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Is my DTV visa still valid if I switch to a non-B visa?

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Hello everyone,

I would like to know whether my DTV (valid till 2029) is still valid even if I changed to non-B visa.

The reason is I am thinking of quitting from the job and they will cancel my non-B visa immediately after I resigned.

At that time, can I re enter Thailand with DTV?

Please correct my understanding ,guys.

Thanks.
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The user is inquiring about the validity of their DTV visa after switching to a Non-B visa and the implications of resigning from their job, which would result in an automatic cancellation of the Non-B visa. The community responses indicate that one cannot hold two valid visas simultaneously. When changing from a DTV to a Non-B visa, the DTV must typically be canceled, either before or during the application for the new visa. Additionally, if the user resigns, they must manage their work permit and visa status carefully to avoid overstaying or illegal work status.
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Tod *********
Tod *********
I am doubtful you have any non b visa and would imagine instead (if you looked at the stamp in your passport) it would say "extension of stay permitted until" and have a date.

That is an extension not a Visa, and once you cancel it you can exit the country then re-enter presenting the PDF file they emailed you when the DTV was approved along with your passport when you stamped back in and you'll get stamped in for 180 days
Sefton ********
Sefton ********
@Tod ********
I read that as he had a DTV, moved to a non imm B (likely extension as you say) which should have involved cancellation of the DTV visa and stay. He now wants to leave the non imm employed status.

Reads like he wants to come back on an old DTV after having a Thai domestic engagement job, just because he still has the email / pdf etc which is not a legit plan.
Tod *********
Tod *********
@Sefton *******
could indeed be that way

Dunno, 😕
Robert *******
Robert *******
You mis understand how a visa works.

You can only hold 1 visa at the time.

The DTV does NOT allow you to work inside Thailand, which simply means if you keep your DTV and start working inside Thailand you are an illegal person working illegal with a lots of consequenses when something happens.

You must cancel this DTV and apply for a NEW Non Immigrant B visa, this could be done at a local Immigration Office when you and your employer can meet all requirements.

Most of the time your employer will tell you to apply abroad.

THe Non Immigrant B visa gives you 90 days on entry, than you pickup your work permit and can start working. Before these 90 days ends, you apply at local Immirgation Office for an Extension of Stay based on employment.

In case you quit working, you get fired YOU have to cancel your work permit AND your Extension of Stay using the last day of work.

You may apply for a NEW extension of stay based on another reason, if you can meet the requirements you get the extension, if you can NOT meet the requirements you get a stamp non approved and 7 days to leave the country.

You can than apply for a new visa to visit Thailand.
Ryan ********
Ryan ********
You can't have two visas at once.
Dca *****
Dca *****
Particularly for Non–B Visa/E–Visa as it is an extensive amount of paperwork, a Thai Embassy/Thai Consulate outside Thailand and, especially, a local Thai Immigration Office inside Thailand will definitely tell you to either:

go figure it out yourself and find a Thai gov't entity to cancel your active DTV (most likely the Thai Embassy/Thai Consulate that issued your current DTV Visa/E–Visa) before applying for a Non–B Visa/E–Visa with them

or

they will cancel your active DTV as part of issuing a Non–B Visa/E–Visa

don't see any other pathways from DTV to Non–B
John **********
John **********
Where did you get the Non-B visa? A DTV can be converted to another visa type inside Thailand but the DTV is then gone. If you got the visa outside of Thailand you should have had to cancel the DTV
Kurt *************
Kurt *************
Cant hold 2 visa's
Sefton ********
Sefton ********
Legally you should have had the DTV cancelled before they issued the non imm B.

Did they ? Did you leave apply and re-enter ?? I believed you couldnt go from a DTV to a non imm B incountry but BOI seems to steamroller a lot of 'established rules' (was it a BOI application for the non imm) ??
Tod *********
Tod *********
@Sefton *******
I think they're trying to get off the non-b and enter on the DTV or at least that's how I read it

And I also think they might have an extension of stay based on employment not a real non B Visa any longer
Greg ********
Greg ********
@Sefton *******
BOI had to have my "O" Visa cancelled before the4y extended the "B" I had to get in Singapore. This was for the so-called BOI "Executive" B or whatever it is HR who have excellent relationship with BOI tried to get a direct exchange..
Elías ********
Elías ********
You can't have two valid visas at the time. So now, either your DTV is already invalid or your non-B is already invalid. Which one did you get first?
Elías ********
Elías ********
If you had a DTV first, and then changed to non-B, that DTV isn't valid anymore. If your non-B is finished or void, whatever, you'll need a new DTV from scratches.

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