surely you are aware that Indian nationality cannot enter on visa exempt and only VOA, which VOA is not extendable. Convertable, don't think so. But others can maybe clarify further.
Edited my previous post. Made a mistake. You can apply for a 12 month extension of stay up to 45 days before your permission of stay expires. So in this example, starting with April 10th 2019, you can go to local Immigration and extend for 12 months (until May 23rd, 2020).
Suzy Bailey You are correct. Because your visa is a multiple entry non O-A, you can enter Thailand multiple times until its expiry date, and every time you enter you would receive a permission of stay of 12 months.
So entering on May 25th 2018, you will be stamped until May 24th, 2019. Then you apply for a re-entry permit. The reentry permit would expire on May 24th 2019. If you choose single (1,000 baht), it will allow you to enter Thailand once until that date. If you go for multiple entry (3,800 baht), you can enter Thailand as many times as you want until the expiry of the re-entry permit, which in this case is 24th May 2019.
Regardless of when you enter, you will always get admitted until 24th May 2019.
You can also apply for as many single re-entry permits as you wish, so you could start with single, and after you come back to Thailand from the UK, and you want to exit again let's say, you can apply again for a single re-entry permit. Or get multiple from the beginning. Up to you.
Before 24th of May 2019, you will have to either apply for a 12 month extension at local Immigration with proof of income or money in Thai bank, or go back to the UK and get a fresh non O-A.
If you do a border run after the 24th of May 2019, without having extended your last permission of stay, you would receive a 30 day visa exempt, since your non O-A would have long expired (31 Aug 2018).
Should you extend for 12 months, you will also need another reentry permit each time you exit to keep your permission of stay and be able to return on that extension.
- To get a 12 month extension in Thailand at local immigration, you need to put 800K baht in a Thai bank account and it needs to be seasoned. Per person.
- You cannot get an extension in the UK, you need to get a new visa.
- You would need to apply for the new visa after your current visa has expired.
- Alternatively, you may consider doing an in-out same day border run at some border close to your location to get stamped for another year before you leave for the UK, but you would need to get a reentry permit (either single or multiple), to be able to return from the UK on the same permission of stay.
To save you the hassle of medical reports and police checks in the UK, and the hassle of having 1.6M baht seasoned locally in Thailand, I would say the best option is to do a border run or exit Thailand for a short vacation somewhere pleasant. 😁
