@Nongnuch *******

No, he can still leave the country and cancel the stay after one year has passed since the visa was issued, even if, for personal or practical reasons, he was stamped in with a few days’ validity remaining. It is the visa itself that grants multiple entries, not the stay it provides. That is why you must also purchase a re-entry permit even if you are in Thailand after the visa itself has expired.

So what

@Nongnuch *******

is explaining

@Pete ******

is that you cannot cancel your visa or stay during the first year as long as it remains valid. If you leave shortly before the visa expires, you can apply for a Non O as previously explained.

If you are already in your second year of stay based on your Non O-A visa, you can also simply leave the country and cancel the stay, provided that you have not purchased a re-entry permit at immigration.

@Nongnuch *******

I understood that the OP had been in Thailand on a Non O-A for some time. If it is still within the first year, he naturally has to wait until this is over before he can change, as it is a multiple-entry visa.

And it’s not only a multiple re-entry permit, it’s multiple entries in the visa itself.

@Peter ********

People are asked to show their bank book at their first 90-day report after having done an extension. Everyone naturally understood that the bank book was not related to the 90-day report itself. Save your BS.

@Peter ********

Sorry, but it’s probably just you who don’t have sufficient overview.

@Pete ******

TM.87 is the form you will receive at immigration when applying for a Non-O visa in the country while on a visa exemption. The monthly income option is only available from the second year, after you have demonstrated twelve consecutive months of transfers of at least 65,000 baht per month, unless you provide only an income verification from your embassy in Bangkok.

@Pete ******

Sorry maybe this is better with the requirements you’ll need to meet.

@Pete ******

You’ll need 15 to 21 days remaining on your current stamp, depending on the immigration office, in order to apply with a TM.87. This should be quite straightforward since you already have a bank account with the required amount. Fee is 2000 baht.

There should be two possible ways to do this. Leave the country and cancel your stay based on your Non O-A visa and either (1) apply for a Non O at any embassy that accepts applications from foreigners, or (2) enter Thailand on a visa exemption if you are eligible for this and apply for a Non O at the immigration office in Thailand. Since you already have a bank account with the required amount, this should be completely unproblematic. Only a few smaller immigration offices in Thailand do not process Non O applications in-country.

@Steve *******

I believe there may have been variations between embassies regarding the basis on which they actually confirmed income, with some confirming income on far too weak a foundation. I also know that some immigration offices have refused to accept confirmations from certain countries for this reason. However, this is not the reason why the Norwegian embassy has chosen to stop issuing income confirmations; it is solely a matter of prioritizing the foreign service’s general worldwide operations, and it is politically directed from Norway. The Norwegian embassy only accepts your most recent tax assessment submitted to the Norwegian tax authorities, or the latest annual statement from your pension provider. They will not accept any income you simply declare yourself, and really, what more than documentation of the income you have actually paid tax on in your home country can reasonably be required as proof?