Anonymous participant 307 - Nope. This has been written about many times on this page. It has caused cancellations.

@Adrien ********

- Did you actually write France and not a province name or an embassy (if you reissued passport overseas)? Unfortunately all decisions are final

You double checked that they gave you a DTV? Some embassies are notorious for giving you a different visa than what you applied for, so always good to check.

@Joel ******

- You also need to check with the embassy how much time you have to respond to a document request. If it is less than two weeks, make sure they are aware that you have placed an order and it will take this amount of time. Would be bad if after a certain number of days, while you are waiting for the birth certificate, they ended up canceling your application. Also; remember the embassy will be closed April 14, 15, & 16 and most likely limited staff (delays) 17 and 18.

Sounds like they have concern that maybe you have other citizenship, that you were not always Australian. I believe that is one of the questions on the application. An Australian application would prove that you were always Australian, if that is what you stated.

Anonymous participant - Don’t think it will work, but can try.

Anonymous participant - the point about single vs multi was the fact that in that process you are switching from MoFA to Immigration extension, hence why you can change visa later on. In your case, both visas are under MoFA, so not sure there is a process to cancel. Never been such a long validity period for an MoFA issued visa before.

Anonymous participant - It is a new area. Traditionally, MoFA has been unable to issue one a new visa while you have a valid visa. Where people get confused is the fact that immigration can extend visas, etc.. For example, if you applied for a non-o via an embassy, you would receive a 90 day single entry visa. That visa expires 90 days after you enter or after you exit Thailand. However, if you change it, via Immigration, to a 1-year multi entry non-o visa, immigration can cancel that for you whenever. In addition, if applying for a new visa at an embassy, it is common that the embassy wouldn’t have record of that 1 year non-o and would move forward

@Sweet ****

- If I understand correctly, the MoFA does not issue multi-entry Non B visas. If you apply for a Non-B via the MoFA (embassy / consulate), it is a single entry 90 day visa. Any changes to that visa are extensions made by immigration (different government entity). When you applied for the Non-B, had you already changed to multi, year visa via immigration?

Anonymous participant - I understand your rational, but that is against the Thai government’s policy. You are supposed to apply where you are physically located. If you are in a location that doesn’t allow you to apply, you need to travel to a location that allows you. If they find out, that is an automatic rejection.