Ravi98008

Thanks 🙏. I understand that a passport should have at least 6 months left. My plan is to get my retirement Visa extension stamp on posted on my old passport and apply for renewal six months before passport expiration date, which is around September 2024. .

True passports are not free. But good for 10 years. However I don't want to wait till I get close to the expiration date. I prefer to start my passport renewal process at least 6 months before expiration date. Then my new passport is good for 9.5 Years.

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You pay the agent twice. However in my case I have been doing it myself since 2019. Just 1900 immigration office fee, plus photo copies. Besides I am only loosing a little over 40 days by not getting the entire one year retirement Visa extension stamp.

I wish I got more responses such as yours. A senior member responded saying that I could get a new visa extension stamp on my old passport expiring the same date as the passport. However he says that when I get a renewed USA passport I have to start the entire retirement Visa extension process from scratch. He didn't mention anything about transferring the valid visa from the old passport to the new one. More than 75% of members suggest renewal of the passport vs getting a retirement Visa extension stamp expiring the same date as the passport itself.

True. The Bangkok Thailand USA embassy office says 4 to 8 weeks. If I take into consideration the worse case scenario I could loose everything ( ability to renew retirement Visa extension every year) and stuck in Chiang Mai on an expired visa. If I don't get a renewed USA passport back from the Bangkok Thailand USA embassy office in time to get a new retirement Visa extension stamp in April 16 2024. However if I have the previlege of getting a less than a year retirement Visa extension stamp on my passport, I would say that it is a far better option. Because the only worse case scenario I won't have to face would be living in Chiang Mai without a valid passport but a valid visa . Once I mail the passport my clock starts counting down 110 days, before I can get a new visa extension stamp. But when I mail my passport after I get that retirement Visa extension stamp posted on it good through March 6 2025, I have 300 plus days to count down. A better option. Subject to the fact that a one year validity on the passport is not mandatory to get a one year retirement Visa extension stamp. Thanks 🙏

Thank you very much for your reply. I have a little over 11 months left on my passport expiration date. Based on your response I will get those 11 months retirement Visa extension stamp on my current passport and work on getting the renewal process of my USA passport after I get that retirement Visa extension stamp posted in 2024.

Very much appreciate your link . Some very senior members confirm your response. Also besides you I also got similar responses from senior members myself here on my own question. So I think that I will settle for a new retirement Visa extension stamp good through March 2025. My current retirement Visa extension stamp expires in April 16 2024. I loose less than a month. USA passport expires on March 6 th 2025. When I get that retirement Visa extension stamp on my passport good through March 6 th 2025, I will have several months time left to stay in Chiang Mai legally and at the same time have a passport renewal processed from the Bangkok Thailand USA embassy office. With only a little over three months left on my Thai retirement Visa extension stamp April 16 th 2024, I don't want to take any chances with the Bangkok Thailand USA embassy office. They could hold off on the renewal process on some technicality such as the photo paper used to print the passport photos. Besides I need to worry about the passport being delivered late, not lost because of the advanced tracking features now in place.

Appreciate your reply. I would rather take the visa extension stamp expiring the same date as my passport march 6 th 2025. Because I will have plenty of time in 2024 to get a renewed USA passport while I have a valid visa from immigration office through 2025. What would I do if I don't get a renewed USA passport back from Bangkok Thailand USA embassy before March 2024.

What do I do now. NONG CHOK says do a renewal immediately. Georgealbert says, that I get an extension stamp good through the USA passport expiration date March 2025. Do I need to wait for more replies to my post

I am sorry I might have posted wrong years. Current retirement Visa extension stamp expires April 2024. USA passport expires march 6 2025. May I please ask you if I can get another retirement Visa extension stamp from April 16 2024 through March 6th 2025. Because my passport USA expires on march 6 th 2025

I don't know how to thank you. Because it takes 4 to 8 weeks to get a renewal processed. You are right about immediately. In USA they are very picky about the photo paper used to print the photos. There is a photo copy office behind Chiang Mai immigration office, can I get my USA passport photos 2×2 inch size printed by them. Last question, I read on this forum posts from last year that the immigration office will match the validity of the retirement Visa extension with the expiration date on the passport. Thanks 🙏

My passport (USA) expires in march 2024. Right now I have a retirement Visa extension stamp expires on April 16 2024. When I try to apply for an extension of retirement Visa for one year in April 2024 I will have an issue with my passport because it expires in march 2024. However a one year retirement Visa extension from April 2024 is through April 2025. My question is should I apply for a new passport from the Bangkok Thailand USA embassy now in January 2024 so that I will get a new USA passport good for another 10 years. Thank you very much 🙏

This is not a response to any comments made here but a follow up observation I noticed today. I forgot to mention that I am referring to only Chiang Mai immigration office because that is the place I only go to. Don't have any information about the other immigration offices. Here it is. Yesterday when I checked the app website my overstay status was normal and an expiration date of April 16th 2022. Today I was there and got the extension. A few hours later I checked the app and the overstay status was normal with an expiration date of April 16th 2023. Very efficient immigration office. Also their reservation system to set an appointment time works plus a breeze to make one. Now we have two ways of 90 day reporting methods. Remember the app method never updated the extension and kept saying overstay. Not anymore. I am providing screenshots of both the reporting methods. Thank you very much for allowing me to share my observations.

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