@Chomnisa *******

How can you guarantee the bank accounts will not be frozen or closed in the future?

Very difficult to open a bank account right now even with an agent on a DTV. Pretty much impossible in most places. Some are even having their accounts closed.

@Johan *************

I had a nightmare cancelling O with multi re-entry. Embassy would not process B. Flew back to Thailand and asked at BKK to enter visa exempt. Would not and woukd not cancel O. Went to issuing office and they cancelled with 7 days to leave. Did border run to Cambodia and back on exempt. Flew to Singapore for 2nd time and applied and got the B. Got 2 free trips out of it and met up with ex colleagues in Singapore so all good in the end.

@Johan *************

So you left without re-entry permit to cancel the visa- easiest way.

@Yaowalak *******

I reply to many people. I am asking you a perfectly reasonable question. You stated that the O will be cancelled by the Embassy when DTV is issued. A) Have you done this or B) point to where someone else has done it. Pretty simple asking you to back up your assertions.

@Yaowalak *******

Do you have experience of this? There is another poster says must cancel O first. In my case O had to be cancelled before getting a B. Embassy would not issue the B while O was active. Is it different for DTV?

If you do not have a re-entry permit your O is cancelled if yiu leave the country. Might be easiest. I had a nightmare cancelling an O Retirement with a multi Re-Entry permit to move to a B. Hope it is easier for you to move to a DTV.

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

100% ot was cost cutting. It also moves the budget from FCO elsewhere. I also heard VFA were not the cheapest last time at contract renewal but as incumbents they got it. They do not seem to have a fan club anywhere though.

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

To cut costs you mean :-) Same as outsourcing to VFS.

There have been a few reports of people doing it in this group. Majority of them in Workaytion category. Recent one in Chiang Mai said they seemed to have an officer there with good knowledge of the DTV