When Do We Have To Reenter To Keep Our Oas?

[aeolion]

The wife and I are in Korea. Great largemouth bass FLY fishing -- wide shallow rivers ideal for wet wading, Only woman I ever had who drags me out of bed, shoves a cup of coffee in my face, and says we leave for the river in 15 minutes.

Korea welcomes Linh, a Vietnamese, for six months, but no longer, so we will return to Thailand.

Question: We got stamped into Thailand on 3 Sept 2010, me with an OA and her with a 90-day that was the result of a reniged promise of a year if I got my OA in Korea, a promise made iin writing by the Thai consulate in Saigon. Chiang Mai Immigration finally put her on an OA synched with mine, after extracting a pound of flesh in KL visa runs and a suggestion that if KL didn't want to give her any more visas, she could try Rangoon. We got extensions to 2 Sept 2012;

When we left Thailand this spring, we got reentry permits from Chiang Mai Immigration dated 13 March, valid until Sept 2. I asked when we have to be back, and they were clear and adament that we had to be back before our 90 day check-in. A pair of officials were doing the paperwork, and they said if we came back after June 10, we would have no visa. I said, "We will have nothing?" And they said, "You will have nothing."

We have a car, are having a blast, and want to stay as long as possible in Korea. BUT starting all over for a Thai OA is verifiably iffy with a Vietnamese wife. And the number of countries who will welcome us more than a month or two seems to dwindle with each passing year. (The States are now impossible.)

So, from what I read in this forum, if we get back before the OA runneth out, we are OK. Which doesn't jibe with Chiang Mai Immigration..

Some help? Aeolion

[lopburi3]

Yes you can return using the re-entry permit to be stamped in until that Sep 2 date. 90 days after return you will have to make an address report if you do not travel again. And during August you should both extend using TM.7 forms - you for retirement and her as your dependent.

[Lite Beer]

Re Entry permit is valid until 2nd September.

Return before then and you will get a permission to stay until 2nd September.

90 day reports are not relevant as you are not in the country.