Today, we will discuss only in overview. For more information, we will provide to you the related information in next topic.
Guidance
Foreigners may apply for an extension of stay (1 year visa) for main three reasons:
1. Working
2. Family
3. Retirement
Note that education is another reason to obtain an extension of stay as well.
Working reasons (non-immigrant B visa)
- business purpose e.g. employee or partner etc.
- working related to an investment with Ministry or Bureau or Department
- working for government agency, state enterprise or government office
- investment purpose e.g. purchase of condo, government bond, state enterprise bond
- teacher or professor or person of expertise working for a state owned or private educational institution
- enrollment in a state owned or private educational institution
- mass media function
- missionary
- skilled worker or expert in medicine, nursing or other profession for technology transfer to Thais
- installation for repairing machines, aircraft or ocean vessels
- entertainer, vocalist, musician at a hotel or entertainment company in Thailand which has a paid-up capital of at least 20 million baht
Family (non-immigrant O visa)
- being family member of the permitted foreigner in relation to an educational visa (especially for parents, spouse, child or adopted child or the child of a spouse
- being family member of a Thai national (especially for parents, spouse, child, adopted child, or spouse's child)
- being family member of a permanent residence permit holder (especially for parents, spouse, child, adopted child, or spouse's child)
- being family member of a permitted foreigner who has been granted an extension of stay based upon working, education or retirement (especially for parents, spouse, child, adopted child, or spouse’s child)
