Anonymous participant 827 I think teachers can get a B in country. Not heard about anyone others. Singapore would not process my B application while my "O" was valid.

Anonymous participant Good spot - yeah get it cancelled.

@Sydney ******

Months? - where do you get that from? Usually issued in 2 days. Fly to somewhere like Singapore. Hand in application and documentation - get the initial "B" in 2 days. Have you ever actually been through this process?

Anonymous participant 827 The point being 1) Will they issue a "B" while the DTV is active? 2) Most "B" have to be issued outside Thailand - some passport holders must return to home country for it

@Maksym **********

But he is meant to stay in the country of application of the DTV while it processes - a bit of a Catch-22 situation here. The Embassy can see on their system if they have enterede Thailand.

100% it is Embassy/Consulate dependent. What gets approved in one can be rejected in another and vice versa. As for applying again it was recently reported Embassies can see past failed applications. However, many are approved on a subsequent application at a different embassy. As for waiting for Retirement "O" if you are not going to do any work it is a good option. Bank accounts, longer driving licences etc.

Anonymous participant 805 I got 14 from my "B". HR requested it. The standard is 7 though. All those not getting VE extended now and refusing to pay 1900 for 7 extension are getting 7 days to leave stamp.

@Andi **********

They are meant to. Krungsri has asked. It was part of the regulations issued. Expats were panicking. It does not have to be a Thai TIN though.

Anonymous participant 833 Report just yesterday in here KTB was restricting accounts.

@Andrew *******

There have been reports in this group where immigration have refused to cancel a DTV as they did not issue it. It could be a particular office refusing though and not general practice.