When To Apply For Extension?

[Guest endure]

If I arrived in Thailand with a multi entry non O visa when would I need to apply for a retirement extension? Could I do it at any time or would I have to wait the full year until the O visa was nearing its end?

[lopburi3]

If you have a multi entry O visa that allows 90 day stays you can do it during the last 30 days of any stay.

If you have a multi entry O/A visa (qualified for retirement in home country) you should receive a one year stay and should extend a few days before your permitted stay ends.

[Guest endure]

Thanks, lop. It would be a multi entry O. Is the last 30 day thing a 'rule' or just advisable.

[lopburi3]

It is highly advisable. Whenever immigration is asked it is what they say. Some have done earlier if all paperwork was ready but there is really no reason to buck the system.

[Guest endure]

Ok, thanks very much.