Marriage Visa 60 Days Extended & Got A Job...

[bwillis]

Now what?

I have previously had a work permit here for last 5 years without a marriage visa. Just work permit/related visa. Now, I'm in my 60 day extension based on marriage, and I've gotten another job with (eventually) a work permit. I believe I have to go out of Thailand and get a non-immigrant B for the work permit application. Following questions:

1. Is my multiple re-entry that I got in January 2011(unused) when applying for the O visa still valid, or did it expire at the end of the 90 day period?

2. Will the non-B visa cancel out my current marriage extension (60 days) and make me start over?

3. Should I bother to keep the marriage visa while employed, or just go with the employment visa? Income is more than enough for marriage requirements...

Sheesh, the 400K I'd kept since Nov last year still can't be spent...Kept it 2 + months for the first application in Singapore in Jan. Kept it again for 1 yr extension application end March (shy 20K where my embassy letter didn't cut it), told to keep it again for next extentions. Will I ever get to actually SPEND that 400K? Good forced savings...

Thanks!

[Mario2008]

No need to leave the country. You can just apply for an extension of stay based on your marriage or based on your new employement. What ever suits you, on both extensions you can ge a work permit.

For applying for a visa you do not need to season the money and it can even be in a foreign bank account, only for an extension of stay from immigration do you need to eason the money and needs it to be in bank acocunt in Thailand .

Kuala Lumpur would have only required 100,000 in the bank to get a multiple non-O.

[lopburi3]

You seem to have a non immigrant visa entry (extended) and marriage so should be able to obtain work permit on that.

1. Re-entry expired at end of original permitted to stay time/when extension obtained.

2. Leaving country to obtain B visa will end your current 60 day extension of stay.

3. Most companies are more happy with the B (which they know about) but for 90 day visa entry it makes no difference. For one year extensions of stay the difference would be need to immediately leave with loss of job (or wife). Which is more likely? But even then you could get the same 60 days you have now to make plans so not a major issue for most people.

[bwillis]

Hi Mario,

Thanks. I'll find out more this week. The guy doing the hiring thought I'd have to leave to get the B visa, but if not, that'll be great. They have an HR person who will likely be able to sort it out. If I just drop the marriage extension, and go for an extension based on work permit, perhaps I can finally spend my 400K...

Will let all know how it goes...

Best