stopthegreed Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Anyone help with this ? I plan on bringing my girlfriend to come to Thailand from the Philippines, and live with me. Whats the Visa situation for her ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Best if we try this over in the visa forum. Topic Moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbaldwin Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Anyone help with this ? I plan on bringing my girlfriend to come to Thailand from the Philippines, and live with me. Whats the Visa situation for her ? What is your Visa? If you are on a retirement extension and got married she would also get a one year extension based with no other requirements Otherwise it's 30 visa exempted stamps or tourist visas and tourist visas are not easy to get in the Philippines. You should also be aware that filipinas are required to register before leaving the country to work, so she should expect to be challenged by Philippines immigration when she leaves about the reason she is leaving the country. You should definitely travel with her the first time she comes to Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bob4you Posted October 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2013 If you don't travel with her, she will probably be turned down at the airport. They don't allow single women under 30 years of age out of the country without sponsorship letters from the Embassy in Thailand that is obtainable but a real headache to get. No refunds on the airfare from airlines when they are turned away. It is a real moneymaker for the airlines and many of us wonder if the airlines are partly responsible for it. My personal opinion is they don't want to loose too many of their young citizens to other countries for fear it too easy word would quickly get back about how much better the quality of life is in Thailand and there would be a mass exodus from PI. If they get past immigration in PI then they get 30 day visa on arrival, almost impossible to get a work permit here so to stay they need to do 15 day border runs by bus, 30 day by air, or get education visa, or 60 + 30 from Vientienne Laos or another Thai consulate in another country, or as stated earlier if you are here on retirement visa or work permit and the two of you are legally married then she is attached to your visa. Hope that helps, I have a lot of personal experiences that back this up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stopthegreed Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Thanks Guys, Dont know what to do, because I realy dont want to pay another airfare just to bring her back personally. Aaaarrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shancloudy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 She can find a job here and can easily get working permit and visa as long as she has a bachelor degree. How old is she? I'm from Philippines too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Thanks Guys, Dont know what to do, because I realy dont want to pay another airfare just to bring her back personally. Aaaarrrrrrr You could do an affidavit of support at the Philippine embassy.Info here: http://www.bangkokpe.com/consular/services/affidavit-of-support/ Download here: http://www.bangkokpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/19.-Affidavit-of-Support.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkapi Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Just wait for the ASEAN union in another year or two and it will be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I am living here with a Filipina and her daughter. It is the daughter from my wife's first marriage and my wife is still married in the Philippines and we are working on the annulment, but it is very costly and time consuming. So at the moment my wife is bigggybacking as a guardian for her daughter. She has to show 400.000.00 Baht in her bank account and than we get a yearly extension, by showing the documents from my daughter's enrollment at school. What everybody else said is right, it is very difficult for Filipinas to leave the country, because they are stopped at the airport by the Philippine Immigration. The easiest airport in our oppinion is Manila, but you have to show return tickets, which you have to buy before you go to the airport and the cheap tickets are non-refundable. If you want to avoid that you have to buy a fully refundable ticket for her and than see what will happen, but it will be expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Just wait for the ASEAN union in another year or two and it will be easier. It might not open the job market like a Schengen Visa, it will probably only open the customs regulations between ASEAN countries, just wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipCook Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 when in rome, date the romans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Why take coal to Newcastle.... get a Thai chick.. all the same with the lights out... You are 100% wrong there and the lights are not always out and than you will notice the difference, believe me, I have been to lots of places in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Thanks Guys, Dont know what to do, because I realy dont want to pay another airfare just to bring her back personally. Aaaarrrrrrr Fly in and out of Clark - about 1/2 cost..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post recycler Posted October 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2013 It's like bringing beer to the pub... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 It's like bringing beer to the pub... But than on the other hand Thailand has a lot of pubs with no beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shancloudy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 What kind of visa do you have now? If you are in a tourist visa I think you are not allowed to invite her the best thing to do is get her a plane ticket good for 5 days only and get a hotel booking and bring s few clothes only so that the immigration officer will not ask her a lot of question. Just make sure that she is confident and know how to answer all the questions just tell to the immigration that she will go to bangkok for a 5 days holiday only. There are a lot of airlines in Philippines that offering a low fare. Philippine airlines has a roundtrip promotion and tiger airways maybe 7,000 to 8,000 baht. She can get a 30 days tourist visa and after that she can do a visa run in Laos and Cambodia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) Thanks Guys, Dont know what to do, because I realy dont want to pay another airfare just to bring her back personally. Aaaarrrrrrr Fly in and out of Clark - about 1/2 cost..... Sorry but this is only 1/2 the truth. Out of Manila you have Philippine Air (full price), Thai Air (full price) and Cebu Pacific (budget carrier, same price like from Clark). Out of Clark you have Cebu Pacific (budget carrier), Tiger Air (budget carrier) The Immigration in Clark is much stricter than in Manila, because many of the girls flying out of Clark are working in the Angeles area and that is also known to the immigration officers, so their standards, and inquisitions are higher and tougher. Edited October 18, 2013 by OldSalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VYV Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I am a Filipina, and it is true that it is not easy to leave Philippines. The Filipino citizen is required to have two-way tickets like a 10 days trip