@Tod ********

only temple/home village married at the time of birth. Later married at the Amphur. I guess that options off the table then?

Just to confirm Tod, that would be a single entry 90-day Non-immigrant type O visa based on marriage to a Thai? Also I’m considering ultimately going for an extension to stay based on having a Thai dependant.. (not linked to my marriage) what are the pro’s and cons/what would you do?

Susan Merton Mitchell The correct process is to get a Non Immigrant B Single visa based on being employed. Then after the correct documentation has been created (work permit, tax registration, etc) THEN she goes to local immigration office to apply for ‘an extension to stay based on working’ Do not make the mistake many make and think that ‘internal Thai immigration’ is linked to external consulates. Many things have changed over the last several months and employers appear to ‘out of the loop’ now. That’s what makes this forum so useful. She’s four weeks short of fulfilling her contract IF she gets another Non B, check out other consulates (maybe Vientiane, Laos) and discus her situation with her employer. Maybe the employer could step in and meet some of the costs.

Is this not correct then, it was your post..

South African teachers are banned from getting a non b from there.. so do they differentiate between divers and teachers?

Ahh. She cannot get a non b visa in Penang or Kota Bharu. Laos may still have the door open, maybe. We have two South African teachers returning home in a few weeks to apply for their Non Imm B singles in Pretoria 😕

She cannot extend a Non Immigrant B visa at the local immigration office. The correct way would be to apply at the local immigration office for an extension to stay based on working, but considering the length of her contract I very much doubt that her company will want to go down that path even if they could meet the criterion. Her only option is to apply for another non imm b single (90 days) which would still leave her short by about a month.

As I understand it the key thing is to prove that the original currency wasn’t Thai baht. Foreign bank/currency transfer bank -> Bangkok bank > destination bank in Thailand. Show a paper trail reflecting this (including purchase of Thai baht) along with transaction statements. Otherwise it does look like an internal transfer.