Answered5 years ago
Will a Florida background check suffice for an OA visa, and can my wife obtain one with an expiring passport?
A couple questions. 1.- We live in Florida, USA. Will a background check from the "Florida Department of Law Enforcement" be acceptable for a OA visa? Or will I need a FBI background check?" 2. - Wife has a Green Card, and a Vietnamese Passport. Her passport expires in July 2022. Will the Thai Embassy issue a OA visa to her, due to little time left on her passport? If renewing her passport before less than 6 months the cost is 3x. I have emailed the Thai Embassy, but no reply. Thanks in advance!
Answer summary
The user is inquiring about the acceptability of a background check from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement versus an FBI check for an OA visa application, as well as the possibility for their wife, who has a Vietnamese passport set to expire soon, to obtain the visa given the limited time on her passport. Community responses suggest that while Florida checks may be acceptable, verification from the Thai Embassy is critical, especially concerning the need for a valid passport with sufficient remaining validity time. The responses also clarify requirements for providing proof of funds and mandatory health insurance specifically for the OA visa.
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Dick **********
No finger printing in the UK
Tod *********
That visa is good for a year, and unless I'm mistaken you need at least 18 months available on a passport to get an O-A visa stuck in.
Also remember you need as much time left on your passport as you're going to get stamped in for when you show up or you only get stamped in until her passport expires when she arrives here.
Also remember you need as much time left on your passport as you're going to get stamped in for when you show up or you only get stamped in until her passport expires when she arrives here.
Andy *********
OP@Tod ********
Thanks for the replies. OK, But, she could get stamped in until the expiry date. Then, if she renews passport in Bangkok, then can go to immigration and have date extended, without having to leave country? Kathy ****************
@An**
if your wife is going on a OA Visa then she has to have her own money she cannot be on a joint checking account with you and use joint money as her income..
Henrik ****
@Tod ********
, that's correct also for Thai bank account. A shared bank account will give each person half the money. Tod *********
@Kathy ***************
unless I am wrong they both CAN use a joint account in the US to show proof of funds for the O-A visas they're getting as long as the balance is double the amount required. I had a canadian couple (granted different country, different thai consulate) that used a joint account to get their O-A visas and double the amount was all they had to show in it
Tod *********
@Andy ********
she would have to meet the 800K baht in a thai bank account in her name only for 2 months before she applied AND she'd have to have a year health insurance by one of the 18 approved thai carriers for O-A visa extension insurance from this site ******************************************
Andy *********
OP@Tod ********
Thanks! Got the insurance covered. Now, just to get all info to the Embassy, get the other associated stuff. and, get there. Thanks for the help, info!!Tod *********
@Andy ********
you can use your bank accounts back there as the proof of funds for your O-A VISA <- the sticker you get in your passport BUT
if you're going to extend that entry stamp inside the country you can't.
You would need to bank the required funds in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply AND you'd need the mandatory health insurance for a year from one of the approved 18 thai carriers that issue O-A insurance
Andy *********
OP@Tod ********
Thanks for the info, we've got everything pretty much covered. The passport question was the most pressing. The cost to renew passport is going to be 3 times normal price to do early, reason for question. Unless the requirements have changed, we can use our US bank account for the OA visa application.Tod *********
Clearly spelled out on the website what forms of background check are accepted
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
โ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
โ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐.
Andy *********
OP@Tod ********
I was a bit confused on the "Bureau of Investigation only" bit. Florida does not have a State Bureau of Investigation.Kathy ****************
@An**
I can definitely recommend the Marriott at Merlin Beach if you do the Phuket sandbox it was absolutely a wonderful quarantine stay and the price was half of what we paid for asq last fallTod *********
@Andy ********
yep, you use what ever background check system approved in your stateThis is what google told me
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ?
๐๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ $๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ $๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป-๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ $๐ฎ๐ฐ.
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐.
Andy *********
OP@Tod ********
Yes, we realize that.Tod *********
@Andy ********
they aren't gonna work, I think they have to be within 90 days of when you apply, so get them againAndy *********
OP@Tod ********
We got two separate background checks from FL. Just didn't use them because of the 2020 Samut Sakhon & then this April's covid restrictions that were enacted. Didn't see much of a reason to come if everything closed. So, never sent them to the Embassy.
Andy *******
That background check will work. I didn't do any fingerprints
Kathy ****************
Andy *********
OP@Kathy ***************
Just so I'm understanding - The Embassy requires fingerprints? I know the NC SBI required fingerprints to run a background check. I do not see anything on the Thai Embassy site about including a fingerprint card. (as of yet, still looking)Kathy ****************
@An**
We had to send ours to the embassy when we got our OA retirement Visa along with our background check..Andy *********
OP@Andy *********
Thanks!Kathy ****************
We were told SBI or FBI for the background check, we used the state.. You must he fingerprinted also, that can be done by a separate agency...
Andy *********
OPThanks for the reply. Previous OA, we were living in NC, and for the NC SBI check, fingerprints were required. Here in FL, there is no "SBI" it's the "Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement". Got a check last yr, and no fingerprints required here. Didn't know if this was a acceptable check for the Embassy.
Kathy ****************
@An**
not for the DC Embassy... We are in NC and had ours done there.. Checks must come from State or federal level we were told..Andy *********
OP@Kathy ***************
It's been a while since our last visa - covid kept us here. Are you saying the "Florida Dept of Law Enforcement" background check will not be accepted by the Thai DC Embassy? Sorry for all the questions, but so much has changed.
Steve *******
I dont know about the check. Your wifes visa will be issued but she only be stamped into Thailand for as long as her passport is valid
Andy *********
OPThanks, didn't know if it would go on the Green card date, or her Passport date... Sent email to Embassy, no reply yet. If we go and renew her passport in Thailand, then would have to go to Immigration for a new date stamp, or would have to leave country?
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