'B' Visa 1 year .. still visa runs ?

**Katana** · 05-12-2006, 05:30 PM

Hi TD guys and gals and welshmen

I have a shinny new Non - Immigration 'B' Visa valid for 1 year.

Will I have to do a border run every 3 months or can I go to Immigration @ Chiang Mai Airport and get then to renew me for 90 days ?

Different people have said yes and no and even maybe .....

When my Year is up do I then have to leave to renew for another year ?

Thanks

Mark

**Spin** · 05-12-2006, 06:08 PM

As I understand it, you will be stamped in for 90 days when you arrive.
Then you have to do a border run when those 90 days are up OR
start the process to get an extension of stay based on work or marriage....more info can be found on here by searching keyword "extension"

**friscofrankie** · 05-12-2006, 10:59 PM

With your business and the number of employees you have you can get a WP. You seem to be active there in the bar so this is a good idea anyway. then you can extend your visa for a year at a time. Might ask about multiple re-entry permits when you extend.

**Mr Earl** · 06-12-2006, 06:17 AM

How did you get a one year visa without a work permit?
I know KL and Singapore won't do it. I have to show up WP in hand to get the one year B-visa.

**ChiangMai noon** · 06-12-2006, 07:07 AM

I think he got it from one of those kind Australian consulates that give them to you if you ask nicely.

As re the OP.
I'm not sure.

I do 90 da reporting at the local immigration, other people I know, still have to do a border run every 90 days.
What did they tell you when you got the visa?

**Katana** · 06-12-2006, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

How did you get a one year visa without a work permit?
I know KL and Singapore won't do it. I have to show up WP in hand to get the one year B-visa.

I am a director in the Thai company that owns the business. What is really funny is that with all these offical documents in Thai ... no one at the consulate can read Thai so basically they just gave me it because I'm a sweet lovable guy ......

**ChiangMai noon** · 06-12-2006, 08:26 AM

How you doing Mark.
When are you back?

**Katana** · 06-12-2006, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

How you doing Mark.
When are you back?

Its cold

I will be back @ around 8-9pm on Thursday ...YaY!!

Driving on roads where everyone stays in there own lane and motorcycles are as rare as hens teeth is extremely weird.

Mark

**Thetyim** · 06-12-2006, 09:56 AM

You haven't really given us enough info to answer this.

I think you will get stamped in for 90 days.

You can then get your Permit to Stay extended so that the dates are the same as your WP.

**machangezi** · 06-12-2006, 12:05 PM

Katana: You just need to pop in to the immigration office every 90 days to get it stamped. There's no need to do border run.

**Little Chuchok** · 06-12-2006, 12:07 PM

I Think that you might find that you have aone year multiple entry visa.You can stay no more than ninty days at a time and you can not get an extention of stay,or go to CM immigration for ninty day reporting.Visa runs it is old son..

**ChiangMai noon** · 06-12-2006, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by machangezi

Katana: You just need to pop in to the immigration office every 90 days to get it stamped. There's no need to do border run.

are you sure about that macha mate.
a lot of people I know still need to do the border runs with work permit/non B

**machangezi** · 06-12-2006, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by machangezi

Katana: You just need to pop in to the immigration office every 90 days to get it stamped. There's no need to do border run.

are you sure about that macha mate.
a lot of people I know still need to do the border runs with work permit/non B

A 110% sure mate. I had 42 foreign staff working for me with non B visas. None of them ever had to go to the border. I sent their passports, with one of the girls from legal dept, to the immigration for stamp every 90 days. Never had any problem.

**Little Chuchok** · 06-12-2006, 12:11 PM

^All depends what visa it is though.

**ChiangMai noon** · 06-12-2006, 12:12 PM

^
I think it depends on type of employment though.

why do I know bar owners with non B that have to report every 90 days?

**machangezi** · 06-12-2006, 12:12 PM

All of them had non B, single entry. I'm not sure if the OP's having a single or multiple. It might be different if he's holding multiple non B.

**Little Chuchok** · 06-12-2006, 12:14 PM

^^Nope.multiple or single entry is all that matters.If it's a multiple,then he has to do 90 day runs.If single,then he just has to report to immigration every 90 days.

**machangezi** · 06-12-2006, 12:15 PM

^ I second that.

**ChiangMai noon** · 06-12-2006, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Nope.multiple or single entry is all that matters.If it's a multiple,then he has to do 90 day runs.If single,then he just has to report to immigration every 90 days.

got it thanks.

**hunter** · 06-12-2006, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

How did you get a one year visa without a work permit?
I know KL and Singapore won't do it. I have to show up WP in hand to get the one year B-visa.

One has to have a Non-Immigrant visa to be able to apply for a work permit. A chicken and egg sort of thing.

**Thetyim** · 06-12-2006, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

^^Nope.multiple or single entry is all that matters.If it's a multiple,then he has to do 90 day runs.If single,then he just has to report to immigration every 90 days.

Katana has said that his visa is valid for one year.
That would point towards a mutiple entry.

A single entry should only be valid for 90 days, I think

**Katana** · 06-12-2006, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Katana has said that his visa is valid for one year. That would point towards a mutiple entry.

Err... Yeah its 1 year non -im 'B' entries marked as multiple. The lawyer has the WP ready to go just needs the passport. I will ask him to see if I can go to CM immigration rather than popping across the border.

Either way is better than having to fly to KL every 2 or 3 months.

Thanks for the help

Mark

**Mr Earl** · 06-12-2006, 05:07 PM

Seems like there are many variations.
When I first applied for the b-visa in KL they gave me a 90 day visa and said next time come with your WP. The next time I got a one year b-visa multiple entry. I get stamped in for 90 days at a time, then it's visa run every 90 days.

But I have a pal who is married to a thai and runs a restaurant who has been here 10 years. He just reports every 90 days and renews his visa in country!

**dirtydog** · 06-12-2006, 06:38 PM

Just to confuse things a little bit more, Penang are now not issueing any non immigrant multi entries anymore, but they do say that you can change it to a multi entry once in Thailand, no idea how this one works

**Troubled** · 06-12-2006, 08:37 PM

As everyone seems to be putting forward their understanding let me add mine to the mix.
My educated guess is that the OP has a 1 year multiple entry non-immigrant "B" which wil require that he crosses the Thai border every 90 days for a new entry stamp. The WP will then need to be adjusted to the new date on the entry stamp.
In oder to qualify for the 1-year extension he will have to paid a certain amount of money dependent upon citizenship in order to have paid the appropriate amount of tax to be granted the extension.
As director of the comapny the question will be is it worth it to pay the monthly tax bill whether or not the salary is paid in full or do a "visa run at least every 90 days.
I am gusessing that the 40 something employees stated earlier in the thread are all connected with the education profession as teachers according to my understanding are exempt from the salary/tax requirement

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