Visa Extension Vs Extension To Stay

[PaYaiLen]

First - I would like to thank all you seasoned expats for your help and/or advise. I am sure for many of us -as difficult as it is sometimes here - it would be a lot harder. I often see when someone mentions

a visa extension that many writers correct them and point out that it is an Extension to stay not a visa extension. I agree but a note of interest -- At Khon Kaen Immigration the machine that gives you a queu number

has option 1 - 90 day report option 2 -- visa extension and option 3 other. What can I say. -- Again many thanks -- hopefully one day I can start to repay the favors with advice.

[InterestedObserver]

A visa is something you get from a Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate and is used to gain entry into Thailand. Once inside Thailand you get an extension of your permission to stay from immigration.

[Lite Beer]

As said when entering Thailand you get a Permission to Stay.

You extend that Permission at Immigration.

[Maestro]

Even the website of the Immigration Bureau says visa extension when they mean extension of stay: http://www.bangkok-immigration.in.th/eApplication/images/ManualEN.pdf