I was intending to travel to Singapore a few months ago , went to immigration, paid my thousand baht and got the permit.

As it happened I never went, But I am going to the UK next week and need to know if this permit s still valid.

It has a date of issue on it but nothing else.

In the past whenever I go through immigration in BK on my return journey they never take the re-entry permit away, just give it back unstamped as it were, so I am a bit confused, maybee they have some record of where I was travelling on their computer!

Any advice would be apprciated

Thanks

TP

"A re-entry permit is always valid until the permitted to stay date currently in the passport. "

Lopburi

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...p;#entry1378090

"Your reentry permit or work permit is only good till the date stamped in your passport to leave the country. Any reentry permit you get will expire when your visa expires. "

http://www.business-in-asia.com/th_workpermit.html

Moved to the Thai visas and residency sub-forum.

Scouse.

I was intending to travel to Singapore a few months ago , went to immigration, paid my thousand baht and got the permit.

As it happened I never went, But I am going to the UK next week and need to know if this permit s still valid.

It has a date of issue on it but nothing else.

In the past whenever I go through immigration in BK on my return journey they never take the re-entry permit away, just give it back unstamped as it were, so I am a bit confused, maybee they have some record of where I was travelling on their computer!

Any advice would be apprciated

Thanks

TP

What kind of a re-entry permit are you posting about? The type most people have (for Thailand) are stamps in there passport with an issue date, valid until date and permitted to stay until date all stamped on them (unless there has been a recent change - have not obtained for several years). A re-entry permit should be valid until the current passport permitted to stay/extension of stay stamp date.

The re-entry permit I am reffering to is the one you have to get from immigration that allows one to leave the country and return without having a 30 day stamp put in your pasport thereby anulling one's Non Imm "O" visa.

It is stamped "re-entry" 1,000 baht.

I am sure you are correct Lopburi when you say that it is valid until my visa expires, but I just wanted to check.

thanks

TP

Just to clarify TP.

The 'issued' date on your re-entry permit must be after the later of either your last entry into Thailand or the date of your last extension of stay, either event will nullify the validity of an existing permit, used or not.

The permit is valid until the 'permitted to stay' stamp associated with the above event. When you re-enter you will be stamed to the original 'permitted to stay' stamp.

Re-reading that, I'm not sure if it clarifys things or not

The Re-Entry permit is always stamped to expire on the same

day as your 12 month retirement extension expires.

Naka.

A re-entry permit does not require a one year extension of stay to be issued. The date used is the current permitted to stay until date.