Non O tourist visa to B visa

[DipStick]

Please bear with me on this as I am no where near up to date with the latest Visa requirements.

Background, my Stepdaughter, who is a Chinese subject, graduated from Bristol Uni in the U.K., doing very well with  a Law degree with hounours,after graduating she returned to her birth city Kunming.

She has been in contact with a large foreign University in Thailand and after getting a tourist visa valid for 30 days, she flew to Thailand for interviews. Now her visa expires on the 17th October. 

Question 1  If she is offered a position in Thailand, can she transfer her Non O visa to a Non B or will she be required to leave and apply in china

 

Question 2. If she does have to return to china, it may take the Thai Uni some time to arrange the paperwork for her to apply in China, with this in mind, can she apply to extend her present Non O locally in BKK ?

i hasten to add, for reasons unknown to me, she actually travelled from China to BKK on a single ticket, meaning she cannot produce a return ticket !  ,

[ubonjoe]

Not sure what she has. A tourist visa visa applied for at a embassy or consulate allows a 60 day entry.

Was she using a Chinese passport when she entered Thailand.

1. You wrote she entered on a tourist visa. A non-o visa could not be extended. The 60 day entry from a tourist visa can be extended for 30 days.

2. It is possible to change at tourist visa entry to a 90 day non immigrant visa (category  at immigration. She would need at least 15 days remaining on her entry. Requirements are here. https://www.immigration.go.th/content/service_73

A ticket out of the country would not be needed to apply for a 30 day extension or the visa application.

 

 

[DipStick]

Many thanks UJ