Siriam

Hi guys,

I've got an email from a friend who is not a thaivisa member an he asked me to post it here on his behalf:

"Can you help me to find the information for non immigrant “O” visa extension for retirement from about 4/5 years ago? There was a new rule that everyone applied for an O visa before first of October 1997 needs in his/her bank account 400.000, - Bath or eagle income like state pension, The one applied after first of October 1997 needs 800.000, - Bath. This was also mentioned in the Bangkok Post and Phuket Gazette. I don’t know the exact day and nobody can help me."

I know that this guy never left Thailand for over 16 years, therefore he believe he's entitled to apply for an annual extension with the past requirements.

Thanks in advance to anybody helping.

hi,

how many times the 30 days visa exemption will be granted if someone come in and go out from the country by air.... and how many times the 15 days by land?

thanks

Hi,

reading from the section dedicated to residency, precisely the page http://www.thaivisa.com/300.0.html , under "Qualifications of an applicant" it's stated verbatim:

1. An applicant must have received permission for yearly stays in Thailand on a non-immigrant visa for at least of three years prior to the submission of an application for permanent residency. Holders of multiple NON-Immigrant visas can not apply. You must have 3 un-broken yearly extensions in order to qualify.

2. An applicant must be holding a non-immigrant visa at the time of submitting an application.

I have in my hand an Official translation which is saying:

Foreign National applicant must hold a passport that bears a Non Immigrant Visa and was granted with one year visa extension which reveal that up until the date of application submission, the applicant have been staying in the kingdom for at least 3 consecutive years.

As you can see it's a bit deceiving, in the second one it sounds like you don't have to leave the country for 3 consecutive years.

Since I've read in this forum, and I have a friend myself in the same situation, that there are people outthere under consideration and waiting from 2006 to get their residency approved, is it possible that the reason of this delay is that they do not have this 3 consecutive years in the country? Is it possible that Immigration accepts the application just to win 7600 Baht per applicant even though they know that they will never get it?

Thank you.

Hi, is it possible for a foreign corporation buying a condo in Thailand?

Thanks.

Hi Guys,

anyone knows if the 60 days extension based on Marriage may be carried on for more than once?

Thank in advance