@Geoff ******

when that DTV came out they were handing that 5 year visa out to anyone who had an appt for a hangnail from a doc,

Then consulates got harder and started wanting treatment plans, proof of treatment, appt schedule,

SO whether you can or can't do a DTV based on medical reasons would come down to why you are having medical treatment here and how good your documentation is about the treatment.

If you apply and they want more documentation they'll email you, but worst case you apply and they reject the application and you are out the fee

Here's that visit family extension

𝟭 - 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻, 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗕 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲.

not correct

you COULD get a one time 60 day "visit thai family extension" under this clause here

𝟮 - 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗕 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮.

not correct and your status now isn't Non-B, you are on a yearly extension of stay based on employment FROM a Non-B visa you're not here on any visa any more at all

once you get the 60 day visit thai family extension you'd be on an extension of stay for that reason (visiting family), as the extensions were unbroken, it would track back to the extension based on employment and that would track back to an original Non-B visa

𝟯- 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹.

again not correct

you aren't on ANY visa, look at the stamp in your passport, it should clearly say "extension of stay permitted until" and have a date

that isn't a visa

Now, once you get the 60 day visit thai family extension, you COULD get the documentation together, and apply for an extension based on employment (because the only requirement to do that is that what ever extension you're on has to track back to SOME Non-Imm visa that allows employment and at one time you DID have a Non-B visa) even though you've been on extensions many years

The only thing you have to realize is that what ever immigration office you're dealing with to get the new extension based on employment may not allow you to do it once you take that 60 day visit thai family extension (although there is nothing in the rules that prohibits it and many people use that extension to "buy time" to get other

It's the immigration office where you'll be getting the new extension based on employment that will have the final say on whether you can go from an extension based on visiting thai family to one based on employment.

@Oliver *********

ahh I see what you were asking, sorry I didn't understand first time around

@Mike *****

You're in thailand now, I'd go on over to the LTR office at the One Bangkok Building and ask them in person

@Mike *****

most embassies don't issue the letter any more when you renew a passport in country AND the process totally works okay getting a new passport in your country then showing up with BOTH passports to get stamped in on the new one with the extension/re-entry in the old one. Plus no issue getting the stamps moved after that at immigrations either

It's just LTR is a different animal it's run by Board of Investment, NOT thai immigrations and I don't want you to come off the rails on a 50K baht 10 year visa just because you didn't do what LTR requires

you have to meet the requirements for the DTV, there is no "I'm retired and want a DTV" category

Proof of funds is just one of the requirements under ALL categories, but these are the only reasons you can get a DTV

So if you want to get one, you find one of the categories and meet the requirements for that category,

There are so few LTR visas out there that I'd say you're far better off doing what LTR says and renewing your passport here. Then have them move the visa/stamps to the new one over at the LTR office (which is now at One Bangkok Building not Cham Churi)

Especially if you got the LTR inked in to your passport here in thailand (it wasn't an eVisa from your consulate).

I mean could it work, you leave on the old passport, you show back up with BOTH when you stamp in and they stamp you in on the new one referencing the old one that has the visa and the 5 year re-entry permit? Yep, certainly could work out just fine. WILL it work like that 100%? Who knows, 😕

They have some really specific stuff on that LTR.

Sure wouldn't risk losing a ten year visa (and the 5 year entry stamp you're on)

@Oliver *********

what are you asking? There is no TDAC for domestic travel you do it before you stamp IN to the country

@Jonathan *******

right, just as I suspected 😕