Can an O visa (retirement) be extended for a week or two?

[simon43]

My O visa expires on July 3rd and I start a new job outside Thailand about 10 days later. Is there any option to extend my O visa by a week or two? Or is the only option to leave Thailand on the 3rd? Thanks 

[Maestro]

It depends on the category of your non-immigrant visa.

[Upnotover]

You could try the 7 day trick - see this thread (if you can put up with the bickering);

 

 

[Maestro]

Removed an off-topic post.

[Maestro]

57 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

You could try the 7 day trick - see this thread (if you can put up with the bickering);

 

 

For a non-O visa, there is no "7 day trick"

[Maestro]

1 hour ago, Maestro said:

It depends on the category of your non-immigrant visa.

Actually, it depends on the reason for the extension. For example, if it is to visit a parent, spouse or child, a 60-day extension can be applied for.

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, Maestro said:

For a non-O visa, there is no "7 day trick"

I assume that, by "7-day trick" is meant applying for an extension of permission to stay that is denied and, as a result, receiving an order to leave the country within seven days. That "trick" most certainly does exist, and can be utilised any time you are not already under an order to leave the country.

[Maestro]

In that case, it would give the OP the minimum of the "week or two" he is looking for.

[zzzzz]

i assume Simon is on retirement non O  so

the 7 days is not enough

so just head out for a quick turn around or head to Burma early

[simon43]

Thanks for all the advice.  My new employer has told me that I can't arrive before July 25th (no idea why, not important).  So maybe I will do a nice day trip to Penang by plane from Bangkok and then re-enter on a visa exemption, giving me an extra up to 30 days in Thailand.

[Kalasin Jo]

4 hours ago, simon43 said:

Thanks for all the advice.  My new employer has told me that I can't arrive before July 25th (no idea why, not important).  So maybe I will do a nice day trip to Penang by plane from Bangkok and then re-enter on a visa exemption, giving me an extra up to 30 days in Thailand.

I think you have the right idea there! Might be wise to overnight in Penang? Others will know better than I whether that's necessary.

[DrJack54]

10 minutes ago, Kalasin Jo said:

I think you have the right idea there! Might be wise to overnight in Penang? Others will know better than I whether that's necessary.

There was report month back.

Elderly lady did fly to KL and turn around flight back to BKK same day.

Had a horrible time being interviewed.

Stupid idea. Her son sent her.

 

Never understand the need to return to Thailand so quickly.

 

Go to a joint like Saigon and spend few days mini holiday.

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by DrJack54

[zzzzz]

bet its cheaper to fly to PP than Penang, but than u need add the $30 for the Cambodian visa
OR
Cant u just fly to Burma early and spend some time travelling, visiting?

[simon43]

56 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

bet its cheaper to fly to PP than Penang, but than u need add the $30 for the Cambodian visa
OR
Cant u just fly to Burma early and spend some time travelling, visiting?

No, because I would be on a tourist visa and so I would have to exit Myanmar to then return on the business visa. Penang seems a better idea.

[sandyf]

6 minutes ago, simon43 said:

No, because I would be on a tourist visa and so I would have to exit Myanmar to then return on the business visa. Penang seems a better idea.

I wasn't particularly impressed with Penang and prefer HCMC. Nationality would however come into it as only some countries get the 15 day visa exempt to Vietnam.

[Caldera]

3 minutes ago, sandyf said:

I wasn't particularly impressed with Penang and prefer HCMC. Nationality would however come into it as only some countries get the 15 day visa exempt to Vietnam.

Same for me, I'd much prefer HCMC over Penang and make it a holiday, not just a one day bounce.

 

Our OP Simon is a Brit, so he's eligible for Vietnam's visa exempt program. 

[sandyf]

5 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Same for me, I'd much prefer HCMC over Penang and make it a holiday, not just a one day bounce.

 

Our OP Simon is a Brit, so he's eligible for Vietnam's visa exempt program. 

In 2019 as a result of the embassy letter coming to an end I went to HCMC for a ME visa and once we had done that had a trip across to Vung Tau.

Going across the bay was quite incredible, there were flying fish alongside the boat, just a couple of feet from the window.

In Feb 2020 I had to do my first bounce on that visa just as the pandemic started. Went from Chonburi on the train to Padang Besar, arrived in the morning and left in the afternoon, not great but circumstances dictated.