Help and advice needed urgently!Please...

[Muaythaifan]

Hi, I moved to Thailand on 22 June to work at an international school. I got the single entry visa in London and my husband (who is disabled/retired and on a state pension) got a year long multi entry visa. We are both British.

I got the work permit for a year and started work. My visa is up for renewal on 19th September and I am going to immigration with my documents. When I went to see our admin they told me my husband needed to go to immigration to get something sorted. Their English is not good and they said it made no difference that he had the multi entry year long visa. He had to show proof of his savings/income and my income in Thailand when he got the visa in London.

He went to the immigration yesterday and they stamped in a new stamp that says to leave before 26th September and something about the extension not being granted. (The stamp is not clear). He is leaving to go to the UK for a month on 23rd September and he showed them his return tickets. They said his visa was good till June of next year, but I am wondering if he needs any other stamps/papers from the airport, embassy in the UK or whatever to come back again.

I am not travelling with him as I am working but I am worried about a 67 year old disabled guy being stopped at the airport and refused travel, even though we shelled out 125 pounds in the UK to get the year long O visa for him.

If anyone can help I would be really grateful.

Thank you very much.

[ubonjoe]

It sounds like his permit to stay was the same as yours and he applied for an extension to get the extra time he needed and they did the normal thing of giving him 7 days to leave because he did not qualify for any extension.

This will have no affect on his returning in anyway.

Is he aware that the visa he has only allows 90 day stays and he must leave and return to get a new entry every 90 days.

Once you have your extension done he can get one as your dependent. He can do this during the last 30 days of his next entry. He will need original of marriage certificate plus a copy. And copies of your relevant passport pages to show you have an extension.

[lopburi3]

Once you have a one year extension of stay (believe that is what you apply for on the 19th) your husband can use that copy and marriage proof to obtain a matching one year extension of stay (no need to use visa runs every 90 days). Suspect that was what office was telling you. If he went without he would only get a disapproved 7 days to depart unless over age 50 and having financials for retirement extension of stay. He will not be refused travel. That is a normal stamp that thousands get every month. But during the last 30 days of his next entry he can do the extension of stay process with your extension to avoid any more need to travel.

[Muaythaifan]

Thank you so much for your help, you have been really helpful. I do appreciate your advice and it is exactly what I needed.

[lopburi3]

Flame removed.

[jacko45k]

It would seem best if the husband obtained his own extension based on retirement within Thailand.

[ozyjon]

"shelled out 125 pounds in the UK to get the year long O visa for him"

Is that all,, i had to pay over $1000 US and walk through hot coals to get mine

and now it has expired because i have to be out of the country (LOS) to take

care of my mum and i hope when i go back i can renew it without having to

pay the money again,,,,, good luck i think you are OK though,,,

[lopburi3]

You spent $1000 for what? On hot coals? And expired? You hope to renew what? We might be able to help if you can be a bit more specific. Did you have a multi entry visa from a Consulate? They have a fixed date of expiration one year from issue so travel would make no difference. Or do you mean your return will be after that date? What is your intent? Extension for retirement or something else?

[bkk_mike]

To summarise.

The one-year non-O multi-entry, allows you to enter for 90 days at a time each time you enter before the visa expires (one year after it was issued).

Your husband, unless he's on a retirement visa and shows enough cash in a Thai bank account for that, can't get an extension of stay until your extension of stay is granted, so he probably only get a 7 day extension if he applied for an extension at the same time as you.

He's not in any trouble whatsoever, so long as he leaves before the 26th, and if he's leaving on the 23rd - that's not going to be an issue.

When he re-enters again, assuming it's before the one-year visa runs out, he'll get an initial 90 day entry, and assuming your extension has been granted at that point, with proof of marriage (i.e. original marriage certificate - you would probably be able to use a copy if certified by your embassy), he should be able to get an extension as your dependant.

i.e. There's nothing to worry about.

[Maestro]

I removed two off-topic posts about the perceived language skills of a school director and the replies to them. As regards "admin", mentioned in the OP, it is not unreasonable to expect that a member of that staff at a school employing foreigners should know the visa and extension requirements of employees, but not necessarily of relatives of an employee.

For the OP, Clause 2.20 of the following rules apply to her husband for a one-year extension of stay if she has an extension of stay under one of the clauses indicated there:

Thai Police Order 777/2551 basis for extension of stay

Immigration Bureau Order 305/2551 documents for extension of stay

[Maestro]

Removed an off-topic post.