The day your WP is canceled you have to leave.

There is no grace period.

You could apply for an extension , be denied and given 7 days to leave if you can prove exit within that time.

SOME offices may allow a "change of reason for extension" the same day as you are canceling your extension and do it all at once.

Not all offices will allow, currently for example Phuket will not allow that change in most cases.

There may be a "special case" scenario.

You will have to leave and start over.

NOTE: if you stay beyond your WP cancelation you are on overstay.

Your employer could allow you to stay longer by scheduling the cancelation a short-time in the future, a couple days or weeks.

Then immigration would allow you to stay until that date by seeing them with the proof of upcoming cancelation.

This is the best scenario if you are on good terms.

Ellen Chamberlain DTV for muay thai as a leisure activity, gym membership, NOT courses for education.

These are very different requirements.

ED visa require attendance and can be audited by immigration, failure to attend could lead to cancelation of extension.

DTV is not audited or required attendance simply having purchased a membership/training is enough to comply.

You are notvrequired to have any more than your original purchase for the 5 years. BUT if you try and extend while in Thailand you basically have to prove everything as in the first application.

So a quik border bounce and renetry gives you 6 months each time.

PassionateAvocado367 the tm30 or 90 day report have no effect on your Visa or activities.

The tm30 is required by law to have within 24 hours of arrival, failure have a tm30 is a fine but rarely enforced.

If you get one now that is fine and no problem.

If you fail to do a 90 day report it is a 2000b fine whether it's a day late or a year.

Both of these only really cause a problem if you need something from immigration, extension, residence certificate.

There are many DCs that hire foreign Instructors.

The shops will usually only support a 3 month Nonb visa, meaning if they keep you, you will do visa runs to keep legal.

A fewer amount will hire some fixed staff and arrange 1 year extensions.

As diving is seasonal , shops cannot have that many people sitting around of course.

So key positions get 1yr extensions ,

Many are 3 month visa at a time,

Some are Thai,

The rest are freelancers picking up the slack.

Some actively advertise, others you need to knock on doors and network.

To be a legal freelancer is expensive (and never completely legal), thai company, freelance agreements, work permits, visas. You will end up paying a lawyer/agent/accountant and will need to work 7 days a week in high season to recoup and make money.

Can be done and some do, especially those with Thai wives and GFs.

It is a job that provides travel and experience not financial rewards.

LoyalGiraffe8499 no because we are talking about extension at immigration NOT embassies.

Two different things.

You have to get the requirements from Thai Immigration AND your local office as each office will be slightly different.

Each office will have a list.

If your embassy does still issue an income letter you may use the income method.

If your embassy, US, UK, AUS and Canada, for example do not.

You must use the 800k for your first extension.

Yes it will show up in the system as your current location.

Some office may update for you during the process, most will expect you to have it up to date.

Not all offices will allow a change of extension from "thai family" to "over 50".

Check with your local office first.

You may have to leave and kill the extension and start the process over again.

Rudite Al so your confusion is terminology.

The simplest visa path is this:

90 day non immigrant "o" visa based on being over 50. Commonly called " retirement "

This is your visa, when you enter Thailand you have 90 days to arrange your affairs and apply for the 1yr extension of stay.

You are not changing visas, you are applying for a 1yr extension.

You will do this every year after.

The 90 day non-o IS the visa for "retirement".

The is the cheapest and easiest Visa path.

Yea this is correct.

A 90 day Visa can only be extended for the reason it was issued- company A.