[Savannaket visa exit and reenter every 90 days question.]

8 hours ago, WebGuy said:

Thank you all.

Based on what I understand from your responses is that I can get a one year long extension based on 400 000 thb two months seasoned money on my Thai bank account and then do 90 days reporting in my local immigration office. Once this is done, I can pay for a multiple re-entry which I think costs 3800 thb and then come and go as I wish.

 

Then next year when my extension of stay is to expire, I will apply for another one year extension but this time based on my proof of income that should exceed 40 000 thb monthly. Then, I will again pay for the multiple re-entry and come and go as I wish and report for 90 days in country.

 

If this what I wrote above is correct, then I made a mistake when applied for 1 year non-immigrant O ME visa in Savannakhet because although I was granted a 1 year ME visa, I have to apply for extension in my local immigration and show 400k seasoned. It was better if I applied for 3 months long non-immigrant O ME that costed 2000thb (I paid 5000thb for 1 year) and then do as same as I am planning to do i.e. to season my 400k and then apply for the extension.

 

Whether you made a mistake depends on your ongoing travel plans. If you travel outside Thailand on a frequent basis, it may be more convenient to come and go on the multiple entry visa, rather than ensure you do not need to travel during the under consideration period for an extension. If you will be mostly in Thailand, with only the occasional overseas trip, then it will likely be better to have the one-year permission to stay with re-entry permit(s).

[Non o visa extend to live with my son(not married)]

What is the age of your son? Are you on good terms with the mother?

 

If you can legalise your status as the boy's father, and have 400,000 baht in a Thai bank account in your name only, receiving an extension of your permission to stay based on your Thai son is doable.

[Trouble with 6-month passport?]

1 hour ago, bignok said:

Airline websites need 6 month. In program

 At counter they may not.

 

Most airline systems do, in fact, correctly reflect Thai Immigration rules, and will not insist on six month passport validity.

 

That does not change my advice. Do not travel with a passport that expires within the next six months. Too many complications are possible.

[Overview or list of senior caring homes]

If you choose a good care home, I regard Thailand as much better than most countries in the West for those suffering from dementia. This assumes he is financially secure. The care home will ensure that medical and immigration issues are dealt with. There is just one exception I would caution you about. Thailand is not good at hospice type care where the objective is to maintain a good quality of life for people dying of conditions like cancer.

[Transferring Visa to new passport]

The transfer of your existing permission to stay from the old passport to the new one does not change it in any way. The expiry of your permission to stay will be whatever it states now.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

On 11/10/2023 at 5:35 PM, Deserted said:

I told him that but because he has a wife here he kinda sees Bangkok as home. There must be ways to get out of the country, fake stamps at the border and so on. I think he could get out if he put his mind to it but I am not sure he could get back in though.

 

Generally getting out of one country requires entering another country. Sneaking out of Thailand across a border will mean illegal entry into another country (a serious offence in that country to add to his legal issues in Thailand). I guess if he is a good swimmer, and can get good faked stamps in his passport, he might be able to turn up somewhere claiming to have been shipwrecked (if looking for a script for a good movie). However, in the real world, the Thai authorities will be contacted, and his lack of a legal departure from Thailand will be discovered. It is not 1970 any more.

[Multiple Non "O" Marriage visa in Savannakhet - November 2023 report]

2 hours ago, Sam555 said:

Do the funds have to be in a Thai bank account?  

 

At the current time, no. If you have a recent bank statement in English (or with a Thai translation) a foreign bank account is accepted.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

4 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

 

It wasn't, but seems to be now, if Phuket is doing it, one can reasonably expect other airports to follow suit.

 

The most detailed report of a detention at Phuket airport was for someone detained at the departure gate. If leaving on an international flight, that would presumably mean that he had passed through Immigration, paying the fine for the overstay, and receiving the ban from returning to Thailand. You cannot get airside in the international area without doing this. To subsequently arrest someone at the departure gate after that would seem unreasonable. In this specific case (and probably others) the actual circumstances must be different. Perhaps, they were taking a domestic flight and were caught by some kind of facial recognition system for criminal activity. Maybe, immigration officials were checking the passports of those taking domestic flights. At this stage, I am not ready to conclude that leaving on an international flight will send you to the Immigration Detention Centre.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

2 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

In any case, they would probably be able to organise his exit in the less painful way possible, maybe with no detention, etc.

