I know it's more than a year away...but.

My passport expires 07 Nov. 2026

 

My current permission to stay expires 05 March,. 2026.

 

I will extend my current permission to stay around 30 to 45 days before March 5th. 

 

When I extend my permission to stay will they only give me until Nov. 7th 2026.   not  March 2027.  as it would be if my passport were not expiring?

Losing 4 months or so. 

Or....when I go to transfer stamps from old to new passport, will they give me the lost 4 months?    If not I have to apply again...and pay again....I think I know the answer..not in my favor.

7 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said:

When I extend my permission to stay will they only give me until Nov. 7th 2026.   not  March 2027.  as it would be if my passport were not expiring?

Losing 4 months or so. 

Or....when I go to transfer stamps from old to new passport, will they give me the lost 4 months?    If not I have to apply again...and pay again....I think I know the answer..not in my favor.

I went through this very process last year.

 

For obvious reasons immigration cannot grant you an extension beyond the validity date of your current passport. So your extension will only be until Nov 7th 2026.

 

When you obtain your new passport, the stamp for your current extension will be transferred to your new passport. But immigration won't extend your current extension without applying for a new extension of stay, just as you suspected.

 

In retrospect, I would have renewed my passport before applying for a new extension. I ended up having to do 2 extensions in a 6 month period. 

 

Paul Laew

 

 

If you don't want to get "short stamped"  you need to renew your passport before you apply for your yearly extension. 

 

Otherwise you get stamped in only until your passport expires and you have no way to recover that time, that will just be your new renewal date from then on.

 

Years ago they used to stamp you in for the full year even though your passport expired and then they went to stamping you in until your passport expired but once you got a new one you could show up and get the balance of the extension if any. 

BUT

That all went by the wayside a few years ago and you only get stamped in for the validity of your passport no matter what. And you lose the time. 

57 minutes ago, Paulaew said:

I went through this very process last year.

 

For obvious reasons immigration cannot grant you an extension beyond the validity date of your current passport. So your extension will only be until Nov 7th 2026.

 

When you obtain your new passport, the stamp for your current extension will be transferred to your new passport. But immigration won't extend your current extension without applying for a new extension of stay, just as you suspected.

 

In retrospect, I would have renewed my passport before applying for a new extension. I ended up having to do 2 extensions in a 6 month period. 

 

Paul Laew

 

 

The reasons are not so obvious as they USED to give the full year and then transfer the full year stamp to your new passport.

Then they changed the policy to be only until passport expiration.

I liked the old policy better, but oh well ...

1 hour ago, JohnOFphon said:

My current permission to stay expires 05 March,. 2026.

 

I will extend my current permission to stay around 30 to 45 days before March 5th. 

I find these threads almost crazy. 

Renew your pp when you don't have travel abroad planed. 

If you can then do it now. 

Passports are valid for 10 yr (in most cases). 

Why quibble over renewing pp even a year early. 

4 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

I find these threads almost crazy. 

Renew your pp when you don't have travel abroad planed. 

If you can then do it now. 

Passports are valid for 10 yr (in most cases). 

Why quibble over renewing pp even a year early. 

Indeed. Best to think of your passport's validity, for practical purposes, being 9 years. Get your 9 years and some change usage out of it. Plan for renewal near the end of year 9/the early part of year 10. 

 

And factor this in the renewal conundrum. Do you think passport renewals are going to be easier or be more cumbersome in the future? Take the over on the latter.

I did a partial year extension and then got my new passport way too close to the expiration of my old passport. Not on purpose -- just procrastination. That was obviously a mistake as nobody needs that kind of stress. But at least I fully milked the old passport. OTHERWISE there is a potential benefit to doing that. You RESET your annual extensions date which you might want to do for any number of personal reasons. 

6 minutes ago, rwilem said:

Plan for renewal near the end of year 9/the early part of year 10.

Exactly. Clearly I'm somewhat jaded. 

The threads of ending up in bad situation re pp expiry are numerous.

Plan we'll ahead is best practice

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You RESET your annual extensions date which you might want to do for any number of personal reasons. 

True however that would be the case in possibly 1 out of 10 similar threads. 

Most down to poor planing as indeed your own example. 

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

True however that would be the case in possibly 1 out of 10 similar threads. 

Most down to poor planing as indeed your own example. 

Not exactly.

In my case I intentionally got a partial year extension on the old passport.

Why you may ask?

The last extension gave me MOST of the year and I liked the idea of milking the old passport's 10 years.

But I didn't intend to milk it quite as fully as I eventually did. 

The benefit of a new reset date didn't occur to me until later.

I like my new reset date better than the old one but for other people it could be a downgrade.

 

Thanks guys..

So...I renew my passport 11 months early...the Embassy website site it can take up to 2 months for the new pp to arrive.

 

Once I get the new pp, do I have to go get the stamps transfer before the extension meeting?

Or...silly question...can I just take the old pp to show?

35 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said:

Thanks guys..

So...I renew my passport 11 months early...the Embassy website site it can take up to 2 months for the new pp to arrive.

 

Once I get the new pp, do I have to go get the stamps transfer before the extension meeting?

Or...silly question...can I just take the old pp to show?

You can wait with the transfer until the extension is due.

Stamps will then be transferred before extension.

1 hour ago, JohnOFphon said:

Once I get the new pp, do I have to go get the stamps transfer before the extension meeting?

