New Tourist Visa Without Leaving Thailand

[Elefteros]

You are not permitted to have more than one active visa, the consulate should cancel your existing visa when the insert the new one.

as i understand visa become active when i activate it by entering country?

[Elefteros]

My suggestion to Elefteros: forget the theory. Just do it, then come back to this topic and tell us how it went.

sure i can try it - but i dont want to do anything illegal - that was the reason to start topic

[Crossy]

You are not permitted to have more than one active visa, the consulate should cancel your existing visa when the insert the new one.

as i understand visa become active when i activate it by entering country?

OK, put it this way, 'you cannot have more than one valid visa for a country in a passport'. Clear??

Your previous visa will be cancelled when the new one is inserted.

[Maestro]

as i understand visa become active when i activate it by entering country?

For a better understanding between a visa and a permission to stay, please read this: http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/content/visaxpiredate.html

Regarding your question: a visa becomes active, ie valid for travel to Thailand, on the date of issue of the visa.

[Maestro]

...sure i can try it - but i dont want to do anything illegal - that was the reason to start topic

There is no law or regulation forbidding you to apply for a new visa at a time when you still have a valid visa in your passport. If by any chance the Thai consulate should not invalidate the old visa before affixing the new visa in your passport, there is now law or regulation forbidding you to enter the visa number of the old, not invalidated and unexpired visa on your arrival card on your arrival Thailand.

[Maestro]

OK from experience; I called the Thai consulate in Thailand regarding a new non-o visa. The lady at the consulate saw I was calling from Thailand (+66) and told me I could not apply for a new visa whilst I was in Thailand. I was only asking questions about my application for when I returned to the UK and she said that was fine, but she stressed Hull would not issue a visa if their was no exit stamp from Thailand.

To avoid a possible misunderstanding: from the context of the above post it is clear that RabC called the Thai consulate in Hull (not in Thailand), but he called from Thailand, ie whilst he was in Thailand.

[CharlieH]

For what its worth...........

There is a wealth of experience and continued valued guidance dealt out by the moderators of this forum, they have given sound advice based on their knowledge and experience and if you choose to ignore it you do so at your own peril. We can all play smart a*rse and disagree or argue a point but the bottom line is simple, ignore the advice and dont come crying when it all goes egg shaped. Thailand being what it is, in my own experience, anything can happen,I would urge you not to take the "it doesnt state" their is no law" blah blah blah route because if it does go wrong NONE of that will matter and it certainly wont wash with the powers that be and you will be in the sh*t. How deep and how smelly depends on who catches you and what mood they are in. ..........is it really worth the risk ?.........I would urge you to listen and do whats right. ....IMHO

[RabC]

OK from experience; I called the Thai consulate in Thailand regarding a new non-o visa. The lady at the consulate saw I was calling from Thailand (+66) and told me I could not apply for a new visa whilst I was in Thailand. I was only asking questions about my application for when I returned to the UK and she said that was fine, but she stressed Hull would not issue a visa if their was no exit stamp from Thailand.

To avoid a possible misunderstanding: from the context of the above post it is clear that RabC called the Thai consulate in Hull (not in Thailand), but he called from Thailand, ie whilst he was in Thailand.

Thanks for the clarification as its too late to edit now. I called the Thai Consulate in Hull from Thailand.

[wolf5370]

OK from experience; I called the Thai consulate in Thailand regarding a new non-o visa. The lady at the consulate saw I was calling from Thailand (+66) and told me I could not apply for a new visa whilst I was in Thailand. I was only asking questions about my application for when I returned to the UK and she said that was fine, but she stressed Hull would not issue a visa if their was no exit stamp from Thailand.

OK, but this was not my experience - I posted it, with the resident address on the form as a Thai address, but the return postal address as a UK address - the departure card still stappled in the passport and the entry stamp on a clean page (with no exot stamp) - and got a new visa stamped. And as said above, the immigration guy looked at both Visas on the way out and back in and just used common sense which to use for exit and which to use for (re)entry (both were multis and still valid by date - give or take a day for the old one). As said above, I am most certainly not recommending it as a course of action, but I have heard several people have done this and the only people saying that it is a no, no can not seem to point to any legislation that states this categorically (i.e. other than saying a visa can not be obtained from within the Kingdom - which is wasn't). The fact that one person says they had a problem is not very convincing as stories of people having immigration problems even when they have completely complied is not exactly unheard of.