Best place for non imm o visa in a neighbouring co

[sailor]

hi everyone

my non immigrant O visa multiple entry valid for one year is soon to be expired. to avoid the long travels to Germany I would like to apply for a new one in a neighbouring country. where is the best place to go for it?

also what requirements are there, the last time I had to show a copy of my long-term renting contract of my house.

thanks

[george]

A cheaper and easier option is Brisbane, Australia, only 9 hours flying time from Bangkok. Tickets around 22-24K with THAI (roundtrip).

The Thai Consulate in Brisbane will issue you a NON-O or NON-B multiple without problems.

Royal Thai Consulate Brisbane website: http://www.thaiconsulate.org

email: [email protected]

[sailor]

thanks for information!

[Khun Larry]

Can you send the Passport to  the Thai consulate in your home country for the new visa?

If so then leaving on the old visa and returning on the new could be done at the nearest border crossing. All the while you would have a legal visa.

I got my non-O multiple visa by mail in the US. Anyone know if you need to be outside of Thailand to get the visa? Naturally you would be without a passport at that time.

[PREM-R]

There have been many postings on the subject of getting visas by post and the general rule  is don't. With the current 'crackdown' by immigration on 'dodgy' stamps it would not  be wise to do anything remotely 'illegal' when renewing visas and that means actually being with your passport when you get your new visa, (unless of course you are in your home country where you can apply to many Consulates by post with no problem.) Also I think it is illegal not to have your travel documents (passport) available for inspection by the Authorities upon request which if your passport is in another country getting a new visa  and you are in Thailand, could make things very difficult ???

[Bob Chittie]

A cheaper and easier option is Brisbane, Australia, only 9 hours flying time from Bangkok. Tickets around 22-24K with THAI (roundtrip).

The Thai Consulate in Brisbane will issue you a NON-O or NON-B multiple without problems.

Royal Thai Consulate Brisbane website: http://www.thaiconsulate.org

email: [email protected]

Does this mean that we can assume that all the neighbouring countries are not the place to go for a non-im o or b unless we have very valid, by the book reason for receiving them?

I'm sure the fact that you were renting a house would not be sufficient at a lot of the consualtes I have been to.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I don't want to be facetious, but renting a house would have about the same weight as renting a video for immigration purposes. Without a Thai wife or a super valid business application, forget regional applications for multi's.  Mailing the passport to other countries is a no no. In the unlikely event a Consulate issued, you run the risk of arrest etc. The officer does not need a super IQ to ascertain that you were in Thailand at the same time you were wherever to get a new visa. Go to Australia....stamps in and out of your passport evidence that you were there and that, coupled with a valid exit stamp from Thailand, mai mee pun har na.

[ovenman]

I'm sure the fact that you were renting a house would not be sufficient at a lot of the consualtes I have been to.

I wasn't aware that simply renting a house was grounds for giving a non-O visa at any Thai consular office(?).

[Bob Chittie]

I'm sure the fact that you were renting a house would not be sufficient at a lot of the consualtes I have been to.

I wasn't aware that simply renting a house was grounds for giving a non-O visa at any Thai consular office(?).

Nothing is ever black and white. Logically, all consulates should have the exact same requirements. But in practice, that is not what happens. That is why George says to go to Australia eventhough the consualte in malaysia or laos is just an hour or two away.

[PK2]

Royal Thai Consulate Brisbane website: http://www.thaiconsulate.org

A pretty informative web site   :laugh:

[Khun ?]

I do not think you can be issued a visa if you are on an active visa that has not been stamped with exit. You could however go to immigration and get a certified copy of your

visa and send the passport off to get a visa from another country or go to another country and send passport to wherever to get a new thai visa as long as they do not require it in person. I believe most in the USA, mail in for visas

due to the fact of the distance of most consulates from many

places. Send it to a relative have them send and receive it back from consulate and fed ex it back to you.

[JonnieB]

trying to get non-imm O's and B's from embassys and counselates bordering LOS is like pulling proverbial hen's teeth.   unless you have all the necessary paperwork for getting a legit such visa they just won't issue them.  i guess just want to cut down on all the flim-flam visas from these posts.

now, getting these visas from "western" counselates and embassys is much easier.  maybe they just figure that since the are "rich" countries the people living there and applying for visas from these locations must be those so called "quality" tourists.

when will people get it straight...when out of your country of citizenship, you have to have your passport physically on you for identification purposes.  that means no sending it in and out of the country without you.  of course you can mail it to an embassy or counselate for a visa in your country because YOU ARE IN YOUR COUNTRY and not in a foreign country so not required to have you passport in you physical possession.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Not every country has that rule about passports having to be carried on you at all times. You do not have to be in your home country to apply for a visa eg an American in Australia or Europe could apply by mail to an Embassy or Consulate in the country the applicant is in. A Brit could apply for a visa in America to visit most countries, including Thailand.

