Learned Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I've got a non-imm visa in my current British passport. I'm about to apply to renew this passport from Thailand. What is the procedure for transferring the visa from one passport to the other? I got the visa in KL. In about two months I am due to go to Bangkok immigration to get a 90 day extension on this visa. Can they transfer it from one passport to the other when I go for the extension? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers1873 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You cannot transfer visas from one passport to another. Carry both passports till your visa expires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If you travel use both passport but when you go to extend they will have to transfer the visa information into your new passport as first step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Do you have a VIsa or an Extension, this is important? If you have a Visa, then as above. If you have an extension, just go to your local Immigration office and they will move all the relevant details to your new passport, then you can cut the corners off the old one (I would however, only cut the cover page corner). The movement of all the details is free in some places, others charge, also takes 2 pages of your new passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyx Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Is that new or just for UK citizens? Some five years ago I changed passport, went to Suanplu where I had my non B recorded on the new passport and never have I travelled with two passports I remember being upset because this had taken two full pages of the new passport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Visa has never been transferred - you always had to present both passports to use visa for a new entry - but you used to have to visit immigration to transfer last entry stamp and or extension of stay information. Now if here on a visa entry you can do process on exit but if you have an extension of stay you still have to visit immigration for the two pages of stamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyx Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Ok so that what happened, but one thing is sure I never presented the old passport and I was going back and forth every three months or so Maybe the immigration officers were not that serious about being presented the passport with the original visa If that ever happens again, which in my case I really hope, I will carry both, then Edited January 15, 2012 by alyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombkk Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Do you have a VIsa or an Extension, this is important? If you have a Visa, then as above. If you have an extension, just go to your local Immigration office and they will move all the relevant details to your new passport, then you can cut the corners off the old one (I would however, only cut the cover page corner). The movement of all the details is free in some places, others charge, also takes 2 pages of your new passport. If the extension of stay has to be transferred from the old to the new passport, don't forget to bring the letter from the embassy, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If you are on an extension of stay and using re-entry permits they are in new passport so no need for original visa but if you have a multi entry visa in old passport and use that you must show the passport with that original visa to receive a new 90 day entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up-country_sinclair Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Would there be a problem transferring the extension of stay to a passport from a different country? In other words, If someone had a passport from one country that was expiring, but had another passport from a different country which had many years left before expiration, could the extension be transferred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Believe the short answer is yes it would be a problem and no it would not be transferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Do you have a VIsa or an Extension, this is important? If you have a Visa, then as above. If you have an extension, just go to your local Immigration office and they will move all the relevant details to your new passport, then you can cut the corners off the old one (I would however, only cut the cover page corner). The movement of all the details is free in some places, others charge, also takes 2 pages of your new passport. If the extension of stay has to be transferred from the old to the new passport, don't forget to bring the letter from the embassy, too. There is no letter from the Embassy required to do it. I did mine in Nonthaburi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardholder Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) You cannot transfer visas from one passport to another. Carry both passports till your visa expires. Yes you can. Mine was done in Korat. Edited January 15, 2012 by cardholder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Do you have a VIsa or an Extension, this is important? If you have a Visa, then as above. If you have an extension, just go to your local Immigration office and they will move all the relevant details to your new passport, then you can cut the corners off the old one (I would however, only cut the cover page corner). The movement of all the details is free in some places, others charge, also takes 2 pages of your new passport. If the extension of stay has to be transferred from the old to the new passport, don't forget to bring the letter from the embassy, too. There is no letter from the Embassy required to do it. I did mine in Nonthaburi No letter from Embassy given or asked for in Bkk, done free of charge takes about 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombkk Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Do you have a VIsa or an Extension, this is important? If you have a Visa, then as above. If you have an extension, just go to your local Immigration office and they will move all the relevant details to your new passport, then you can cut the corners off the old one (I would however, only cut the cover page corner). The movement of all the details is free in some places, others charge, also takes 2 pages of your new passport. If the extension of stay has to be transferred from the old to the new passport, don't forget to bring the letter from the embassy, too. There is no letter from the Embassy required to do it. I did mine in Nonthaburi Oh, last time they asked for the letter. This was in Bangkok (Chaeng Wattana). And in fact, when I received the new passport from my embassy, they had automatically issued the letter, knowing the requirement. This was in early 2011. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules have changed in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombkk Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Would there be a problem transferring the extension of stay to a passport from a different country? In other words, If someone had a passport from one country that was expiring, but had another passport from a different country which had many years left before expiration, could the extension be transferred? Any permission to stay (visa or extension) is presumably based on your nationality. I have never heard of it being transferred to a passport of another country, but if you want to try, please let us know the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Oh, last time they asked for the letter. This was in Bangkok (Chaeng Wattana). And in fact, when I received the new passport from my embassy, they had automatically issued the letter, knowing the requirement. The US Embassy has supplied letters in the past but I don't remember any post indicating the British Embassy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwonitoy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Visa has never been transferred - you always had to present both passports to use visa for a new entry - but you used to have to visit immigration to transfer last entry stamp and or extension of stay information. Now if here on a visa entry you can do process on exit but if you have an extension of stay you still have to visit immigration for the two pages of stamps. I'm with cardholder on this one, My Non O was transfered from my old passport to my new one last fall, in Sahkon Nahkon. No embassy letter Maybe Brits can have and use two passports but I know as a Canadian it is not allowed nor for many other nationalites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) You cannot transfer visas from one passport to another. Carry both passports till your visa expires. Yes you can. I got it done last year. Aus passport. No letter. From what I could see, it's just a formality Posted with Thaivisa App http://apps.thaivisa.com Edited January 15, 2012 by whybother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 You didn't get your visa transferered, only your details and permission to stay. A visa itself is never transferred, you must always use both old and new passport if you still have a valid visa. Some embassies don't give a letter, soem immigraiton offices don't ask for a letter. The immigration rule book says they must ask for the letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Believe several posters are thinking the transfer of original visa information is transfer of visa - it is not. Such transfer can not be used for new entry (which is all a visa is used for). What can be transferred is the information from the visa, the arrival stamps and any extension of stay. To use the visa for entry you must show the old original and valid multi entry visa. If you have an extension of stay you must show a re-entry stamp. A letter as a diplomatic courtesy is provided by some Embassies (not UK) and is sometimes asked for by Immigration - if you do not have it nothing you can do and they will still likely provide the service but this is a free service so best to be polite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 As per lopburi it is a small stamp that indicates the original visa details not the visa, the next stamp is the last extension with details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) For the British Embassy the passport comes from the UK and they are not aware of the letter requirement, if you asked at the Embassy in Bangkok you would probably have to pay around 2000baht. A nice smile to the Immigration officer is all that is required. Edited January 16, 2012 by beano2274 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo007 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I took my old passport , along with the new one, to the office in Pattaya and my retirement visa was transferred immediately. Only problem was that, along with the re-entry permit, it took up FOUR pages of my new passport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Your current extension of stay was transferred (along with the information from the non immigrant entry visa) - there is no such thing as a retirement visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengsureeya Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Some countries, like the Netherlands, put a short notice in the new passport: "This passport has been issued to replace passport number BAxxxxxxx" According to the Dutch Embassy this should be enough for Thai Immigration, which was the case. Last time I got a new passport, I was here on a Non-B without extensions. Pattaya-Immigration stapled the two passports together and the officer told me to keep it that way until I have left the country. At Suvarnabuhmi they stamped out the old passport and the new passport (triangle departure stamp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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