Can You Convert an O-A Visa to an O Visa Without Exiting Thailand?

Jan 26, 2020
5 years ago
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Wayne Drummond asked in a deleted thread

Does Jomtien do in country conversions from an O-A visa to an O visa.
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No immigration office in Thailand can process an in-country conversion from an O-A visa to an O visa. To transition from an O-A to an O visa, one must leave the country to break the chain of the O-A visa, enter on a 30-day visa exempt entry, and then apply for a new 90-day Non-O visa at the immigration office.
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Tod *********
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This is how you go from an O-A visa/extension to an O visa

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Tod *********
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NO immigration office can do an in country conversion from an O-A visa to an O visa. That requires exiting the country to "break the chain" of the O-A visa/extension, come back on a 30 day visa exempt entry and then applying for a NEW 90 day Non-O visa at an immigration office as long as the immigration office where you live can do that conversion from a 30 day visa exempt to a 90 day Non-O.
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