Expiring Passport - Extending Visa

[mrireland]

Ok so heres a summary of my problem:

Misread passport and its expiring 6 months after i arrive in Thailand

Me and girlfriend applied for triple entry tourist visa

Leave in 2 weeks and passport office in Ireland wont do emergency passport for me, only will issue passport day before i leave

Nice lady in Thai consulate in Dublin rang me and explained that although my passport is valid for 6 months from the date of entering on the 1st entry it wont be for the other 2 entries and thus they can only issue me a single entry visa. So now i have a single entry and my girlfriend has a triple entry.

My dilemma for being stupid is how do i extend my single entry so we can both stay there for 8 months + considering my visa will have 6 months and 1 week left to expiry from the date i arrive.

My plan would be to apply for a new passport shortly after i arrive in thailand, what im not sure about is what happens to my thai visa, do they just stamp it in the new passport? Also you know the way you can extend single entry for extra 30 days, will i not be able because my passport wont be in date for 6 months, i expect thats the case but just confirming, will i have issues extending it if i get the new passport and they transfer my single entry into the new passport.

If they do transfer my visa is it possible for me to apply for a new double entry with the new passport and if so who do i apply somewhere in thailand or back to Thai embassy in Dublin? Can you just extend a single entry like that or is it possible.

My actual plan going by previous advice i got here was to stay on a triple entry and then apply for a special ed visa before that ran out as i would like to stay more than 9 months anyway plus i want to learn the language and will be doing language course while im out here anyway so it makes sense. Someone mentioned you can apply for the ed visa while on the tourist visa. So would the better option be that both me and my girlfriend both apply for the ed visa before the single entry expires and obviously after i get new passport issued.

Any ideas how it works or what my options are? I realize this was caused by my own stupidity.

[lopburi3]

You will use your visa on entry - no transfer of visa is ever made anyhow. You can obtain a new passport and extend or extend in old passport and then obtain new passport (don't know how long you will have to wait for passport as you do not have an Embassy here and Consulate must use KL I suspect for any passport matters). You can then obtain a new tourist visa from a Consulate in the area to stay longer without return to Ireland.