Best place to get a Non B

[bkkheat]

Hi,

I would like to get my non-B visa, I am from Australia.

I was thinking of going to Laos or Cambodia, but hear that they can refuse you for whatever reason and it is harder.

So, where is the best place?

[ubonjoe]

Laos is not a problem as long as you have all the required paperwork.

If not teaching you will need a work permit application approval letter from the Labor Ministry.

[bkkheat]

To get the work permit application approval, I thought you need to get the Non B first?

[ubonjoe]

The work permit can be applied for with a tourist visa or visa exempt entry. The work permit will not be issued until you have the non-b visa.

[bkkheat]

OK, so can just apply for the WP, they will give me an approval letter and with that, I can use that to get the Non B......

[Too]

Hiello bkkheat,

I first went to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane to apply for a Non-B which was

good for 3 months, got back to Thailand to apply for a WP at the local Labor

Office and then went to the immigration office to make a 1-year extension of

my Non-B. This is what I did.

Good luck.

[fireplay]

The best place is to get it in your home country. I go back every year for one. No paperwork. Nothing. I never get a wp either...so easy 5 minutes and bang finished.

[ubonjoe]

Hiello bkkheat,

I first went to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane to apply for a Non-B which was

good for 3 months, got back to Thailand to apply for a WP at the local Labor

Office and then went to the immigration office to make a 1-year extension of

my Non-B. This is what I did.

Good luck.

You were able to get the non-b without the work permit application being done because you are working as a teacher.

[Too]

The best place is to get it in your home country. I go back every year for one. No paperwork. Nothing. I never get a wp either...so easy 5 minutes and bang finished.

This depends upon the country, I'd say.

It was much easier for me to apply for and obtain a Non-B at the Thai Embassy

in Vientiane, Laos than at the Thai Embassy in my country, so you should check

out and see what documents you will have to submit to them and how long it will

take you, etc.

[fireplay]

Im on my 4th non immb i get it in the USA