luis

[PoorSucker]

You must apply for WP before you go.

The receipt WP3 for applying for WP must be present.

[luisparis]

You must apply for WP before you go.

The receipt WP3 for applying for WP must be present.

You mean for a year visa or also for a 3month non im ? It seems I've read many times that the non immigrant visa was a prerequisite for the WP application !?!

Edited August 5, 2008 by luisparis

[NHJ]

first you apply for the work permit, you'll receive WP3.

this WP3 with the other documents will give you a single entry 3 months visa wich you'll use to enter thailand and finish the work permit procedure.

next time if the consul does agree(not often around here) youll get non-B multi entries valid for 15 months.

[luisparis]

Just found a link about the WP3. In case it's really necessary, what would be the difference if I apply for a non im B in the aim to come to thailand for business ( probably easy to get the right documents as i already own a company in france and trade with several thai companiest but than I'm applying from China...). Would like to make sure about which documents to show and which visa to apply at at the consulate as I'd rather move on with the WP before heading back to france in couple of weeks)

[Maestro]

Different consulates apply different requirements for visa applications but for a case like yours I understand it usually works like this:

Step 1: apply for work permit, get receipt WP3

Step 2: get a single-entry non-B visa from a Thai consulate

Step 3: pick up the work permit

Step 4: a) get a multiple entry non-B visa from a Thai consulate; or

apply for extension of stay

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Maestro

[luisparis]

Thanks for the info. Called our lawyer and she reckons as a french citizen I should get the 3month single entry . If you guys are right, I will push her for the WP upon coming back and will apply for the Non iI in Paris end of this month. How long does it take for the WP3? should the lawyer take care of it?

[pearloftheorient]

I've been informed they issue 1 year multiple entry visas in Guangzhou. In your cover letter/sponsor letter, you can put in there that you will need a 1 year multiple entry visa. If they say no, they can give you 3 months. If they say yes, then great. There's no harm in asking for 1 year multiple entry.. if they don't issue, they will always give you 3 months.

[luisparis]

I've been informed they issue 1 year multiple entry visas in Guangzhou. In your cover letter/sponsor letter, you can put in there that you will need a 1 year multiple entry visa. If they say no, they can give you 3 months. If they say yes, then great. There's no harm in asking for 1 year multiple entry.. if they don't issue, they will always give you 3 months.

Thanks Pearl, we have prepared a letter asking for a y visa, as well as another one asking for a 3month. Will let you know how the consulate reacts. year would be great.

[luisparis]

BTW, can I apply for a non im O for my daughter as well?

[PoorSucker]

BTW, can I apply for a non im O for my daughter as well?

Yes, as dependent.

Not if she's let's say 34 years.

[luisparis]

Ok, we did pick up today 2 visas 3 month single entry Non Im , a O for the young daughter and a B for myself. Didn't push for the wife's as our documents were far from foolproof - no WP3 nor translation in thai or english of all our family documents.

They never asked for a WP3, but did require the copy of the thai citizen who signed the invitation letter. Glad there is a business center next floor of the Garden Hotel where the consulate is located to receive a fax, because 5mns later they didn't take anymore applications.

Pearl,

the lady taking the aplications told me they're only issuing single entry visas in Guangzhou, be it for non Im or tourist, possible as we've had 3 relatives this year getting those and they were all single entry.

This consulate is not particularu easy either with their visa delivery, staff there gave a very hard time to our nephew for a non Imm Ed, last of it is telling is e ticket he had already paid for wasn't acceptable as it wasn't a paper ticket. We needed a faxw from the travel agent to sort that one out.

Consulate stops taking applications around 11.20 and the visa collection time is only 4.30 to 5pm. Not most flexible.

If anyone in this area has a few days spare it's much easier to use a specialised agent, they can make the process easier.

Edited August 11, 2008 by luisparis