Non Immigrant "o" Multi Entry Visa

[BangkokBaker]

I will give my resignation to the Thai company I work for early next year.

This means that at the same time my work permit and non immigrant B visa will be canceled as well.

My question: could I apply for a Non Immigrant O multiple entry in Bangkok ,when canceling my non immigrant B or will this type of visa only be submitted by Thai Consulates abroad?

I'm married to a Thai which qualifies me for this type of visa I guess.

Thanks.

[Sunbelt Asia]

could I apply for a Non Immigrant O multiple entry in Bangkok

In your case, yes you can.

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[Maestro]

could I apply for a Non Immigrant O multiple entry in Bangkok

In your case, yes you can.

Sunbelt, am I missing something here?

To get that “Non Immigrant O multiple entry”, which I assume to be a multiple-entry non-O visa, stamped in his passport would he not have to travel abroad to a Thai embassy/consulate?

Wouldn’t he be better advised to apply, at the Immigration Office, for a change of visa category from non-B to non-O?

Bangkok Baker, once you have the non-O for “support Thai wife”, this visa category will allow you to apply for a work permit again if you later feel like working in Thailand again and find a job. No need to change back to non-B in this situation. Or so I have read on this forum.

Edited November 7, 2005 by maestro

[Sunbelt Asia]

To get that “Non Immigrant O multiple entry”, which I assume to be a multiple-entry non-O visa, stamped in his passport would he not have to travel abroad to a Thai embassy/consulate?

I'm surmising that he was talking of a extension of stay permit based on supporting his Thai wife and then obtaining a multiple entry visa.

Many people call it the one year multiple entry "O" visa even though the correct term is extension of stay.

If he is married, no reason to travel outside Thailand unless he does not qualify having 400,000 Baht in a bank account or monthly income of 40,000 Baht. If he does qualify, then simply change the visa class, get the extension of stay and he stays. If he wants to travel after getting the extension of stay, he applies for the multiple entry on that extension of stay permit.

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[Maestro]

To get that “Non Immigrant O multiple entry”, which I assume to be a I'm surmising that he was talking of a extension of stay permit based on supporting his Thai wife and then obtaining a multiple entry visa.

Many people call it the one year multiple entry "O" visa even though the correct term is extension of stay.

If he is married, no reason to travel outside Thailand unless he does not qualify having 400,000 Baht in a bank account or monthly income of 40,000 Baht.  If he does qualify, then simply change the visa class, get the extension of stay and he stays. If he wants to travel after getting the extension of stay, he applies for the multiple entry on that extension of stay permit.

For a moment I remained confused, perhaps because until now I’ve always seen “multiple-entry” used as an adjective in this forum, and I have seen two things being multiple entry:

1. multiple-entry non-immigrant visa

2. multiple re-entry permit

Therefore, I forgive myself for having assumed a visa when I read “non-immigrant O multiple entry” . Now, I gather, you understand it to be a multiple re-entry permit for an alien who obtained an extension of stay based on his non-immigrant O visa, and that's what, on further reflection on my part, it obviously is.

I was going to suggest the use of the terms that are actually used on stamps in our passports and in official application forms but I stopped myself just in time and went to look at a few things and now I see that such use would really start confusion to reign supreme:

– TM.8: “Application for re-entry permit into the Kingdom”

– stamp in passport: “Non-immigrant Visa. This visa is good for three return journeys to Thailand.” (That stamp is from 1983 and appears to have changed a little since then in the sense that the number of return journeys would now be stated as either “one” or “multiple”, I believe)

In other words: I throw the towel, I concede defeat in the face of such inconsistent use of terms by the bureaucracy

Edited November 7, 2005 by maestro

[Sunbelt Asia]

In other words: I throw the towel, I concede defeat in the face of such inconsistent use of terms by the bureaucracy

Welcome to Paradise, which we call Thailand!

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[lopburi3]

We seem to assume that the OP knows for a fact his non immigrant B "visa" is going to be canceled. A "visa" is never canceled because of a work permit ending - only an extension of stay would be canceled in my understanding - so perhaps he is home free.

But if he has an extension of stay he may be able to convert as Sunbelt says - but with no job he may not be in a position to extend at this time. The fact is he can not apply for a non immigrant O multiple entry visa in Thailand but would have to make a trip (Penang a good choice).

[BangkokBaker]

Thanks for all the valuable information.

Give you some more information on my personal situation:

I will leave the country anyway within the 7 day period I have when canceling my work permit.

Plan to be back in Bangkok a few months later.

My Non Immigrant visa B will normally expire early May 2006

Lopburi 3 , are saying that if I cancel my work permit in January 2006 I still could use my Non Immigrant B visa until it expires?

Thanks

[lopburi3]

Thanks for all the valuable information.

Give you some more information on my personal situation:

I will leave the country anyway within the 7 day period I have when canceling my work permit.

Plan to be back in Bangkok a few months later.

My Non Immigrant visa B will normally expire early May 2006

Lopburi 3 , are saying that if I cancel my work permit in January 2006 I still could use my  Non Immigrant B visa until it expires? 

Thanks

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As long as it is indeed a multi entry visa issued by a Consulate you can continue to use it for entry until the expiration date.

[Sunbelt Asia]

Just for general information...if it’s an extension of stay permit based on business. When the work permit is cancelled, you'll have 7 days to leave the Kingdom( without changing the visa class) as it does not matter what date the visa expires in the passport. Any day stayed over those 7 days is considered a overstay and you are fined 200 baht per day ( maximum fine of 20,000 Baht) If someone is married and has a dependent the same fine is in effect.

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