Current Visa Transfer to New Passport

[bluesville]

I have a non - O in my passport valid til the end of May. 

 

I'm picking up my new passport on Monday morning.

 

I will be travelling down from Korat to do so and what I'd like to find out is a) whether I can do it in BKK if I'm registered as living in Korat  b ) If I can do it at Chaengwattana (SP?)  is it easy / quick to do? 

 

I've done it once before but that was at Mukdahan and I was in and out in 5 mins.  Mukdahan however is not Bangkok.

 

Any help much appreciated.

 

 

[Swimman]

Visas are never transferred - You will need to present both passports if entering or leaving the country.

[Thaifish]

All I would do which is what I have just done recently is carry the two passports around with you until you get back home. Even though you have a canceled passport with valid stamps in them it is not an issue with Imm. At your leisure when you get back home (I presume you are going back home) do the transfer of stamps to the new passport maybe even when you do your next extension of stay again in May. I carried a canceled passport around for two months before I transferred stamps to renewal passport without issue. (Burriram Immigration). I am one that cant sleep easy of a night worrying about things but this was not an issue having two passports with one canceled.

[bluesville]

Thanks for the replies.

 

Swimman - yeah you're right, I had stamps put into my passport on my way out of the country last time, they wouldn't let me leave til i did.  I had to leave the border crossing and go to another office.

 

Thaifish - Unfortunately before I extend in May I need to get a Saudi visa put into my new passport.  I don't know if it'll cause a problem if I either don't have a Thai stamp in the passport when I go to the Saudi embassy or a problem at the Thai end if I end up with a visa for Saudi on the first page of the passport without having any Thai stamps.

[ubonjoe]

9 hours ago, bluesville said:

I will be travelling down from Korat to do so and what I'd like to find out is a) whether I can do it in BKK if I'm registered as living in Korat  b ) If I can do it at Chaengwattana (SP?)  is it easy / quick to do? 

As said visas are not transferred. If on a multiple entry non-o visa the only thing that will be transferred is your last entry stamp. Many offices will not do it a and tell you to do on it on departure from the country.

If on an extension of stay issued by immigration you have to have the stamps transferred at the office that where it is issued. 

[bluesville]

Hi Joe, yeah I've used the wrong terminology.  I mean the entry stamp.

 

The problem if they won't transfer the stamp is that perhaps the Saudi embassy won't issue a visa into a blank passport.

 

I guess I'll find out and I'll post back.

 

Thanks for the help I do appreciate it.

 

Edit:  It's a single entry so they might not do it til I extend which is the end of May.

[ubonjoe]

15 minutes ago, bluesville said:

The problem if they won't transfer the stamp is that perhaps the Saudi embassy won't issue a visa into a blank passport.

Perhaps showing your old passport and providing copies of it would overcome the problem.

[bluesville]

42 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Perhaps showing your old passport and providing copies of it would overcome the problem.

That's what I'll have to do I think .  I just called the agent, but no answer.

[bluesville]

Update just in case it helps anyone.

 

I got my passport at 10ish on Monday morning and went to the agent for the Saudi visa.  Got the ball rolling on that - it was fine showing them both passports.

 

I went to immigration in Korat on Wednesday and they said that they can't / won't change the stamps over until I extend my non imm O there at the end of May.

 

I'm not totally at ease with this because in my mind im wondering if they'll tell me something different next time I go.  That said they are very on the ball there so I shouldn't have any trouble.