Airbagwill Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearciderman Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 No immigration office has ever issued a 1 year visa, the maximum they ever issue is a single entry, (90 days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 ^ 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puchooay Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearciderman Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 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 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puchooay Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearciderman Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puchooay Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearciderman Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puchooay Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearciderman Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 22 minutes ago, puchooay said: Visa exempt is a visa status. Only in so far as it is a total LACK of any visa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I think we can dispense with the technicalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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