@Nongnuch *******

No, the stay granted by the visa is an independent right that continues even after the visa itself has expired, provided you were stamped in beyond the visa’s validity period. However, you lose your right to re-enter once the visa expires. So, if you leave without having physically purchased a re-entry permit, you will not be allowed back in, and the remaining stay will be cancelled. This is very technical, though. I don’t think we should make too much of a point about it now, as it may confuse the OP.

@Nongnuch *******

not correct, he will not be stamped back in on the admitted stay after the visa is expired.

@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.