Can I use my Non-B visa for a different school or do I need a new one?

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Sep 6, 2019

5 years ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

If someone has been issued a Non-B Immigrant Visa for a school but then decided to change schools before the work permit was issued, can they use the same Non-B for the new school or does the process need to begin again? If so, can the same embassy/country issue a new Non-B

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TLDR : Answer Summary

If you have been issued a Non-B Immigrant Visa for a specific school and decide to change schools before receiving your work permit, you cannot use the same Non-B visa. This visa is specific to the sponsoring institution, and you will need to obtain a new Non-B visa for the new school, starting the process over again. Some visas even have the school's name listed on them, reinforcing the need to apply for a new visa with the new institution.

Tod *********

NO you can't pull the sticker listing the company OFF the page in your passport that has the Non-B in it :/

It's a COMPANY specific Non-B visa. <- you either use that company to get an extension OR you go get a new Non-B in another company name and start over.

5 years ago

Robert *******

Take a look at your Non Immigrant B visa, some Thai Consulates in this region write down the name of the school on the visa. It there is a name you have to start all over again.

5 years ago

Tod *********

@Henry **********

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@Robert ******

he's talking about the sticker that they sometimes put the name of the employer on and stick it TO the page in the passport NOT the actual visa.

5 years ago

Randy **********

He's talking about the visa sticker. Have they written your employers name on it?

5 years ago

Ron *******

@Sean ******

take a free tip. DO NOT alter or attempt to remove anything written or otherwise in your passport, unless you want to be in a whole world of hurt and be here longer than you may want to be, when it's found out.

5 years ago

Robert *******

paper as in the page of your passport

5 years ago

Sean *******

ORIGINAL POSTER

If the name is written on the paper and not the Visa itself....is it possible to remove it or is there a digital signature in a file somewhere as well?

5 years ago

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Sean *******

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