@Marianne *******

it is not possible to change an Elite visa in country to any other type of visa 🙁 😕 😮

You have to exit, get off that elite entry stamp, then either buy the visa at a thai consulate outside OR come back in free stamp and apply for the in country Non-O visa at the immigration office

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟵𝟬-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻,

You shouldn't have been

The stamp in her passport is an ENTRY stamp and it cancels when she stamped out of the country.

It's the PDF file print out of the eVisa that actually lets her get IN to the country and it should be noted on that PDF when her mandatory year insurance expires (meaning she wouldn't have needed that insurance paper which is always good to have anyway)

PRINT OUT the PDF files of your eVisas people <- that actually IS your visa to get in to thailand 🙂

I think we have taken this post as far as we can. ...

Best of luck with your travels in the future

We are done . .. ...

okay people depending on where you live IN the US you use one of four thai consulates there

I pulled all this from the consulate's websites, SO it's what they post as processing times

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟱 - 𝟯𝟬 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼

𝗘-𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗖

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘆, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 (𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱)

@Dennis ********

you didn't apply thru any consulate in florida, you applied thru the thai consulate in Washington DC because you lived in florida 🙂

I do not think you can "convert" to any visa (certainly not buy one from a consulate outside the country) because you already HAVE a visa that's valid for unlimited entry for 6 months after it was issued.

I think you will have to use the visa you have now, burn it down until you're on the last 60 day entry,

THEN if you got the bank account open, you could apply in country for the 90 day Non-O or go to a thai consulate in a nearby country and apply for a 90 day Non-O visa thru them via the eVisa online portal

@David ********

they don't care about the TDAC because it shows in their system that you filed one

AND

You were clearly stamped in correctly because your entry stamp has TR in the visa class 🙂

@David ********

why did you buy a 6 month METV if your objective was to get the 'retirement visa' ?

You might as well use the 6 month METV that you got seeing as it's a 200USD visa (when you buy it in the US)

It will be pretty hard to open an account on a tourist visa (probably can be done BUT you're sure gonna work at it)

IF your objective was a "retirement visa" it would have been way better for you to have gotten the 90 day Non-O visa BEFORE you came here rather than the 6 month METV because banks will let you open an account on a Non-O

@Johnny ******

more and more offices are allowing online reporting from 2 weeks before down until 1 week BEFORE the due date <- that means you only have a one week window to file online.

I think they are following that so that if it's denied, you still have time to get to the office and apply in person without running past the over due time

That is a 6 month multi-entry tourist visa <- meaning you can enter thailand an unlimited number of times during the validity of the visa itself (6 months from the date it was issued) and each entry will get you stamped in for 60 days

𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 "𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀?"

You're answering the question yourself, the METV is a MULTI-ENTRY tourist visa, the unlimited re-entry is built into the visa.

Look at the PDF that is your visa (which you should have printed out) across from No. of Entries it should say Multiple 🙂

That means unlimited entry & no re-entry permit needed. (y)

Also remember you can get one 30 day extension on each of those 60 day entries at the immigration office where you stay for 1900baht if you wanted to

Safe travels