I know the ones at the airport last for one month and there is this thing of 3 x 1 months only. But can one get a visa for longer, say a straight forward 6 months
Just read the thai site - the bottom line is you cant do it. Never mind.
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I know the ones at the airport last for one month and there is this thing of 3 x 1 months only. But can one get a visa for longer, say a straight forward 6 months
Just read the thai site - the bottom line is you cant do it. Never mind.
60 day tourist visa extendable to 90 days in Thailand?
I have a 12-month Visa, multiple entry. Good for 3 months per entry. Border run every 3 months is not too bad.
dboy
Five year multiple entry visa.
http://www.thailandelite.com/privileges_visa.php
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Originally Posted by PinkSilom
you're posting this is as a joke, right?
WhiteDesire is a young guy. The prospect of a 5 year Multiple Entry Visa which can be renewed every 5 years for life, might be very attractive. I appreciate the initial cost of the Thailand Elite membership might have led you to think I was joking, but a million baht might be pocket money to him for all I know.
does that exist?
What is the criteria for that one, apart for retirees of course that sort of thing, I didn't see it on the Thai web site?
Elite card might be worthwhile if the Elite committee that runs it was still even meeting anymore. Unfortunately they are not. There's been a ton of info written on this program over the years. But hey, its not my money. Do whatever you wanna do.
dboy
You don't have to be a retiree to do this. I don't have a form in front of me, but from memory, you check the "non-immigrant" box, then under "reason for travel" select "other" then write in "personal travel". This is a Non-Immigrant "O" Visa (multiple entry). You need to make you you have 1 full page unused in your passport because the Visa stamp uses a whole page. In addition, you'll need more blank pages for each entry and exit.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteDesire
Send that in with a $125 (or whatever your currency is), photos, etc. and you'll get a 1-year visa back. This is a great way to do things because you also get other benefits like ability to open a checking/savings account, get a drivers license, etc. The nice thing about the drivers license is that after your initial one-year license you can get the better 5-year permanent license. From what I've heard, the cops target the 1-year license holders more than the 5-year holders because they figure the 1-year holders don't know their way yet and are a better mark for bribes/fines.
Of course you are not allowed to work with this form of Visa. Once you get a Visa like this, things like 30-day stamps, weird rules and all that are no longer a problem.
As usual if you are travelling you need to go to a photo store and have them make a small copy of the important pages of your passport, with the visa stamp, and get them to shrink it down and laminate it. This copy is for use in the bars, beach, etc so your original passport won't be destroyed. This is very important for long-term travelling as passports do not wear very well in tropical heat.
So in your particular case, for 6-months you'd have to do one Visa run after 3 months, and that's all. Just don't overstay, as there are fines.
Don't even consider the Elite card mentioned above as this was a failed program created awhile back that got very little support and was actually a bit of a disaster for the people who created it. The Thai Elite Card is only mentioned now as a joke. Basically it was a ripoff. None of the benefits listed on the Elite Card website are even functional anymore. Very few of these cards were ever actually sold (under 200 sold as I recall). One of the biggest supposed benefits was that this card would allow a foreigner to buy up to 1.6r of land...that did not work out as advertised. This all happened in 2003 or so and is now just historical information. Elite card is dead. That's all you need to know.
dboy
The 12-month Non-Immigrant O (O stands for "other") visa that Dboy mentions can be issued for various reasons, from visiting family, to exploring retirement, to visiting friends, to suppporting Thai children and/or wife, etc.
Not all embassies/consulates issue one any more, and from comments on ThaiVisa.com it seems you have the best bet of acquiring one by applying for it in your own country. In the past, you could get similar visas from neighboring countries, such as at Penang in Malaysia, but there has been a "tightening up" of issuing such visas in SE Asian Thai consulates and embassies.
WhiteDesire, I'm not sure what country is "home" for you, but if you are in the UK, the Hull consulate has a reputation for being generous with Non-Immigrant O visas. In the US, most of the consulates have been reported to issue them, with the exception of the Los Angeles consulate which seems at times to be very stingy.