Urgent please

[DodoEgy]

please iv'e an Egyptian friend who has a son studying in international school he already get 3 month visa and he will get one year visa on 19 April

his mom she left to egypt because of family issues and she try to get a non-o visa but they said you're son did't get his one year visa yet so they give her a tourist visa and she's coming now .. my question is can we apply for a follower visa for her once her son get his one year visa and how .. do we have to change this tourist visa to non-o before she apply for a follower visa and how .. please i need your help guys ..

thanks a lot

[Mario2008]

She will have to wait till the son is on a 1 year extension of stay and then she can apply for a new non-O visa abroad, they will not allow a conversion for this reason at immirgaiton..

[ubonjoe]

Only one parent can get an extension based upon being the parent of a child attending school.

It requires 500k baht in a Thai bank for 30 days on the date of application.

[DodoEgy]

thanks a lot guys but we can't open a bank account with a tourist visa what should we do ?

thanks a lot and are you sure about 500000 because they said at the school 800000

thanks guys

bless all of you

[Mario2008]

The rules say 500,000 baht in the bank.

You can open up a bank account on a tourist visa. Some banks are simply not very helpful, in which case you just try another bank (including another branch of the same bank) till you succeed.

It often helps if you have a Thai national to vouch for you.

[ubonjoe]

You can open a bank account with a tourist visa. You just have to try different banks and branches of the same bank to do it.

From clause 2.11 of police order 327/2557.

"(5) In the case of parents, funds must be deposited in a bank in Thailand, under the father's or the mother's name, of no less than Baht 500,000 for the past three months. For the first year only, the applicant must have proof of a deposit account in which said amount of funds has been maintained for no less than 30 days prior to the filing date"

[jdinasia]

http://www.bangkokbank.com/BangkokBank/PersonalBanking/SpecialServices/ForeignCustomers/Pages/Openinganaccountnew.aspx

Bangkok Bank -- you may need a letter from the school and you may need to try a couple of branches

[DodoEgy]

thanks you so much guys you're the best ..

bless all of you