extension of non-o visa (retirement) with 11 months left until expiry of British passport

[campbell]

I understand that provided my British passport has at least 6 months validity left when I apply for an extension for retirement visa (this will be my fourth such stamp and I will have 11 months left on the passport), Samut Prakan will issue the extension up until the expiry date of the passport. I realise that all future extensions will be based on that new date, which isn't a problem. Can anyone confirm please that my understanding is correct? Thanks in advance 

[Upnotover]

I have read the same many times and it seems to be the case.  Of course the only issue to consider is if wanting to travel in the last 6 months or not, if staying put then no problems. 

[campbell]

2 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

I have read the same many times and it seems to be the case.  Of course the only issue to consider is if wanting to travel in the last 6 months or not, if staying put then no problems. 

thanks. won't be travelling so not an issue and in any case will be applying for new British passport within the next three months and requesting the transfer of visa, so all good (I hope)

[DrJack54]

1 minute ago, campbell said:

thanks. won't be travelling so not an issue and in any case will be applying for new British passport within the next three months and requesting the transfer of visa, so all good (I hope)

Not a problem for transfer of visa information and stamps.

In your OP you are correct and the expiry for extension will be same as expiry of pp..

Some countries have the "6 month rule" however you don't plan travel out of Thailand. No issue.

[Mike Teavee]

7 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

I have read the same many times and it seems to be the case.  Of course the only issue to consider is if wanting to travel in the last 6 months or not, if staying put then no problems. 

Although not relevant for the OP as he's said he's not travelling, one thing to watch out for when you have a UK passport is that for travel to the EU it must be less than 10 years old.

 

I.E. if (like me) you renewed your previous passport 7 months early, you wouldn't be able to get into the EU with 6 months remaining on it as the passport would be 10 years & 1 month old.

 

 https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-nationals/index_en.htm

 

OP: If you're in the Pattaya area then I'd recommend going to Thai Visa Express https://thaivisa-express.com/ for 12,000B (Includes a Jumbo Passport) they'll do it all for you without you having to go to Bangkok Twice  & for an extra 1,000B they'll transfer over your visa/extension/re-entry permits... 

Edited October 17 by Mike Teavee

[Upnotover]

7 minutes ago, campbell said:

thanks. won't be travelling so not an issue and in any case will be applying for new British passport within the next three months and requesting the transfer of visa, so all good (I hope)

You might want to leave the new passport a little while.  The UK no longer adds extra months to the expiry date in the case of early renewal.

[DrJack54]

12 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

for 12,000B (Includes a Jumbo Passport) they'll do it all for you without you having to go to Bangkok Twice  & for an extra 1,000B they'll transfer over your visa/extension/re-entry permits

Nice deal imo.

For once I can compliment Oz pp renewal in that you can do the entire process online, apart from posting to Oz embassy Bangkok.

If located in Pattaya and renewing UK pp I would be using the deal you mentioned 

 

[campbell]

thanks to you all

[OJAS]

6 hours ago, Upnotover said:

You might want to leave the new passport a little while.

 

Not sure that this would be a particularly good idea IMHO. While the GOV.UK website is, indeed, currently stating a 4-week turnaround time from Thailand, it would only need those incompetent clowns at HMPO to suddenly throw another big wobbly like they did a few years ago, which could result in a drastic increase in this timescale overnight. 

 

https://thaivisa-express.com/vfs-uk-visa-application-centre-in-bangkok-temporarily-closed/

 

 

6 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

For once I can compliment Oz pp renewal in that you can do the entire process online, apart from posting to Oz embassy Bangkok.

 

We Brits can but dream of a similarly smooth passport renewal process in our case, which doesn't necessitate an extra 5,000 THB being shelled out for the use of an agent!😴

Edited October 17 by OJAS

[OJAS]

On 10/17/2024 at 8:38 AM, Mike Teavee said:

OP: If you're in the Pattaya area then I'd recommend going to Thai Visa Express https://thaivisa-express.com/ for 12,000B (Includes a Jumbo Passport) they'll do it all for you without you having to go to Bangkok Twice  & for an extra 1,000B they'll transfer over your visa/extension/re-entry permits... 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1340999-uk-visa-application-centre-in-bangkok-temporarily-closed/

 

If this outfit are still peddling grossly out-of-date info on their website as regards UK visa applications, then how can they possibly be trusted to get things right when it comes to handling UK passport renewals on our behalf? Certainly doesn't look particularly good IMHO.

