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I received my first A-O visa from the Royal Thailand Embassy in Washington, DC in April 2012. Entered Chiang Mai on 1 November 2012. One year expiration stamp is 31 October 2013.

I will be returning to the USA in February 2013 and plan on returning to Chiang Mai in November 2013 after the one year expiration date. I want to keep the A-O visa so I don't need to do visa runs and stay longer than 4 months easily if I decide to do so.

Questions:

1. Can I renew/extend the A-O visa in the USA? The form is not listed on the Royal Thailand Embassy in Washington, DC web page. If not, what do I need to do?

2. Can I use the funds that I have in Vanguard mutual funds as I did when applying for the A-O initially for proof of financial means or do I need to maintain a Thai bank account with 800,000 baht. (I have 2 accounts at Bangkok Bank with the total of the two accounts over 800,000 baht. Is this OK or do I need a single Thai bank account with 800,000 baht?)

3. My visa is multiple entry, Do I need to get a reentry permit when I leave Thailand in February 2013 in order for my visa to remain valid when I return in November 2013?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

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You applied for the O-A Visa in April 2012.

This means that it expires April 2013 sometime.

You actually applied far too early.

If you do a border run any time before that date in April you will get another 12 months stay.

As you are leaving in February you can do a border run just before that date and get 12 months stay.

This would give a stay until Feb 2014.

You could then get a Re Entry Permit and when you return in November 2013 you will be stamped in until Feb 2014.

You could then apply for a 12 month extension at Immigration in Thailand.

Or you could just apply for a new O-A Visa in USA.

Whatever suits you best.

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Is your O-A visa a multiple entry. If it is, Just prior to leaving for the US in February 2013, do a "border run". When You come back into Thailand you will get 1 year permission to stay, until February 2014. Then go to immigration and purchase a reentry permit:; single, 1000 baht; multiple 3800 baht. That will keep your permission to stay active until Feb 2014 and when you re-enter in November 2013 use the re-entry permit number on your arrival card where it asks for "visa number" They should stamp you in until February 2014 and then you can process the paperwork to apply for a 1 year extenstion 30 days before your permission to stay expires.If your O-A is not multiple entry you have to do it alll over again.

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The Visa is a Multi Entry and that is what I would do.

But everyone is different.smile.png

The extension process at Immigration is a doddle with no need for Police Reports or Medicals.

Just 800,000 in a Thai bank for 2 months.

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Thanks for the info. My visa is multiple entry so it seems that I need to do a visa run to extend the visa one year in February 2013. Then I can handle everything here at Chiang Mai Immigration in January 2014.

My passport is stamped that the visa is good until 31 October 2013, one year after I entered Thailand.

It seems that the multiple entry means that I do not need a reentry permit for my February 2013 visa run. Correct?

Posted

Correct you have a Multi Entry which means every entry up until the Visa expiry date in April 2013 gets a 12 month stay.

As I said you applied far too early as you lost a big chunk of validity.

Don't forget the Re Entry Permit before leaving for US

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When you do make your visa run and when you do come back in November 2013, check the stamps before you leave immigration! They do make mistakes which are a PITA to correct after the fact.

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