Essentially you can leave for an hour and return, so as I understand it many people just do what’s known as bouncing, literally out 5’minutes and come back. It’s easier to do with a company as you don’t have to deal with anything.

If you do the extension then it looks like submitting the paperwork all over again to get approved but every different immigration office will be slightly different. As they essentially make up their own rules based on interpretation of what they are told.

@Sean ******

more info? It doesn’t give enough for people 😉

Isn’t an ISA considered a bank account?

Anonymous participant I would imagine that it won’t be a major issue to reapply. You already have the paperwork the only additional would be letter explaining nationality change and old/new passports and acceptance of NEW nationality. If it got refused I’d be very surprised.

@Sai ***********

incorrect, DTV doesn’t need a reentry stamp, it’s essentially a glorified tourist visa with multiple entry.

As for applying for an EU visa, it’s something you will only find out by applying but they are notoriously difficult to get. So expect to be refused as you will have difficulty proving you will return home which is the biggest chance of refusal as you aren’t actually living in your home country.

You would need to go through the Swiss website and see what requirements are needed to be successful.

Anonymous participant so your Thai account is NO problem, that will work as long as the money meets the time requirement for being in there.

As for the clients, it’s best to get something official on headed paper preferably from verifiable email addresses from the company name as this can all show you have the contracts. You can merge all seperate docs into a single PDF to include as much as possible in this, but definitely contracts from as many people you work for as possible. Online examples of work as well is my advice. It’s best to send too much than not enough, and also add covering letter explaining your set up, and how you invoice etc.

I hope you succeed, but there isn’t much more you can do.

It’s unlikely. You need an official bank account with the funds, don’t not have an account in Thailand as that would be ok, and if they ask for proof of contracts and invoicing you will not be able to provide so they will likely reject.

@Ray ****

doesn’t specify soft power but imagine it will be required the same as proof employment.

For the employment side of things as you should have a contract of employment that would be the same paper. But again that is open to interpretation. Haha

@Greg *******

my point from the start, is that the visa would always need to meet the criteria in which it was granted. And if you no longer meet that criteria then you would probably only get a 60 day exemption as a stamp, and at that point you essentially have a problem as you would need to show more papers next time you enter.

It’s going to be something that will cause some people issues. Especially as people are signing year long leases etc.

@Greg *******

yeah it’s like, immigration charge 1900 when people bounce, why pay more to bounce? there will of course be suspicion from immigration, and they have every right to question a “visitor” to there country, it’s there job after all.

And if you are on a soft power and they ask for the course you are currently on and it has finished then the visa itself while still valid can be refused.

There are many people that simply don’t understand how stuff works here. Including the simple PRINT the visa. Haha