Bonjour, je vous en prie, pouvez vous m'aider.......
Je suis (avec mon amie une française) en Thaïlande 2 mois (visa) + 1 mois (extension). Auparavant on avait déjà été 1 mois.
Quoi qu'il en soit au bout de ces 3 mois/90 jours retour quelques semaines en France.
Quand je vais retourner à l'ambassade pour de nouveau le visa 2 mois (+ 1 mois sur place), ils pourront me le refuser? J'ai entendu dire qu'on a pas le droit d'être + de 6 mois/an en Thaïlande?
De plus, au terme de ces éventuels 3 nouveaux mois, un visa run pourrait-il nous permettre de refaire 2+1=3 mois? (au pire pas de problème pour tous les 6 mois faire une vraie sortie en France, mais faut que l'ambassade nous accorde a nouveau le visa...)
Ce qui ferait 1+3+3+3=10 mois quasi consécutifs. Est ce possible? Légal?
Et encore au bout de ces 3 mois, re visa run?
Et quid des visa à demander? Single entry, multi entry? Je suis perdu.
Bref, le but est de rester au moins un an ici. J'étudie les solutions autres que monter une compagnie thai juste pour ça...
Aussi sinon, est il possible d'avoir un visa business juste avec une lettre de recommandation d'un employeur? Sous quelle forme exactement? Ca marche sur?
Sinon, le visa éducation? Mais il n'y a pas d'école qui détient la license officielle à Koh Samui... Donc faudrait signup avec Bangkok et donc "pointer" à bangkok tous les 3 mois (ou sortir des pays tous les 3 mois si multi entry).
Merci par avance.
vous auriez du des le départ demander un visa double entrée touristique 2mois + ext 1 moi -- sortie de thailande puis rerentrée pour 2 mois + ext 1 mois
puis ressortir et aller au Laos par ex redemander un visa touristique simple 2 mois + extension 1 mois
ce qu ifait au minimum 6 mois etavec un peu de chance 9 mois
évidemment ne vosu amusez pas a faire ceal 12 mois sur 12 !
et evidmment aussi si vote but est de rester toute l'année en Thailande alors non ce n'ets pas la bonne solution !
car contourner la loi en prenant un visa etudiant sans etre un vrai étudiant c'est toujpours s'exposer a de possibles emmm..
BJR
pour faire le plus court possible
Visa touriste : 1entrée => 60J (et non pas 2mois !!) + prolongation de visa de 30J sur place sans sortir u teriotoire (attention de ne pas dépasser les 60J avant de prologer de 30J )....(accordé sans soucis , ..sauf si vous provoqués des problemes la bas? )...donc 60J +30J = 90J (+ par fois mais pas sur possibilité de prolonger uen fois de + de 10J sur place mais pas sist accordé !?)
Visa touriste double entre : => 60J (+ 30 de prolonation sur place .....en faisent attention de ne pas dépasser les 60j avant de vous rendre à l'imigration pour prolonger de 1mois !)..puis le 89 ou 90 ème jours(attention aussi de ne pas dépasser le delais des 90J maxi avant de sortir )....puis vous sortez (c'est obligatoire !!)et vous rentrer de nouveau ce qui enclenche l'entrée N°2 et vous donne droit de nouveau à 60J + 30J maxi sur place = maxi 180J ou 6mois si vosu voulez sauf que ce n'est pas 6mois mais 180J !.
Visa "run" ou les aller & retour incecents ...apres avoir passé les de 30j sur place ....comme avant , ...et qui permetait à certains de rester comme ça quasi eternelement en Thailande , ...sont limités a maxi 4 entrées sur le territoire ...atteniton !.(15 jours de + par vois terrestre .....et 30j par voie aérienne )
DONC:=>
Si vous n'avez pas 50 ans (et ne rempliser pas les conditions des revenus et autres stipulés pour l'obtenition du visa OA retraité )ou que vous ne soyez pas marié à une femme Thais (ce n'est pas le cas !), ...ou que vous ne soyez pas un "veritable étudient" (comme ce n'est pas le cas non plus !...et attention la aussi !..car les controles sont renforcés depuis peu pour vérifier si vous est vraiment étudient ou pas )....pas moyen de rester en Thailande au dela des 180 J (six mois ) .... voir 9 mois maxi comme l'a precisé un copain sur forum avant moi (en passent par laos et de nouveau demandé au laosiens un visa (60+30)pour la Thailande mais attention qui n'est accordé sist !!!)......donc très risqué si vous avez invisagé de rester plus de 6mois (180J)
Il y a une dérnière solution aussi => c'est d'invéstir en Thailande (conditions pour le visa biznes vous les trouverez sur le "site" de l'ambassade de Thailande à Paris !)elle sont assez draconiénnes , ...mais c'est posible , ..ci vous avez veritablement envie de vous installer en Thaialnde (et que vous avez de l'argent aussi car il vous faut au moins 50 000 € tout de même !!) et ouvrir une affaire , ...mais rensegnez vous bien d'abord !!, ...car cela n'est pas simple ni même raisonale ou conséillé parfois , ...selon les "recits" des inombrables personnes qui l'ont amerement regrétés !!.
Ne vous "mettez pas dans l'irégularité du séjours (et autres aussi )en Thailande" ....car cela pourait vous "couter tres cher" et une explulsion aussi au mieux !!, ...et au pire la prison acompagné d'une excplusion du teritoire (a vos frais )et interdiciton de séjour a vie ! !.!.;ce sont des choses à ne pas prendre à la légère car la legislation à aussi bien changé la bas depuis quelques temps ....et ils sont devenus bcp plus strictes les Thaïs en controlent bcp + aux frontières et à l'interieur
Cependant , ...et malgré tout cela , ...la Thaïlande reste un pays facile et tres agréable a vivre certes a condition de respecter un minimum de regles !. !.
Après tout cela , ....vous avez certenement compris qu'ils préférent chez eux nos amis les Thaïs , ... plutôt les retraités , ...qui ont des "poches bien remplis en + !! (1400€ de retraite minimum a justifié ou 22 000 € déposés chaque année et renouvellé!!... sur un compte Thais )que des jeunes travailleurs dynamiques cherchent du travail ou pour quoi pas la fortune chez eux !...cella sont assez mal vues !.....
Les Thais "adorent notre argent" chez eux sur place !, ...et tolèrent facilement les gens qui "ne travaillent pas" , ....(il sont même tres sympas avec eux je dirais ), ... mais sont la bas pour le dépanser , ...que ceux qui pourrons leurs "piquer" eventuellement leur travail (en tout cas il nous voyents comme cela !) ..ce qui est aussi très faux car 97 % des "boulots potentiellement existant" dans ce pays leurs sont résérvés exclusivement !!..;et ce qu'on peut déduire de tout cela , ....c'est qui'ls sont un pays protectioniste quasi à l'extreme !.
Bon courage
FB
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