Non B Visa

[andy2010]

hi all

can anybody tell me with a 1 yr non b visa with a work permit,what is the correct precedure after 90 days,is it report to immigration or do you have to get the visa renewed?

[sbk]

Moving to Thai visas forum

[Lite Beer]

If you have a Multi Entry Non B Visa obtained form a Thai Consulate you have to leave the country every 90 days.

[beechguy]

Depends on what you are calling a one year visa. If you have a one year multi-entry "B" Visa you need to exit the country and re-enter every 90 days.

If you have a one year "Extension of Stay" based on employment, you need to do an address report every 90 days, and apply for an extension annually.

[PoorSucker]

If you have a multiple entry visa that you got from a consulate abroad you must leave the country every 90 days.

Just exit and enter the neighbour county, then enter Thailand again for another 90 day entry.

If you have extension of stay received at immigrations in Thailand you just go to immigration and report every 90 days.

[Mario2008]

With a work eprmit you might have two options.

1. Extend your curent permission to stay for 1 year, if you qualify for that. 9Need company papers and tax papers from the company over the last 2 years, depending on your job you need to show a minimum income yourself)

2. leave the country and re-enter again for another 90 days of stay in Thailand.

[PoorSucker]

Extension of Thai Business Visa

The Thai "B" or Business Visa can be extended to a one year visa in country as follows.

The extension of the visa is normally based on employment and as such there are certain regulations governing the company who is employing you.

These are the regulations for the extension of the "B" Business Visa:

1. The business must be registered in Thailand.

2. The company must be capitalized to at least Baht 2 Million while operating fund must be at least Baht 1 Million.

3. The company must have a ration of at least 4 : 1 - Four Thais for every foreigner.

4. You must earn at least in accordance with the level specified for each nationality by the Labour Department.

Duration of the Extension

- One year at a time.

Documents required for the extension:

1. Application form (T.M. 7 )

2. Passport or document used in lien of passport and its copies .

3. The applicants 4 x 6 cm. photograph .

4. Extension fee Baht 1,900.-

5. The company letters certifying as follows ;

- Nature of business

- Reason or necessity in employing the applicant his / her position, salary and education background.

- Number of Thai and foreign employees.

6. Copies of work permit or receipt of work permit application.

7. Company's annual balance sheets.

8. The juristic persons Annual Income Tax Declaration Form (Form No.50) of the latest year and its receipt of payment.

9. Thai employees Monthly Income Tax Declaration Form (Form No.1 ) of the latest month and its receipt of payment.

10. The applicants Annual Income Tax Declaration Form (Form No.91) of the latest year and its receipt of payment.

11. The official letter that certify the registration of such juristic person.

12. Business Registration or Business License.

13. Value Added Tax Registration and list of share holders.

14. A map that indicate location of the Company.

15. For those who operate export business, the documentary evidence clarifying its export activities is needed.

16. For those who operate tourism business, the documentary evidence clarifying its total number of tourist that brought in by the company is needed.

N.B. In case of necessity , documents No.7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 can be substituted by the company letters stating its reason.

[andy2010]

well thanks for all those replies

i have a multi entry non b visa

i filled out the form for extention of stay,put the photo on etc,all given to me in the udon thani immigration office,went to the counter,the girl said,sorry thats the wrong form you just need to sign in report,so she did that and stuck it in my passport,i queried with her that this says on the top,this is not an extension of your visa? stamped in red.

she replied to me that that was what i needed and that was ok,not to worry.

this was the day of the top brass visiting the office with the tv cameras,who were all there when i was by the way

got to phuket airport a few days ago returning to uk and got fined 20,000baht for overstay.

told me that udon had made a mistake and i must go back to udon to sort it out.

so now i am going to send all this to the thai embassy in the uk to try to get a refund.

what do you think my chances are?

[Lite Beer]

Zero.

You applied for a Visa and they issued it to you.

[lopburi3]

Zero. It is not an Embassy matter.

You can not extend a non immigrant B visa with a form and photo (if that is what you were trying to do). You would need a work permit and full company paperwork as listed above. A multi entry visa only allows 90 day stay without exit.

[andy2010]

it wasn,t a form and a photo,it was the form they gave me to fill out and then changed their minds and asked me to report instead.

if they told me to go out of the country to renew,i would have,this is the point,listening to thai immigration is a waste of time,they don,t know what they are doing do they...

also why isn,t it a thai embassy issue,they supplied my visa,so surely they have some responsibilty to try and sort it out.

i have a work permit and a sponsor for 2 yrs, i am a teacher in the village so a lot of those other forms don,t apply do they?

[andy2010]

so,when i go back this october,working with a work permit and possibly staying for 5-12 months or longer

what visa do i need and at 3 months what do i do,apply then for extension to stay at the discretion of the immigration dept?

is it a non B multi entry again or something else.

thanks in advance

[beechguy]

so,when i go back this october,working with a work permit and possibly staying for 5-12 months or longer

what visa do i need and at 3 months what do i do,apply then for extension to stay at the discretion of the immigration dept?

is it a non B multi entry again or something else.

thanks in advance

If you don't want to exit every 90 days, apply for a one year "Extension of Stay" (It is not a visa!) based on employment as per post #7!

