I have year non-o visa that is use by tomorrow 20/6 (for note i'm stamped in till 23/6). Just been to the immigration in Chiang Mai to get 30 day extension for 1900 Baht. Only really need 20 days as going back to reality soon. Anyhow they said I can only get 7 days. Is this right? Before I have gotten 30 day extensions as long as the visa is still valid.

Those 30 day extensions were probably for a tourist visa entry you had.

If you have a multiple entry visa you can do another border run and get another 90 days as long as you do it before or on the expiration date (use by date).

If you are in the country already the expiration date does not matter it is your permit to stay date that is important.

Edited June 19, 201214 yr by ubonjoe

They are right, only a toruist visa can be extended by 30 days.

Unless you are married to a Thai national or have a child with Thai nationality (in which case you can get an extension of stay for 60 days) you can only get an extra 7 days.

Make a border run.

thanks for the quick replies.

Looks like one last border run. (or 7 day extension + few days overstay)

At 500 baht a day the overstay adds up real quick to be enough to pay for a border run plus the 1900 baht for the extension.

Edited June 19, 201214 yr by ubonjoe

If your entry stamp "permitted to stay" is 23/6 as you say then ypur stay is valid until June 23...irregardless of when your visa actually expires

From what I understand you want an extra 20 days before you actuallly leave.

So book the cheapest Air Asia return flight you can get from Bangkok to Vientienne for 23 June.

One day in a budget hotel in Vientienne....drink some beer, have a massage, and/or get laid.

Fly back and get a 30 day visa exempt entry on arrival.

No overstay invulved.

Maybe not the cheapest way....but it has other advantages, doesn't it?

Hmmm...I just realised you're in Chiang Mai, right?

That however can be solved by a train or bus overnight to BKK. Or you could do a land border crossing into Laos and fly back to BKK for that 30 day visa exempt entry?

Edited June 19, 201214 yr by IMA_FARANG

You can still go tomorrow to the border and reeenter using the last 90days.

I have heard (2) reports that immigration will only stamp the person in untill the expiring date of the visa on the last run. In the OP's case that would mean he cannot get a stamp past tomorrow.

Any other reports of this?

TH

You are thinking of a re-entry permit which allows you to return on the same permitted to stay date you had prior to leaving. If traveler has a multi entry visa any new entry prior to expiration gets a new 90 day (or one year in the case of O-A) permitted to stay stamp.

You are thinking of a re-entry permit which allows you to return on the same permitted to stay date you had prior to leaving. If traveler has a multi entry visa any new entry prior to expiration gets a new 90 day (or one year in the case of O-A) permitted to stay stamp.

I know the difference, but I have seen two reports on another forum where the people claim they have visas (not extensions to stay) and when they entered the permission to stay stamp given was the date of the expiry of the visa. One poster claims he was stamped in for 90 days on every other entry for almost a year and on the last entry was only given 80 days that matched the expiry date on the visa. I agree that it seems they are confusing a visa with the re-entry permit and don't even realize they have extensions, but it is very difficult to get people to understand the difference.

TH

Well a 60 day instead of a 90 day entry was most likely the result of the wrong stamp being used as all will have both stamps on desk and mistakes happen - that is why it is best to check immediately after getting passport back. Such errors can be corrected by a visit to immigration.