@John *********

Yes. Didn’t qualify that. Assumed the OP was at or near the end of their extension rather than mid way. But you’re correct you can only switch when you would normally be allowed to extend for the same reason.

Very basically you can only get Non OA in your home country. You don’t need funds in Thailand but you need insurance and health and police checks. Good for 2 years if used wisely.

Non O initial visa bought outside can use funds outside Thailand. Don’t need insurance or checks. To extend or get in country you need funds in Thailand.

@Andy ***********

Whoops sorry you’re right. I misread it. ETA sidelined. TM6 (electronic version) set for 1st May. I will edit my answer.

@Brett ********

it’s in the first sentence.

Pre changing to 60 days for exempt and thus having the 2 entries by land things were pretty much guaranteed to be “reset” at the start of a calendar year.

Now since the change the calendar year is irrelevant as there is no official limit. It’s up to the specific immigration officer to interpret your entry history and decide whether to let you enter or not.

If bouncing by land then use a recognised bounce company to do so. They know the wheels to grease. They usually won’t take you if they think you can’t get back in.

If bouncing by air then flip a coin. Heads they’ll let you in and tails they won’t. Oh wait a minute. Perhaps that’s the other way around.

Edit. Misread question. ETA postponed. New TM6 (in an electronic form set for May 1st). My bad.

Not yet. Possibly 1st May but nothing official announced only press speculation.

Important to get semantics right here. You cannot convert an initial Non O visa based on retirement to a Non O visa or extension based on marriage.

However I believe you may well be referring to the stamp that you have in your passport saying “extension of stay”. If that’s the case then you can indeed change the reason for an extension of stay from one reason to another if you have the requirements to do so.

@Jeff *******

You’re gonna survive a long time in this group. Telling one moderator that he’s an idiot and another to FO. It’s a forum for immigration questions about Thailand and visas etc. Not for nancy keyboard warriors that have no clue what they’re talking about.

Anonymous participant 589 I haven’t gone through an application for a DTV so I don’t have any form of screenshot of the process but here’s a screenshot of the UK embassy’s rules. Regardless of visa applied for. I’m sure most if not all other embassy/consulates will stipulate the same rule - if not exact word for word.

@Jeff *******

You’re the idiot for thinking there is a ministry of immigration. If you knew anything about Thailand and immigration like Brandon does then you’d know the Immigration Bureau is a division of the Royal Thai Police that is overseen by the Office of the Commissioner General.

What’s happening at the moment is not a disconnect between government departments that probably never speak to each other anyway but the Ministry of Finance is cracking down on spurious accounts and trying to solve money laundering schemes. The fact that this may disrupt immigration or other government departments probably is of no concern to them at this stage.