Riau

2 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

Yes, as often happens in stories about the experiences of friends, mixing extensions of stays and visa types creates stories that make little sense and, rather than passing on useful advice, just muddy the waters.

 

 

So was he here on a visa or extension of stay? Visas can't be extended.

Yes, he was on a 1-year visa extension. I know you don't even have to cancel

a visa.

He said that the IO wouldn't convert his TV into a 3-month Non-B with the

same passport because he didn't cancel a 1-year extension of his last Non-B

before he left Thailand.

Hello,

This is what did happen to one of my colleagues at

work.

He used to work for a company on a Non-B and

WP. When he quit his job, he got his WP cancelled

but didn't cancel his Non-B, on which he stayed

in Thailand for several months before going back

home.

He got a TV before coming back to Thailand, and went

to the same Immigration Office where he had made a

1-year extension of his last Non-B to try to convert his

TV into a Non-B but in vain. What the IO told him was

they couldn't do that with his passport.

He ended up having to go back home to get a new passport

and came back to Thailand 3 weeks later. No wonder he took

a pay cut for the 3 weeks and had to pay for his return ticket

to fly back home on his own.