 

Leaving with no detention is not difficult. The hard part is being able to come back/

[Savannaket visa exit and reenter every 90 days question.]

5 hours ago, WebGuy said:

 Thank you very much for the answer.

 

My current date of permission to stay is until 31st January.

I thought that now when I got a one year non-immigrant O visa and the work permit based on it, I didn't need to leave the country every 90 days but needed to do 90 days report which seems is me not understanding this whole thing correctly.

 

Does this mean that I have to go to my local immigration immigration office and apply for one year extension permission to stay? If this is the case, would it suffice to show them the work permit or I have to show them the proof of 400 000 thb seasoned 2 - 3 months on my bank account?

 

The possession of a work permit has no effect on the end date of your permission to stay. Further, you did not receive the work permit on the strength of your Non O visa. You received it based on your employment.

 

If you do not want to leave by 31st January, you will need to apply for an extension of your permission to stay. Immigration will probably initially want you to do so on the basis of your Thai spouse (assuming that was the reason for which you were granted the Non O visa). They might, instead, allow you to apply for an extension based on working if you can meet the requirements for that.

[Savannaket visa exit and reenter every 90 days question.]

2 hours ago, WebGuy said:

I also have a one year non-immigrant O marriage visa and a work permit. 

 

Am I also required to leave the country every 90 days or I can just go to immigration in Thailand to report every 90 days?

 

What is the expiry date of your current permission to stay? If your permission to stay is based on entering with a multiple entry visa, then you will have been given a 90-day permission to stay. You must either leave by the end of that period, or apply for an extension of your permission to stay. If you have received a one-year extension of your permission to stay from your local immigration office, then you do not need to leave Thailand until the expiry of the extended permission to stay, but need to do 90-day address reports.

[Overstaying by hours]

2 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Like many such things in Thailand these things are often applied inconsistently. I remember once at Swampy I was let through without the fine (just had a finger wagged at me). Another time at Nong Khai border post I was hit with the 500 Baht fine.

 

That is all quite normal. The waiving of the fine for a one-day overstay only applies to Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

3 hours ago, Eff1n2ret said:

Some countries, the USA and UK to name but two, don't have a "national carrier" as such. Perhaps the more relevant criterion is that it should be a direct flight, which would in many cases rule out a low cost airline.

 

Certainly not true of the UK:. See, for instance, https://www.britishairways.com/cms/global/pdfs/BASI_5_Environment_Policy_July_2023_v2.0.pdf

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As the UK’s flag carrier, we connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain ...

 

[A quick retirement extension question please]

7 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

800,000 only needs to be in there for 2 months if you already have 1 year retirement for renewal?

 

For a first one-year extension from a 90-day permission to stay from a visa, the funds only need to be in the bank for two months. To qualify for a one-year extension based on retirement after that, you need to have had 800,000 baht in the bank for three months after your last extension was granted and for two months before the the new application, and 400,000 baht in the bank for the remainder of the previous 12 months. There are alternatives based on income but, again, those need proof of income covering the entire prior 12 months.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

3 minutes ago, CanadaSam said:

and then trying to "convince" the IO in charge with a large wad of notes to reduce the blacklist period, he can always try, it may not work.

 

That will not work.

 

In the past (and probably still) there were fixers who were able to resolve long overstays without blacklisting. If able to come up with serious amounts of money, an experienced agent will probably be able to give him a referral to one. At the airport, too many eyes can see what is going on. Falsifying his Immigration history or getting a special dispensation from the Minister is simply not going to be possible.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

2 hours ago, digbeth said:

but they won't let you book your own flight out would they? once detained, even at the airport, you can only buy ticket out  through them and to your passport countries nly 

 

When you face deportation, there is no theoretical limitation on where you can go, and which airline you can use, but ...

