Hey ya'll, planning on moving to Thailand later this year once I have more funds saved up, and trying to figure out which visa is right for me.

I'm a chef and plan on going the soft-power DTV route, through my friend's cooking school in Chiang Mai. However, knowing that I cannot work for a Thai company with a DTV I'm wondering if the Non-imm B visa is a better choice for me if I end up working at a restaurant/bar or elsewhere after being there awhile.

Has anyone switched from a DTV to a non-B before? Is there a better way I should go about my plan?

Thanks group for all the insight! Been learning so much from everyone here.

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I work in Thailand and I am married to a Thai citizen. Presently I have a Non-Immigrant B working visa. I found a new job in a different province. My current school will cancel my visa and work permit on my last day of employment with them. I went to the Thai immigration office today to ask some questions. The immigration officer told me the following:

1) Since I am married to a Thai citizen, I can get a one-time 30 day extension of my Non Immigrant B visa for the purposes of visiting my wife.

2) During these 30 days my visa status will continue to be a Non-Immigrant B visa.

3) During these 30 days I can transfer the visa to my new school.

I have been living in Thailand for 25 years and change jobs several times but I have never hear of anything like this. Are these 3 points correct?

hello i have some questions.

I have my non-immigrant B visa, work contract and I am a direct hire to my employer but I dont have any working permit.... Do I need to get an OEC before travelling from Philippines to Thailand? or am I exempted since Im still not an OFW and I dont have my working permit yet? 🙏

I am planning to visit Thailand from India on business purpose (visiting supplier). Am I eligible for the 60days visa exemption? Or should I apply for a Non immigrant B single/ multiple.?

I secured a job in Bangkok, and now I want to cancel my DTV visa so I can apply for a Non-Immigrant B (work) visa. I left Thailand a few days ago and returned to the country where I originally got my DTV visa approved.

I contacted the embassy 3 days ago, but I haven’t received any response yet. According to my employer, I need to cancel the DTV visa, return to Thailand on a tourist visa, and then they will help me switch to a Non-B visa.

Do you have any suggestions or advice on how to proceed? I would appreciate any help.

Anyone know if you can teach in a school and maintain DTV Visa or do you have to switch to the Non-Immigrant "B" Visa?

Hi there, is it still the case that if I renew my passport in my home country, I can re-enter Thailand by showing the Non-Immigrant B Visa and Re-Entry Permit in my old passport? Also I may be out of Thailand for 3 months before I re-enter with the new passport, is there a time frame? My visa and re-entry stamp will still be valid until later in the year. Thanks for your help

This may seem like a stupid question, but what is the advantage of the DTV over simply playing the visa extension and border bounce game. It gets one to 180 days before needing to fly out and back again. Is this a new and expensive replacement for that process? I honestly don’t know because I’ve lived in Thailand for the past 5 years on a Non-Immigrant B visa.

I have a non-immigrant B visa. My visa runs out on the 1. December later this year.

That visa is connected to my work permit.

The work permit expires in February.

I will stop work, but I am not planning on going home before late April.

I will return in September and is planning on getting a work permit again.

Is it allowed for me to stay on my current visa until April or do I need to do something?

Hi everyone,

I have a non migrant B visa finishing 15th of March and I quit my job end of february so they refused to do the paperwork for longer...

I would like to stay at least one more month for tourism and maybe looking for a new job.

How can i do this ?

Thanks a lot