90 day visa extensions only at Sri Racha

[Airbagwill]

It now seems that those wishing to teach at private language schools can't get a 1 year B visa at Sri Racha. They will only issue a 90 period.

This means all documents gave to be submitted every 90 days and a fee of 1900 baht. Meaning the cost per year is now 7600 baht.

Has anyone personal experience of this?

Does anyone know why this policy has been adopted?

[pearciderman]

No immigration office has ever issued a 1 year visa, the maximum they ever issue is a single entry, (90 days).

[otherstuff1957]

^ the visa is only for 90 days, but you can usually get a one year extension at the end of those 90 days. 

 

I would guess that there are one of two things going on:

1.  The Language School(s) is/are having trouble getting visa extensions because of Thai/Foreign employee ratio or some other reason.

 

2.  The Immigration Head in Sri Ratcha is making life hard for us just because he/she can.

[puchooay]

3 hours ago, pearciderman said:

No immigration office has ever issued a 1 year visa, the maximum they ever issue is a single entry, (90 days).

No immigration office has ever issued a visa. Visas are issued by Consulates.

 

Immigration offices offer extensions of stay.

[pearciderman]

20 hours ago, puchooay said:

No immigration office has ever issued a visa. Visas are issued by Consulates.

 

Immigration offices offer extensions of stay.

 

Incorrect, you can for instance go to CW and be issued a single entry Non-B VISA, as long as you entered on either a tourist or visa exempt and have at least 15 days remaining on your current permission to stay, (with the associated paperwork of course).

 

Please don't post incorrect info :-)

 

 

 

[puchooay]

12 hours ago, pearciderman said:

 

Incorrect, you can for instance go to CW and be issued a single entry Non-B VISA, as long as you entered on either a tourist or visa exempt and have at least 15 days remaining on your current permission to stay, (with the associated paperwork of course).

 

Please don't post incorrect info :-)

 

 

 

That is a tourist visa or visa exempt conversion. 

 

Please don't post incorrect terminology. 

[pearciderman]

4 minutes ago, puchooay said:

That is a tourist visa or visa exempt conversion. 

 

Please don't post incorrect terminology. 

 

Please re-read what I posted

 

It is not a "conversion", it is being issued with a nice new shiny Non-Immigrant visa.

[puchooay]

1 hour ago, pearciderman said:

 

Please re-read what I posted

 

It is not a "conversion", it is being issued with a nice new shiny Non-Immigrant visa.

You need an existing visa status. Therefore you are converting to a B or O. 

 

To get a visa issued there is no current visa status required. 

 

The documents required are also different. 

[pearciderman]

Just now, puchooay said:

You need an existing visa status. Therefore you are converting to a B or O. 

 

To get a visa issued there is no current visa status required. 

 

The documents required are also different. 

 

No you do not need an existing "visa status" , as proved by the fact that you can apply when on a visa exempt entry.

[puchooay]

5 minutes ago, pearciderman said:

 

No you do not need an existing "visa status" , as proved by the fact that you can apply when on a visa exempt entry.

Visa exempt is a visa status. 

 

Thanks for the confirmation. 

[pearciderman]

22 minutes ago, puchooay said:

Visa exempt is a visa status. 

 

Only in so far as it is a total LACK of any visa!

[Scott]

I think we can dispense with the technicalities.  

 

[Airbagwill]

SriRcha will not Extend your B visa for a year. They will only allow 90 days. After 90 days you have to represent documents and they will then extend your B visa for another 90days at a cost of 1900 baht. This appears to apply to all private language schools.

 

If you have a problem with paperwork after 90 days they will suggest you overstay. If you get an extension of one week, they then won't extend your B visa, you will have to leave the country.

 

they require verification of your degree by your home country embassy, but they seem to forget about that with the 90 ruling.