CTO Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Non Imm B has always required invitation letters. Do they only last 90 days or 1 year with 90 days? How long does it take to do anything in Madrid Drogon? My quickest has been Brisbane - while I waited - about 5 minutes - before that Sydney in a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Non B for one year. Things take a lot of time in Madrid and sometimes they are never done... But in this case it is the Thai embassy and for once it is fast. (provided you have the right papers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy641 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 When giving the advice with 1 year multiple entry NON-IMM-B, I presumed that the OP is still staying in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Non Imm B has always required invitation letters. Do they only last 90 days or 1 year with 90 days? How long does it take to do anything in Madrid Drogon? My quickest has been Brisbane - while I waited - about 5 minutes - before that Sydney in a few hours. I got my last Non-Im B in Adelaide and it lasted nearly 15 months. You have to get them stamped at a border crossing every 90 days and the trick is to get your last stamp a couple of days before it expires and they give you another 90 days. I rang the Adelaide consulate last week and was told that the system is exactly the same as when I applied for my visa in March last year. Just a letter from a company required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD1985 Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Wow thank you all. To answer some questions: No reasons why I chose Chiang Mai, I'm still in preliminary investigations and it popped up as the best current candidate (very low living costs, beautiful area, friendly people etc) I still live in the U.S. I'm 22 so the 50 year old thing will not help. Although if there is an inexpensive schooling options I have been thinking about getting a degree in real estate or accounting (but what I learn must apply to the U.S. laws) I don't know anyone in Thailand. I may know someone over here with a business, I'll have to ask a couple friends. From what I have read I am very nervous about using credit cards anywhere. I could catch a fraudulent transaction fairly quickly because all my purchase information routes to my financial software, but i still don't want to worry about that stuff. I think debit cards will have the same issue because I have signed a debit card purchase before. That leaves ATM cards which can pull out cash, but can they pay for purchases? (I've never done that) And can they really pay rent? I don't think my landlord even takes ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khun_khon_neua Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 ...And can they really pay rent? I don't think my landlord even takes ATM. You go to the machine first, get the cash, which you give to the landlord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'd investigate online study before you leave if you're planning to do a degree that is usable in the States. I think you would like Chiang Mai, there's a lot of young people stuff there because of the big backpacker scene. Every time I go down there, it's about 200kms from where I live, the town seems to packed out with people in their twenties from all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexi Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Air pollution from traffic and other sources is becoming an issue in CM...sometimes worse than BKK....but some nice places in the surrounding area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I know a lot of guys in CM now and most of them complain bitterly about the various things that annoy them . I don't see any of them moving away though. :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedave Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 You really don't need a Thai bank account. You can pay all your bills at 7-11, which usually have an ATM right next to it. As for rent,. when we lived there, the owner of our house gave us her bank account number and we just went to her bank and deposited the money in her account each month...again, an atm being right there for us to get the money with. Seems a fairly common practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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