Marriage visa

I got married yesterday and currently I’m on a METV valid until 20 May. I already have a Thai bank account with 400,000 THB deposited for about a month.

What are my options to obtain the initial 90-day Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage?

Can I convert my current visa to the 90-day Non-O while staying in Thailand, or do I need to leave the country and apply from a Thai embassy/consulate?

If conversion inside Thailand is possible, are there any specific requirements or timing issues I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance for any advice 🙏

# Issued Tourist Visa (TR) despite applying for DTV with full documentation – Any similar experiences?

Sawa dee ka everyone! seeking advices or similar experiences regarding a frustrating outcome from the Thai Embassy in Tokyo.

I am a Japanese national and recently applied for the DTV (Remote Worker category). I have a clean immigration history with 3.5 years of previous work experience in Thailand under a working visa (no overstays, no visa runs).

The issue: Despite applying for the DTV and paying the 52,000 JPY fee, I was issued a 6-month Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (TR) instead :((((

My application process was intense:

1. Since I’ve been living abroad recently, my bank accounts and employment contracts are from outside Japan.

2. After my initial submission, the Embassy requested Tax Returns, Bank Statements, and my Employment Contract to be NOTARIZED in Japan. This cost me extra time and money, but I completed it perfectly.

3. They asked me 2nd additional document requests, I provided proof of my current stay in Japan and a detailed professional portfolio to prove my remote work status. I submitted those.

It is extremely difficult to understand why they requested a "Notarized Contract" (which is specifically for DTV) only to issue a standard Tourist Visa. It feels like a clerical error or an unfair downgrade without explanation.

Has anyone else applied for the DTV and been downgraded to a TR visa despite having no "defects" in their documents?

For those in this situation:

* Are you entering with the TR visa and planning to re-apply for DTV later?

* Should I try to challenge this with the Embassy, or is it a lost cause?

Honestly, the lack of transparency in this process is incredibly frustrating. I’d love to hear your thoughts or if anyone has successfully "converted" or appealed such a decision.

Have a good day!

Entering on Visa exemption instead of OA visa

Hi, I'm currently in my first year OA retirement visa and I would like to switch to an O visa.

As I am in Hanoi now, I thought about re-entering Thailand on visa exemption instead of on my OA visa which is still valid for 3 weeks.

After that I want to apply for my non-immigrant O in Chiang Mai.

Is this possible, will Thai immigration let me in on visa exemption if my OA visa is still valid for a few weeks?

And will CM immigration office then allow me to apply for the O visa based on my exemption entry?

Hello I would like to know how is the DTV Visa cancellation process working? I have to cancel DTV and going to apply for Ed plus visa soon. So, please kindly share your experience with me steps by steps. Thank you.

Hi, does anyone know if I can change from DTV to Non-B while in Thailand?

If I some day want to convert DTV to Non O based on Thai child, is it problematic?

Hello everybody! I'm currently on a DTV visa, but I married recently and want to switch to a non-o marriage visa. Can somebody tell me if I need to cancel my DTV visa first, before I can apply for a non-o marriage visa? Or I can simply apply for the new visa and my old visa would be automatically cancelled?

Someone here mentioned that only the embassy/consulate who issued you the visa can cancel it. I got my DTV from Laos, Consulate. Do I need to visit Laos again to cancel my DTV visa?

I'll be applying for non-o visa from my home country and not Laos. So making a trip to Laos just to cancel my current DTV visa will be quite a hassle.

DEPENDENT DTV → EDUCATION VISA (ED) — HAS ANYONE DONE THIS?

Hi everyone, hoping someone has been through this.

MY SITUATION:

My son (under 3) is on a dependent DTV visa. He's been accepted into a school in Chiang Mai but the school requires a Non-Immigrant ED visa — they don't accept DTV for enrollment.

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW:

1️⃣ Has anyone converted a dependent DTV to Non-Immigrant ED at Chiang Mai Immigration without leaving the country?

2️⃣ Or do we need to exit and apply at a Thai embassy abroad?

3️⃣ How long did the whole process take for you?

Thanks in advance! 🙏

Hi I am in Thailand on tour visa. I have been planning to convert to ED visa based on funds I left with. I think I'm really interested in the course and I really want to convert to ED visa before it's too late. I got around 40 days left on tourist visa please suggest me what to do. What do I need. Where to go first. How much in total I need. ?

First, I wanted to thank all the contributors over the last few months to my various questions. They’ve made my entry on the non-immigrant OA very smooth, and I’ve think it was largely due to you. So many thanks! Now onto the next challenge😅.

So, as stated, I’m on the non-immigrant OA, but after learning what I have on these boards, I’d like to switch to the Non O (retirement) rather then doing extension of stay at my one year. I’m aware I can get that free second year but this post isn’t about that.

When I was at immigration last week, they told me not to use an agent to switch from OA to O without leaving the country. I don’t know if they are cracking down on this, but she told me it isn’t legitimate from their point of view. She said that I could pop over to a neighboring country and then re-enter on either a non-immigrant O (90 day), or a tourist visa and then convert it when I’m back in the country. So my questions are related to these two methods. Based on what she told me, I should leave the country just before my visa expires, and then I’m able to start the process of one of these other two methods. 

Is the process easier one way or another? I’m inclined to come in on a tourist visa and just do the non O application once I’m in country since I’ll already have my money seasoned in the bank due to the OA that I’m on now. So I’m wondering what the requirements are for that method?

Or, is there any benefit to coming in on the Non O (90 day) if I’m applying from Vietnam through evisa? If memory serves, one of the questions is asking for proof of the residence of the country you are in, and I don’t know what I would be able to provide if I was just visiting Vietnam for this purpose?. The agent told me I did not have to return to the US, so would it even be possible from a neighboring country to apply for the non O, given that they require some sort of residential proof from when I’m there?

Any input on either of these two methods would be helpful? And yes, I’m looking to do this on my own since I’m learning a ton by doing all of these various things without an agent. Thanks