Can I change the renewal date on my Non-O visa to January instead of April?

No, but you do have some flexibility depending on your local immigration office. It is generally possible to do your application for an extension 30 days before it is due. In some immigration offices, you can do this 45 days before it's due (e.g., Phuket).

This doesn't get you to January though. To do that would require leaving Thailand and re-entering on a date about 2-3 months before you wish to do your extension. This gives you time to obtain a Non-O visa in Thailand (90-day permission) to stay, and then to apply for an extension of stay about 2 months later. This application for an extension to stay is what will determine the date on which you can renew your annual extension.

Try an agency, they have options (tea money) 🙏🙏🙏

No!

What do you think??? Excuse me officer.. I'd like you to move my expiry date forward 10 years...

Too late now to get a January renewal. You should have exited without a re-entry permit 2 months ago then applied for a new Non-O when you came back (or got one outside) so that the initial 90 days would be up in January then you'd extend every January.

No. The only 2 ways to change the date are to apply for an extension when your passport expires less than a year later, then you'll only get an extension to the date of your passport. The other way is to leave without a re-entry permit thereby cancelling your extension, and then you would enter Thailand as a tourist and start over completely with a new 90 day non-O visa then apply for a 1 year extension after that.

No 👎