cookieboy

YES

Thanks for the clarification ubonjoe

Thanks very much ubonjoe for your prompt reply.

I will probably go earlier as I plan to go over with a friend who needs to renew his extension earlier.

Does that mean I can leave the country at any time before my current extension expires and the 30 days before does not apply. When I apply for the new non o visa  I will get a new 90 day extension that I can extend for 90 days by doing border runs over the next 12 months.

I have an extension of vise based on being married to Thai Wife, it was issued in Phetchabun and I do not have to do border runs. It expires on the 26th November. I want to extend my stay based on multi O at Savannaket  (5000 baht) and understand that I will have to do 90 day border runs. Can I leave the country and do the renewal 30 days before my current extension expires.

Thanks in advance.

steve187. I have to make an appointment with the I/O next week

Thanks for all the good advice. I will try to sort it out myself. The office in question is Phetchabun

Hi I'm a new subscriber so I apologize for any errors.

I have held an  Extension  of stay based on retirement for 9 years. My current one was obtained on 8th Dec 2016 and valid until the 6th January 2018.

my passport (British) expired on the 25 July 2017 so I applied for a new passport which I received valid from the 24th May 2017. I visited the immigration office on June 7th and had the visa, valid until 6th January 2018,  and other information transferred from my old passport to my new one. 

I have already done two  90 day reports using my new passport.

On 23rd August 2017 I received a telephone call from the immigration office saying I had a problem. The IO visited my house and said that because my old passport expired on 25th July 2017 then my visa finished at the same time. This meaning I am currently on overstay to the tune of 14,500 baht.

I would appreciate it if somebody could confirm that this is the rules and that although I have a current visa  stamp in my new passport it is not correct.

Thanking you for any valid information.