Multi entry O visa cost increases!

[Vombatus]

The OA is ONLY ISSUED from YOUR HOME COUNTRY NOT from WITHIN THAILAND. There is no conversion from an O to an OA. At last report I had HULL will NOT issue an OA you need to go to the Thai Embassy in London.

Thanks David - I only deal with Hull and that explains their wording.


edit - don't know why wording is underlined and bold ??

[roger d]

Wow! That caused a ripple or two in the pond. I agree most humbly that i made a silly slip by calling an 'extension' a 'visa' - brain a bit overloaded with relocation details. Of course you are correct, the terminology is veryimportant. Thanks to all for freely giving advice.

[roger d]

Actually, main point of my first post was just to mention an alternative to the £900 a month that is required for multi non imm O from Hull (etc.) Now I have no income. I was pleased to learn the visa will be issued on basis of the sum I posted in UK bank. Nothing to do with the 800,000 bht to be shown in Thailand.
The second point was a bit rhetorical about the 3 month of 'seasoning' in Thailand. It was 2 months only for as many years as I recall.
Treading carefully here but probably still gonna step in it. R

[Vombatus]

Wow! That caused a ripple or two in the pond. I agree most humbly that i made a silly slip by calling an 'extension' a 'visa' - brain a bit overloaded with relocation details. Of course you are correct, the terminology is veryimportant. Thanks to all for freely giving advice.

Roger, thank you for helping me to discover that there is in fact a "retirement visa" available. I had always advised people that there was no such thing - which, of course, at Hull there isn't !

Thanks to you I am now aware that an "O-A" is available from the Thai embassy in London.

An individuals situation will determine whether it is best to extend after 1 year or, obtain another "O-A"

[roger d]

CC, Thanks for thanks. For a minute I thought I was in for sarcasm. Paranoid or what?

I never got to say 'hello' at Coffee Corner. The one time I pulled up for a bite to eat you were closed. I should have checked opening times. ...... I got lots of other gripping tales to rival that one!

[gotlost]

Actually, main point of my first post was just to mention an alternative to the £900 a month that is required for multi non imm O from Hull (etc.) Now I have no income. I was pleased to learn the visa will be issued on basis of the sum I posted in UK bank. Nothing to do with the 800,000 bht to be shown in Thailand.
The second point was a bit rhetorical about the 3 month of 'seasoning' in Thailand. It was 2 months only for as many years as I recall.
Treading carefully here but probably still gonna step in it. R

Just for information the seasoning of money for marriage retirement extension/visa is 2 months the first time and 3 months thereafter.

[urleft]

The OA is ONLY ISSUED from YOUR HOME COUNTRY NOT from WITHIN THAILAND. There is no conversion from an O to an OA. At last report I had HULL will NOT issue an OA you need to go to the Thai Embassy in London.

As with about everything "There is an exception to every rule" 

I got an Non Immigrant OA visa at Korat, I came into Thailand on a Turist Visa (Oct 2011), converted to a Retirement Visa (Nov 2011) with a 90 day stay permit, and then got a 1 year Retirement Visa (Feb 2012), all with never leaving Thailand. 

The two main things I needed was:

1.  Having a Thai Spouse (with proof)

2.  Proof of income.  In my case I used US Embassy notary stating I had over 65000 Baht a month income.  (This was very easy to obtain by paying the $50 fee at the Embassy).  I would recommend this income verification as it overcame some issues with my bank amount statement, I will do it again just as backup.


An advantage to the multi-entry visa is that everytime you leave Thailand and return, your 90 day reporting time is reset from the day you re-enter Thailand, I understand this applies to "Border runs".  I have verified the 90 day reset with flying out of BKK, and I expect to check a border run in August.  A border run seems easier to me then getting the paper work for a Korat visit (but a little more expensive as the wife expects to shop at the border). 

