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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Do I need a return flight ticket for a Non Immigrant O visa?
Dear readers,
I want to emigrate to Thailand. And understand that I first (in the Netherlands) apply for a Non Immigrant O visa (for 90 days) and that I can convert it to a retirement visa in Thailand (if I meet the conditions of course).
For that Non Immigrant O visa: do I have to have a return ticket, even though I am not actually coming back?
Regards,
Do
If you apply for a visa before arriving in Thailand, you can enter legally on a one-way ticket.
Thai immigration rarely asks for a through ticket.
You are more likely to have problems with the airline you are flying to Thailand with. Airlines are often reluctant to let people fly without a return ticket. Ask the airline if this will be a problem before purchasing the ticket.
In addition, some airlines have very high prices for a one-way ticket. Compare the prices of the various companies carefully, this can sometimes save hundreds of Euros. A website like Skyscanner can help you with this.
Usually a one-way ticket is just as expensive as a return ticket... strange but true... so just pick a return date and don't use it... you don't need to show a return ticket to apply for the said visa...
However, you also have to fill in a departure card on arrival that you must keep in your passport, but as long as you stay within the standards of your visa, no one will look at it when you leave (for example, you can make a trip to Cambodia instead of to NL etc). etc
You do or rather MUST be able to present a return ticket when applying for a non-immigrant visa, at least in Belgium.
Only for Non-immigrant O Single entry. Not with multiple entry.
Also with Tourist visa. Not at Single, but at METV.
Outward journey always, in all circumstances.
An outward journey is sufficient for someone who emigrates.
2 TOURIST visa “TR” – 'Multiple Entry'
……
– Copy plane ticket (minimum one way ticket)
.......
C.2 NON-IMMIGRANT visa “O” – 'Multiple entry (year)'
....
– Copy of plane ticket (minimum one outward ticket)
.......
http://www.thaiconsulate.be/?p=regelgeving.htm&afdeling=nl
With someone who can present a Model 8 (proof that you are deregistered from the population register), it seems to me normal that that person does not have to present a return ticket.
No. No return ticket required.
Dear Will,
No, you don't need a return ticket, neither did I when I emigrated here at the end of 2016. But in Economy, a one-way ticket is often more expensive than a return! I flew Business, so a one-way ticket is always cheaper than a return ticket.
Success!
Maryse
No, we just took a one-way ticket to BKK. The only problem is that only a few airlines sell one-way tickets because they do not want to take the risk that if the passenger is not allowed to enter the country, they will have to pay the return costs. We ourselves flew directly with Singapore Airlines at the time (4 years ago).
Just buy a one-way ticket, for example at Eurowings and fly from Germany, Düsseldorf or Cologne, one-way tickets cost less than 190 euros if you do it right.
In Belgium (Antwerp) it has to be, which is completely idiotic.
Suppose your visa is refused for one reason or another, then you are pretty screwed!
Surely it would make more sense to book your ticket after you have obtained your visa !
Regards,
Ron
Not in Brussels (Thai Embassy).
I'll say it one last time:
Go get your visa in Brussels, friendly service (unlike Berchem (Antwerp).
First check on their website which visa requirements are necessary.
If you have that in a row, you will receive your visa.
https://www2.thaiembassy.be/consular-services/visa/
Once you have everything in order, you will get your visa everywhere. Also in Antwerp.
I don't need to be there now, but I've been there for years and never had a problem.
In my experience, the problems usually come from the applicant himself, but that is no different with immigration in Thailand.
Just got back from embassy and had one way ticket with me. They made it very difficult. Then had to hand over a travel plan of flight data signed for the whole of 2018. Just filled in something. And got the O visa m.entry.
Not sure, but I think you might as well apply for a retirement visa here, then you will be covered for 1 year immediately. Then you also have plenty of time to prepare everything in Thailand and to open a bank account to have enough and long enough money in your account for the next visa.
If you're not sure, don't give advice.
By the way, a 'retirement visa' does not even exist. What you can get is a NON IMM O visa, the basis of everything else. In addition to this Non Imm O visa, you can obtain a 'Year Extension' at immigration in Thailand, which you can renew every year. This year extension can be based on a marriage with a Thai person or on the basis of retirement. You do not have to prove that you are retired, by the way, being more than 50 years old and meeting the financial conditions are the conditions.
What you can also get at the embassy is a NON IMM OA visa (Approved). Then you will have to prove in your home country that you fully meet the immigration requirements. With a Non IMM OA visa you are then entitled to 1 year of residence and can only be extended once for a year, then the visa has been used up.
A return ticket is not necessary. It is best to say when applying for the Non Imm O that the vaccinations are to stay in Thailand and to extend the Non O visa there with a year extension. I then received the Non Imm O visa in Antwerp, without any problem, plus a document confirming that I would stay in Thailand.
Thanks for all the responses. The price for a one-way ticket is not too bad, I've already seen one for €330.= (Egypt Air in Jan. 2019). Lung Addie's last response is the clearest and the correct one.
In 2011 I also flew cheaply to Bangkok with a one-way ticket from Egypt Air.
No, take a look at the visa file from Thailandblog
Indeed, someone who is going to emigrate will not have to prove return.
Would be great too, and those who have already done it also confirm this in their response.