Multiple-Entry Non-O Visa Based on Marriage during COVID-19

[herfiehandbag]

On 7/27/2020 at 7:14 PM, brain150 said:

Thai Immigration has tried to get people who live in Thailand on an "extension of stay" for a long time now !

With a multiple entry re-entry permit it is what Immigration wants everybody to have because this way they control

the situation !

 

Multiple entry visas are for people who are not supposed to live in Thailand !

Now they have a situation where they can enforce this quite easily.

 

It is not about whether you like it or not ... right now there seems to be no other option !!!

 

On 7/27/2020 at 7:22 PM, Pravda said:

I don't want to sound like someone who's riding the high horse, but these multiple entry non o marriage visas are not meant for long stay in Thailand. 

 

I am also on this exact same visa but I have 400k in the bank ready once the immigration smartens up and tells me that these visas are not meant for long stay. 

 

So I think you will be asked to leave if there is not another amnesty or don't have the cash ready. 

The Multiple Entry Non O visa, based on marriage (or parent of a Thai Child) have been issued for donkeys years. The local (adjacent country) consulates which issue them are strictly limited. The requirements to qualify for such a visa are clearly stated, and if you do not meet them you don't get a visa - are not these forums (in more normal times) full of posts bewailing the fact that because the poster did not meet the stipulated criteria he was refused a visa?  The immigration service know exactly why people use these visas. If they (or more properly the government) were to decide to put a stop to people using them they could do so, at any time, by publishing an order  prohibiting continuous re-entry. They haven't and aren't doing that. Circumstances beyond our, and the governments control have led to the current problem in which some of us find ourselves. The problem needs to be addressed, I see no reason why it shouldn't be, but i suspect at the moment there are more pressing things to be dealt with.

 

I can see two possibilities - those of us on ME non O visas which have expired since the border closures, will be able to apply to apply to renew them within Thailand, or (more likely, as it is a more lucrative option), we will be able to purchase further 60 day extensions, until such time as "normal service returns".

[Inderpland]

1 hour ago, Max69xl said:

"I'm here on a 1 year non-O (expires September 23rd)."

What do you mean by a 1 year non-O? The difference between the old and new TM7 form is at the bottom. Read it and you'll see, and in the square where you put the photo, the requirement about the photo is in English. 

A 1 year multiple entry non-O "marriage visa" obtained in Savannakhet.

[rattlesnake]

4 hours ago, Max69xl said:

"I'm here on a 1 year non-O (expires September 23rd)."

What do you mean by a 1 year non-O? The difference between the old and new TM7 form is at the bottom. Read it and you'll see, and in the square where you put the photo, the requirement about the photo is in English. 

"In addition I handed in a copy of the address notification receipt slip from my latest arrival".

 

Is that really all they asked for to prove your address? Last time I went to Jomtien IO for a 60-day extension (about 15 months ago) they refused to give it to me because I did not provide the house book of my rented condo's owner (I had all sorts of documents including a signed copy of her ID + a rental contract but they wouldn't have it).

[Falconator]

Unfortunately the good days of border bouncing are now practically over, even for married people.

 

The only practical options:

1. 400,000 baht in the bank to get a 1-year extension with little hassle

2. 40,000 baht per month to get a 1-year extension with more hassle

 

Sorry, but no money, no honey.

 

It's not only Thailand, but also the UK, US, Denmark, and scores of other countries. They just copy these rules from each other, same as they do with lockdown rules. Bureaucracy says come up with the cash, or leave. Can't change the way things work.