@Jack ****

not all offices do home visits, but he can talk to them when he applies for the year extension and hopefully coordinate it for when he's here (if they do need to visit)

I know many many rotational workers who made the switch but it's going to take you paying attention to what you're doing, timing wise,

@Ryan-Kristopher *******

nope not the whole process again, once you get on the year extension every year you'll have to get a new yearly extension, which means apply when you have 30 days or less for a new year, get the under consideration stamp, get a re-entry permit, make sure you're back before that u/c stamp runs out to get the next year extension then get a multiple re-entry permit after that

@Ryan-Kristopher *******

right, that's the linchpin, you got to time the out/in w/re-entry permits so you can make it to where you can apply for the year extension and then get back in before the under consideration stamp runs out to get the year. After that you're in tall cotton, just get a multiple re-entry and you can come/go the whole year extension

@Peter ***************

well spotted I forgot to mention that, they are indeed talking about getting a year extension and are a bit mixed up because you can't get an OA Visa issued inside the country.

Thanks for catching that for them

I don't believe you were able to previously change a single entry non-obisa into a multi entry easily.

I think what you could do was buy a year-long, multi-entry, non-ovis from a Thai consulate and then every time you came in during the year it was valid for you got 90 days.

Sadly multi entry visas for non-immigrant type O visa based on marriage were discontinued when the consulates worldwide went to online e-visa system.

You're really going to have to try to get your ducks in a row and your entry exit timed so that you will be able to apply for a year extension inside the country on the 90-day Non-O.

You would get the visa before you come here.

You would come in and get stamped in for 90 days, you would get your 400k in a Thai bank account in your name only,

you would buy a single reentry permit, you would leave and come back whenever you're supposed to and you'll be stamped in for the remainder of that initial 90 days,

when you have your funds in the bank for 2 months and you have 30 days or less left on your current 90-day stamp you could go to the immigration office and apply for a one-year extension based on marriage.

You will get a 30-day under consideration stamp, and buy another reentry permit. So you can exit reenter during the under consideration, and not lose everything you've done.

The timing part is that you have to be back before the under consideration stamp expires so you can get the year extension inked in.

After you got the year extension inked in you would buy a multiple reentry permit which would let you exit and enter the whole year without any issue

That's the only way you're going to pull it off and it's going to take you timing your entries exit and buying a reentry permit every time you need to leave and come back until you get the year extension.

It can be done, I know dozens of rotational workers who have jockeyed the timing and gotten this accomplished but it's going to take you having your ducks in a row to pull it off.

You misunderstand how the Visa itself works.

You have a Visa that is valid for 3 months from the date it's issued. That means you have that long to enter Thailand on the Visa and when you do you get stamped in for 90 days, even if you enter on the very last day the Visa itself is valid for you will still get 90 days on your entry stamp.

Print out the PDF that is the Visa and present it with your passport to the officer when you step into the country.

You will be stamped in for 90 days

Doesn't make any difference who booked the reservation, just use the address of the hotel on the TDAC and they'll be fine.

You can put any address you want, there is no proof that you're actually going to stay there it's just a field you have to fill out.

Don't worry at all just get the hotel address correctly in the TDAC

@Martin ********

the O/P says they got their yearly extension in Jomtien, they're going to continue using that office for their extensions and they just move hotel to hotel still in Chonburi province,

Seeing as hotels don't provide blue books or owners i/ds 🙂I think they'll be okay with a letter from the hotel that they are a "long stay" guest BUT as I advised they should check with the Jomtien immigration office well before they get their next extension

@Stephen ***********

ahh that should be fine then (y) so just have a TM30 filed for what ever hotel you're at. But I sure would go ask immigrations IF you need a "long stay intent to let" contract from the hotel to use it as your address for the next extension