What should I do about my Non-B visa when traveling to Australia for work?

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It depends on your employer and the local immigration office if you can apply for an extension based on employee before you leave.

Talk with your employer well in advance.

You may have choices as you mentioned already, and it's your and your employer's decision after you talk with them.

1. You get a single re-entry permit BEFORE you leave Thailand to keep your current stamp alive if you will be back in Thailand within your current stamped date. You enter Thailand on your re-entry permit and apply for a 1-year extension with the documents your employer provides.

2. Apply for a 1-year extension based on employment before you leave with the documents from your employer, and get a re-entry permit (single or multiple) to be back in Thailand.

�𝗼 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗯 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲

no you need to BUY a re-entry permit for 1000baht before you go and that will let you leave/return and get stamped in until your current 90 day stamp expires (April)

Then once you're back you can apply for the year extension with documentation from your employer

𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀

NO

𝗢𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽?

nope, you can apply for an extension at most offices when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp AND as a rule Non-B extensions get a 30 day under consideration period.

SO if you applied for the extension BEFORE you left the country and got the 30 day under consideration stamp, you'd need to buy a single re-entry permit so you could leave and come back during those 30 days..

THEN

once you're back you go to the immigration office when the under consideration stamp is up and get the year extension inked in and that's when you would apply for a multiple re-entry permit