@Greg *******
the problem is, that embassies are ministry of foreign affairs, but immigration is ministry of interior. As they do not communicate much with each other, and everone making up their own rules, this happens. I am only saying that the rule ALWAYS was that you cannot apply for a new visa anywhere outside of Thailand, if you still had a valid stay permit or a still valid visa. You just cannot hold TWO different Thai visa at the same time. What embassies are doing when allowing applicants to get a DTV issued while they are still on a valid stay permit that was issued on Immigration, is a severe breach of rules! And it remains to be seen how Immigration will handle this logistic problem in the future - it is too early to say, as not many people that were affected, did a new entry on a DTV yet.