Thailand has a policy that any crew member on a vessel entering Thailand be granted a maximum stay of 30 days. At any time the crew wish to leave the country within this time frame, or once the visa expires, the crew member must either leave by sea again, or if they wish to leave by any other method, deposit a 20,000 THB bond. Immigration will then issue the correct paperwork. Once this has been issued, one can only leave through the specified exit point and on the date applied for. Once one has left the country the funds made available to collect in Phuket three weeks after the exit date.
Yacht Solutions offers to ease this by organising it for you. We will do all the above and post the money, saving you a lot of time. For this we require the following:
- Copy of air or bus ticket; and
- passport.
This service is advised to be done no later than three days before the expiry date in the passport and cannot be done on weekends or public holidays.
The fee for this is 6,500 THB. Credit cards are accepted. All charges are subject to 7% VAT.
Once the crew have been in the country with the vessel for their visa length, they will need to leave to organise a new visa. Upon return a crew bond will need to be placed as well.
Yacht Solutions can organise this and require the following;
- Full inbound flight details;
- Photocopy of passport
The above will be collected prior to the crew leaving the country and all will be prepared for their arrival.
The fee for this is 8,000 THB. Credit cards are accepted. All charges are subject to 7% VAT.
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