@Eric *****

no one knows what it's like at those embassies they both just started e-visa last week

@Eric *****

Either apply for a new non-O from the Thai embassy where you travel to, or return visa exempt.

@Marianne *******

As long as you are back before the end of your under consideration period

You need to get a re-entry permit before you leave, either from your immigration office or from the airport after you go through security. If you leave without this, everything you have done so far will be cancelled and you would return without anything and have to start over completely.

@M *************

education extensions must be cancelled. But I'm not sure how the ED plus works since it's so new. You might need to ask your immigration office

@Jan *****

legally you need proof of onward travel. Rarely asked for by immigration but your airline might ask

That depends on a lot of things.

First of all, if you are on the initial 90-day non-ED visa, then you cannot change it to anything else. The only option you have if you're on the initial 90-day visa is to extend based on education. Otherwise you need to leave Thailand without a re-entry permit to end that stay and start on something new.

If you're on an extension of stay based on education (the stamp in your passport literally says "extension of stay") then MAYBE you can convert to non-B. You would need to check with the immigration office where the company is to see if they will allow it, and you will need to check with the company to see if they can provide the paperwork required. It takes a mountain of paperwork to convert to a non-B visa in Thailand and most companies either cannot or will not provide the required paperwork because of how much it is. Most companies send their prospective employees out of Thailand to apply for a non-B visa at a Thai embassy nearby as it requires much less paperwork.

If both the immigration office of the employer agrees and the employer can produce the paperwork AND you're on an extension and not a visa, then you would need to get a letter from the school with a date that you will stop studying, and take that letter to the immigration office that issued the education extension and get the extension cancelled. Then you would apply for the non-B at the immigration office of the company.

@Piotr *********

That is not a question on the tourist visa application.

@Eric *****

You'll be rejected and will lose the money you paid for it. METV is one of the visas that you can specifically only get from a country you are a citizen or permanent resident.