Change 30 Day Entry To Non Immigrant Visa

[steveb]

Is it possible to come into Thaialnd on a 30 day entry and then get a job and apply for a non immigrant without going out of the country?

[The Dude]

No but you can do that if you have a 60 day tourist visa.

[Whitey]

No but you can do that if you have a 60 day tourist visa.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wrong, or at least I am in the process of seeing that you are wrong. The Immigration Office has a nice form for changing visa types. Saw it myself. My wife's school owner is a Police Major General, commander of General Staff or something like that in Bangkok. He sent my wife down a form and says that immigration in Bangkok will handle it this week for her. I am a naysayer, but never hurts to try. The owner's friends at Immigration are telling him that they will do it for him and we all know that EVERYTHING is possible here.

[george]

Is it possible to come into Thaialnd on a 30 day entry and then get a job and apply for a non immigrant without going out of the country?

Not possible to convert a 30 days stamp to a NON-Immigrant visa. Entry on a 60 days tourist visa can be converted without problems, if your paperwork is ok.

[lopburi3]

No but you can do that if you have a 60 day tourist visa.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wrong, or at least I am in the process of seeing that you are wrong. The Immigration Office has a nice form for changing visa types. Saw it myself. My wife's school owner is a Police Major General, commander of General Staff or something like that in Bangkok. He sent my wife down a form and says that immigration in Bangkok will handle it this week for her. I am a naysayer, but never hurts to try. The owner's friends at Immigration are telling him that they will do it for him and we all know that EVERYTHING is possible here.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

But that does not make The Dude wrong. The form is a TM86 and is for change of visa. You do not have a visa on a 30 day entry without visa so there is nothing that can be changed.

As you say - it may happen because you are a great guy - but not because he is wrong. Immigration has the authority to issue visa but it is not a normal occurrence AFAIK.