LadyBugnal

Thanks for all your responses, I have shared all this info with him and he has decided to call the issuing consulate in his home country...this is a relatively new visa that only a low percentage has used and I don't think they have all the kinks ironed out yet...Will do a reply once there are more developments...appreciate this group immensely...

What he is trying to protect himself from is being denied entry on return, and to successful disengage from the 5 year(4 years left) need to keep the heavy financial obligations of the visa and insurance requirements. If he reenters without the insurance, first I think the airlines wont let him fly in and if they would,will immigration just deny entry or let him come in visa exempt?Like most of us are changing to an non immigrant o from the oa.... insurance premiums have skyrocketed...

Thanks for replying so quickly @ubonjoe. Wouldn't the Immigration officer at the airport link his new passport to his old and see that he is on the NON OX in their computer? What if he went to his 1 year review and showed that he didn't have enough funds to qualify for it? Would that be a way? Then they would deny him based on that, like the sames as an O or OA if insufficient funds, then he leaves and comes back at another time? Visa exempt or with new tourist visa? Would that be a solution to dissolve the OX... He is afraid to leave and then be denied entry due not meeting the extensive requirements?

Asking for a friend(really) He went to immigration to cancel his Non ox visa and immigration told him he could not... He will be completing his first year but he does not want to continue with this visa, what should he do? He can't just leave the country and come back in as it is for 4 more years... He plans to come back at some point but unsure when and doesn't want to leave his money in a Thai bank until then. Can not find anything online about the procedure Please advise