This issue likely come as a way to prevent B Visas being granted to those people holding a small number of company shares who somehow got a Director title - thinking that getting a Mananging Director title would be more difficult

I will have my,Business Assistant (Employee) query the Labor Ministry tomorrow

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- The Work Permit should not have any title that does not apoear as an allowable title in the Company Certificate. One can bestow title of Master Director I suppose but that does not make it real

I have a tough time believing this as Mananging is not a word title available in the Company Certificate - where titles begin

There is nothing in any Company Certificate about "Managing" Director. The only title is Director meaning a shareholder with decision making authority I will have it researched however

These reply comments do not seem to have much to do with my original comment... wishful thinking it seems

As posted earlier, I have a SA friend who just processed a Non IMM B 90 day Visa at Kota Bharu only about 45 days ago

- where is this Update Joseph Michael Pedro III where you know for sure that Kota Bharu will not process visas for SA people?

Shanti Kat - No - the issue date is when the Consulate staff puts the glued in paper visa sticker into your passport. This is when the 6 month life of the METV begins. It is later mailed. IF there is two weeks turn around time from the date you mail the Visa App packet... then as a rough guesstimate the issue date would be about half the turnround time.

In all this please remember that when the 6 month Expiry Date approaches - a couple of days before Expiry you can make a final Exit of and Reentry into Thailand (a Border Bounce) and get stamped back in for another 60 day permission of stay - which can be extended another 30 days at Immigration

The validity date starts when the passport has the sticker put in it.

Mail to a U.S. Consulate and turn around time should be about 2 weeks (people post this about LA)

The lost time should be about 10 days to two weeks .

The Consulate could confirm on estimated mail time.