Can I get a new Visa Exempt Entry after leaving and re-entering Thailand on my current extended Visa on Arrival?

One thing though, you mention 90 days or one year is not important. It is VERY important because they don't issue visas inside the country for one year.

You apply for and get a 90 day Non-O and a new 90 day stamp.

Then when you have 45 days or less left on that you go back out and apply for the yearly extension of stay; using almost the exact same documentation as before, just at another section (Section L)..

@Larisa ***

, because it's my experience that the people in Section C-1 (where they issue all in country Non-Immigrant Visas out there) are helpful (y)

@Larisa ***

Are you "pushing paper" (my term for doing the visa paperwork ;) ) here in Bangkok at the immigration office out at Chaengwattana?

As most of the Thai people. 🤣

WHOOPS ;) Robert and I cross posted :)

In theory, yes kids should have visas (that's just the way the law is written). However it's true, kids under 15 can't be fined for overstay and kids under 18 can't be banned for overstay. So at the end of the day there is really nothing wrong with just letting the kids overstay :O

That's why I always go in person to Immigration. No lawyer needed. Children need a Visa, but are not fined for overstay til 16 years of age, if elder they got fined but not blacklisted till 18 years of age.

Your lawyer is wrong. As long as you can provide all the documentation needed at the immigration office for the initial Non-O you'll get the visa issued. In fact, IF they accept your application and paperwork, take your money and tell you to come back to get the results in 14 days you'll be approved. I've never seen them take documentation and money then deny the visa.

@Larisa ***

You do NOT have to leave the country when applying for that 90 day Non-O at the immigration office. As it says on the top of the form you DO need at least 15 days on your current stamp to apply. How many days do you have left on your current admitted until stamp in your passport now?

The fact that it's so documentation heavy is one of the reasons SO many people go outside the country and pull the 90 day Non-O from a thai consulate rather than push paper at the immigration office in-country :/

Some thai consulates have a very low requirement as far as documentation to issue the visa to you. :)

Then once they have it they apply for the yearly extension of stay at the immigration office.

FWIW: the documentation required for clauses 6, 7, 8 10 & 11 are the deal breakers. It's a pile 'o paperwork from the company where your spouse works at :O

@Larisa ***

Yep I've got that paper too (I made them gimme all the different ones a while back).

There is NO 1 year, Non-Immigrant Visa that you can get inside the country :/

What you actually would be doing is applying for a 90 day Non-O based on having a spouse which legally works here for 2000baht.

The application would go under consideration for 14 days (which is why you need 15 days left on your current stamp). Then you go back and get the 90 day Non-O visa stamped in, along with a used stamp on it and you'd also get a new 90 day "admitted until stamp".

After that, when you have 45 days or less left on that stamp you just got, you'd apply for a yearly extension of stay based on being the spouse of someone who works here for 1900baht

Larisa GL I have never personally seen anyone successfully apply for a 90 day Non-O visa inside the country at the thai immigration office based on being the trailing spouse of someone working here. At least at Chaengwattana I have never seen it. I dunno if other places will or won't do it. BUT as

@Robert ******

, said you'd need at least 15 days left on your current admitted until stamp to even try.

In every instance the spouse who wants the Non-O is told to exit the country and get a 90 day single entry Non-O at a thai consulate, THEN come back and apply for the yearly extension of stay based on their spouse being legally employed here.

As far as I know: It could be done at some Immigration offices, not all. And you must have a certain amount of days left when apply, thought it was 15. But the expert wil explain the real deal.

I give this one to the expert:

@Tod ********

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