[beechguy]

it wasn,t a form and a photo,it was the form they gave me to fill out and then changed their minds and asked me to report instead.

if they told me to go out of the country to renew,i would have,this is the point,listening to thai immigration is a waste of time,they don,t know what they are doing do they...

also why isn,t it a thai embassy issue,they supplied my visa,so surely they have some responsibilty to try and sort it out.

i have a work permit and a sponsor for 2 yrs, i am a teacher in the village so a lot of those other forms don,t apply do they?

The Consulate's responsibility was to issue a visa, they did. You were given erroneous information at the immigration office, but you should not have even been there unless you were applying for an "Extension of Stay".

A one year multi-entry visa is valid for one year, and upon each entry you are stamped permitted to stay 90 days, at the end of 90 days, you simply exit and return for another 90 day entry, even if entering just before the expiration date, you would still be stamped in for a stay of 90 days.

[andy2010]

it wasn,t a form and a photo,it was the form they gave me to fill out and then changed their minds and asked me to report instead.

if they told me to go out of the country to renew,i would have,this is the point,listening to thai immigration is a waste of time,they don,t know what they are doing do they...

also why isn,t it a thai embassy issue,they supplied my visa,so surely they have some responsibilty to try and sort it out.

i have a work permit and a sponsor for 2 yrs, i am a teacher in the village so a lot of those other forms don,t apply do they?

The Consulate's responsibility was to issue a visa, they did. You were given erroneous information at the immigration office, but you should not have even been there unless you were applying for an "Extension of Stay".

A one year multi-entry visa is valid for one year, and upon each entry you are stamped permitted to stay 90 days, at the end of 90 days, you simply exit and return for another 90 day entry, even if entering just before the expiration date, you would still be stamped in for a stay of 90 days.

so if i go out of the country for a few hours and come back,i am stamped in again for 90 days,is that with a fee payable or not?

[beechguy]

it wasn,t a form and a photo,it was the form they gave me to fill out and then changed their minds and asked me to report instead.

if they told me to go out of the country to renew,i would have,this is the point,listening to thai immigration is a waste of time,they don,t know what they are doing do they...

also why isn,t it a thai embassy issue,they supplied my visa,so surely they have some responsibilty to try and sort it out.

i have a work permit and a sponsor for 2 yrs, i am a teacher in the village so a lot of those other forms don,t apply do they?

The Consulate's responsibility was to issue a visa, they did. You were given erroneous information at the immigration office, but you should not have even been there unless you were applying for an "Extension of Stay".

A one year multi-entry visa is valid for one year, and upon each entry you are stamped permitted to stay 90 days, at the end of 90 days, you simply exit and return for another 90 day entry, even if entering just before the expiration date, you would still be stamped in for a stay of 90 days.

so if i go out of the country for a few hours and come back,i am stamped in again for 90 days,is that with a fee payable or not?

If your visas is still valid, you will be stamped permitted to stay 90 days, you already payed Thailand when you applied for the visa at the Consulate/Embassy.

[andy2010]

it wasn,t a form and a photo,it was the form they gave me to fill out and then changed their minds and asked me to report instead.

if they told me to go out of the country to renew,i would have,this is the point,listening to thai immigration is a waste of time,they don,t know what they are doing do they...

also why isn,t it a thai embassy issue,they supplied my visa,so surely they have some responsibilty to try and sort it out.

i have a work permit and a sponsor for 2 yrs, i am a teacher in the village so a lot of those other forms don,t apply do they?

The Consulate's responsibility was to issue a visa, they did. You were given erroneous information at the immigration office, but you should not have even been there unless you were applying for an "Extension of Stay".

A one year multi-entry visa is valid for one year, and upon each entry you are stamped permitted to stay 90 days, at the end of 90 days, you simply exit and return for another 90 day entry, even if entering just before the expiration date, you would still be stamped in for a stay of 90 days.

so if i go out of the country for a few hours and come back,i am stamped in again for 90 days,is that with a fee payable or not?

If your visas is still valid, you will be stamped permitted to stay 90 days, you already payed Thailand when you applied for the visa at the Consulate/Embassy.

thanks for all your help

in future if i dont have a stamp in my passport saying a valid until date in the further than im going to stay,im not going to listen to those useless staff again

go by the stamp only

thanks again

i will try to argue this point to get a refund somehow

and maybe i will win the lottery aswell

[beechguy]

You're welcome and my sympathy for your problem. Also, just want to caution you that if you get a one year "Extension of Stay" you would need a re-entry permit to keep the permission to stay valid if you exit the country. Anyway, it's important to understand the differences between visa entries, permissions to stay, extensions of stay, etc. Good luck!

[andy2010]

You're welcome and my sympathy for your problem. Also, just want to caution you that if you get a one year "Extension of Stay" you would need a re-entry permit to keep the permission to stay valid if you exit the country. Anyway, it's important to understand the differences between visa entries, permissions to stay, extensions of stay, etc. Good luck!

i will bear that in mind,i will let you know if i get a refund aswell,but i dont know if the thread can stay open that long :jap: