Non B Expiring + Wp

[david100]

hi, i've a quick question.

i have been working in thailand for 1 year. i have extended my WP for another year (now untill 2011).

i did my MULTY ENTRY NON immigrant Visa B in malaysia, 1 year ago and by the end of april it will expire.

before VISA expiration, can i go to the immigration office in bkk or do i have to go abroad to any thai embassy?

is it like to make a new visa or extend the previous one? i mean, it is about the number of docs they would like to have.

can i make the new visa in the old passport (which will expire in october) then issue a new passport then transfer the visa?

thanks for suggestions. david

[lopburi3]

If you and the firm you work for qualify for extension of stay you should do that at Immigration with less then 30 days (now) remaining on your stay.

You can not leave the country to obtain a new visa with less than six months remaining on your passport validity (and it seems you may not have that).

[david100]

If you and the firm you work for qualify for extension of stay you should do that at Immigration with less then 30 days (now) remaining on your stay.

You can not leave the country to obtain a new visa with less than six months remaining on your passport validity (and it seems you may not have that).

thanks, so i can do that in bkk. better.

the passport validity will be less than 6 month the next 25th of April.

the visa will expire on 27th of april.

so i would make the new visa in the old passport, right before the 6 months validity come (next week). then after getting the visa i would arrange for the new passport (which probably takes longer than the visa) and finally export the visa to the new passport. hopefully will be fine.

[lopburi3]

You can not transfer a visa - you will have to transfer entry stamp and they use your old passport with your new passport for border trips.

[david100]

You can not transfer a visa - you will have to transfer entry stamp and they use your old passport with your new passport for border trips.

ohh..right...stamp transfer.

do you know how much is it the multy entry made in thailand?

in kuala lumpur it was around 5000 bath.

it seems i can get the VISA in 1 day in bkk and new passport from embassy in 4 days.

[lopburi3]

You can not obtain a visa in Thailand. They are issued by Consulates. Only an extension of stay for a specific reason by meeting set requirements is available in Thailand. An extension of stay costs 1,900 baht but does not allow travel without getting re-entry permits.

[thaiphoon]

Re-entry permit costs 1,000 baht for single entry or 3,800 baht for multiple entry.

[david100]

You can not obtain a visa in Thailand. They are issued by Consulates. Only an extension of stay for a specific reason by meeting set requirements is available in Thailand. An extension of stay costs 1,900 baht but does not allow travel without getting re-entry permits.

mmhhh...now you made me think more.

are you sure i cannot get any VISA B in thailand at immigration office?

i found in their website few info and the prices. as i was thinking, the multiple entries VISA B is around 5000thb.

i think, if they price the service, they do the service.

Non-immigrant visa:

• single entry: 2,000.- Baht
  
• multiple entries within 1 year: 5,000.- Baht
  
• multiple entries within 3 years for holders of passports or other travel documents from the Asia-Pacific cooperation group who travel in and out of the Kingdom for business:
  

i went to the consolate outside thailand when i did the first 1 year visa without work permit.

now that i have WP, tax paying mod.91 and company fully papers i think i can do in thailand.

anyway i cant be sure until someone from the thai immigration office will be back from songkran and pick up the phone...huh...

[IMA_FARANG]

You didn't say what nationality you are.

If you're from the U.S. the bad news is that the passports now all are issued from the U.S. Expect a minimum of 2 weeks from the time you turn your passport in for renewal. That's if you pay extra for express service. Three weeks is more likely.

You can't get a passport any more at the embessy like you could a few years ago. For security reasons you have to be vetted and checked for the passport in the U.S. now.

Of course, if you're not from the U.S. the information above is useless to you, anyhow.

[david100]

You didn't say what nationality you are.

If you're from the U.S. the bad news is that the passports now all are issued from the U.S. Expect a minimum of 2 weeks from the time you turn your passport in for renewal. That's if you pay extra for express service. Three weeks is more likely.

You can't get a passport any more at the embessy like you could a few years ago. For security reasons you have to be vetted and checked for the passport in the U.S. now.

Of course, if you're not from the U.S. the information above is useless to you, anyhow.

wow..big issue for USA citizens.

i'm italian working for an american company in bkk

[Mario2008]

I think that inforamtion is not from immigration but from the ministry of foreign affairs.

You cannot get a new visa in Thailand, only an extension of stay.

[lopburi3]

You can not obtain a visa inside Thailand. That information is for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consulates outside Thailand.

[david100]

guys...i got some clarifications.

now probably you would say..."of course" but i didn't understand that untill i spoke with immigration officer.

my 1 year visa B MULTY ENTRY expires 27th april (or better, enter before), but i'm allowed to stay following the entry stamp information, which says until mid june (3 months since my last arrival in march).

i don't need to make any new visa, i need to EXTEND the visa for another year during the last 30 days of the stamp (and not of the visa which could be out of date).

the work permit doesn't follow the visa life, they are 2 separeted things.

so the immigration officer told me to come back for EXTENSION next month coz today was too early. fine, i have time to arrange new passport, transfer the stamp from old to new passport then extend the visa.

now, i heard something about TM 8. what is that re-entry permit? why someone needs it?

once i extend 1 more year my multy entry visa B, i'm allowed as before to go out and in thailand as i want?

cheers

[beano2274]

Immigration offices in Thailand only issue a Single Non Immigrant Extension (if memory serves me correct), this is why you need the TM 8, this is so that you can leave Thailand and come back in if you need to. Also remember to do 90 day reporting at your local Immigration office, or you can be fined.

If incorrect Terminology I do apologise......

[lopburi3]

No extension of stay allows entry so if you leave without a re-entry permit the extension of stay ends on departure. So once you have an extension of stay you must obtain a re-entry permit prior to any travel - on return you use that as your visa information and get the same date stamp you had before leaving (extension of stay stamp).

[david100]

Immigration offices in Thailand only issue a Single Non Immigrant Extension (if memory serves me correct), this is why you need the TM 8, this is so that you can leave Thailand and come back in if you need to. Also remember to do 90 day reporting at your local Immigration office, or you can be fined.

If incorrect Terminology I do apologise......

thx, i got you. so if they extend a multy entry i don't need any TM8, if they extend just for single entry i will have to fill the TM8, but do i need new TM8 each time i go in and out?

what is that reporting?

[david100]

No extension of stay allows entry so if you leave without a re-entry permit the extension of stay ends on departure. So once you have an extension of stay you must obtain a re-entry permit prior to any travel - on return you use that as your visa information and get the same date stamp you had before leaving (extension of stay stamp).

so, you mean, it is mandatory to get this TM8 (re-entry permit) independently from any kind of prior visa. ok.

do i need to obtain TM8 each time i go out of thailand or exist a multy re-entry TM8 like this below?

Current fees for re-entry permit

* 1,000 Baht for single

* 3,800 Baht for multiple

do i need to report ever 90 days TM47 or going in and out thailand before 90 days is enough?

[lopburi3]

You can use either type - if you plan more than 3 trips the multi entry would be best.

You only have to report using TM.47 when/if you stay 90 days or more - each return sets clock to day one.