Switching from Thai Elite (Privilege Entry) visa to DTV...

[Fiskebolle]

Hello Folks,


Posting for my neighbor, who's son got a Thai Elite (Privilege Entry Visa) and wanted to switch to DTV visa (based on remote employment from foreign company). 

What we were discussing and I couldn't advise him further on was the following question;

 

1. Is it possible to APPLY & MAKE THE SWITCH, while the Thailand Elite (Privilege Entry) is still valid on current passport? If so, it would mean there will be 2 ACTIVE visas in the same passport. How does that work? Does he has to instruct the immigration official upon arrival in the airport to issue an entry stamp based on DTV instead or will this cause confusion and may he risk losing his ThaiElite Status altogether?

 

2. When he decides to end his remote employment with foreign company, would it be possible to switch back to ThaiElite Visa (Privilege Entry) in same passport?

3. I assume some people may have experience on switching to other types of visas from ThaiElite (e.g. Non-Immigrant B for employment). I assume the process will not be very diifferent to that of switching to DTV. If anyone has experience (or valuable opinion on this), please do share here as well.

4. Last but not least... Are there any official immigration channels where visa holders can talk to the immigration official and present their case and ask for information? As we all know Immigration offices (CW, etc) only accept appointments for certain type of services, but nothing mentioned on the website for helpdesk, in case you have specific questions... Can anyone suggest who to contact and where?

 

Again many thanks Folks!

 

Cheers,

 

FB

 

 

[MART]

2. I'm not 100% sure, but I think your friend would have to have their first visa cancelled before being able to apply for the DTV.

 

4. Just talk to a visa agent.

 

 

[JB300]

#1 No it is not possible to have 2 “Active” visas at the same time - to get a DTV he would somehow need to lose his TE Visa (easier said than done, though you can do it if you’re moving to a Non-IMM B visa).

 

But my question would be why would he want to do that? The Elite visa is a far superior visa to the DTV & if his work is truly remote work, then he’s not breaking any Thai employment laws.