Single Entry Visa "upgrade"?

[cosmo1013]

Hello,

I've been in Thailand for almost two months on a single entry 60-day tourist visa. I have now decided that I'd like to stay in THailand for another 4 months to volunteer. I know that I can extend my visa for another 30 days without problem and I realize that I should have gotten a double entry visa before I left Canada, but is there any way that I can "upgrade" my single entry visa to a double entry visa?

Thanks,

Lauralee

[Krub]

Hello,

I've been in Thailand for almost two months on a single entry 60-day tourist visa. I have now decided that I'd like to stay in THailand for another 4 months to volunteer. I know that I can extend my visa for another 30 days without problem and I realize that I should have gotten a double entry visa before I left Canada, but is there any way that I can "upgrade" my single entry visa to a double entry visa?

Thanks,

Lauralee

I think volonteer work requires a work permit and that is only given on a non-im O or B visa/extension

You cannot upgrade a visa in Thailand but you can get another single entry tourist visa in a Consulate/Embassy outside Thailand

You could also do 3 times a visa run to stay an extra 90 days after your extension has expired making it a total of 180 days stay.

[cosmo1013]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll get my current visa extended here in Chiang Mai then go to Laos or Burma in a month to get another tourist visa which I'll have extended for one month. That will give me the time I need.

As for volunteering and work permits, I didn't realize I might need a work permit to volunteer. I'm not sure if the organisation will give me a work permit since they told me to try to get a tourist visa... I'll have to check it out.

Thanks so much for your help!

Lauralee