90 Days Due When Out Of Country

[ianh68]

I am a British Citizen age 64 on an OA Retirement Visa.

My next 90 days is due on 9 April. I am visiting UK from 1 to 22 April. What should I do?

[Lite Beer]

Report 90 days after returning to Thailand.

I hope you have a Multi Entry Visa or a Re Entry Permit when you leave.

[ianh68]

Yes, I have a re-entry permit.

I usually do the 90 days by post and was thinking of either posting the application on my way out of Thailand or else asking a trusted friend to post it within the seven days before 9 April. (EMS)

So you are saying this is unnecessary and if I apply by post 90 days after returning to Thailand (enclosing photocopies of my exit and entry stamps in my passport) it will all sort itself out. Am I right?

Thanks.

[lopburi3]

If you do by post it must reach them before the due date but yes it is due 90 days after return (return is day one).

[RKASA]

You are reporting when you leave and with a re entry in hand you are reporting again when you pass immagration returning. Report the way you normally do 90 after you get back.

[lopburi3]

You are not reporting when you leave as you have not been here 90 days so no report is due. It is a 90 day address report of actually being in Thailand for that period of time from last entry.

[ianh68]

You are not reporting when you leave as you have not been here 90 days so no report is due. It is a 90 day address report of actually being in Thailand for that period of time from last entry.

So the fact that I am actually leaving Thailand after 82 days means that those 82 days no longer count for anything?

[i've already had my wrist slapped for posting my last 90 day request to Chaengwattana when I live in Nonthaburi, even though the immigration website said Nothaburi residents should go to Chaengwattana because of the floods. I guess I'm just being ultra cautious.]

Edited January 19, 2012 by ianh68

[Soutpeel]

You are not reporting when you leave as you have not been here 90 days so no report is due. It is a 90 day address report of actually being in Thailand for that period of time from last entry.

So the fact that I am actually leaving Thailand after 82 days means that those 82 days no longer count for anything?

[i've already had my wrist slapped for posting my last 90 day request to Chaengwattana when I live in Nonthaburi, even though the immigration website said Nothaburi residents should go to Chaengwattana because of the floods. I guess I'm just being ultra cautious.]

If you leave the country before your next 90 day report, the clock goes back to zero....ie if you leave after 82 days, you dont need to report again until 90 days after you arrive back in Thailand, so you have nothing to worry about....once you get back count 90 days from your entry and thats your next reporting date

[RKASA]

You are not reporting when you leave as you have not been here 90 days so no report is due. It is a 90 day address report of actually being in Thailand for that period of time from last entry.

I know that - it is just a way of making it simple to understand the cause and effect.

[ianh68]

Thanks everyone for clearing that up.

[Supakamo]

Hi,

I have the same question. I am due to report April 19 in Chiang Mai. It was like pulling teeth to get any info out of them about applying for a re-entry permit. I will be out of the country at the report date.

I have trouble believing it works like described here. Nothing about Thai immigration has worked efficiently or rationally for me so far. Can you re-assure me?

I am in the middle of a spousal one year extension with 90 reporting. My previous multi entry visa is now invalid, they told me, since I got the one year extension.

So, do I really just count the days to reporting myself? So I leave, then on the day I come back I count 90 days all by myself and then show up and everything will go smoothly?

That seems too good to be true.

thanks!

S

[Mario2008]

Yes, that is how it works. You only report a stay of 90 consecutive days inside of Thailand.

[Lite Beer]

The requirement is to report after 90 consecutive days in the Kingdom.

Not 90 days since your last report.

I can never understand why it causes so much confusion.

Yes start counting when you return.

Day of return is day one.

Don't forget the Re Entry Permit, your Visa died months ago.

[Soutpeel]

I can never understand why it causes so much confusion.

.....It's not rocket science or particle phyisics is it...LOL

[TerryLH]

"So the fact that I am actually leaving Thailand after 82 days means that those 82 days no longer count for anything?"

Memories, perhaps.