SamuiAddict Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 As the title says, if I was applying for a new visa, and had sent my passport to immigration, if there was some delay and the my current visa expired while the passport was with immigration, what would happen? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Immigration does not keep a passport while processing an extension of stay. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allane Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I think this happened to me decades ago. If you applied before the expiry date, and submitted all required documents, you should be OK. They won't penalize you for a delay on their side of the counter, or by a third party, such as your employer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 What visa? through agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFCol Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 hours ago, ubonjoe said: Immigration does not keep a passport while processing an extension of stay. Yes they do. Allways on Samui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, CFCol said: Yes they do. Allways on Samui. That is about the only office that does. Most give it back to you with extension stamp done. Some do keep it overnight and you pick it up the next morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 9:01 AM, SamuiAddict said: As the title says, if I was applying for a new visa, and had sent my passport to immigration, if there was some delay and the my current visa expired while the passport was with immigration, what would happen? Short TLDR. Nothing happens. You do not usually get visas from immigration (possible but not usual) you get an extension of stay. However corrections of wording aside, my extension of stay expires every year before I get my renewal stamped in my passport, it is usually 30 days but can be more. I am perfectly legal as long as I have the immigration “return by xx date” stamped in the passport, note; even if I am past the return by date as long as immigration has told me that the paperwork is not back yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Why would you send your passport to Immigration? Certainly not for an extension of stay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Lite Beer said: Why would you send your passport to Immigration? Certainly not for an extension of stay. How else or where else can the extension be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: How else or where else can the extension be done? It strikes me as highly unlikely that any immigration office actually requires a passport to be "sent" to them independently of the trip which its holder needs to make in person when applying for an extension of stay! Edited January 10, 2022 by OJAS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: How else or where else can the extension be done? You hand over your passport personally and get it back almost immediately. You would not send it. Edited January 10, 2022 by Lite Beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It seems likely that the OP is using an agent to apply for the extension of stay. Especially, if the application is being made by the agent out of province, it can take some time until the passport is returned. Commonly, the person affected will call the agent, worried that his original permission to stay date has expired. The agent tells him "the passport is still with immigration" (a lie, but the agent does not want to say the passport has not yet made it back from Nakorn Nowhere). In 99.9% of cases, this is annoying, but nothing to worry about. As ever, when using agents, something can go wrong, but this is rare. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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