I have no issue with agents or lawyers but have never found the need for one for visa applications. My wife has successfully applied for 2 Schengen visas, I did my Non O-A in late 2017 in Australia, my wife and I have lodged 3 annual visa extensions now for me, I applied for a visa to enter Vietnam. The latest and biggest one is my wife's Partner visa for Australia which was approved (double grant) in November after only 5 months. I hate to think how much I would have outlayed if I had paid agents for all of these.
You just listed all visas and didn’t even explain any one of them . How long each one is or what are the requirements for each visa I hope in the next video you say all the cities of Thailand and then smile and say thank you , good night
No ones going to do all the work for you. Listen to what he said and google. He literally told you how to be a Thai Citizen vis Business and SMART Visa by giving yourself a permit to Work. His main point is not just depend on Tourist Visa or Marriage Visa in preference of others.
Very true. He mentions people visiting for three weeks but who end up staying for thirty years. It would be interesting to know how they started the process and if that is possible nowadays. For example, extending short stays, 30 day no visa, tourist visas etc.
Appreciate the time devoted to this subject and the expertise/experience of both commentators. Please have more and maybe a little in depth coverage of each type of possibility for a long term stay. Does Integrity have an office in Chiang Mai?
His videos generally don’t give specific suggestions. Most are marketing videos and attorneys don’t want to be seen as giving legal advice to non-clients.
One of the best videos on RU-vid about Thailand Visas. I'm thinking Tourist Visa > SMART Visa > Business Visa / Non O Dependent Child Visa > Thai Citizenship
Stay "long enough" and get Thai citizenship? I learned something new. How long is "enough" to qualify? That is very useful for being able to buy land in your own name. But will one have to relinquish their home country citizenship?
About 5 years. The fastest you can get citizenship IF everything goes perfect is maybe 3 years with a 2 year interview process. Either way not as long nor as hard as people think as long as your a good citizen from a good background.
so long story of the good old visa issue again, the question of HOW TO remains yet to be answered...an agency just offered a 1 year volunteering visa, what´s that all about? anyone has a clue?
He answered it. Get there first (tourist visa). Get a SMART or Business Visa. Or get a Dependent child visa. Those let you stay years. THEN like he said you apply for citizenship in 3 - 5 years depending if you qualify. It's not hard. You just have to pick 1 or 2 Visas and you have to KEEP/RENEW those visa. You cant keep switching Visa and live half time and get citizenship.
friend who is an accountant, and lives there 40+ yrs, married a thai lady, has children there etc. told me as long as I am not hiring anyone in Thailand, and I am not manufacturing anything, (I am a remote online business owner with my company registered in Canada)I will be fine. I am online that's all...I have people running the company in 2 other countries, I am running the managers. I would like a digital nomad/retirement visa for 5 - 10 yrs.
Tim Thanks for your good work. As someone nearly ready to head to Thailand and maybe retire there it is worrying to hear you say the interpretation changes per Visa office. If I made application for a visa and was declined is it registered as such meaning I can't try at another office or via an agent? I am planning to live in Jomtien. Do I have to apply there at the Visa office and try another office for a better result in need? This is concerning.
You can either arrive on a tourist visa then apply here or apply on your home country through your embassy. If you use an agent and have most of the paperwork and qualify, they are usually very good at getting your application ‘over tbe line’.
Would love to hear about medium term visa's. Getting a 6 month to 1 year visa to travel or train at a muay thai gym like I want. Currently gyms will say just come to Thailand and apply when your here as if its a easy thing to do once in Thailand, how true is this?. Applying before you get to Thailand for more than 3 months to 1year is the hurdle I'm facing. Uk embassy only doing tourist Currently I.e. max 90 days(30 x3 extensions). P.s. love the channel and content, especially the snazzy shirts.
From what I've heard its better to get to Thailand first and apply inside with other visas because applying in country takes a lot of restrictions and requirements we need. A EDucation Fight visa will get you 1 year in Thailand an cost about $900 for the year. It's not as hard as everyone is making it out to be.
If I marry a Thai Lady and have enough finance can I stay for a suitable time in Thailand without applying for a Visitors Visa all the time - From Australia
I think that you mention that you need a Thai bank account for the retirement visa. I went to two established banks in Phuket, Krungthai and Siam, and they informed me that I needed the retirement visa first before I could open a Thai bank account. Any thoughts?
Bank of Ayudhya ,also know as krug siri (The yellow bank ) what you got told is wrong it pretty tipical here they basically just didnt want to deal with you You should have no issues at yellow bank man , you will need a copy of the house book of where your staying though 😉 good luck 👍
@@javkthong7113 When you say house book, I assume that you are referring to a rental or lease agreement with a landlord? Please confirm. Would you know what the minimum term would have to be? Appears to be a chicken and egg issue. I could commit to a long term lease to get a bank account, then apply for a long term visa. But if the visa does not come through I am on the hook for lease payments but I have to leave. And, with the COVID test n go and COE requirements I cannot just bounce over to another country and return. Ouch!
@@mjkcneely no lease needed mate in thailand they have a book that says they are the owner of that Property like a deed ,its called a 'tabian barn ' spelling maybe wrong you just need a copy of that book , you can probably get the same with a stamped letter from immigration office saying you have confirmed your residential adress .
and for these cafe keyboard type'rs, does the Thai government get to collect taxes on the "work" that they are performing? and in the case of U.S. citizens if the Thai government did get to take part of the spoils, they get to pay taxes in both places (i believe). or do these nomads just get to work tax free when ever and were ever they decide to plant their laptops
@@BrianCRPG Well take yourself to Thai visa forum and look for the post How I got a Thai passport Long and detailed with a hundred plus questions answered I got grown up kids now living and working in Thailand all settled wife and I still going strong But I will never get a Thai passport You couldn’t pay me to give up my passport to my country of birth
@@mrdlama4036 you wanna bet that it's impossible? Even with a resident visa you will not get a passport! Actually who would want one anyway? With a Thai passport to need a visa to go to the toilet!
P.S - I also now have Thai /Western kids who are grown up - as kids born in Thailand with 1 Thai parent you Can get a Thai passport for them and you can get 2 passports - 1 Thai and 1 from your home country - both are vaild until the reach a certain age when they (you) have a choice of which you want!
Lawyers and Thailand 😂 Like common sense and Thailand I have seen these farang (lawyers) get in trouble more times than seen them be successful Thailand attracts these people as they cannot trade in there own countries due to dubious behaviour in there past Remember this guys
@@TheThaiger Ben always promotes that he is a resident of Thailand and always seems be negative where he was born (America) and to other foreigners. The reason he cannot legally be a lawyer in Thailand is he is not naturally born Thai, he can be a 'consultant'. I would not trust him as much as I could throw him. Most people can do their own visas in Thailand and do not need help from a Lawyer. The immigration staff are normally most helpful and are more than competent at speaking English and helping you in your visa process.
