Extending a NON-IMM O-A visa

[Sjohno]

Just been down to Phuket Imigration to determine if I can extend my NON-IMM O-A visa but they have said it will expire on the date of the last stamp 25 December 2020... unless I can fly out and back in... and pigs fly... haha

I obtained the visa in Australia on 25 May 2019 and my last return flight to gain the last 12 month extension was 27 Dec. Technically with a fly out and in before then I can before then I can extend to 25 May.

I have been informed by others that if you have the required heath coverage certificate (which I have), do the paper work and pay the 1900 baht then they will extend.

Has anyone else gained an extension similar to this situation? Or is this the determination correct? 

 

BTW not overly worried by this as I've got plenty of time to set up other visa options, but it would be nice to milk another 5 months.

[ubonjoe]

If you current permit to stay is December 25th you cannot apply for a extension until 30 days before that day and it would be for one year from the 25th.

There must of been some confusion as to what you were asking about and/or the date the extension would be to.

Your visa apparently expired in May of this year if it was issued in May of last year. You would not get another one year entry if you left and re-entered now. Unless you applied for a new visa you would only get a 30 day visa exempt entry (under normal conditions).

[Pedrogaz]

Joe, I see a lot of stuff about non-O and non OA visas. I thought it was to do with where it was issued....ie abroad or in Thailand. I came here in 2009 with a 12 month multi entry visa from outside the country, (which I thought was OA but I've tossed the passport years ago). I was advised that you could not get a retirement extension from outside the country at the time.

 

When I applied for 'retirement' status, I was given an extension of stay for almost 15 months. It is a non O visa or that is what it says in my passport. 

 

Did the I/O in Bangkok change my visa from nonOA to nonO?

[ubonjoe]

19 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Did the I/O in Bangkok change my visa from nonOA to nonO?

It is not possible for immigration to do that. You must of had a non-o visa to start with.

If it was a multiple entry non-o visa you would of been doing border runs every 90 days for a new entry. I assume that is what you did.

[Sjohno]

Udonjoe thanks mate. Yes I remember now you are right! I must  have forgotten the process during that mayhem after March ????.  If I had done a re entry before 25 May (say May 24) I would have had a year from that point. No worries thanks for that I have ample time to set up another visa.

[Pedrogaz]

Joe, No. The visa was dated July 2008; I got it from the Hull Consulate and showed no financial documents that I remember. What I then did was to come here for a week in November and opened a bank account and deposited the money for a retirement extension. I needed the retirement extension because I was shipping in a houseful of goods and didn't want to pay taxes. Thus I never needed the 90 border run. I came back in mid December to try to do the retirement extension.

 

My wife and I went to CW and she asked to see the manager of the I/O....we were escorted back to a police colonel I/O, and my wife explained our problem...she just gave me a non O visa, valid until March which was almost 15th.

 

Both my passports have me in as a non O....so I self insure instead of insuring through the rip-off companies here.