Visas

[doolish 14]

Hi,

Just been up to Nongkhai immigration to see about getting a retirement Visa. They looked puzzled said no form for retirement visa. but he give me a leaflet titled

Applying for a extension to support a family (wife and children) who are Tnai citizens.

An alien must hold-immigration visa"code O", not more than one year at a time is given.

Required Documents.

1. Two application forms TM 7

2. Two photocopies of passport or any substute documents.

3. to photocopies of certificates of marriage.

4. two photocopies of certificates of child's birth (if any)

5. Proof of finanicial status or pension.

5.1. An ammount of 200,000 Baht/year deposited a bank in the Kingdom or permanant salary of 20.000Baht/month.

5.2. The bank balanse statment not longer thann10 days before appling.

5.3. in case of the income from oversea such as pension, security, or social welfare, the pension certification from the embassy of his country and the tranferring documentatation of monthly deposit at least 20,000Baht must be shown.

5.4. In case of being in workingn life (age not over 50 years old). he must have work and employmet certificate, work permit, alien income, tax return form (Por Ngor Dor 1 with receipt of the latest month and Por Ngor Dor 91 with receipt) no less than 200,000Baht if he is unemployed. he must explain how dose he get an income.

6. Two photocopies of his wife's house registration.

7. Two photocopies of his wife's idenity card.

8. Two 4x6cm.full-faced photos taken not more than 6 months old.

9. 500Baht fee.

Note Application must be made in person and take his wife for interogation and the original documents must be shown.

Re-entry Permit

Applying for the RE-ENTRY Permit in case of an alien if he/ shewants to leave the kingdom and wants to retain his/her status visa, he/she should apply for the "Re-Entry Permit" and then he/she could Re-enter and stay in the kingdom using the remaindernof the orginal Visa.

Document are Required

1. Application form T.M.8

2. A copy of passport or substitue document

3. One 4X6cm. full-faced photo taken withinnpast 6 months

4. Fee for single time 500baht Mulipel times 1,000 baht

Residence Notificattion The Aliens

A alien who has stayed in the Kingdom of Thailand over 90 days must notify his residenceto immigration officer every 90 days

An alien who is staying in Bangkok mut notify at the immigration bureau

Others (staying up country) must notify at any immigration in his area

 

This is as wrote on the leaflet so please don't blame me for spelling etc.

 

Before I had seen this I allways have be told for a man married to a Thai girl it was 300,000 baht os an income of 35,000 baht a month.

 

All the best Doug.

[aqua4 2]

They are basically the same being an extension of the "O" visa. The difference is in the extension thereof. If you want to extend it for a year based on "Retirement" then you need to hold 800,00 Baht. If you want to extend it on the bases of a Thai wife or "Marriage" then 400,000 Baht has to be shown.

[redwood13 56]

You want to apply for an extension of stay based on qualifying for retirement. The form for this is the same as for the "family" (i.e. marriage) extension, namely the TM.7. You'll need to show 800,000 in your Thai bank account for 3 months prior to applying.

 

The financial rules for qualifying for an extension of stay based on having a family/marriage were changed 1 Oct. 2006. You no longer can qualify by showing money in the bank. You need to show a family income of 40,000 baht per month - either by the husband or wife or jointly.

 

From what I've read on thaivisa, Nong Khai has some very strange interpretations of the rules so they may well stray from the normal procedures. Most Immigration offices here would encourage you to use retirement vs. family for an extension as it's much less work for them - for you as well.

 

-redwood

[fi33er 1]

You want to apply for an extension of stay based on qualifying for retirement. The form for this is the same as for the "family" (i.e. marriage) extension, namely the TM.7. You'll need to show 800,000 in your Thai bank account for 3 months prior to applying.

 

The financial rules for qualifying for an extension of stay based on having a family/marriage were changed 1 Oct. 2006. You no longer can qualify by showing money in the bank. You need to show a family income of 40,000 baht per month - either by the husband or wife or jointly.

 

From what I've read on thaivisa, Nong Khai has some very strange interpretations of the rules so they may well stray from the normal procedures. Most Immigration offices here would encourage you to use retirement vs. family for an extension as it's much less work for them - for you as well.

 

-redwood

 

my brother stays in thailand with a marriage visa and he had to show 400,000 baht in the bank or 40,000 baht per month income to obtain the visa. he chose the 400,000 baht in the bank option he got this visa last september.

[redwood13 56]

my brother stays in thailand with a marriage visa and he had to show 400,000 baht in the bank or 40,000 baht per month income to obtain the visa. he chose the 400,000 baht in the bank option he got this visa last september.

 

If he had an extension of stay prior to the new rule they allowed "grandfathering", that is those who had previously qualified based on 400K baht in a Thai bank were allowed to continue qualifying on that basis or they could opt to use family income to qualify.

 

-redwood

[fi33er 1]

If he had an extension of stay prior to the new rule they allowed "grandfathering", that is those who had previously qualified based on 400K baht in a Thai bank were allowed to continue qualifying on that basis or they could opt to use family income to qualify.

 

-redwood

 

this is his 2nd marriage visa so i guess he would qualify under those rules. shame they changed that rule in 2006 as i was hoping to get a marriage visa later on this year under the 400,000 baht in the bank option, never mind i'll have to come up with yet another cunning plan

[doolish 14]

Hi,

Just got visa extention for a year and only had to show 200,000 baht in bank.

Cheers Doug.