Thread: Question about Visas- Tourist/Non-Imm

Ok- So I have been trying to find an answer to this, but I have been getting a lot of different answers.

My girlfriend and I are going to BKK August 4th 2009.
Month 1- Travel
Month 2- TEFL
Month 3-Travel
Month 4- Start teaching at a school

So that means we are going to need up to 90 days until we get a work permit/visa from the school.

Should we get the free 60 day tourist and re-enter?

Can we get a non-imm visa?

We are Americans. How do we go about GETTING the FREE tourist visa if we went that route?

Do we send our application in WITHOUT the money and a letter inquiring about the free tourist visa? Can we get one ON ARRIVAL?

This is the final piece of the puzzle to get to Thailand next month. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Guys!

_Brock

Originally Posted by fakebrock2

Ok- So I have been trying to find an answer to this, but I have been getting a lot of different answers.

My girlfriend and I are going to BKK August 4th 2009.
Month 1- Travel
Month 2- TEFL
Month 3-Travel
Month 4- Start teaching at a school

So that means we are going to need up to 90 days until we get a work permit/visa from the school.

Should we get the free 60 day tourist and re-enter?

Can we get a non-imm visa?

We are Americans. How do we go about GETTING the FREE tourist visa if we went that route?

Do we send our application in WITHOUT the money and a letter inquiring about the free tourist visa? Can we get one ON ARRIVAL?

This is the final piece of the puzzle to get to Thailand next month. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks Guys!

_Brock

I would suggest that you contact your local Thai Consulate for advice.

Month 1- Travel
Month 2- TEFL
Month 3-Travel
Month 4- Start teaching at a school

So that means we are going to need up to 90 days until we get a work permit/visa from the school.
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It'll be more like 90 days from when you start work.

A tourist visa will probably be ok. It can be extended at an immigration office here for another 30 days. If month 3 is travel in the surrounding countries, you can get another free tv then.

If you leave the county before your visa expires, and want to keep it to the date they stamped you in until, you'll need a re-entry permit. You get that at immigration. The airport no longer issues them.

For November hires, you normally need to be looking in October. Some schools may know about openings earlier, but many teachers leave without a lot of notice so the schools won't know they need to hire anyone.

Good luck.

Aging_One

You are one grumpy ass dude, I swear.

Its like you troll the newb boards to pick on people who aren't as enlightened as you. It's pretty awesome if you ask me.

Thanks for your help guys.

And to answer your question seriously Aging_One, the 3rd month will be spent trying to find where we want to settle down, once we figure that out (quickly) we will be looking for work.

Originally Posted by Cyrille

Don't bother about a non - imm until you get a job.

But remember you'll have to leave the country again to get a non-imm visa. Your school may pay for it but most don't cover visa costs or costs involved travelling to obtain one. if you can, obtain 1 visa to cover all your needs before you depart your home country (most Thai consulates away from SE Asia take postal applications so you don't even need to travel to the consulate): a 1-year multiple-entry non-immigrant B visa does the trick. Contact your TEFL course because they should be able to sponsor this visa for you.