I'm a US citizen working in Bangkok and have just hired a Burmese maid. Her student visa expires soon and we need to get her a 1-year non-immigrant O-visa. I was told she has to go back to Burma to get the O visa, but can she get her 1-year visa there at the same time? If not, does she then need to come back to Thailand then go to another country to get the 1-year visa? I tried to follow some of the other posts about it, but this is all so insanely confusing.

Also, does she need to pay 150 each time?

Thanks for you help!

One of the last thing Thaksin did was come to some sort of agreement with Myanmar/Burma. The Burmese workers are now supposed to have a special type of passport, also make sure she is registered to work for you. I'm not sure how it works for a farang in this respect. However for the Thais having an immigrant worker without the paperwork is something like a 50,000 Baht fine if caught I believe.