I currently hold a non immigration O visa (Thai wife) it expires on Jan 05 2011. My 90 day report is due on Dec 08 2010, could I make the 90 day report and the visa extension both on Dec 10 when 400,000 baht will have been in my Thai bank account for 90 days. I live on the outskirts of Bangkok, so I'm trying to minimise the travelling. Is there still a 7 day window either side of the 90 day report due date and how many days should the visa extension application be lodged prior to the expiry of my current visa extension. Thanks. Newport69

Yes there is a plus/minus seven day window.

Apply for the extension within the final 30 days of your current permision to stay.

BTW it is a permision to stay extension not a Visa extension.

Thanks for the info lite beer, so I take it that applying for permission to stay 20-24 days prior to the expiry date of the current permission is acceptable. So it appears that I can do everything with one visit to the Chaeng Wattana office.

I think you can apply for a new extension up to 30 days before your current extension expires. This is for Bangkok only and not sure about the provinces. LB? Lop3? Ubon Joe (whatever happened to him anyway??)

JD

Any Immigration Office will issue within the final 30 days. (Or they should)

I'm presently working outside of Thailand and my present marriage extension expires on 30 December and I want to change to a retirement extension...if I arrive before 30 December and get an income letter from my embassy can I apply for the retirement extension application any time thereafter or do I have to wait until the last 30 days of the permission to stay?

Normally it is within the last 30 days of your permission to stay, but often immigration will do it earlier if there is a good reason. Needing to travel is often enough reason.

Might be a good idea to bring the misses along to immigration, as sometimes they want to make sure she understands that you are now going on another reason of extension instead based on marriage.