haam sup Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Hoping someone has experience with similar issue: I am American, over 50, with a non-immigrant, multiple-entry O-A (longstay) visa, issued in the US. I will marry a Filipina in the Philippines, and would like to get her permission to stay in Thailand, based on dependent status. I do not want to convert my visa to 'permission to stay' for the next two years. So far, it looks like we will have to travel to a Thai Enbassy in some country (other than Philippines, where they are notoriously hostile to visa applicants), obtain a non-O visa for her, and then go to Immigration in Thailand to apply for her permission to stay. Does anyone know: 1) the most likely Embassy to grant her a non-O, based on our marriage, and what documents we might need? 2) is this plan feasable, i.e., can I retain my O-A visa, and get her a permission to stay tied to it? Thanks in advance, hs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 The O-A is a retirement visa and should have no effect on the visa your wife gets or any effect to you. I have a friend here in BKK that was on a Thai marriage visa and got fed up with the stupidity to keep the marriage visa (pictures of his family on the sofa, etc) and went on to get the O-A retirement visa. I am American ad have always been told that to obtain the O visa (which I now have) you must return to your home country. However, it may have changed. I just renewed my O visa in Dallas, April 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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