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ambj1994

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  1. Hello,

    My current 2nd ED visa ends April 1.

    My history is simply I arrived on METV on Jan 2018, 1st ED visa on Aug 2018, 30-day visa on arrival June 2019 then now I have 2nd ED visa.

    I turn 50 in Nov and plan on getting a retirement visa. This leaves 7-month gap when my current visa ends.

    My plan is to leave Thailand from April-July and return to Thailand on a land border to cover July and Aug, then leave and come back Thailand on a second land entry which will take me to Nov at which time I will fly to the US and return with an O-A visa.

    Since I have no land entries on my current passport for the last 2 yrs, can I safely plan on getting the 2 back to back land entries with extensions for a total of 4 months?

    Which land border entries are easy or friendly?

    Thank you.

  2. Hello everyone,

     

    My roommate just had an interview and did a demo with a private language school in Bangkok.

     

    If she gets a non-imm B visa, can she work? Or, must she wait for that work permit? (By the way, she is currently on an ED visa which expires in March). Can she convert/cancel an ED visa and change it to a B visa at the immigration office in Chaengwattana in Bangkok?

     

    The owner wants her to work as soon as possible. But my roommate said to her that without a work permit she can't work for the school. The owner said "no problem. Don't worry. Immigration or police never come to school and if they do, just tell them you're training." Isn't training also working? 

     

    What would you do? Accept the job and take the risk or move on to the next school.

     

    Hope you can help. Thank you.

     

  3. Hello everyone,

     

    I entered Thailand in January 2018 with an METV which expired in August 2018, and then immediately got a 9-month Thai ed visa to study beginning Thai (which started in Aug 2018).  

     

    In late May 2019, after my first Thai Ed Visa expired, I got a 30-day tourist visa on arrival before getting a second Ed Visa (taking Chinese) at ProLanguage which ends in April 1, 2020.

     

    Here's my question. I turn 50 in November 2020 and plan on getting a retirement visa. But I need to stay in Thailand between April and my November birthday. What are my best options? Here is what I am considering:

     

    1) Get a third Ed Visa to study intermediate Thai (assuming that is possible after 2 previous Ed Visas)

    2) Go back to the US and get a second METV (but I've heard entering Thailand might be problematic)

    3) Leave Thailand on April 1, 2020 and reenter on a 30-day Tourist Visa on arrival (and extend to 90 days, taking me to August 2020)

    4) Then, use land entries to make it to my birthday in November 2020 (I have not entered by land for the last 2 years)

     

    I have only had one 30-day tourist visa on arrival in June 2019, so I'm not sure if immigration will give me any problems.

    I already have a Thai bank account and will have been transferring 65k from abroad for 6 months, and will have 20k baht on hand.

     

    If all else fails, I would have to move to Phnom Penh for all or part of the time and (hopefully) be able to enter Thailand from time to time to visit my apartment which I plan to keep while all of this plays out and I get my retirement visa in November 2020.

     

    I would appreciate any advice.

    Thank you.

     

     

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