You lose all the days you have left on your current stamp 😕

You can't make an appt it's not an option,

You show up on the date they have stamped on the blue/green receipt they gave you when you paid the 2000baht

Show the receipt to the queue people, they'll give you a queue number for Section C-1 and when it's your turn they'll stamp the Non-O visa and a new 90 day entry stamp in

@Rumi *****************

sadly it takes as long as it takes, and you camp out in Malaysia until the visa is approved or rejected

That's why I said make an appt to get in the gate and GO to Savannakhet < as it is an in person application where you get the passport back 2 working days after you submit the paperwork and pay

There is no 30 day extension available on a 90 day Non-O visa 😕

You either get the year extension by meeting the proof of funds required for the extension you're applying for

OR

if you're married to a thai or have thai children you could get one 60 day visit thai family extension

That's about it

Well if you're going to go get this visa in Lao you need to get your act together make an appt at Savannakhet and get over there to apply.. That's the only thai consulate in Lao that has openings still available

Just so you know the thai consulate in Vientiane is totally booked until they stop walk in, in person visa applications on Dec 20th.

BOTH thai consulates in Lao will switch to the eVisa online system effective Jan 1, 2025

Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Bharu are all already on the eVisa online system so you'd go to Malaysia and then apply online for the visa and stay in Malaysia until the visa is approved or rejected.

Seems the consulates in Vietnam (which are eVisa as well) are 3 working day processing form most people but that's totally dependent on how complete your documentation is.

Okay, the O/P contacted me and indicated they are on a yearly extension of stay from inside thailand with a multiple re-entry permit from the airport.

They should have no issue at all exiting the country getting a DTV at a thai consulate and then entering on it

The embassy will sell the DTV to people with extensions (and re-entry permits) no problem at all. AND as long as when you enter the country you tell passport control when you stamp in you want to get IN on the DTV you won't have problems

@Marky *****

, border bounce for a 60 day free entry stamp when this current stamp is running out (y)

What we are seeing reported is;

If you are on a currently valid multi-entry VISA <-(that you got from a thai consulate and which you COULD use to enter thailand on) SOME consulates/embassies are not issuing DTV's

Where as

If you are on a yearly extension of stay <-(that you got from the immigration office inside thailand, even if you have a valid re-entry permit) there is no issue with the consulates/embassies issuing DTV's

So my question to you IS are you currently on a valid multi entry visa or are you on an extension of stay?

𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮?

Sadly no it is not.

If you are married to a thai (or have thai children) you can get a one time 60 day extension based on visiting thai family.

Otherwise there is no extension available to you except the year extension by meeting the proof of funds for the reason you'd get an extension for

What is the reason you have a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa?

If the visa was issued in Oct 2023, it sounds like your Non-O visa expired 🙁 You would have had to bounce out/back before that visa expired to get another 90 day entry stamp

𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆

Nope you are sadly NOT correct. 😮 A year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa is valid for a year from the date it's ISSUED by the Thai embassy/consulate not the date you enter the country on 😕

Look on the visa itself, it will have a date of issue and a 'valid until' or 'must enter by' date.

A year/multi Non-O visa gives you ulimited entries of 90 days each for the validity of the visa itself. If you were to exit/re-enter the country just before the VISA (not your current entry stamp) expired you'd get another 90 day entry stamp