Immigrant
quota: according to the Immigration Act B.E.
2522 (1979)
,
promulgating in the
Government Gazette, the annual immigration quota is to be fixed by the Ministry of Interior at
not more than one hundred persons for each country and not more than fifty persons having no
nationality
.
Non - quota immigrants
:
non - quota immigrants comprise aliens who are
:-
1.
an alien who previously entered to take up residence in the Kingdom and re-entered into
the Kingdom within one year from the data of endorsement,
2.
a woman having Thai nationality by birth who has renounced Thai nationality in the case
of marriage to an alien,
3
.
a child not becoming sui juris of a woman having Thai nationality by birth irrespective of
whether or not the woman will renounce Thai nationality in the case of marriage to an alien.
4
.
a child of an alien father and mother born while the mother was out of the Kingdom and
the mother has an application of departure for return within one year. When the child enter into the
Kingdom with father or mother who returns within the prescribed time as stated in the application of
departure for return and the child is under one year old,
Temporary stay in the Kingdom.
Alien entering into the Kingdom for a temporary stay may enter for diplomatic or consular
missions
;
performance of official duties
;
and touring, sporting, business and investing under the
concurrence of the ministries and departments concerned; investing or other activities relation to
investing subject to the provisions of the law on investment promotion
;
transit journey
;
being
the person in charge of the crew of a conveyance coming to port, station or area in the Kingdom
;
study
or observation
;
mass media
;
missionary work under the concurrence of the ministries and departments
concerned; scientific research or training or teach in a research institute in the Kingdom
;
the practice of
skilled handicraft or as a specialist
;
and other activities as prescribed in the ministerial regulation.
The alien who is allowed to take up residence in the Kingdom must apply for a Residence
Certificate from the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police or from a competent official