[JonnieB]

okay, if you want to get picky.  i will amend to say in thailand we all know that everyone (thais and farangs) are required by law to have their official identity documents physically carried with them at all times available to be produced for inspection by someone authorized to request them.  for thais, this is their identity card and for farangs it is their passport.  

i used to carry passport copies but now, since all the crackdown stuff, have gone to carrying my actual passport with me at all times, despite the risk of losing it.

now, will you be so kind to as quickly answer my query about brisbane visas?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Talking of picky, you didn't ask me anything about Brisbane.

From what I have heard, it is visa friendly. See George's comments on Page 1 of this thread.

[Aitit]

trying to get non-imm O's and B's from embassys and counselates bordering LOS is like pulling proverbial hen's teeth.   unless you have all the necessary paperwork for getting a legit such visa they just won't issue them.  i guess just want to cut down on all the flim-flam visas from these posts.

Why, if you can't provide the necessary paperwork, do you think you should receive a non-immi visa?

As mentioned in several posts before, since 5 years, no prob. to get the non-immigrant-B-visa in Penang, and I don't have a super valid business running.

Try to email that guy in Penang, he is running a legal visa service there, while you are there!

[email protected]

He should be able to give you information about the required paperwork.

If you are working legally in LOS, you might be using a consultant for your tax stuff, this is exactly right the person to provide you with what is necessary.

[Ajarn]

Can you send the Passport to  the Thai consulate in your home country for the new visa?

If so then leaving on the old visa and returning on the new could be done at the nearest border crossing. All the while you would have a legal visa.

I got my non-O multiple visa by mail in the US. Anyone know if you need to be outside of Thailand to get the visa? Naturally you would be without a passport at that time.

Not any more....I called the Denver, Colorado consulate last night and asked...I've been getting my non-im from them for 3 years, no sweat.

Anyway, 2 weeks ago, a memo was sent to ALL thai consulates telling them they now cannot stamp any visa into a passport without it originating in that country, and to check for (in my case) the US entry stamp...I was told that 2 missionaries, who had sent their passport to a sister to forward to the consulate, later had the visa nullified at the border when they tried to use it....Bummer

[ovenman]

Anyway, 2 weeks ago, a memo was sent to ALL thai consulates telling them they now cannot stamp any visa into a passport without it originating in that country, and to check for (in my case) the US entry stamp...

Are you an American citizen?  The reason I ask is bacause I haven't received a passport stamp from inbound US immigrations since 1997 (I am a US citizen).

[Guest IT Manager]

forget regional applications for multi's.  Mailing the passport to other countries is a no no.

I have just got a 3 month from Laos, no problem (I applied for 12 but didn't have a copy of my work permit). No one else was issued 12 months that day either so I wasn't surprised.

has details of that run and another by a friend who went Burma same day almost.

www.chiangmaimall.com/expats/visa_run.shtml

[Khun ?]

Anyway, 2 weeks ago, a memo was sent to ALL thai consulates telling them they now cannot stamp any visa into a passport without it originating in that country, and to check for (in my case) the US entry stamp...I was told that 2 missionaries, who had sent their passport to a sister to forward to the consulate, later had the visa nullified at the border when they tried to use it....Bummer

U.S. citizen do not get stamped in or out but there will be a visa from some country that does not have exit stamp. I am not sure they would notice it if not in english or would they even bother other than look at anything that was not thai.

Like I said send it to a friend or relative because they may not or will not return it to a foreign destination. Problem solved.

$10 please

[JonnieB]

ajarn,

okay, now i am totally confused.  when you say no visa stamps for passports not "originating" in that country, what does that mean?  

does one now have to go to a thai embassy/consulate in the country that issued the passport in order to get any type of new visa...T,O, B, AO??

so me being an american, do i have to return to the usa and go/send my passport to a thai consulate/embassy for a new visa?

or does it mean only that the person/passport must both be physically present and applying for the visa?

has anybody here heard the same?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Mightn't the Consulate / Embassy note the missing exit stamp out of Thailand ?  They'd instantly spot that coz Thailand always stamps in and out.

[huski]

U.S. citizen do not get stamped in or out but there will be a visa from some country that does not have exit stamp.

I was traveling back and forth from Thailand to USA on my American Passport in 2000 and 2001 many times. Upon arrival at US immigration in the LAX airport, they suddendly started using a red colored enty stamp. I have 5 USA entry stamps in my passport now even though i'm a US Citizen. Must have been a phase for awhile because after going back two weeks ago, no entry stamp.

As for the best place for a non immigrant O, Cambodia will make you stand outside the embassy and bake in the sun for quite a few hours before your application is accepted. Then it will be ready two days later for pickup but all my friends were successfull and got their visas.

Friends returning from Malaysia still say its very straight foward and fast. Malaysia still is recommended if your paperwork is in order.