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Non-Immigrant EX — skilled worker, expert or specialist

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Which exceptional-talent, academic, scientific, artistic, technological, cultural or other profiles does the pathway target?

Category "EX" is the Thai Non-Immigrant Visa for entering the Kingdom to undertake skilled work or to work as an expert or specialist. The Ministry's page defines the profile only by those words: it names no field, no discipline and no artistic, scientific or cultural sub-type, and it gives no measure of what makes a person an expert or specialist. It is distinct from category "RS" on the same page, which covers conducting scientific research or training or teaching in a research institute.

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  • The page does not define skilled work, expert or specialist, and names no qualifying fields for category EX.

What achievements, recognition, awards, publications, reputation or other evidence establishes the required level?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what achievements or other evidence establish the required level for category "EX".

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no evidence of achievement, qualification or recognition specific to category EX.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    2.1 The applicants must submit the following relevant documents depending on the purpose of their visit. - Visa application form completely filled out - Passport or travel document with validity not less than 6 months. The validity of 18 months is required for one year visa application. - (4 x 6 cm) protograph of the applicant, taken within the past six months - Evidence of adequate finance ( 20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family )
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2.2
    2.2 The document to be submitted for non-immigrant visa application is contingent upon necessities and appropriateness of purposes stated in the application form.

Is an employer, nominator, recognised body, peer group or government endorsement required?

The Ministry's page lists no endorsement, nomination or certifying body for category "EX". It does list an Official Note certifying the purpose of travel from government agencies, embassies and consulates, international organizations or state enterprises in Thailand, but only for categories "F", "B", "ED", "M" and "R"; "EX" is not among them. Consular officers reserve the right to request additional documents as deemed necessary, so an endorsement may be asked for in practice, but no endorsement requirement is stated for this category.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state any employer, nominator or government endorsement requirement for category EX.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT
    - to undertake skilled work or to work as an expert or specialist (Category "EX")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Official Note certifying the purpose of travel from the Government Agencies /Embassies and Consulates / International Organizations / State Enterprises inThailand. ("F" / "B" / "ED" / "M" / "R") - Letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour (To obtain this letter, the prospective employer in Thailand is required to submit Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Tel 02-2452745, 02-2453209 or at a Provincial Employment Office in the respective province. Further information is available at www.doe.go.th/workpermit/index.html) ("B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2.3
    2.3 Consular officers reserve the rights to request additional documents as deemed necessary.

Can the holder change employer, work independently, establish a business or conduct other professional activity? What is the family position?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the professional freedom or family position of a category "EX" holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no employer-change, independent-work, business or family rule for category EX.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT
    - to undertake skilled work or to work as an expert or specialist (Category "EX")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Official Note certifying the purpose of travel from the Government Agencies /Embassies and Consulates / International Organizations / State Enterprises inThailand. ("F" / "B" / "ED" / "M" / "R") - Letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour (To obtain this letter, the prospective employer in Thailand is required to submit Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Tel 02-2452745, 02-2453209 or at a Provincial Employment Office in the respective province. Further information is available at www.doe.go.th/workpermit/index.html) ("B")

What duration, renewal and accelerated or normal longer-term residence pathway is officially stated?

The visa is valid for three months for single and multiple entry, and multiple-entry visas could also be valid for one year. The holder is initially granted a stay not exceeding 90 days unless the Office of Immigration Bureau instructs otherwise, and qualified persons can obtain an additional one year stay permit counting from the date of entry, at the discretion of the Immigration officer. Anyone wanting longer than 90 days must apply through a Thai consular mission or the Office of Immigration Bureau in Bangkok. No accelerated or ordinary settlement pathway is stated for category "EX".

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no permanent-residence or settlement pathway for category EX.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 4. VALIDITY OF A VISA
    Single-entry and multiple-entry visas are valid for three months. Multiple-entry visas could also be valid for one year.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 5. PERIOD OF STAY
    The holders of this type of visa are initially granted a period of stay in the Kingdom not exceeding 90 days unless otherwise instructed by the Office of Immigration Bureau.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 6. EXTENSION OF STAY
    Those qualified persons can obtain an additional one year stay permit counting from the date of entry in the Kingdom pertaining to the Office of the Immigration Bureau's regulations on extension of stay. The extension of stay is at the discretion of the Immigration officer.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 6. EXTENSION OF STAY (N.B.)
    N.B. Applicants wishing to stay in the Kingdom longer than 90 days have to file their application either at the Thai consular mission aboard or at the Office of Immigration Bureau in Bangkok located on Government Center B, Chaengwattana Soi 7, Laksi, Bangkok 10210, Tel 0-2141-9889 (or website at (http://www.immgration.go.th ) . The consular officer must refer the case to the Office of Immigration Bureau for approval. Upon receiving approval, the consular officer may issue the visa as instructed by the Bureau

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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