 

Key Visa strike me as a better option personally:

 

https://www.keyvisathailand.com/

 

 

[Mike Teavee]

2 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1340999-uk-visa-application-centre-in-bangkok-temporarily-closed/

 

If this outfit are still peddling grossly out-of-date info on their website as regards UK visa applications, then how can they possibly be trusted to get things right when it comes to handling UK passport renewals on our behalf? Certainly doesn't look particularly good IMHO.

 

Key Visa strike me as a better option personally:

 

https://www.keyvisathailand.com/

I've no idea how you came across the article linked in the topic above as you wouldn't come across it browsing their main UK Passport page https://thaivisa-express.com/category/british-passport-applications/ but it was published 21/7/2021 (Mid-Covid) so am sure was correct on that date. 

 

They posted another article (which is on their main UK Passport page) on 27/7/2021 saying that HMPO centre would reopen on 30/07/2021 ... https://thaivisa-express.com/bangkok-hmpo-resumption-of-services/

 

I don't see a problem with that,.

 

 

TBH it was a toss up between them & Key Visa but I live in Wongamat so instead of me popping in when I happen to be in town (at least once per week) I would have had to make a couple of trips out to South Pattaya (Where I go maybe once per year).

 

Have to confess I was also nervous about the service from Key Visa since Darren died, but doing the research beforehand have read some very positive feedback about them so if I lived in South Pattaya or frequented Big C, Lotus, Makro, Outlet Centre etc... there I may well have gone with KV.

 

As it is, I used TVE to renew my UK passport in July & their service was flawless so can personally recommend them, other's may have used KV and say the same. 

Edited October 18 by Mike Teavee

[OJAS]

14 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

I've no idea how you came across the article linked in the topic above as you wouldn't come across it browsing their main UK Passport page https://thaivisa-express.com/category/british-passport-applications/ but it was published 21/7/2021 (Mid-Covid) so am sure was correct on that date. 

 

I came across it after clicking on your original https://thaivisa-express.com link by:-

 

(1) scrolling down & clicking on READ MORE under the UK VISAS heading, then

 

(2) scrolling down 3 levels with the offending statement then appearing on the left-hand side.

 

Not sure where you got the 21/7/2021 publication date from, but this is not explicitly stated in the offending statement as I would have expected it to be, consistent with what I understand to be good website management practice.

 

More importantly, I would have expected Thai Visa Express to have taken down the offending statement from their website completely once VFS had reopened their UK Visas office, again consistent with good website management practice. How many more potential visa applicants are going to be totally misled - not to mention unnecessarily alarmed - by this offending statement until such time as Thai Visa Express feel sufficiently motivated as to take it down from their website completely?

 

Edited October 18 by OJAS

[Mike Teavee]

32 minutes ago, OJAS said:

 

I came across it after clicking on your original https://thaivisa-express.com link by:-

 

(1) scrolling down & clicking on READ MORE under the UK VISAS heading, then

 

(2) scrolling down 3 levels with the offending statement then appearing on the left-hand side.

 

Not sure where you got the 21/7/2021 publication date from, but this is not explicitly stated in the offending statement as I would have expected it to be, consistent with what I understand to be good website management practice.

 

More importantly, I would have expected Thai Visa Express to have taken down the offending statement from their website completely once VFS had reopened their UK Visas office, again consistent with good website management practice. How many more potential visa applicants are going to be totally misled - not to mention unnecessarily alarmed - by this offending statement until such time as Thai Visa Express feel sufficiently motivated as to take it down from their website completely?

 

 

Why would anybody look under "UK Visas" if they were looking to renew their UK Passport, surely they would look under "British Passports" (Just under "UK Visas" so not hard to miss)  

 

 

 

I (sort of) take your point about people applying for UK Visas but if you read the page it clearly says... 

So I doubt there would have been a lot of people concerned by it (Unless they happen to be applying for a UK Visa in the middle of COVID & were incapable of clicking on the "UK visa application centre" link https://visa.vfsglobal.com/th/en/news/information-about-the-uk-visa-application-centres-in-thailand for the latest updates - Granted this link was poorly encoded)

 

 

I do agree that it's poor website management as it seems somebody has removed the offending article from the Passport Section but not from the applying for a UK Visa section, maybe they should be more like Key Visa & not even try to keep people informed with what's going on at VFS.

 

Oh & I also find it bloody annoying when sites don't publish the date on their articles & I have to go hunting for the "Published Date" through the page source. 

 

 

 

Edited October 19 by Mike Teavee