Please help. I have a non-B visa but will expire on August 5th. My company will renew it but some documents will be finished a few weeks or a month after, so the renewal before August 5th is impossible. My wife has a Non-O visa as my dependent. My question is, can we extend our visa for 30 days just like a tourist visa? Appreciate your help. Thanks.

No, you cannot get a 30 day extension. At most you would get 7 days.

Simple answer is no - maximum is 7 days, or you/your company must succesfully file for a one year extension of permission to stay.

Same applies to your wife.

You do not mention if you already have a Work Permit, or what work you do, both of these items are germaine to your case.

If you can successfully extend on the basis of working in the Kingdom of Thailand then your wife can get an extension as your dependant.

Simple answer is no - maximum is 7 days, or you/your company must succesfully file for a one year extension of permission to stay.

Same applies to your wife.

You do not mention if you already have a Work Permit, or what work you do, both of these items are germaine to your case.

If you can successfully extend on the basis of working in the Kingdom of Thailand then your wife can get an extension as your dependant.

Thanks everyone of the reply. I am working in an office and I have a work permit which was already renewed for another one year (May 2014). My work permit and Non-B visa have different expiry dates. My non-B visa was actually valid for 1 year and 3 months. I don't know how the agent did that. But now, the agent cannot process because the accounting firm of our compay did not finish the financial statements, so we do not have some tax documents (corporate income tax, etc..etc..). These are needed to process the non-B visa renewal (another one year). Should I and my wife just go out and get a double entry tourist visa? Does a tourist visa affect my work permit?

You cannot have a Work Permit with a Tourist Visa.

You need a Non Imm B Visa

You can not work on a tourist visa or visa exempt entry. Can you get enough documents to obtain a single entry non immigrant B visa from a Consulate perhaps and then do your extension when full paperwork for immigration is received? Wife should be fine on a tourist visa until you have a new extension and she can obtain a non immigrant O visa/extension.

I want to clarify. My work permit and Non-B visa were processed on May 2012 (last year). Their validity dates at the time they were processed are:

1. Work permit - May 2013

2. Non-B visa - August 2013

Last May 2013, our agent renewed my work permit, so it is now valid until May 2014 (one year). The agent is supposed to process the renewal of my Non-B visa next month, but because there are documents lacking (audited financial statements, corporate incomet tax payment, income tax return, etc..etc..), the agent cannot proceed with the process. My non-B visa is valid only until August 5th but the documents lacking will be complied probably after one month. I was hoping I could get a 30-day extension from the Immigration Office here in Bangkok, but it seems I cannot. What's my best option then?

Get a new non-B visa from a neighboring country, or Australia. That way you would still be allowed to work.

Catch is that most consulates in the region will want to see some company papers. I would have the company email them first and see if there is a consulate that might be willing to help out.

The misses would need a non-o visa.

Have you read my post? You need to obtain a new non immigrant B visa to allow you to continue working and during the last 30 days of that 90 day entry you can again extend at immigration with the proper paperwork.

Thank you for your valuable inputs.

@Mario2008 and lopburi3, Is it not that the documents needed to obtain a new non-immigrant B visa and to renew the existing non-immigrant B visa the same? I mean both proces would require 2012 financial statements, corporate income tax, etc..., right?

Not all documents are always required at a Consulate so if you have a reason for not having something they may issue - it is a "such as" rather than "must have" list of cooperate documents from MFA so there is some room for exceptions.

Getting a new Non Immigrant Category 'B' Visa at a Thai Consular facility requires paperwork along the lines listed in the link below:

http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/123/15388-Non-Immigrant-Visa-%22B%22-(for-Business-and.html

Getting an Extension of Permission to Stay based on Employment in the Kingdom of Thailand at your local immigration dept requires paperwork as listed in the attached document below.

Visa extension on the basis of employment 777 2551 Case 2.1t.pdf

A new Non Immigrant Category 'B' visa outside of Thailand is often easier to get as the paperwork is less intensive, but it will almost always be a single entry 90 day type and works out is more expensive and even if you can get the 1 Year Multiple Entry at KL, it still involves Border Runs every 90 days or less.

Extending within Thailand (this is not a 'renewal') is more exacting, but less expensive and alows you to stay for up to 1 Year with the proviso of 90 day reporting.

