visas are so complicated that I have a hard time articulating the exact meaning of my question. I was approved for a 30-day extension on my exempt stamp. But I did not submit an application for a 90-day non-immigrant O visa. The only reason I went to the C1 section was to pick up the list of required documents for when I did apply for that Visa in the next few weeks. Do you think they only want the documents on the list?... Or will they ask for proof of residency with copies of rental contract, owner's ID, and Blue Book. ? Or maybe that is residency information that is only required later on with the one-year extension to the 90-day non o... or perhaps residency documents are only required during 90 day reporting. If it's something I need on the front end with the initial application for the 90-day Visa non o I need to know in the next week but I cannot seem to find the answer. Are there other forms I could try to post a question in?
I forgot to mention that the Immigration Dept section A that the lady mentioned was labeled 90 day reporting so maybe when I was asking about any required residence documents for the non o visa, she might have thought I was asking about the 90 day reporting that comes once you extend the non o visa for a year ..
I should have made the first question shorter and more specific. The question is ......If the Visavexempt stamp O got on entry expires on July 9th, will the 30-day extension on that stamp give me enough time to apply for a non-immigrant O 90 day Visa (age over 50)?
Some people talk about going to Laos to get a 60-day tourist visa to have more time to apply for the non immigrant 90 day Visa but I wanted to confirm that that was not necessary since it is the more expensive way to gain more time.
I have the Schwab checking account and ATM card. A good way to avoid ATM fees I agree.
I thought you could use proof of funds in a u.s. bank if you are applying from the US...? From my reading I understood that once you apply from inside Thailand, the funds have to be in a Thai bank account.
The only question remaining is whether I need to get a 30 day extension on my existing stamp which expires July 9. But I will broach that question in the next day or two. For now I am just enjoying signing a lease on my first overseas residence.
Ok, the signing of the lease went well. It turns out that the owner of the condo I am renting is a senior executive… A manager or managing director of a Thai company…He said he does have the blue house book. I asked him to take a few images of the cover and some of the inside pages but he said that his house book for the condo I am renting is empty Because he never moved in and just bought it as an investment. So if anyone has ever seen the inside of the blue house book, maybe they could advise on what pages immigration would be interested in. Otherwise I imagine it is just the cover and the first page or to identify him as the owner of the condo and I will ask him to attach images of those pages to an email to me before I go to immigration. He did provide me with a copy of his Thai ID. Thanks again Tod for the help.
Ok... I googled the house book and it looks like it would be something that the building management or condo owner would have or possibly the local municipality is where I would get a copy… Any thoughts?
Ok thanks. I am going downstairs now to sign the lease with the owner. I imagine it is normal for a tie business man to provide me with a copy of his ID. If he doesn’t know what a copy of the house book on the property is… How would I describe it to him?… Or maybe the real estate agency and one managing the property would have this house booked for this high-rise condo
