Does A Us Cit Need A Visa To Visit And For How Long?

[gspotman]

Does a US cit need a visa to visit and for how long? what does it cost and can I work in Thailand if I could find a job to help me stay there longer?

[brutale]

No visa is required. 30 day tourist stay without a visa is free. You cannot work with a tourist visa legally. If you go to your local Thai consulate you can get a 60 day tourist visa for about $35 (I think).

[Gobby]

Does a US cit need a visa to visit and for how long? what does it cost and can I work in Thailand if I could find a job to help me stay there longer?

 

you're already thinking about moving and working there ?...LOL!!!!!....

Edited August 12, 2009 by Gobby

[AjarnBill]

Does a US cit need a visa to visit and for how long? what does it cost and can I work in Thailand if I could find a job to help me stay there longer?

 

You don't need a visa to come to Thailand. At the airport they will stamp your passport to give you 30 days. If you think you would like to stay longer, the easiest way is to get a tourist visa from a Thai consulate in the US. This gives you 60 and can be extended another 30 days for 1900 baht. At the present time, Thailand is offering the 60 day tourist visa for free to visitors from a number of countries. The US is one of these preferred countries.

 

Working in Thailand is a whole other story too long to go into here.

[gspotman]

You don't need a visa to come to Thailand. At the airport they will stamp your passport to give you 30 days. If you think you would like to stay longer, the easiest way is to get a tourist visa from a Thai consulate in the US. This gives you 60 and can be extended another 30 days for 1900 baht. At the present time, Thailand is offering the 60 day tourist visa for free to visitors from a number of countries. The US is one of these preferred countries.

 

Working in Thailand is a whole other story too long to go into here.

Thank you, Thats very helpful

GS

[gspotman]

you're already thinking about moving and working there ?...LOL!!!!!....

yep,

I hang out with some guys who are a bad influence but that's all good!!

[gspotman]

No visa is required. 30 day tourist stay without a visa is free. You cannot work with a tourist visa legally. If you go to your local Thai consulate you can get a 60 day tourist visa for about $35 (I think).

Super Thanks

[Scumbag]

You can not get a tourist visa converted to a work permit should you find some work. I don't even think you are allowed to look for work on one either. If you were to find some work a trip outside of Thailand will be necessary to get a non-immigrant visa that can be converted to a work permit.

[El Cata]

You can not get a tourist visa converted to a work permit...

 

If you were to find some work a trip outside of Thailand will be necessary to get a non-immigrant visa that can be converted to a work permit.

 

Semantics aside, you can convert a TR visa to a Non-B at immigration in Bangkok, provided that you have 21 days left on the TR visa.

 

 

I don't even think you are allowed to look for work on one either.

 

True, although many teachers are working on TR visas + visa runs, hence the recent crackdown on back to back TR visas in Penang & elsewhere.

 

Does a US cit need a visa to visit and for how long? what does it cost and can I work in Thailand if I could find a job to help me stay there longer?

 

If you want to work in Thailand, some serious research is in order.

 

As a starting point, I'd recommend http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/ (teaching in Thailand forum.)

 

Those degreeless, whoremongering TEFLers know every trick in the book.

 

Peace.

Edited September 17, 2009 by El Cata

[gspotman]

Semantics aside, you can convert a TR visa to a Non-B at immigration in Bangkok, provided that you have 21 days left on the TR visa.

 

 

 

 

True, although many teachers are working on TR visas + visa runs, hence the recent crackdown on back to back TR visas in Penang & elsewhere.

 

 

 

If you want to work in Thailand, some serious research is in order.

 

As a starting point, I'd recommend http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/ (teaching in Thailand forum.)

 

Those degreeless, whoremongering TEFLers know every trick in the book.

 

Peace.

Thank you for this link, I'll follow through with it and report any good findings to the formum.

I have heard that work visa's are possible, but not if you are in Thailand on a retirement visa.

Does anyone have a link to find out the rules in English?

I will need to work 5 or 6 years and am interested in working in patayya, in a small business as well as teaching english so you you have any links to find out this it will be appreciated.

Thanks very much and now I am keeping my word to ask more than one sentence questions to gain the inner circle of your fine forum so I can see if there is really anything better than Mexico in Pattaya.

[SlickMonkey]

Technically speaking all US Citizens indeed require a Visa. There are 2 ways to get them. One and the easiesr is to get the "Visa upon Arrival" good for a 30 day visit (No charge). Its stamped into your passport upon arrival. Technically the stamp that eveyone gets is indeed a "Visa".

 

The second way is to apply for a "Tourist visa" (good for 60 days with one 30 day extension. No Charge for Tourist visa thru Mar 2010) at any Thai Embassy before you leave for your trip.

 

There are other Visa availible but require alot more documentation.

[El Cata]

...not if you are in Thailand on a retirement visa.

 

You can work on a retirement visa (non-O). You can declare a combination of money in the bank (400k) or 40k per month income.

 

Does anyone have a link to find out the rules in English?

 

Here's the latest, don't quote me.

 

New_Immigration_Rules_November_2008.PDF.pdf

 

If you're thinking of teaching, read & reread the paperwork section of the ajarn forum.

 

Peace.

Edited September 26, 2009 by El Cata

[Erasmus]

The free visa offer is not clear. Evidently it is for the regular 30-day visa, but then I have never paid for such a visa before??? For the 60-day visa, I did have to send in a US$35 money order with the paperwork.

[Member]

Good info. I plan on about a 21 day visit in spring 2010, so the 30 day stamp at the airport should be fine.

[DP Gumbypgh]

The free visa offer is not clear. Evidently it is for the regular 30-day visa, but then I have never paid for such a visa before??? For the 60-day visa, I did have to send in a US$35 money order with the paperwork.

 

I just received (today) a two entry tourist visa from the Thai consulate in New York. They are free for single or two entry until March 2010. I don't know where you sent you application but you may want to ask for a refund. I phoned the Thai embassy in Washington DC to ask about cost for double entry visa and they told me it was free so just sent the application form to the NY consulate without a money order and got the stamped passport back in around 9 days.

Edited November 6, 2009 by DP Gumbypgh

[Mike Asia]

Technically speaking all US Citizens indeed require a Visa. There are 2 ways to get them. One and the easiesr is to get the "Visa upon Arrival" good for a 30 day visit (No charge). Its stamped into your passport upon arrival. Technically the stamp that eveyone gets is indeed a "Visa".

 

The second way is to apply for a "Tourist visa" (good for 60 days with one 30 day extension. No Charge for Tourist visa thru Mar 2010) at any Thai Embassy before you leave for your trip.

 

There are other Visa availible but require alot more documentation.

 

US Citizens don't get a Visa on Arrival but just get 30 days at the airport. Visa on Arrival is a separate process where you stand in another line before immigration and apply for a visa with photos and an application. This is for nationals from India and other countries. US citizens don't do this and just get 30 days and it is not a Visa on Arrival