1 Year Extension Of A 90 Days Entry Granted On A Multi-entry Non-o

[kudroz]

I have a 1 year validity Multi-Entry Non-Immigrant Type "O" visa, but my passport expires in October 2007. Once I get my new passport, I will have the 90 days Entry Stamp transfered over to my new passport. I have the following questions:

- Will it be possible to apply for a 1 year extension of my 90 days entry stamp that was transfered over to my new passport?

- Once I have the 1 year extension, do I need to apply for a re-entry permit if I wish to leave Thailand during that 1 year? (I'm confused because the original visa is a multi-entry)

[Morty]

To get an extension on a non. immi. O will depend on your age, and reason it was granted. If you got it for visiting a wife that is a Thai national, you could get it extended by showing 40 000 baht family income (you or your wife, or combined) If you're over fifty years old you can get it extended by showing 800 000 baht in a Thai bank for three months prior to application or showing proof of 65 000 in monthly income, and no need for wife. If you go for the income, it has to documented by your embassy if it's foreign income, or by tax receipts if it's generated in Thailand.

If/when you get the extension your old visa is void, and you have to apply for a reentry permit at your local immigration office, these comes in single or multiple entries. I don't recall the prices but I think a single entry is 1000 baht and multiple is 3800 baht

to bee 100% sure wait til Lopburi3 answers, he's the wizard on visas

Morty

[Crossy]

The transferred entry stamp should behave like any other, so you should have no problem getting the extension against it. Keep your old PP just to be safe though.

Once you have your extension you MUST get a re-entry permit before leaving the country or your extension will be cancelled and you'll have to start over

[lopburi3]

1. An extension of stay always requires a re-entry permit to keep it alive.

2. You need to qualify for the extension of stay - if you do but do not have a valid visa in your passport (only the transferred permitted to stay stamp) am not sure Immigration will be able to extend directly or if they may want to issue a visa themselves at the extra 2,000 baht fee to have the base visa in your current passport.

[kudroz]

That answer my questions, thanks a lot guys

[astral]

Your passport expires in Oct 2007, but you do not say when the visa expires.

As long as the visa is still valid you can still use it.

Just present your new passport to be stamped and the old one to show the visa.

[vertigo4u]

An extension of stay always requires a re-entry permit to keep it alive.

Dear Lopburi - I am over 50 and have a NON-O multible Entry Visa, which I extended already several Time

without any re-entry Permit - has something changed in the Visa Rules?

I just worry, because next Month, I will have to do a "Visa-Run" for another 3 Months Visa again ....

[lopburi3]

The question I answered with that quote was if you have an extension of stay do you require a re-entry permit if you travel. The answer is as I said - if you travel out of Thailand when you are on an extension of stay without a re-entry permit being issued first your extension of stay will end. You must have a re-entry permit to keep an extension of stay alive if you travel out of the country. If you do not travel then you do not need one.

In your case you are not on an extension of stay if you have to do visa runs so it does not apply to you. This is for people who have extended for one year at an Immigration office. You are making trips for a new visa entry stamp every 90 days or less.