@Nongnuch *******

I have been to my immigration office many many times trying to sort this out so I am surprised they could keep missing the type of visa I have. my first entrance to Thailand on my current visa was in july. But in July they could not change my visa on my short time frame because I was going to be flying out for a friend’s wedding in India and officer said I have everything I need but would have to apply when I came back from India when I had more time. I came back in Aug and tried to apply and I was told I needed some additional paperwork and got that sorted and applied on 6 sep. But six weeks seems long to me for getting an answer.

@Nongnuch *******

if I told you about my 13 visits to that embassy, you would have many many comments to make. 😀

@Nongnuch *******

I did obtain it in my country of residence at that time (I had been working out of my home country for over a decade).

@Nongnuch *******

no. Uggg. I had also tried to get NonO while I was in my previous country of residence (which was not my home country). After 13 visits to that embassy, the officer finally admitted she thought it would be better for me to enter on six month tourist visa and sort it out when I got here in Thailand.

Now that I am in Thailand, I have been going to my local immigration office (not online app)

Based on what you are saying, looks like I will be getting a grab ride to go 50mins back to the immigration office to at least get a 30 day extension while this hopefully gets sorted

@Nongnuch *******

thx. I am just bummed that I applied for NonO weeks ago on 6 sep and immigration office insists I will get it this week but I was not expecting it to take this long when I first applied. I even have the insurance and my 800k thb for 3 months now in Thai bank. Trying to do everything correctly and early but feels slow to me since I am already ready to move to one year extension stage. 😀

@Nongnuch *******

maybe you can help. I entered on 6 month tourist visa with multiple entry on 24 august and it requires that I leave by 22 October. Back in September I applied for non O 90 day (and when allowed I will apply for one year ext and then multiple entry permit). However my 90 day is still not ready. What happens if not sorted this week since 22 Oct is this Sunday?

@Richard ********

fair enough

@Garrett **********

agreed!!!! I added more pages back in 2014 while living in Oman and I renewed my passport in 2018 at embassy in Singapore. Both Super fast!

@Graham *****

yep

@Graham *****

yesss if I wanted ext. but I have submitted my paperwork for NonO, so hopefully that comes through soon so that I can be one step closer to asking for my first one year extension. I believe I can start that application two months after I have NonO.