 

Under international law, the airline and the country you are being deported to must be informed that you are a deportee. Almost invariably, they can and will refuse to accept you. In nearly every case, you will be deported to your country of citizenship (which is obligated to receive you). Further, without special negotiations, the only airline that is likely to accept you is your country's national carrier, not a low cost airline.

[Overstayer Busted at Airport]

4 hours ago, Deserted said:

Yeah thanks, it was my feeling that he is in much more trouble than he thinks. I can put all this to him but whether he will listen I don't know. I don't really know what's going on inside his head tbh. 

 

Unfortunately, his idiocy is liable to end up hurting others than just himself. I hope his family will be able to deal with the aftermath.

[90 days online report current waiting time (CW)]

How recent? Reports from a few weeks ago suggest a wait of about 15 days.

[Renewing guardian O visa help plz]

2 hours ago, Brickleberry said:

On that note, I'm looking for a visa agent to do my annual marriage extension - any good recommendations?

 

A marriage extension requires sign off at Division headquarters. That makes the extension very difficult to arrange by an agent if you do not meet the usual requirements. Most agents cannot help. If an agent can do it, you should expect it to be quite expensive.

[Single Re-entry Permit Issued at Phuket Airport]

28 minutes ago, LivingNThailand said:

This is a weird question.  but here it goes.  If I go to the airport 2-3 weeks before my flight can I get the single entry in advance.  I just got word from 2 of my friends saying that Phuket immigration is totally nuts right now with Russians extending their visa.  wait time up to 2-3 hours.  Not a pleasant experience.  Part of me doesn't "trust" the same day service at the airport.  Maybe I've lived here too long?  Advise?

 

You can only get a re-entry permit at the airport on the day you are leaving on an international flight. They would not give you one even if you were just about to take a domestic flight to Bangkok, immediately intending to connect with an international flight out of Thailand.

[I have an non-O multiple entry, please help with 90 days rules]

2 hours ago, kelboy said:

If you leave the country and return you must do a TM30 within 24hrs of returning home even if its to the same address. 1500tb fine for not doing it. Up to you to take the chance also it only take 5 minutes. 

 

That is what the law states. However, even the most anal immigration office will accept a TM30 notification done a few days after your return without penalty. Also, pursuant to rule changes in 2020, there is supposed to be no need to do a new notification if returning to your permanent address after using a re-entry permit, or the same multiple entry visa used for the previous entry.

[I have an non-O multiple entry, please help with 90 days rules]

3 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Best answer IMHO.

 

I think the answer provides good practical advice. I would though add that, technically, you are supposed to ensure that a TM30 notification has been done. Although unlikely, it is possible for Immigration in your area to do a sweep looking for people who have not complied with the rules. Their real objective is to find overstayers. However, if you are caught up in such a sweep, you will face a fine for failure to ensure the TM30 notification was done.

[Multiple Non "O" Marriage visa in Savannakhet - November 2023 report]

You were wise to apply on a Wednesday. Probably, you applied on a Monday or Thursday in the past when it can be very busy. It is true that many who used to go there no longer do, but that is mainly because they are no longer a good option when applying for tourist visas.

[A quick retirement extension question please]

4 minutes ago, Barry864 said:

Thanks. My question is how early can I apply, before the end of the 90 days, as I have to make a trip back to the UK in the next few weeks and I wanted to sort this out first.

 

That depends on the Immigration office. I think Jomtien accepts applications for a one-year extension up to 30 days before the expiry of your current permission to stay (with the actual stamp in your passport that day or the following day). They might agree to do it earlier if you can provide proof that your overseas trip is for an essential purpose.

[LTR Visa is Now available for Long Term Residency]

58 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Seems they put a lot of thought into these LTR visas... Two very different kinds of people on that floor in Chamchuri square.

 

I agree. I was initially sceptical, but the whole LTR visa program has been well conceived and implemented. I am especially impressed that there has not been a hint of corruption around the whole process.