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Are you sure?

Because it is a one year visa (365 days)

I entered the first time on 17th August 2014. Doesn't it mean that the visa expires on 17th August 2015?

I really don't want to pay overstay fee!!!

How did you manage to get an ED visa with a one year expiry date??? ED visa's expire 3 months after the date you apply for it.

It is possible in some countries to secure, with the correct documentation, a one year multiple entry ED visa.

Such a visa is not available within he region s far as I am aware.

The WP is job/employer specific. Either you or your employer should cancel the current WP.

A new employer must apply for a new WP

Single re-entry permit costs 1000 Bht and can be obtained from an immigration office or either of the two Bangkok airports,

You have permission to stay until 12 OCt 2015. It is entirely possible that, with the correct paperwork , supplied by the university, that the immigration service would extend that permission to stay until you graduate.

If you wish to leave the country for a few days prior to 12 Oct you must obtain a re-entry permit from immigration. The re-entry permit will allow you to re-enter Thailand with your permission to stay date intact .

1. Visas are never extended . You could , with paperwork supplied by the school, apply for a new ED visa but a multiple entry ED visa is not available within the region.

2.A 30 day visa exempt entry should not be a problem.

You could acquire a single or double entry tourist visa whilst in Laos.

Can I change from a 30 day holiday entry permit from Aus to a Non O visa then onto a retirement extension ?

I am telling you can't be done you have to go back home to Australia and do the retirement extension I tried last year and had to go back home to Australia and do it and it is not that hard to do in Australia cheers all the best

Wrong

Extensions of stay can only be obtained by those who qualify and only in Thailand !

Ubonjoe has detailed how the required Non O visa conversion can be made.

Are you talking about a "visa exempt entry" ?

Visas cannot be obtained at the border. A single entry Tourist Visa can be obtained from the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh.

Arriving at the border without a VISA will result , if you qualify , in a 15 or 30 day visa exempt entry being granted, depending on your country of origin.

Are you sure?

Because it is a one year visa (365 days)

I entered the first time on 17th August 2014. Doesn't it mean that the visa expires on 17th August 2015?

I really don't want to pay overstay fee!!!

If you care to look the visa expires on 03.08.02015 !

Staying beyond 12 Oct 2015 (The permission to stay date) will incur an overstay fine of 500 Bht/day

On or before 12 Oct 2015

You should ask the Mods to remove personal detail from your post.

The passport is now probably invalid.

Seek the advice of your Embassy.

You can get the 60 day extension for every entry you get on arrival to the country.

So if my next visa it a tourist entry double entry, I could essentially use my 60 days, then get the 60 day family visit extension, then boarder run and another 60 days followed by 60 day family visit extension. So 240 days from the double entry tourist visa?

The Visa has an expiry date !

This is from Siam Legal's page: (http://www.siam-legal.com/thailand-visa/Thailand-Marriage-Visa.php)

• Bank Account

  The marriage visa is valid for a year and can be renewed by presenting the same requirements during the initial application. Please note that the required amount of funds in your bank account must be at least 3 months old before your can renew your visa.

And from an old thread I pulled the attached PDF about extending. Hopefully this is all just old info and 2 months works!

Commercial web sites should never be relied upon to provide accurate information. Most of these sites are awash with bad advice and misinformation. The link provided is a good example.

Edit !

There is no one year "marriage visa" which can be obtained in Thailand

So traveling with both passports is all one needs going out of Thailand, is it the same coming back in? I will be getting a new passport in Canada so my 1year visa will be (by the time I return to Thailand) in my expired passport. Will I be fine just showing both upon entry?

IF you have a valid VISA in an expired/cancelled passport then using both passports will be required to secure entry to the country.

What I meant was since OP had extended from initial 30days visa exempt(Air)->extended at Imm->Land cross->Extend at imm, Can he still do land cross ?

Back to Back visa exempt entries are actively discouraged. Attempting to secure a third such entry at a land border might be unwise.

I am American. Does that qualify for a 30 day land crossing? I can't tell if that' still valid or not.

If you are American carrying a valid American passport then a 30 day visa exempt entry will be possible.

If you really are considering a two week overstay remember the fine will amount to 7000 Bht. (500Bht/day)

What is your Nationality ?

If you carry a passport issued by a G7 country then a thirty day visa exempt entry will be provided at a land border.

If you have a visa there is no need to transfer anything. You can just show both passports on departure from the country when you leave to get a new one. Visas are not transferred.

Only extensions of stay are transferred.. If you are on an extension you could do the stamp transfer and your extension during the same trip to immigration,

So are you saying even though the old passport corner is cut i can juts go to border and they will stamp out in the new passport if i showe them EOS?

Try reading what ubonjoe actually wrote !

Condo ownership is not dependent on having a visa or work permit neither does condo ownership qualify for any type of visa unless you can prove a 10 million Bht investment .

What you choose to do is a personal decision.

You can apply for the thirty day extension to a visa exempt entry up to two weeks prior to the expiry date. Nothing is lost by doing this.

I doubt the Patong immigration office will be able to assist with the "error" . A visit to Phuket town may be needed.

Vientiane, Laos would be the closest .

James, the choice of visa depends a lot on how long you plan to stay in Thailand, but from your post I understand that you have already decided on the Tourist visa. Therefore, why the question "Which visa?"

Thai tourist visas cannot be obtained in Haiti !

I believe you intend arriving in Thailand without a visa which means you will be given a 30 day visa exempt entry which can be extended at an immigration office for 1900b Bht.

Once in Thailand your best option would be be to obtain a one year multiple entry visa based on marriage from Savannakhet, Laos, for which no financial proof is needed.

Once you have resolved the financial situation an application for a one year extension of stay can be made toward the end of any 90 day entry which the visa will permit.

The TE provides an option for those who need/can afford the visa

No need for endless debate which goes around a never ending circle .