Multiple Retirement Visa

[klause]

Friend of mine got retirement visa 3 weeks ago ; (she is 53 years old euope nation) but finaly we understood that her retirement visa

is NOT multiple ! it means each time before she go to abroad ; she must go to immigration office again

and pay 1000 baht and get stamp that she may go abroad! too much work.. well.. is it still possible to change it to multiple visa from immigration ? that she can come and go abroad without go to immigration for stamp each time or should we have done that in first apply ? will they do it ?

Thanks

[beechguy]

Apply for a multiple re-entry permit, not a single, 3800 Baht.

[Lite Beer]

As said apply for a Multiple Re Entry Permit. 3,800 Baht.

As simple as that.

[klause]

As said apply for a Multiple Re Entry Permit. 3,800 Baht.

As simple as that.

so.. she go to immigration office again back and pay 3800 baht and turn the visa multiple retirement easly .. thank you all for reply )

[lopburi3]

It does not make it a multi entry visa like the O-A from home country - each re-entry will only be until the current permitted to stay date (rather than a new one year stay from entry as with an O-A visa). It will make it the same as extensions of stay for retirement from Immigration inside Thailand.

[Colabamumbai]

As immigration in Korat said to me 2 years ago...."You are on a retirement visa, why would you want to leave Thailand" Give me your money please.

[klause]

It does not make it a multi entry visa like the O-A from home country - each re-entry will only be until the current permitted to stay date (rather than a new one year stay from entry as with an O-A visa). It will make it the same as extensions of stay for retirement from Immigration inside Thailand.

as i know : in the multiple entry retirement visa ; you can go abroad out of Thailand and come back x-time without apply to immigration office in Thailand before you go abroad; isnt it like that?

thats the important detail for us.. not other cases

[Maestro]

Yes, with a multiple-entry non-immigrant visa category O-A you can enter Thailand an unlimited number of times during the validity period of the visa. However, you said that your friend's visa is valid only for one entry and therefore, on arrival with this visa in Thailand, she will receive permission to stay for one year. As soon as she leaves Thailand, this permission to stay will laps, will no longer be valid, but if she gets a re-entry permit before leaving Thailand this permit will allow her to enter Thailand again and on arrival she will get permission to stay until the same date she had on the arrival stamp when she first entered with the non-O-A visa.

It is not possible to change the single-entry non-O-A visa (obtained from a Thai consulate) to a multiple entry-non-O-A visa at an immigration office in Thailand.

The following example is based on the assumption that arrival with the visa in Thailand is on 09 JUN 2011; adjust dates as necessary to apply to the actual situation.

Step 1: Visa (from Thai consulate), which your friend already has, ie a non-O-A visa valid for one entry into Thailand.

Step 2: Arrive in Thailand and receive permission to stay for one year, for example if arrival is on 10 JUN 2012, permission to stay will be until 09 JUN 2013. Now the visa has been used and is no longer valid for entry into Thailand.

Step 3: Get a re-entry-permit before leaving Thailand with the intention of entering Thailand again before 09 JUN 2013. Single-entry re-entry permit costs 1,000 Baht, multiple-entry re-entry permit (valid for unlimited number of entries) costs 3,800 Baht, valid for arrival(s) in Thailand until 09 JUN 2013.

Step 4: On arrival(s) in Thailand with the re-entry permit, permission to stay will be until 09 JUN 2013

[klause]

Yes, with a multiple-entry non-immigrant visa category O-A you can enter Thailand an unlimited number of times during the validity period of the visa. However, you said that your friend's visa is valid only for one entry and therefore, on arrival with this visa in Thailand, she will receive permission to stay for one year. As soon as she leaves Thailand, this permission to stay will laps, will no longer be valid, but if she gets a re-entry permit before leaving Thailand this permit will allow her to enter Thailand again and on arrival she will get permission to stay until the same date she had on the arrival stamp when she first entered with the non-O-A visa.

It is not possible to change the single-entry non-O-A visa (obtained from a Thai consulate) to a multiple entry-non-O-A visa at an immigration office in Thailand.

The following example is based on the assumption that arrival with the visa in Thailand is on 09 JUN 2011; adjust dates as necessary to apply to the actual situation.

Step 1: Visa (from Thai consulate), which your friend already has, ie a non-O-A visa valid for one entry into Thailand.

Step 2: Arrive in Thailand and receive permission to stay for one year, for example if arrival is on 10 JUN 2012, permission to stay will be until 09 JUN 2013. Now the visa has been used and is no longer valid for entry into Thailand.

Step 3: Get a re-entry-permit before leaving Thailand with the intention of entering Thailand again before 09 JUN 2013. Single-entry re-entry permit costs 1,000 Baht, multiple-entry re-entry permit (valid for unlimited number of entries) costs 3,800 Baht, valid for arrival(s) in Thailand until 09 JUN 2013.

Step 4: On arrival(s) in Thailand with the re-entry permit, permission to stay will be until 09 JUN 2013

Thank you very much for your answer with details ; very kind of you

we will go to immigration office and we will ask : if we can change the single entry visa to multiple retired visa. because my friend might 3-4 time in a year will go abroad for holiday and come back thailand ( cambodia ; singapore like that and she dont want to apply for each time to immigration office for stamp to going abroad..

she didnt go abraod yet after she got the single entry retirement visa anyway. thanks )

[Lite Beer]

As has been said she needs a Multiple Re Entry Permit. 3,800 Baht.