What visa for my wife if I am on retirement visa

[Lalo27]

Hello all

The topic might have published in the past but could not find it...

I will be moving from Cambodia to Thailand on a retirement visa soon and have already understand the regulations but have not found yet what to do about my family.

My wife (in her 40's with a Khmer passport) and my 12 years old daughter (Khmer and French passports): what kind of visa should they get, can they be on my own visa and if yes, how much extra would that be?

Thank you for your kind answers

Have a lovely day

[ubonjoe]

You wife and child will need to get single entry non-o visas based upon being your dependents. A single entry non-o visa costs 2000 baht ($80 at the embassy in PP). Then they could then get extensions of stay as your dependents at a immigration office here for a fee of 1900 baht.

What class of non immigrant visa are you getting?

[Eclipse]

Do you have a Visa or an Extension of stay?

OK. Once you have an extension of stay from Immigration they can get the same extensions as your dependants.

[tropo]

43 minutes ago, Eclipse said:

Do you have a Visa or an Extension of stay?

OK. Once you have an extension of stay from Immigration they can get the same extensions as your dependants.

Their extensions will be marked "retirement".

[Lalo27]

For now, I have nothing... I am preparing this but it will a retirement visa

[ubonjoe]

3 minutes ago, Lalo27 said:

For now, I have nothing... I am preparing this but it will a retirement visa

There is really no retirement visa. 

There are non-oa visas that allow one year entries for one year from the date of issue but you can only can get it in you home country or country of legal residence.

You can get a single entry non-o visa that will allow a 90 day entry that you can then extend at immigration for one year based upon retirement.

[Lalo27]

What is a "non-oa visa" Ubonjoe?

If I get 1 year extension for me and my family, can I easily renew for another year and so on or do we need to get out of the country each year?

11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

There is really no retirement visa. 

There are non-oa visas that allow one year entries for one year from the date of issue but you can only can get it in you home country or country of legal residence.

You can get a single entry non-o visa that will allow a 90 day entry that you can then extend at immigration for one year based upon retirement.

 

[Eclipse]

You can easily apply for the extensions every year at immigration in Thailand.

 

A Non Imm O-A Visa is applied for in your own country and gives unlimited entries for a year.

Each entry gives a stay of 12 months.

Police reports and medicals are needed for this plus financial requirements of 800,000 Baht or 65,000 monthly income or a combination of both.

 

Easier to arrive with a Non Imm O Visa and extend in thailand.

[ubonjoe]

49 minutes ago, Lalo27 said:

What is a "non-oa visa" Ubonjoe?

If I get 1 year extension for me and my family, can I easily renew for another year and so on or do we need to get out of the country each year?

 

It is a special visa often called the OA long stay visa. It allows a unlimited one year entries for the first year after it is issued and by doing a entry just before it expires you get almost 2 years of total stay from it. Requirements are here: http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/4908/15385-Non-Immigrant-Visa-"O-A"-(Long-Stay).html

You can keep getting one year extension of stay for you and your family year after year without needing to leave the country to obtain a new visa.

[Suradit69]

2 hours ago, Eclipse said:

You can easily apply for the extensions every year at immigration in Thailand.

 

A Non Imm O-A Visa is applied for in your own country and gives unlimited entries for a year.

Each entry gives a stay of 12 months.

Police reports and medicals are needed for this plus financial requirements of 800,000 Baht or 65,000 monthly income or a combination of both.

 

Easier to arrive with a Non Imm O Visa and extend in thailand.

" Easier to arrive with a Non Imm O Visa and extend in thailand. "

 

The non-imm O-A may require a little more documentation to begin with, but once you have it you can stay in Thailand for nearly two years without the need to apply for an extension of stay and without the need to obtain an income affidavit from your embassy or ensure you have the money in the bank etc.

 

Depending on where you are staying, getting the medical certificate and police report is not that difficult or time consuming. I did it while living in the UAE and easily obtained an O-A.

 

Depends on your circumstances, where you would be applying for the visa and which immigration office you'll be dealing with in Thailand ... but I could argue that the O-A can be easier over time than starting out with the non-imm O.

 

 

 

 

 

[Lalo27]

Thanks for your answers, getting clearer now...

About the 800,000 baht, if I can show that I have it in the bank is it also necessary to have any regular income or is it enough as a proof of income?

[elviajero]

10 minutes ago, Lalo27 said:

Thanks for your answers, getting clearer now...

About the 800,000 baht, if I can show that I have it in the bank is it also necessary to have any regular income or is it enough as a proof of income?

It's 800K in the bank OR 65K pm income OR a combination of the two.

[Lalo27]

Thanks