Or...silly question...can I just take the old pp to show?

The stamps need to be transferred prior to next extension. 

While there is no urgency, suggest you do the transfer in advance of the extension. 

Also in particular remember to visit bank at some point and teller will new pp# details. 

Personally I don't bother with update TDL 

Which immigration office? 

 

This thread outlines process and my first post has link to "transfer form" 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1354145-new-passport-what-documents-do-i-need-for-stamp-transfer-at-chaeng-wattana/

 

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Also in particular remember to visit bank at some point and teller will new pp# details.

Also visit your mobile phone provider for updating.

1 hour ago, JohnOFphon said:

Thanks guys..

So...I renew my passport 11 months early...the Embassy website site it can take up to 2 months for the new pp to arrive.

 

Once I get the new pp, do I have to go get the stamps transfer before the extension meeting?

Or...silly question...can I just take the old pp to show?

I had to get a new UK Passport earlier this year due to a washing machine accident. New passport via Thai Visa in Pattaya, all done online, cost me 6000 for passport plus 6000 for them, who did everything. PP was back in one month. So the 10 year PP cost me 12000, which is only 1200 per year, so stop worrying about losing time on it.

Went to IO with both PPs, and they had all my Visa info starting in 2009 in their computer. Half an hour later, the original Visa was in my new PP, no charge.

OP, seems you deal with CW immigration. 

Note: for stamp transfer you need to provide your bank book + update and photocopies of pages back till last extension. 

The form I posted earlier for transfer has required documents listed at bottom of form. 

Bank Book is not listed, however is required. 

 

Be advised - it is now taking up 8-13 weeks to receive a new passport, I am on week 10 and will receive mine (finally) this week from Passport Agency in Arizona.  I talked to an agent in the Pspt Agency and she said they are over 35,000 applications behind, even the expedited application, which you pay for, is taking up to 8 weeks.  So plan ahead.

On 9/25/2025 at 2:27 AM, Explorator en Actione said:

Be advised - it is now taking up 8-13 weeks to receive a new passport, I am on week 10 and will receive mine (finally) this week from Passport Agency in Arizona.  I talked to an agent in the Pspt Agency and she said they are over 35,000 applications behind, even the expedited application, which you pay for, is taking up to 8 weeks.  So plan ahead.

 

I am currently getting a new British passport.

 

I paid an agent in Phuket 10,000 baht just for their service.

 

They took my passport and forms to the office in Bangkok with the forms and applied on my behalf. That saved me one or two trips to BKK.

 

After just ten days the current passport is now back in Phuket, the application is being processed in the UK.

 

Total time should be 4 to 6 weeks.

 

I will then go and move the visa extension to my new passport before getting the next extension in February 2026 at the immigration office in Phuket. 

3 minutes ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

I will then go and move the visa extension to my new passport before getting the next extension in February 2026 at the immigration office in Phuket. 

Good plan. 

Don't forget to update new pp # with your bank. 

Personally I wouldn't bother update TDL

On 9/23/2025 at 7:28 AM, JohnOFphon said:

I know it's more than a year away...but.

My passport expires 07 Nov. 2026

 

My current permission to stay expires 05 March,. 2026.

 

I will extend my current permission to stay around 30 to 45 days before March 5th. 

 

When I extend my permission to stay will they only give me until Nov. 7th 2026.   not  March 2027.  as it would be if my passport were not expiring?

Losing 4 months or so. 

Or....when I go to transfer stamps from old to new passport, will they give me the lost 4 months?    If not I have to apply again...and pay again....I think I know the answer..not in my favor.

Your permission to stay cannot be longer than a valid foreign passport; so. 7th November 2026. Do instead like other – including me – change passport in due time before next application for extension of stay and get a full year. Count a 10-years passport to last about nine years only, when it comes to extension of stay. You are also limited in travelling, as most countries require a passport duration of not less than six months upon entry.

7 hours ago, khunPer said:

You are also limited in travelling, as most countries require a passport duration of not less than six months upon entry

Apart form the other excellent advice in first part of post.... 

I have been caught out in what you outline. 

Wanted a weekend trip to Saigon and realized my pp did not have 6 month validity. 

Vietnam requires that. 

I had to obtain quick process pp 

Thanks for all the good advice. I will apply for a new passport in Nov. 1 year early.

One post from another forum made a very sad remark.

How will you be in 10 years from now. When the new pp will expire.

Alive or Dead..

sobering question.

16 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Apart form the other excellent advice in first part of post.... 

I have been caught out in what you outline. 

Wanted a weekend trip to Saigon and realized my pp did not have 6 month validity. 

Vietnam requires that. 

I had to obtain quick process pp 

Yes, same happened for me in 2016 – semi-hard way of learning – when travelling for a long week-end to Singapore with my daughter, before I renewed my passport. I was not aware of the 6-month rule and was a few weeks short in duration. Bangkok Airways wouldn't let me check in. However, they were kind enough to quickly check with Singapore Immigration and thereafter let me board, if I signed an agreement that I myself would pay for a return ticket, should I be rejected at entry in Singapore. Luckily no problem at all in Singapore, or even for the overnight trip to Malaysia to visit Legoland and back to Singapore. But had it not been for a kind airline, then I could have lost both our tickets – my daughter was too small to travel alone – and all the prepaid accommodation, local transport and amusement tickets, because I was not aware of the 6-month rule.