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This is, I believe, a site where those who know less about these issues pose questions to those who know more.

It's 'amusing' that some posters seem to have little better to do than point out to the people who know less that they know less.

I know I don't know; that's why I asked the question in the first place....

Thank you for all the useful advice, which has solved my problem.

First, to Nancy L, I'd say that many of us have other things to do in Thailand than master the visa terminology, which is why we are so grateful to the helpful and very informed people here.

Second, to Jingthing, without realising it, I did indeed pay 1000 baht for a single re entry visa when I got my retirement extension, and it was the basis on which the immigration official allowed me to come back in.

Thought the money was for the extension.

It had been put on a previous page to the retirement extension and was pointed out to me by an agent I went to see about my problem.

So I'm here completely legally, which is a huge relief.

Once again, thank you to everyone, especially Jingthing.

I had a Multi O, which I converted to a retirement visa in Phuket.

It runs out on 26/12/2012.

I did one 90 day report in Phuket around the end of February, and the slip for this was put in my passport.

I got a single entry visa because I did not plan to leave Thailand.

In retrospect the wrong decision, but if I knew then what I know now, I'd have done many things differently, though also many things the same.

In any case, I thought that if I did need one, I could go to Phuket Town and get a re entry stamp.

Unfortunately the nature and timing of the problem in Cambodia left me no time to do this.

I assumed that when I came back to Thailand, by land, I would get a single entry tourist visa for 15 days, and I would then have to sort out a new retirement visa somehow.

When the immigration guy stamped me in and took the 90 day slip, I thought that it was possible that I had misunderstood and that I got one exit and return on my retirement visa.

It seems however that is not the case, he made a mistake, I ought to have had a re entry stamp before I left?

And I am much better off dealing with it now, rather than waiting and incurring big penalties.

It does seem to me that I have some sort of case, in that it was the officer's mistake, but I guess it would be unwise to count on this meaning anything.

In the meantime, I'm asking around to see if there is any possibility of a retrospective re entry stamp.

Because otherwise it seems the likely course of events is to that I will need to get another Multi O and sort out a fresh retirement visa, a right pain in the a..se?

Thank you all for your kind help.

So there should be a re entry permit in my passport and without it, I've got a problem?

What are my chances of pleading ignorance? Or will they just take the money when I turn up for a 90 day?

Thank you.

When it's said that I need to show I'm eligible for a retirement visa, does that mean assembling the bank statements and letter from the Honorary Consul I had before?

I have a single entry retirement visa, valid until 26/12/2012 when originally issued.

Did my last 90 day report, got the slip they put in your passport.

A friend of mine had big trouble in Cambodia and I went there immediately.

Didn't have time to get a re entry visa from Phuket Immigration before I left.

My understanding was that leaving the country without one invalidates your retirement visa and you have to start all over again.

However, when I re entered Thailand at Klong Yai yesterday, expecting to only get 15 days, I received a stamp which says I have permission to stay until 26/12, and he took my 90 day report slip. So it looks like my retirement visa is still valid.

I think I have been very lucky, but I'm worried that he might have made a mistake which will come to light when I go through Immigration again.

How can I be sure?

Second, if it is all OK, does my next 90 day report have to be from the date of re entry, 27/03/2012?

Thank you.

Went to Phuket Town for my first 90 day report today; did not get anything copied as knew there were facilities there.

Arrived to find a power cut, so no photocopier available.

One of the staff went on his motorbike to get me the required copies, and refused payment.

So big thanks to him.

I've been told that 90 day reports at Patong are sometimes accepted but sometimes told to go to Phuket Town.

If this is true, I'll go direct to Phuket Town.

???

Thank you.

Thanks to everyone.

My understanding now is this.

I must apply for a further extension in the 30 days before Dec 26 2012, when my current extension expires.

That seems pretty clear.

I must report every 90 days until then, which means 5 reports, the final one to take me from sometime in October to

my next extension start date.

I'm assuming I don't leave the country for simplicity.

Yes?

I was recently granted a retirement extension to my Multi O.

The multi O was due to expire on Dec 26 2011, and the retirement extension is marked in my passport as expiring on Dec 26 2012.

However, my first 90 day leave to stay dates from 30 Nov 2011, when the extension was granted.

My final 90 day report is therefore going to expire sometime in October 2012.

Do I need to renew my retirement extension in the days before the final 90 days finishes, or in the days before the retirement extension

finishes, ie before Dec 26 2012?

Thank you.

I know it is possible to get a retirement extension from a Non Immigrant O, I have one.

Is it possible to do the same with a Non Immigrant B?

Is the process broadly the same?

The FAQ just states Non Immigrant, but I've been told it's not possible to with a B, just an O.

Thank you.

Thank you.

How long to does it take to get a retirement visa at Phuket Town?

Is there a best time to arrive there?

1 o'clock? or do they have reduced numbers at lunch time?

Thank you.

All sounds good.

I have a Uk account that has had deposits of more than enough over the last year, so will apply for the letter from the Honorary Consul here in Phuket.

I'm on the last extension of my Multi O, ie went to KL 3 days before it expired to get another 90 days.

My leave to stay finally runs out on Dec 26 2011.

Therefore I should apply for the retirement extension at the end of November 2011?

Thank you.

Thanks for the information.

I have run a search but the responses are confusing.

I am over 50, a UK citizen currently resident in Thailand.

I want to covert my Multi O to a retirement visa.

Does the income of 65000 baht a month have to come into a Thai bank account or is a UK bank account OK?

Also, I've been told that if I convert here, I don't need the letter from the police and a doctor.

???

Thank you.

Thank you.

Very informative.

I've got to leave the country to get my ED visa, and am thinking of going to Vientiane.

How long is the Thai Embassy there likely to take to issue the visa?

Are there agents to help with the process?

I've been to Vientiane before on a visa run, but that was just an overnight stay.

Thank you.

Any recommendations for a hotel with swimming pool in K L, convenient for the Thai Embassy?

Have to go to get my Ed visa.

Thank you.

Hilton Arcadia has hot and cold showers, steam room, sauna, air conditioned, good quality gym.

Non hotel guests can pay to use it.

The British Embassy in Bangkok, require atleast 4 months bank statements or similar for proof of income, the statements can be printed from an online account.

They average the amount shown as "IN" for that period and then pro rata that for the average annual/monthly income to issue the letter that states " has demonstrated an income of.....XXXX "

Very useful, thank you.

Do the payments in to the Thai bank account have to come from a source identified as a pension ie Aviva or similar?

Or do they just take the total of all payments into the Thai account from whatever source?

Looked around but could not see answer to this.

I'm a UK citizen over 50. thinking about getting a retirement visa. Currently I'm on a Non Imm O.

I believe the 800,000 baht has to in your Thai bank account for 3 months.

How many months of 65,000 baht a month coming in to your Thai bank account are required?

Thank you.

Is there enough time to get from the 17.10 Phuket to KL ,arriving 19.35, to the 20.40 KL Phuket flight?

Thank you.

There are couple of hotels at the far end of the bar soi in Karon, near the Centara and opposite the Irish pub.

Is one of them the Welcome Inn? and what is the name of the other?

If not, what are their names?

Thank you for your help

Thank you.

How much, roughly, is an entry level used Thai spec and keyboard laptop, running Windows XP, say?

512 or 1gb of ram, processor and HDD size not vital.

I know Ebay and online auctions are not very developed in Thailand, so presume they have to be bought in a shop.

Are there shops selling used machines in most Thai cities?

Specifically interested in Chon Buri, City not Pattaya.

Thank you.