retirement multi entry visa

[Tomahawk21]

half way through my retirement visa and want to get a multi entry visa as i will be in and out of Thailand for the next year. My question is, would the multi entry visa run for a year or would it finish when my retirement visa finishes. thx

[sniggie]

It finishes with your current extension. When you get a new extension you must get a new re-entry permit (either at the same time or before you leave the Kingdom).  I always get a multi re-entry permit at the same time as my extension. On a few occasions I've only used the permit three times (so losing money against using single permits) but, to me, the convenience outweighs the possible loss.  

[jacko45k]

It will only run until the expiry date of the retirement extension. 

It is based on your Permission to Stay. 

[Peter Denis]

You are probably on an extension of the permission to stay of your (already expired) Non Imm O or OA Visa granted you, so you need a re-entry permit to keep that permission to stay alive when exiting and re-entering Thailand.

You can buy such a re-entry permit at any local IO or at the departure desks of the major thai international airports.  A single-entry re-entry permit costs 1.000 THB, and a multiple re-entry permit costs 3.800 THB.

Obviously you would need to buy that re-entry permit before exiting Thailand.