Edited July 24, 201312 yr by digitalchromakey

I want to clarify. My work permit and Non-B visa were processed on May 2012 (last year). Their validity dates at the time they were processed are:

1. Work permit - May 2013

2. Non-B visa - August 2013

Last May 2013, our agent renewed my work permit, so it is now valid until May 2014 (one year). The agent is supposed to process the renewal of my Non-B visa next month, but because there are documents lacking (audited financial statements, corporate incomet tax payment, income tax return, etc..etc..), the agent cannot proceed with the process. My non-B visa is valid only until August 5th but the documents lacking will be complied probably after one month. I was hoping I could get a 30-day extension from the Immigration Office here in Bangkok, but it seems I cannot. What's my best option then?

You do not have a B visa you have an extension of stay from immigration based upon working. Your visa expired about a year ago.

Your wife has an extension of stay as your dependent not a visa.

As suggest you should leave the country to get a single entry non-b visa and then extend that 90 day entry as you did before.

Your wife can get a new single entry non-o based upon you getting the B visa.

Edited July 25, 201312 yr by ubonjoe

Getting a new Non Immigrant Category 'B' Visa at a Thai Consular facility requires paperwork along the lines listed in the link below:

http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/123/15388-Non-Immigrant-Visa-%22B%22-(for-Business-and.html

Getting an Extension of Permission to Stay based on Employment in the Kingdom of Thailand at your local immigration dept requires paperwork as listed in the attached document below.

A new Non Immigrant Category 'B' visa outside of Thailand is often easier to get as the paperwork is less intensive, but it will almost always be a single entry 90 day type and works out is more expensive and even if you can get the 1 Year Multiple Entry at KL, it still involves Border Runs every 90 days or less.

Extending within Thailand (this is not a 'renewal') is more exacting, but less expensive and alows you to stay for up to 1 Year with the proviso of 90 day reporting.

Just realised I made a typo; the only place in SE Asia where there is currently a possibilty of a One Year Multiple Entry Non Immigrant Category 'B' Visa is Penang, not KL.

i have similar hassle...I have a 90 day Non B.... expires in just over 1 week, but agent has just informed me that he needs my tax code !!!... I'd never heard of this scenario and I guess it means hounding my previous agent (who is notoriously tardy with such matters)...so I can get it extended for 7 days to give me more time?

i have similar hassle...I have a 90 day Non B.... expires in just over 1 week, but agent has just informed me that he needs my tax code !!!... I'd never heard of this scenario and I guess it means hounding my previous agent (who is notoriously tardy with such matters)...so I can get it extended for 7 days to give me more time?

Yes, the 7 days is effectively what you get when rejected for any other kind of extension.

However, not sure how a tax code alone is going to help with extensions as you need a deal more tax paperwork than that.

i have similar hassle...I have a 90 day Non B.... expires in just over 1 week, but agent has just informed me that he needs my tax code !!!... I'd never heard of this scenario and I guess it means hounding my previous agent (who is notoriously tardy with such matters)...so I can get it extended for 7 days to give me more time?

Yes, the 7 days is effectively what you get when rejected for any other kind of extension.

However, not sure how a tax code alone is going to help with extensions as you need a deal more tax paperwork than that.

yikes!!...really?......... I'm just a teacher working through an agency, I didn't get any paperwork whatsoever from previous agency!!

i have similar hassle...I have a 90 day Non B.... expires in just over 1 week, but agent has just informed me that he needs my tax code !!!... I'd never heard of this scenario and I guess it means hounding my previous agent (who is notoriously tardy with such matters)...so I can get it extended for 7 days to give me more time?

Yes, the 7 days is effectively what you get when rejected for any other kind of extension.

However, not sure how a tax code alone is going to help with extensions as you need a deal more tax paperwork than that.

yikes!!...really?......... I'm just a teacher working through an agency, I didn't get any paperwork whatsoever from previous agency!!

Ah, extension criteriae for teachers are completely different from regular employees, tax/financial proof burden in this case is much less exacting.

i have similar hassle...I have a 90 day Non B.... expires in just over 1 week, but agent has just informed me that he needs my tax code !!!... I'd never heard of this scenario and I guess it means hounding my previous agent (who is notoriously tardy with such matters)...so I can get it extended for 7 days to give me more time?

Yes, the 7 days is effectively what you get when rejected for any other kind of extension.

However, not sure how a tax code alone is going to help with extensions as you need a deal more tax paperwork than that.

yikes!!...really?......... I'm just a teacher working through an agency, I didn't get any paperwork whatsoever from previous agency!!

Ah, extension criteriae for teachers are completely different from regular employees, tax/financial proof burden in this case is much less exacting.

Thanks for prompt response, ... you had me worried there for a moment.