thanaka

I am well aware, I was just responding to the guy who asked me to clarify on my current visa status. Obviously I would not work with that Thai company anymore on DTV

That is a good point, thank you. I'm not sure if I am missunderstaing your post but I do not intend on re-entering with exemption. I plan on re-entering with DTV. I am on a non-immigrant visa category B and I currently work for a Thai company yes. I have a separate Re-entry stamp that I applied separately for. It is my first year working with this company, so I'm not sure if it is an extension. The main thing I want to make sure is that I have a valid visa when re-entering. If it's not possible to change this visa on re-entry I guess it's probably safest to leave for a few days, apply for DTV, come back on my non-b visa, if I get DTV approval cancel everything correctly inside Thailand, leave and then re-enter on DTV.

Since I can basically stay in Thailand for 5 years on the DTV visa with the annual bounce I don't really see the benefit anymore for me to stay on a business visa apart from it being a path to citizenship. Does anyone know the correct procedure to convert from Business to DTV visa for people who are inside Thailand? Can I technically just use a bordering country to apply through the e-visa system? Then if I get the DTV approval, I just fly out and back in, then tell them to use the DTV visa and not the multiple entry business visa to stamp me back in? Would that nullify the business visa and the DTV would start at that point?