[roger d]

GotLost,
I have heard Hua Hin Immigration NOW applying 3 months to FIRST seasoning. As CC said 'rules change'. When shown copy of rules with 2 month clause they responded with their current copy without the clause.
I am asking not stating. This is Buriram Forum but an Immigration issue might affect across the bord

[roger d]

    Oops .....the board

[ischme]

The OA is ONLY ISSUED from YOUR HOME COUNTRY NOT from WITHIN THAILAND. There is no conversion from an O to an OA. At last report I had HULL will NOT issue an OA you need to go to the Thai Embassy in London.

As with about everything "There is an exception to every rule" 

I got an Non Immigrant OA visa at Korat, I came into Thailand on a Turist Visa (Oct 2011), converted to a Retirement Visa (Nov 2011) with a 90 day stay permit, and then got a 1 year Retirement Visa (Feb 2012), all with never leaving Thailand. 

The two main things I needed was:

1.  Having a Thai Spouse (with proof)

2.  Proof of income.  In my case I used US Embassy notary stating I had over 65000 Baht a month income.  (This was very easy to obtain by paying the $50 fee at the Embassy).  I would recommend this income verification as it overcame some issues with my bank amount statement, I will do it again just as backup.


An advantage to the multi-entry visa is that everytime you leave Thailand and return, your 90 day reporting time is reset from the day you re-enter Thailand, I understand this applies to "Border runs".  I have verified the 90 day reset with flying out of BKK, and I expect to check a border run in August.  A border run seems easier to me then getting the paper work for a Korat visit (but a little more expensive as the wife expects to shop at the border).

An OA visa and a retirement visa are not the same thing. An OA visa is only available in your home country. As far as I know they are not available in UK.

You need a medical certificate for an OA. You do not need one for an O based on retirement or an extension.

OA visa is valid for a year, no need to leave the country. In some cases a double entry is available. This means that you leave on the 364th day and return. You will get a permission to stay stamp for another year.

[Vombatus]

The OA is ONLY ISSUED from YOUR HOME COUNTRY NOT from WITHIN THAILAND. There is no conversion from an O to an OA. At last report I had HULL will NOT issue an OA you need to go to the Thai Embassy in London.

As with about everything "There is an exception to every rule" 

I got an Non Immigrant OA visa at Korat, I came into Thailand on a Turist Visa (Oct 2011), converted to a Retirement Visa (Nov 2011) with a 90 day stay permit, and then got a 1 year Retirement Visa (Feb 2012), all with never leaving Thailand. 

The two main things I needed was:

1.  Having a Thai Spouse (with proof)

2.  Proof of income.  In my case I used US Embassy notary stating I had over 65000 Baht a month income.  (This was very easy to obtain by paying the $50 fee at the Embassy).  I would recommend this income verification as it overcame some issues with my bank amount statement, I will do it again just as backup.


An advantage to the multi-entry visa is that everytime you leave Thailand and return, your 90 day reporting time is reset from the day you re-enter Thailand, I understand this applies to "Border runs".  I have verified the 90 day reset with flying out of BKK, and I expect to check a border run in August.  A border run seems easier to me then getting the paper work for a Korat visit (but a little more expensive as the wife expects to shop at the border).

An OA visa and a retirement visa are not the same thing. An OA visa is only available in your home country. As far as I know they are not available in UK.

You need a medical certificate for an OA. You do not need one for an O based on retirement or an extension.

OA visa is valid for a year, no need to leave the country. In some cases a double entry is available. This means that you leave on the 364th day and return. You will get a permission to stay stamp for another year.

I have only just discovered that the "O-A" is available from the Thai embassy in London. This was a reply on Thaivisa.com (where I had quoted Hull saying that you get an O-A in Bangkok):-

Hull is misinformed (they can not issue an O-A visa and it is not available in Thailand).

The O-A allows you to obtain a one year permitted to stay on entry with no requirement to transfer funds into Thailand - if multi entry up to two years stay can be obtained before any extension of stay from immigration inside Thailand is required.  For those that travel the multi entry requires no re-entry permits for first year so very easy to use for those with part time retirement stays who return to the home country and obtain a new O-A visa.