i'm 24 and a UK citizen, going to thailand to live with my girlfriend. when i'm there i'll be applying for offshore work. as i just finished my education in the UK. i'm unsure about the visa requirements as last time i went for a long stay i had to get a 6 month back to back re-entry visa, i'm wondering if there is a better option since the new rules came in as of 12th august. i have been told no matter which visa i get i would need to make a re-entry every 30 days, if this is true should i bother to get a long stay visa?

There is no such thing as a long stay visa. You can have single, double or triple entry tourist visa, allowing each entry for up 90 days.

Tourist visa is your best option. Either a double entry or a triple entry (if still available). Each entry will give you 60 days permission to stay which can be extended for 30 days at immigration for 1900 baht. If/when you find offshore work you can then adjust your entry documents to best fit your work schedule.

with the new rules would it be best to make a re-entry via airport or land border? is the year visa only for over 50's?

thanks for the advice

with the new rules would it be best to make a re-entry via airport or land border? is the year visa only for over 50's?

thanks for the advice

There are no new rules. Where you re-enter it doesn't make a difference. Main categories for yearly "extension of stay" are people over 50, married, or with a job in Thailand. At present time students receive 90 days extension of stay for up to an year.

Edited August 18, 201411 yr by paz

with the new rules would it be best to make a re-entry via airport or land border? is the year visa only for over 50's?

thanks for the advice

There are no new rules. Where you re-enter it doesn't make a difference. Retirement "extension of stay" is for over 50.

as i may be in Thailand for a long period is a there a visa that lasts a year for people my age? last time i went i was told i could have applied for a year visa for around £100 from the UK before i go to thailand but that was last year, i don't know if anything has changed about this since last july

with the new rules would it be best to make a re-entry via airport or land border? is the year visa only for over 50's?

thanks for the advice

There are no new rules. Where you re-enter it doesn't make a difference. Retirement "extension of stay" is for over 50.

as i may be in Thailand for a long period is a there a visa that lasts a year for people my age? last time i went i was told i could have applied for a year visa for around £100 from the UK before i go to thailand but that was last year, i don't know if anything has changed about this since last july

No, as mentioned above already there had never been a visa that last an year for people of your age.

That excluding Thai Elite card that costs Bt 500,000 for five years.

Not until you are married (to a Thai) or have a job in Thailand will you qualify for a 1 year visa.

with the new rules would it be best to make a re-entry via airport or land border? is the year visa only for over 50's?

thanks for the advice

There are no new rules. Where you re-enter it doesn't make a difference. Retirement "extension of stay" is for over 50.

as i may be in Thailand for a long period is a there a visa that lasts a year for people my age? last time i went i was told i could have applied for a year visa for around £100 from the UK before i go to thailand but that was last year, i don't know if anything has changed about this since last july

No, as mentioned above already there had never been a visa that last an year for people of your age.

That excluding Thai Elite card that costs Bt 500,000 for five years.

i understand now. thank you very much

There is no such thing as a long stay visa. You can have single, double or triple entry tourist visa, allowing each entry for up 90 days.

"There is no such thing as a long stay visa."

Actually there is. It's the Non-Imm O-A visa. Not appropriate for the O/P, but it does exist as several examples shown below illustrate.

http://www.thaiembassy.ca/uploads/visa-o-a-additional-form.pdf

Edited August 18, 201411 yr by Suradit69