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

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.

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.