Siamesepiggster Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Hi, I've trawled previous posts for many hours but can't find an answer specific to my situation so here goes; I am a 40 year old British graduate Engineer (manufacturing). I have previously lived in Thailand for 5 years and held an engineering job with 2 international manufacturing companies out there. I have been back in the UK for the last 3 years and a venture I set up here has flopped. I now plan to return to Thailand and after a month of re-charging my batteries out there I plan to find work again (I have a lot of good contacts). My questions are as follows; 1) If I get a 2 month (with 1 month extension) tourist visa in the UK before I leave and if I don't find work within this time in Thailand can I do a visa run each month and get a 1 month visa on entry each time to buy me more time? 2) If/when I find work is it a hassle for my employer to change my visa to one that allows for a work permit? Is there much involved? 3) Should I consider getting another type of visa before leaving the UK? Many thanks for your advice. Siamesepiggster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 3. I think that you should consider the Non-Immigrant Visa "B" (business and work). 2. See Conversion Of Tourist Visa To Non Immigrant 'b' Visa 1. I don't think that you can convert a one month Tourist Visa Exemption to another visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Hi piggster and welcome 1) If I get a 2 month (with 1 month extension) tourist visa in the UK before I leave and if I don't find work within this time in Thailand can I do a visa run each month and get a 1 month visa on entry each time to buy me more time?You can do visa runs to get a 30 day stamp once your tourist visa has expired no problem. A better solution would be to get another tourist visa from a local consulate (Penang, KL, Sing etc). 2) If/when I find work is it a hassle for my employer to change my visa to one that allows for a work permit? Is there much involved? To be honest, although it is possible to convert any type of visa to a non-B visa for employment, it's actually less hassle to visit a consulate and get a 'proper' non-B once you have the job lined up. 3) Should I consider getting another type of visa before leaving the UK? With no job offer and no Thai family a tourist visa is the only real possibility, get a double entry one which will get you up to 180 daya in the kngdom (2*60days+30day extensions). Some UK consulates were giving out multi entry non-O visas on the grounds of "visiting friends and family" but I think this route has dried up, probably due to abuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 1) If I get a 2 month (with 1 month extension) tourist visa in the UK before I leave and if I don't find work within this time in Thailand can I do a visa run each month and get a 1 month visa on entry each time to buy me more time?You can do visa runs to get a 30 day stamp once your tourist visa has expired no problem. A better solution would be to get another tourist visa from a local consulate (Penang, KL, Sing etc). ...and, Siamesepiggster, remember that when you do what you and Crossy call visa runs, i.e. cross the border and re-enter Thailand to get a 30-day stamp on arrival, this stamp is not a visa and therefore not something that you can locally apply for to get changed to another visa.-------------- Maestro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamesepiggster Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 1) If I get a 2 month (with 1 month extension) tourist visa in the UK before I leave and if I don't find work within this time in Thailand can I do a visa run each month and get a 1 month visa on entry each time to buy me more time?You can do visa runs to get a 30 day stamp once your tourist visa has expired no problem. A better solution would be to get another tourist visa from a local consulate (Penang, KL, Sing etc). ...and, Siamesepiggster, remember that when you do what you and Crossy call visa runs, i.e. cross the border and re-enter Thailand to get a 30-day stamp on arrival, this stamp is not a visa and therefore not something that you can locally apply for to get changed to another visa.-------------- Maestro All, Many thanks for your quick and clear replies. Just what I wanted. SP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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