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Thai teacher I know their starting salary is about 16 000 in a provincial town.  Annual increase of at least 1000. In their forties, they will have 40 000 plus possible promotions. 

Happened to me last October. Just saw the wrong stamp a day before I went to immigration for visa extension.

I didn't say anything to the officer and he didn't notice the wrong stamp, so it seems the date was correct in the system.

There are two locations in my work permit right now. Bangkok cos I'm registered there  - and the name and location of my school as the second location. No problem for over a year. Now the say it's not possible anymore. School's location only.

I'm with an agency from Bangkok which sent me to a school in another province.  My work permit and visa is from Bangkok, my paperwork prepared by the agency.

Now the agency says there's a new rule from the labour office that allows a second location in the work permit for 3 months only, after that you would have to apply again.

Means my visa and work permit need to be registered in my province. My school said there's no new rule and wants me to stay with the agency. No one in my school has experience with the paperwork involved.

Anyone heard of this new rule?

 The situation: Non B (for teacher) expires end of March, work permit expires in August (due to teacher license renewal).

Now the new NON B  - to be issued end of March - will expire in August when the work permit expires according to school. New visa required again.

Then the new NON B from August would expire again end of March 2018 with the end of the contract.

My questions: The new work permit will be renewed for one year or expires with end of visa Mach 2018?

If it's renewed for one year then that game will go on forever, two visas per year.

What to do?

When I arrived they were calling the numbers 20 up. I had 225. After watching the process for a while, I went outside to have breakfast and returned after one hour and still had to wait for more than one hour.

Avoid Bangkok Bank in Hanoi to change Thai Baht into Dong.

Bangkok Bank in Hanoi offered me for 10 000 Baht an exchange rate of 0.56.

Exchange shops in the old quarter 0.62.

Among others I needed in N.S :updated bank passbook ( it had to be updated on the day I applied for the extension), a bank confirmation letter, recent pictures and map to the house.

That is how it is done now. If you don't have a year left on your passport when you appy your extension will only be valid up to the date your passport expires and you have to apply for the extension again when the shortened extension ends.

I surely can apply for a new extension at my immigration?

I'm just wondering why there's stamped in my passport, under the granted shortened extension:

Holder must leave the kingdom within the date specified herein, offenders will be prosecuted.

My passport expires in September, the visa expired in April. I got in March my under consideration stamp for new NON O extension. Meanwhile I got my new passport. When I got back to immigration, the old visas were transferred, but the new extension expires in October 2014, not April 2015.

They said as I started that process with the old passport, the visa is related to the old one and therefore only valid till October and I have to start all over again and come back there in August.

Thanks for all the answers.

I would like to apply for a muliple entry non O.

So if I go to Bangkok, I need my wife and child to go with me and to show 400k in a Thai bank account and it would have to be there for 60 days? Or just later?

I just transferred money to Thailand and it would - when I apply- be there for just one month.

Or better go to Savannakhet? No financials to show and no Thai wife needs to accompany me.

I'm married with one child in Thailand and want to apply for a Non O marriage visa. I'm now here on a tourist visa.

Now I read that to show proof of 400,000 Baht in a bank account is not an option anymore as the rule was changed.

You have to show a combined income of at least 40,000 Baht.

Can someone confirm this? Without monthly income no Non O?