Tourist Visa For Indonesian ?

[woodyuk]

I am british, but my gf is Indonesian. She has been here in Bangkok but on a 30 day stamp. Would perfer her to come longer and not have to do visa runs. She could apply for tourist vias which gives 60 days, and on this site it says it can be "extended". What does this mean ? By how long ? Was only thinking 90-120 days. It says she has to show 20,000baht which is fine, does she bring this as cash when she gets to airport? What about other visas ? could she get a non-im visa ?

Thanks

[lopburi3]

A sixty day tourist visa can normally be extended 30 days at a cost of 1,900 baht and a visit to immigration.

[thaiflyer1]

I dont think there is going to any Non Imm class open to her unfortunatley...................if you are looking at only a 90 day stay then a single entry tourist visa will suffice no "visa run" will be required as Lopburi has already pointed out a 30 day extension to the inital 60 day stay granted upon landing here is available at local immigration.

If the stay is going to be 120-180 days then you have 2 options either obtain a double entry tourist visa for her, she/ll need to do one "visa run" at the 90 day stage and that will give her another 60 day stay which could if needed be extended by a further 30 days locally.

Alternatively if she comes with a double and is only staying between 90 and 120 days then dont bother extending after the first 60 day stay simply do a "visa run" at the 60 day stage and re-enter using the second entry on the tourist visa and that will cover her to the 120 day stage........thereby saving the 1900 baht it costs for the 30 day extension.

Hope that makes sense.

Edit..........regards the 20k the odds are she wont be asked to show any proof of funds but cash/travellers cheques or a credit card would be ok.

She could even come with only a single entry if the stay is between 90 and 120 days and just do a 30 day run to the border after 90 days.............thereby saving the cost of the second entry on the tourist visa.

So many options.

Edited October 28, 2005 by thaiflyer1

[woodyuk]

Thanks guys, great advice.

Woody

I  dont  think  there  is  going  to  any  Non  Imm  class  open  to  her  unfortunatley...................if  you  are  looking  at  only  a  90  day  stay  then  a  single  entry  tourist  visa  will  suffice  no  "visa  run"  will  be  required  as  Lopburi  has  already  pointed  out  a  30  day  extension  to  the  inital  60  day  stay  granted  upon  landing  here  is  available  at  local  immigration.

If  the  stay  is  going  to  be  120-180  days  then  you  have  2  options  either  obtain  a  double  entry  tourist  visa  for  her, she/ll  need  to  do  one  "visa  run"  at  the  90  day  stage  and  that  will  give  her  another  60  day  stay  which  could  if  needed  be  extended  by  a  further  30 days  locally.

Alternatively  if  she  comes  with  a  double  and  is  only  staying  between  90  and  120  days  then  dont  bother  extending  after  the  first  60 day  stay  simply  do  a  "visa  run" at  the  60  day  stage  and  re-enter  using  the  second  entry  on  the  tourist  visa  and  that  will  cover  her  to  the  120 day  stage........thereby  saving  the  1900  baht  it  costs  for  the  30  day  extension.

Hope  that  makes  sense.

Edit..........regards  the  20k  the  odds  are she  wont  be  asked  to  show  any  proof  of  funds  but  cash/travellers  cheques  or  a  credit  card  would  be  ok.

She  could  even  come  with  only  a  single  entry  if  the  stay  is  between  90  and  120  days  and  just  do  a  30 day  run  to  the  border  after  90  days.............thereby  saving  the  cost  of  the  second  entry  on  the  tourist  visa.

So  many  options. 

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