allistar Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Get an educational visa for thailand (for studing thai language at university). Its good for 1 year but you have to get it in your country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexi Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 How would that work in the long term - surely the people at immig. would look at say 10 back to back ed. visas and question if this is reasonable....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allistar Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Its not something you can do for more than a couple of years but its better than making visa runs. If the OP is mid forties, he might make it to 50 doing it and then switch to retirement visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 I wrote a reply and somehow clicked "report post" instead of post. I'm not having a good day. Mods, please ignore the report (if you happen to see it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Only way I know of not to report is to become a permanent resident. Costs 100,000 baht if you are married to a Thai, 200,000 otherwise. (At least those were the prices last time I looked.) It's not that easy to get. I think you have to have lived here for so many years on a non-immigrant visa of some sort. You can't simply move here and apply for one. With a marriage or retirement visa, you still have to report to your "parole officer" every 90 days. Of course, if you don't report all that can happen is you get hit with a 5,000 baht fine. I have friends who have never reported and say they have no problems when they renew their visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Slight correction Flash, the 90 days reporting is only applicable if one spends 90 consecutive days in Thailand, if you happen to leave within the period the 90 days starts again, as long as one has a valid re-entry visa. The 90 day reporting does not have to be done in person, as long as correct paperwork is completed beforehand a third party can do it on your behalf. For PR application 5 years continuous non-imm was the last I heard, but this being Thailand it is subject to change at the drop of a hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Hi, "I wrote a reply and somehow clicked "report post" instead of post" Ah, that explains it. Was wondering what the problem was with that post Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 How to do...like in the case of my friend that has been in a sedated coma in the hospital for the past two months and missed his check in date? This may be interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letteraccess Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 Thanks much. It seems like setting up a company or getting an education visa may be the most attractive to me. I'll search the other forum posts to see what I can learn about the visa issued by a company. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 << The 90 day reporting does not have to be done in person, as long as correct paperwork is completed beforehand a third party can do it on your behalf. >> Maybe on paper, but in reality who knows. My university has someone assigned to assisting foreign lecturers with their visas and WPs. We used to be able to sign a form authorising him to make our 90 day report for us, but Immigration notified him that we could no longer do so. We have to report in person. Immigration does have a habit of ignoring the laws and doing whatever they feel like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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