How can I convert my DTV visa to a Non-O visa after marrying a Thai citizen?

@John *********

I contacted the exact embassy that issued the visa, I flew to my home country and went there in person. They refused to process a cancellation request or any other requests from me, stating that all visa affairs are handled via the eVisa system, and warning me that simply filing for another visa while my current one is active will result in instant rejection.

They also refused to offer any other information or explanation ending the conversation with “you have an active visa, there’s nothing else we can do for you” - basically a gentle way of telling me off.

One of the agents also told me that even with the bank account immigration has no clear way of converting the DTV cause the form (TM) applies only to visa exempt and TR tourist visas, not DTV.

I am also not willing to wait another 3+ years to start settling and building my new life with my spouse merely because of some bureaucratic loop. What if someone needed to start working or do business in Thailand with her/his spouse to support their new-born child? Will the officers at the embassy also get ahead of themselves to prevent the DTV holder from actually obeying the law?

My question is not shall I keep the DTV cause there is no way in the world I’d ever do it, or apply for it again if I knew what I know now now. I will take all the measures required to fight it, I don’t mind flying back and forth if that’s what it takes - just to get rid of this DTV mistake and have the right to live with my loved one, and have a normal life… Actually me staying on the DTV long term with my spouse is against the visa’s purpose and I am not willing to violate the law, I want to comply. My question is: are my odds of getting rid of this thing better if I re-enter on the DTV or while I’m outside Thailand? What does your knowledge and experience tell you?

DTV_BegPecker yeah, too many uncertainties here though… Maybe they will give you a bank account, then again maybe they will convert your visa, but maybe they won’t… Cause nothing is codified here everything’s discretionary. DTV is the worst visa ever, honestly… so unclear, so sketchy in procedures… 😞 I’m simply wondering what to do. I’m about to go back to Thailand to my spouse in 2 weeks or so and I simply wonder: should I re-enter on this DTV and try inside the country? Or should I be more insistent on the embassy and try to scrape it and apply for non-O / re-enter visa exempt - that would at least give me a legal basis for conversion? This is so ridiculously frustrating..:.

Yes the DTV was issued by the embassy in my home country - the exact one I’ve just reached out to, the same one that refused to process a cancellation request or any other requests from me, stating that all visa affairs are handled via the eVisa system, and warning me that simply filing for another visa while my current one is active will result in instant rejection. They also refused to offer any other information or explanation ending the conversation with “you have an active visa, there’s nothing else we can do for you” - basically a gentle way of telling me off.

@Greg *******

thank you.

They refused to process a cancellation request or any other requests from me, stating that all visa affairs are handled via the eVisa system, and warning me that simply filing for another visa while my current one is active will result in instant rejection. They also refused to offer any other information or explanation ending the conversation with “you have an active visa, there’s nothing else we can do for you” - basically a gentle way of telling me off.

SwiftRaspberry2631 I did just that! Went there and they told me the exact thing I stated: they do not take of process cancellation requests and they will reject my Non-O application since I have a valid DTV so there is no point in even filing