Can You Change From Amnesty Visa to Non-Immigrant B Visa in Thailand?

@Alan ********

the rule is you need VALID real days on your entry stamp and once you go on amnesty you don't have a stamp and the one in your passport shows expired.

@Tod ********

I see. I am planning for my non-o for after the family extension. Would love to do it in-country. What I still need to figure out is how to show that my money came from outside the country. It's mostly been through accumulation of ATM withdrawals from my US bank so maybe I could just show US bank statements indicating ATM withdrawals in Thailand? I've got years of those. I also recently switched my salary to transfer direct deposit to my Thai Bank from oversea so there will be a few months of that I can show on My Thai bank statements as well.

@Ray ******

nope, they aren't gonna take ATM receipts. IF you're using banked money method you need to show the whole 400K transferred in from abroad. AND if you're using monthly income method you will need at least 6 months of international transfers in to your account each month for more than 40K

@Tod ********

that is for processing non-o in-country, correct? For processing non-o outside of the country, different embassies have slightly different policies for the financial requirement.

That's unfortunate for having to show and pay for a big international transfer in order to process it in-country. My money is already here. Looks like I'll have to do it outside in a couple months or so. Hopefully things improve a bit with travel by then.

@Ray ******

international transfers are just not that expensive. I really think you should suck up the few hundred dollar cost involved and get your extension sorted. Who knows when borders will open again, I doubt local easy visa runs are going to be easy any time soon. You could end up in a situation where fixing it costs you a lot more money, if you can even get back in at all.

If you have an avenue to fixing your status now, take it.

@Ivan ***********

that is true. I hadn't thought of it like that. Travel could still be buggered up in a few months. The cost of international transfer would definitely be less then the cost of travel and possible quarantine, twice. Once where ever I go then again here coming back. And re-entering could be a problem itself. I'll think about this. Thanks

@Ellie ******

thanks!