to leave Philippines. If your gf will be travelling alone and have a current work there in Philippines, it will be easy for her, cause the immigration official will just ask for her work id, pocket money 8k-10k pesos, a copy of your passport with the stamp that you've visited the Philippines, some photos of you and her together, also some paper that will prove that you are staying here in Thailand and expect that the immigration official will ask your gf to call you here in Thailand. These are all the things they asked to me before I was able to leave. Be sure she will do early check in like 4 hrs before the departure, just in case the interview will take longer. If she will be travelling with you then that will be very easy cause as what I know, you as her boyfriend will just have to sign something like a guarantor. If she will made it here, then she can do visa run after 29 days, she will be granted 2 months then just do 1 month extension and do visa-run again... but after this she will need to go back to Philippines, which is what I need to do in the future, so her record here will be back to zero and she can do visa run again. I hope this will help you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokstick Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) They don't allow women under 30 to leave the country alone ? What a retarded state ! And true that it is weird to bring your own food to restaurant :-) Edited October 18, 2013 by bangkokstick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shancloudy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 They don't allow women under 30 to leave the country alone ? What a retarded state ! That's not true. Actually they allowed to travel even under 30. The first time I travelled other countries alone I was 24 years old as long as the traveller have money to show and good job so they can prove to the immigration that they are capable to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrahamzvi Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Why take coal to Newcastle.... get a Thai chick.. all the same with the lights out... You are 100% wrong there and the lights are not always out and than you will notice the difference, believe me, I have been to lots of places in the world. Bakseeda: What an awful and disgusting attitude. Is that the way you think about women in general, or does your abhorring attitude refer to Asian women only??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 They don't allow women under 30 to leave the country alone ? What a retarded state ! That's not true. Actually they allowed to travel even under 30. The first time I travelled other countries alone I was 24 years old as long as the traveller have money to show and good job so they can prove to the immigration that they are capable to travel. But they have to proof that they have a good job in the Philippines, so that they have a reason to go back. Having babies there to go back to or only money does not help, it is called "Freedom of Travel" philippine style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiexpat21 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I seem to remember a thread relating to this topic which included advice from a Philippine Immigration officer . Perhaps one of the Mods (or someone else) can recall ? Edited October 18, 2013 by thaiexpat21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) The affidavit I suggested back on page one was posted by the immigration officer mentioned. But I am worried it has gotten lost amongst all the nonsence posted since then. Edited October 18, 2013 by ubonjoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokstick Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The more I read about Phils the more I understand that noone wants to stay there and wonder if it is for charity reason that any foreigner is interested in this country and people ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiexpat21 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 OK ! Found it ! http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664645-thai-visa-for-my-filipino-girlfriend/?hl=+visa%20+for%20+filipino%20+lady Look at post number 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VYV Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 They don't allow women under 30 to leave the country alone ? What a retarded state ! That's not true. Actually they allowed to travel even under 30. The first time I travelled other countries alone I was 24 years old as long as the traveller have money to show and good job so they can prove to the immigration that they are capable to travel. But they have to proof that they have a good job in the Philippines, so that they have a reason to go back. Having babies there to go back to or only money does not help, it is called "Freedom of Travel" philippine style. I understand why the Philippine Immigration are doing this, because they just want to protect the young Filipina and also because when the Filipina arrived to any country, any immigration around the world will look us down, they will always ask so many questions or you will be interrogated in a room full of officials. This is because of discrimination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiexpat21 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 "It" is done to prevent / reduce people trafficking ! Look here at post 17 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664645-thai-visa-for-my-filipino-girlfriend/?hl=+visa%20+for%20+filipino%20+lady Which explains the issues and gives detail of the requirements for a young woman to leave the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSalty Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) "It" is done to prevent / reduce people trafficking ! Look here at post 17 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664645-thai-visa-for-my-filipino-girlfriend/?hl=+visa%20+for%20+filipino%20+lady Which explains the issues and gives detail of the requirements for a young woman to leave the Philippines. That is only typical beaurocratic crap. I am not denying that there is people trafficking, but the people behind it are not getting caught, like the people smugglers to Australia. This selection and interrogation is done on orders from the US government, NGO's and other governments, so that the philippine government is showing some response and is getting foreign aid. I read the reply from the so called BI employee and found it interesting, so than why is the BI of the Philippines not checking the travel requirements of a Philippino citizen, before they book the flight, so that you do not loose the flight costs?????? Maybe that would be a good idea for the immigration department!!!!! But that would be too easy!!!! Edited October 18, 2013 by OldSalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiexpat21 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 "That is only typical beaurocratic crap. I am not denying that there is people trafficking, but the people behind it are not getting caught, like the people smugglers to Australia. This selection and interrogation is done on orders from the US government, NGO's and other governments, so that the philippine government is showing some response and is getting foreign aid" And the answer is ? Cynical "crap" is extremely unhelpful. The Philippine immigration officer sets out , very clearly, the steps necessary to enable someone to leave with the minimum of "hassle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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