Non B fingerprints & slash numbers

[My Thai Life]

Hi, I’ve recently been advised by the MoI that:

-          the Thai police check for Non B now requires fingerprints (I know this is a requirement at the late stages of PR approval, but I’d never heard of it for Non B before),

-          there are different types of Non B designated by slash numbers – Non B/nnnn,

 

anyone else heard this?

Thanks.

[ubonjoe]

A police clearance is only needed to apply for a non-b visa if you are teaching.

Fingerprints have always been needed to apply for a police clearance certificate. Info for getting a police clearance is here. http://www.pcscenter.sb.police.go.th/eng/

Never seen a non-b with anything like you wrote about.

[My Thai Life]

Thanks Joe,

 

this is my 5th education-related year Non-B and the first time I've heard of fingerprints being required. In the last 4-5 years I  have only provided one Thai police check - at the beginning of my first year, and fingerprints were never asked for. I guess the local MoI office/police station interpreted and processed it their own way!

 

This situation has only arisen because the MoI recently advised me to apply for a different type of Non-B - one with a slash number /nnnn, which they say will give me the right to have my name on land chanotes as a co-owner up to 50%. I'd never heard of this before either, but greatly appreciated if you've got any info on this,

 

cheers.

 

 

[ubonjoe]

When you write Mol what do you mean? Not sure what the Ministry Of Interior or Labor has to do with your non-b visa and the police clearance. 

You apparently got your last police clearance certificate before they centralized the issuance of them.

As I wrote before I never heard of a non-b visa from a embassy or consulate with /nnn after it.

Your category of visa would have no effect on land ownership.

[My Thai Life]

Re MoI, I meant Immigration, not Interior. My mistake.

 

Re Non B and land ownership.  I'm advised by Immigration that the category of Non B I have at the time of receiving PR (imminent) will affect my land ownership rights post PR; hence their advice to change my non-B status now; they say that the advised status is rare, and I certainly haven't found any reference to it on the forum.

 

I've also read the excellent thread here about PR from beginning to end, but have found no reference to this.