I'm originally from Austria and currently reside in Malaysia with my girlfriend and her son. We intend to relocate to Thai, but still considering..

What do we need to do to get a 12 month VISA to live in Thailand? Our intention is to live there for at least a couple years, possibly much longer than that. Also, we need a VISA for her son (Malaysian).

Thanks,

With so little information to go on the only option I can see are Tourist Visas which give 60 days at a time and can be extended by 30 days at Immigration.

Knowing your age and if you and your Girlfriend will be working will help.

Also will the Son be attending School in Thailand?

With so little information to go on the only option I can see are Tourist Visas which give 60 days at a time and can be extended by 30 days at Immigration.

Knowing your age and if you and your Girlfriend will be working will help.

Also will the Son be attending School in Thailand?

I'm 24 and my girlfriend is a bit older than me.. Her son is 8 and he surely will be attending school in Thailand.

I run several online businesses, so a work permit is out of the question,

Edited April 10, 201313 yr by exoticguy

The only options you have are:

- working

- studying

For now a tourist visa is fine, but no for real long stay a you plan.

The only options you have are:

- working

- studying

For now a tourist visa is fine, but no for real long stay a you plan.

Well, I'm working, just that I don't have the casual 9 to 5 job. Do I need to work locally to get a better VISA?

How do other expats do it?

You would need to work in Thailand and pay taxes and have work permit, for which you normally need to set up a Thai company. That you work abroad is no reason to stay in Thailand.

You would need to work in Thailand and pay taxes and have work permit, for which you normally need to set up a Thai company. That you work abroad is no reason to stay in Thailand.

Ok, so if I were to set up a Thai company, how long could my girlfriend, son and I stay?

You would need to work in Thailand and pay taxes and have work permit, for which you normally need to set up a Thai company. That you work abroad is no reason to stay in Thailand.

Ok, so if I were to set up a Thai company, how long could my girlfriend, son and I stay?

Your son could get a one year extension of stay on an ed-visa with paperwork from his school.

Girlfriend can then get 1 year extension as dependant with 500.000 baht in a Thai Bank.

For you it will get more complicated.

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.

Some Immigrations offices.

17. Picture of all the company's employees at work

18. Picture of all company's employees in front of the office with clear name of the company showing

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

What if I just leave the country every 60 days and come back and get my VISA renewed this way?

Visa exempt entry is 15 day by land or 30 days by air. Tourist visas are 60 days that can be extended 30 days but frequent use bring suspicion of working illegally and question can be asked or visa refused. Some have done for long periods but not much security.

I know a few westeners who got a 1 year VISA at the Thai embassy in their country, I mean before they entered Thailand. It's NOT a work or retirement VISA.

There are more reasons to get a visa, such as study or investment of at least 10 million baht. Also in the past the rule where less strict.

Believe you are thinking a non immigrant visa with multi entry and valid for one year of use but only allows 90 day stay on each entry. But these are not as easy to obtain as previously when visiting friends in Thailand was accepted by a few consulates.

We all want to learn Thai. What if we hired a private teacher who would come to our condo and teach us? Or must we attend a class?

You have to be enrolled in a school licensed by the Education Ministry to get an extension of stay for education.

If you want to study Thai, you can both sign up for Thai courses and get ED visas...

You will have to go at least 4 hrs a week

As the school needs to be approved my ministry of Education, do not believe many (if any) private tutors could provide you with the required docs needed for visa

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