Renew "marriage visa" or just get a new extension?

[Nayet]

Hi folks,

 

I'm planning a trip right before my current stamp expires.

Can I just get a re-entry permit and then do an extension when returning (five days before my stamp expires) to Thailand?

Or do I have to apply for a new visa while abroad? I'd appreciate any input.

 

Nayet

[DrJack54]

If you can do the trip (need reentry permit) and return prior to expiry of current permission of stay then of course that's the best option. 

You would need everything in place ready for the extension after you return.

Using money in bank method? 

[couchpotato]

Yes no problem, but I'd make sure you have all your paperwork, bank account etc all ready to go, just in case you have hiccups with your travel. Also I'd make sure you have 5 business days, not including weekends and holidays, otherwise you might get tripped up. Happy extension.

[4MyEgo]

7 minutes ago, Nayet said:

Or do I have to apply for a new visa while abroad? I'd appreciate any input.

 

As DrJack54 & couchpotato above have said, get a reentry permit and have all your docs ready for your marriage extension, including the 400k in the bank a few months before and then go to immigration when you return, because some offices require you to go and advise them that your back in the country within 24 hours of landing.

[Nayet]

Thanks guys.

 

Yeah, I'll be depositing the required 400k well ahead of time.

[DrJack54]

25 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

because some offices require you to go and advise them that your back in the country within 24 hours of landing.

Good point 

Putting the 24hr bit aside, yes he would need a TM30. 

[arick]

19 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Good point 

Putting the 24hr bit aside, yes he would need a TM30. 

You can get your TM30 in one second

[sandyf]

20 hours ago, Nayet said:

Hi folks,

 

I'm planning a trip right before my current stamp expires.

Can I just get a re-entry permit and then do an extension when returning (five days before my stamp expires) to Thailand?

Or do I have to apply for a new visa while abroad? I'd appreciate any input.

 

Nayet

I have come back on a new visa several times, it's no big deal. Visa application is fairly straightforward and the last one I got the visa in 48 hours.

Doing an extension from a new visa is not much different to a renewal and you save yourself a 90 day report.

As they say, up to you.

[DrJack54]

21 hours ago, Nayet said:

Can I just get a re-entry permit and then do an extension when returning (five days before my stamp expires) to Thailand?

5 days is plenty of time to apply for 12 months extension.

Clearly best option. 

[4MyEgo]

On 4/10/2025 at 6:48 PM, arick said:

You can get your TM30 in one second

 

How does it take one second ?

 

I am travelling out of Thailand this year, fortunately I return on a Friday night and after getting a connecting flight from Bangkok to my province airport, I would arrive home around 10pm, so I would be pretty knackered, and will have the weekend to shake off the jetlag, that said, on Monday morning I will have a 1 hour 30 minute drive to my immigration office to advise them that I am back.

 

My TM30 will take a minute after I arrive at the immigration office, and being the 1st cab off the rank, so to speak, but more so 3 hours + when taking the driving into consideration.

 

Would love for them to accept "I'm back over the phone" one day or online, but that would be easy, as they need to shuffle paper from my experience, LOL.

 

[BrandonJT]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

How does it take one second ?

 

I am travelling out of Thailand this year, fortunately I return on a Friday night and after getting a connecting flight from Bangkok to my province airport, I would arrive home around 10pm, so I would be pretty knackered, and will have the weekend to shake off the jetlag, that said, on Monday morning I will have a 1 hour 30 minute drive to my immigration office to advise them that I am back.

 

My TM30 will take a minute after I arrive at the immigration office, and being the 1st cab off the rank, so to speak, but more so 3 hours + when taking the driving into consideration.

 

Would love for them to accept "I'm back over the phone" one day or online, but that would be easy, as they need to shuffle paper from my experience, LOL.

 

Because it takes moments to submit a TM30 online once the property is registered. This is how 99.9% of TM30s are submitted in Thailand.

[4MyEgo]

On 4/11/2025 at 11:52 PM, BrandonJT said:

Because it takes moments to submit a TM30 online once the property is registered. This is how 99.9% of TM30s are submitted in Thailand.

 

He is talking about returning from overseas to do an annual extension, regardless if he stays in a hotel overnight, and yes we know the hotel would have to submit a TM30, he still has to go to his immigration office to notify them of his return, i.e. as I mentioned earlier, if his immigration is as strict as others, i.e. they all have their own rules.

 

I have returned from overseas on many occasions and stayed in a hotel for up to a week, but still had to report to immigration office in my province to let them know that I'm back in my province.

 

It is what it is, and as I mentioned previously, it doesn't take one second.

[DrJack54]

@Nayet you have good advice earlier. Thread moved off topic. Thread closed