Hello,

We are currently living in Krabi. I have a Multiple Entry "B" Visa and my wife and children have ME Non-O Visa's that we obtained in the USA before coming here. I do not have a work permit and have been looking at business opportunities, however I am not sure what we are going to do yet. I have been studying Thai already but not at an official school. If I were to use a school and apply for anED Visa would my wife and children be able to apply for a Non-O Visa similar to how my current Non-B Visa was obtained?

Any direction is appreciated.

Jeremy

Not using your ED Visa, they would need to apply for the ED on the same way as you did and pay for each ones of their very own ED Visa individually, sorry for the bad news TIT

Not sure. To apply for a dependent of you, you must be on a 1 year extension of stay. Normally you only get 1 year extensions of stay based on studying at an university. At language schools it is only 90 days at a time.

I'm not sure how lenient immigration will be. If they will not give an extension to your wife and children, they will need to make visa runs every 90 days for a new non-O visa. I'm not sure if they will be able to get a multiple non-O in Asia and under what conditions.

If you children go to school they can get an ED-visa themselves and 1 person per child I believe can be a dependent of them, but must show at least 500,000 baht in the bank in Thailand.

If you receive an ED visa your kid will be able to get non-O however your wife will not. She may also apply for an ED visa. I have not seen a documented case among our students where a wife was able to obtain non-O based on accompanying her husband.

Walen School - ED visa specialist

www.thaiwalen.com

http://dcs.walenschool.com/form_prospect.aspx?code=1walenmd

Thanks all for the feedback. Bummer, but understood, so it sounds like we could both individually go to school then and that would work, however I don't think my wife has the time/desire while also taking care of the kids. Thanks for the info friends.

Jeremy