Dependant Visa.

[davethailand]

Can anyone tell me what the rules and requirements are for a dependent visa please?

Its for a USA citizen legally working in Thailand and the visa is for her 17 year old child.

Thanks in advance.

[Lite Beer]

If the USA citizen legally working in Thailand has a 12 Month Extension from Immigration the following is the rule

2.20 In the case of a family

member of an alien who has

been permitted temporary

stay under clauses 2.1, 2.2,

2.3, 2.5, 2.6,2.7, 2.10, 2.12,

2.13,2.4, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17,

2.21, 2.22,2.26,6.29 of this

Order (applicable only to

parents, spouse, child,

adopted child or child of

his/her spouse):

Permission will be

granted for a period of

not more than 1 year at a

time.

(1) The alien has obtained a temporary visa (NON-IM);

(2) Proof of family relationship;

(3) In the case of a spouse, the marital relationship shall be de

jure (legitimate) and de facto; or

(4) In the case of a child, adopted child or child of his/her

spouse, the said person must not be married, must be living with

the family, and must be less than 20 years of age; or

(5) In the case of a parent, the said person shall be 50 years of

age or over.

[Mario2008]

When studying, the child can of course get an ED-visa for the duration of the study.