Denied in Taipei🥲

Type: remote worker (for 1 company, not freelance)

Situation: coming from non B visa

Heartbroken to say that I was denied in Taipei. It is a specific situation, as I have worked in Thailand, legally for 3 years. I accepted a remote job and came to Taipei to switch my visa type to DTV.

Even with a current contract and first payment made by current company (+600,000 tbh banked and consistent income for past 6 months from past job), they denied because they wanted me to have 6 months of income *from my current contract.*

Note: I also had everything else in order, including the employment letter (stating remote position), company registration documents etc.

The issue they had, specifically, was was that I hadn’t been in my current role for 6 months. Pretty much they told me to leave and try again in 6 months time when I am established at my new job. There was no remedying it with them.

— and genuinely this was so shocking because I’d never heard of this being the case for anyone else before. Am I wrong on this?

So, if you are coming from a non B and are switching to remote work, please be aware that this is the way Taipei approaches this scenario.

If you have a similar work history but successfully gotten a DTV visa, can you please comment? I’d really like to understand what else I can do and how I can better plan my application in the future.

Hi everyone,

My wife is about to give birth and I need to change my visa to Non B and need to apply outside.

Is it possible for me to go somewhere like Vietnam, apply online and fly back to Thailand while my visa is getting approved? Or do I need to be in Vietnam while I wait for the result?

The Thai Embassy in Vientiane, Laos will start accepting Thai E-Visa applications on 01 January 2025 with 10-15 working days for processing of a Thai E-Visa. The last day for accepting in-person applications at Vientiane is 20 December 2024.

Again, the Thai Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia will start accepting Thai E-Visa applications on 26 November 2024 with 10 working days for processing of a Thai E-Visa.

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I have a visa non B from Kota Baru Malaysia. On the sticker visa, the end of the visa is 9 October but the officer at the border stamp 8 October.

Do you think it will be considered overstay if I leave on the 9 ?

From the Royal Thai Embassy - Phnom Penh Facebook page:

"The Royal Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh will adopt the e-Visa application on 8th October 2024.

Last day of walk-in application: October 4th, 2024. Not much time left...

Hi there, just wondering if anyone went to Penang for Non B visa in the past few months? What is the process time and procedure?

Thank you in advance.

Good morning, I am currently on a 30 day visa exempt as I arrived in Thailand before the new rules started. Unfortunately due to circumstances my new school couldn’t Transfer my visa. Therefore I will be applying for a new non b. However I am married to a Thai citizen and mother to a Thai girl. I am just trying to figure out my best options:

1) Apply for a new non b at Vientiane?

2) Am I able to apply for Non O based on marriage or being a mother to a half Thai child in Thailand? Or will I need to apply at an embassy consulate outside Thailand as this will be my first time applying for this visa as I have been previously on a Non B?

3) Will I be able to get a work permit if I am on a Non O visa?

I have a Non O extension of stay (based on having a Thai child).

I have had a work permit without issue for the last 2 years.

A potential new job advises I have to leave the country to change my Non O extension of stay to a Non B to be able to work for them. The employer is in a different province.

Can anyone clarify if i absolutely have to leave to country? Surely I should just be able to continue working with the Non O?

Many thanks and apologies if I have the terminology incorrect.

Yesterday my application for a Non O (based on marriage to a Thai) 1 year extension was refused at CW. It appears that my understanding of the visa extension options was incorrect, however I’m interested to confirm whether this is indeed the case or perhaps did the immigration officer make a mistake.

I’m currently on a 1 year Non B extension which is due to expire in about 2 weeks time. I’m currently still employed but my work contract will expire at the end of June this year, and due to a change in my life plans I won’t be renewing my work contract. As such, I decided to request a 1 year extension based on marriage instead of an extension based on work. My understanding was that it’s possible to request an extension based on a different category to my current extension (Non O instead of Non B) providing that I meet the requirements of the new extension and have all of the required evidence/documents. I seem to remember hearing about other people who have done similar in the past. Anyway, in spite of me having all the required documents listed in the Non O extension check list, the immigration officer wouldn’t accept my application.

The immigration officer advised me to request Non B extension documents from my employer, return to CW and apply for a Non B extension, then at the end of June when my work contract expires I should request documents from my employer to cancel my Non B extension, then return to CW to cancel the extension, then leave Thailand and visit an embassy in a nearby country, obtain a 3 month Non O visa, return to Thailand, and finally towards the end of the 3 month Non O visa I can return to CW again and apply for the 1 year Non O extension using all of the same documents that I already had with me yesterday when I went to CW.

Obviously I’m going to need to do whatever I need to do, but I’m somewhat surprised by the immigration officer’s advice as I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of other people being allowed to apply for extensions based on a different category to their current extension.