Visa

[thaidan55]

1. A friend of mine holds a non-b type visa which runs out in four months.  My question here is could he legaly send is passport by mail with all the forms and paperwork to a friend in his home country, then his friend would remail everything to the Thai consulate using his friends address and if after getting a new visa from the Thai consulate back in the mail his friend would remail it back to him here.

2. I know his passport will not show a exit stamp so this is why I think its not a good idea but I know of an American gent who has done this, but its the legal factor were not sure about.

The reason why he would want to mail it is because our home country Thai Consulate will give a non-b with just a simple letter done by mail with no interview.  He's got nothing to show on paper and not enough cash in the bank here...ect, thats why he cant go to Panang or probably elsewhere close-by.  Basicly he just wants to save himself the cost and time of flying home and back.

I aslo had an idea which I would like someone to comment about also:

 If he were to go to Loas for a couple weeks and do all the same mailing of passport and paperwork to a friend to do all the remailing,  then he would have a exit stamp and he wouldnt have been in Thailand when the new non-b visa is stamped in his passport,  but is this legal?

Well that's it I think

Be looking forward for a straight answer on this topic

thank you

[bluebear]

1. A friend of mine holds a non-b type visa which runs out in four months.  My question here is could he legaly send is passport by mail with all the forms and paperwork to a friend in his home country, then his friend would remail everything to the Thai consulate using his friends address and if after getting a new visa from the Thai consulate back in the mail his friend would remail it back to him here.

2. I know his passport will not show a exit stamp so this is why I think its not a good idea but I know of an American gent who has done this, but its the legal factor were not sure about.

The reason why he would want to mail it is because our home country Thai Consulate will give a non-b with just a simple letter done by mail with no interview.  He's got nothing to show on paper and not enough cash in the bank here...ect, thats why he cant go to Panang or probably elsewhere close-by.  Basicly he just wants to save himself the cost and time of flying home and back.

Umm, at the moment I would say NO NO NO NO NO NO!  

Do not do this, if they are cracking down on all visa services I would really think very very hard about doing this.

But to answer your questions.  

How can he activate his Visa if he doesnt leave the country and re enter?  A visa is only activiated when you enter a country and have it "registered" at a border crossing.  If he tries to do that and they check his passport on leaving he might be asked very serious questions ie how did he get the visa without leaving the country.  They might let him go after a lengthy questioning or they might declare it illegally obtained or worse.

If I read your post right and he has no paperwork and no money, then he is not legally entitled to the visa.    Just because one office is slack in checking the reuirements doesnt make it right to obtain a visa under false pretences.

I aslo had an idea which I would like someone to comment about also:

If he were to go to Loas for a couple weeks and do all the same mailing of passport and paperwork to a friend to do all the remailing,  then he would have a exit stamp and he wouldnt have been in Thailand when the new non-b visa is stamped in his passport,  but is this legal?

NO NO NO NO NO!

It is slighly more legal but...  What happens if he gets stopped by the police there and they want his passport, or has some other need for id like changing hotel.  From what I have heard the Laos police are not ones to mess with.  What happens if it takes longer than he thought, could he stay off work ( I assume he is working as he has a B ) until it arrived?  What if it doesnt turn up at all?

( and before any says I am being very hard hearted and its an I am alright jack post - I am not 100% happy about my slightly grey past catching up but will make damm sure I do it right from now on)

[the scouser]

Exactly the same topic was recently discussed on this forum. See " Is it legal " on page 4 of this forum. Sorry, don't know how to set up a hyperlink.

Regards,

Scouse.