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Has any TV member bought a 1 year visa ( or know of any one ) from Siam International Legal Group for £200 ? I am going to live in Thailand for 8 months starting in November and was going to get a retirement visa ( as I am 51 ) from Hull but the visa Siam seem to be offering looks less painful and they offer a work permit to boot. Any pitfalls?

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Has any TV member bought a 1 year visa ( or know of any one ) from Siam International Legal Group for £200 ? I am going to live in Thailand for 8 months starting in November and was going to get a retirement visa ( as I am 51 ) from Hull but the visa Siam seem to be offering looks less painful and they offer a work permit to boot. Any pitfalls?

You cannot get a work permit with a retirement visa.

Here are your options.

1. If you are over 50 years old, you can go to the Thai Embassy in London and get a "O-A" visa for one year. You will need to get a police report and medical certificate in the UK. This will be good for one year once you arrive in Thailand. Hull cannot issue "O" visas based on retirement, they will send you to London. You will need to show you have pounds worth 800,000 Baht in a bank or a pension of 65,000 Baht per month, or a combination of the two.

2. You get a simple 90 day tourist visa in Hull and then change this into a retirement visa here. Then the extension of stay is made. You will need to have 800,000 Baht in a bank or a pension of 65,000 Baht per month, or a combination of the two to do the extension.

With any of these two options you cannot get a work permit.

3. You get a one year multiple entry visa. No money requirement of 800K or pensions required but you must go in and out of the country, once every 90 days. You can get a work permit with this option.

Every Thai consulate/ Embassy has their own guidelines on what they require to get a business visa. Most all require a letter from a Thai company with supporting documentation.

If you are looking to invest in Thailand, then we can help you with this type of visa as well. Our fee however is almost half of Siam’s cost, with our professional fee at just 102 pounds.

www.lawyer.th.com

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IMHO You should apply to Hull for a multi-entry non-immigrant 'O' visa on the grounds of 'investigating retirement options in Thailand'.

You will have to do 90 day visa runs with this option but there is no requirement for police reports or cash in the bank. You can get a work permit with this visa should you find a job. With careful timing you can remain in the kingdom for up to 15 months with this visa type.

Give Hull or Cardiff a bell, both are professional and helpful.

In addition, should you decide to retire to Thailand, you can easily get the retirement extension against your non-o without ever having to leave the kingdom ever again :o

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'investigating retirement options in Thailand'.

Has that worked for you? How long ago? If you state Retirement, they won't process the application now in Hull. If you state " investigating" that could be the magic word. Please advise, how long ago this was. Thanks.

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Has any TV member bought a 1 year visa ( or know of any one ) from Siam International Legal Group for £200 ? I am going to live in Thailand for 8 months starting in November and was going to get a retirement visa ( as I am 51 ) from Hull but the visa Siam seem to be offering looks less painful and they offer a work permit to boot. Any pitfalls?

What they are offering appears to be a 12 month multiple entry Non-Immigrant visa.

With this visa you would have to leave the Kingdom every 90 days.

As far as a work permit is concerned, all they say is that the visa they would arrange gives you the: “Ability to obtain work permit for Thailand, if needed”; that would be a totally separate process, doubtless with an additional fee.

As you are only planning to stay for 8 months, IMHO your best option would be to apply for a Non-Immigrant 'O-A' visa.

On that basis, if you were planning to meet the financial criteria by showing the Sterling equivalent of ฿800,000, you would not need to transfer a lump sum into Thailand.

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