Renewal of Retirement Visa, complicated story

[blackman]

Immigration officers will only alter the "visa" type (and immediately mark it as "used" ) if the requirements for a subsequent application for an extension of stay can be met !

"Visas" are not issued in country !

you are wrong

a visa exempt stamp is not a visa

therefore its not a type of visa you can change the type of

it can be converted to an "O'' visa in Thailand if the applicant is seeking a retirement extension and has the documents and funds to support it

adding !!!!!!!!! to make your post more emphatic won't change that fact

[marullia]

You cannot work with a retiremnet visa. Tell me how you do this.

[thaiexpat21]

Immigration officers will only alter the "visa" type (and immediately mark it as "used" ) if the requirements for a subsequent application for an extension of stay can be met !

"Visas" are not issued in country !

you are wrong

a visa exempt stamp is not a visa

therefore its not a type of visa you can change the type of

it can be converted to an "O'' visa in Thailand if the applicant is seeking a retirement extension and has the documents and funds to support it

adding !!!!!!!!! to make your post more emphatic won't change that fact

Always good to learn from a "super" expert

[blackman]

Immigration officers will only alter the "visa" type (and immediately mark it as "used" ) if the requirements for a subsequent application for an extension of stay can be met !

"Visas" are not issued in country !

you are wrong

a visa exempt stamp is not a visa

therefore its not a type of visa you can change the type of

it can be converted to an "O'' visa in Thailand if the applicant is seeking a retirement extension and has the documents and funds to support it

adding !!!!!!!!! to make your post more emphatic won't change that fact

Always good to learn from a "super" expert

Thanks !!!!!!!!!

[thaiexpat21]

Immigration officers will only alter the "visa" type (and immediately mark it as "used" ) if the requirements for a subsequent application for an extension of stay can be met !

"Visas" are not issued in country !

you are wrong

a visa exempt stamp is not a visa

therefore its not a type of visa you can change the type of

it can be converted to an "O'' visa in Thailand if the applicant is seeking a retirement extension and has the documents and funds to support it

adding !!!!!!!!! to make your post more emphatic won't change that fact

Always good to learn from a "super" expert

Thanks !!!!!!!!!

You are welcome .

Perhaps you would care to re-read what I wrote

"Immigration officers will only alter the "visa" type (and immediately mark it as "used" ) if the requirements for a subsequent application for an extension of stay can be met ! "

Please note the quotation marks around the word "visa"

[phuketrichard]

if ur only spending 3 weeks in thailand, why bother with a visa at all, just fly in and get 30 days

I know lots of people that do that and have been for years and years.

[ubonjoe]

The only difference between a visa exempt entry and a tourist visa entry is the form you use. For a exempt entry entry you use a TM87 which is an application for a non immigrant visa. For a tourist visa you use a TM86 change of visa status which will result in a non immigrant visa being done.

Both will result in a non immigrant visa entry stamp that can be extended for what ever reason the the applications were made for along with the same supporting documents as the extension requires. It can be for working, marriage, retirement, teaching and etc. It will not be a O, B, M, F, ED and etc.

[super22k]

If you have not got a new passport yet you will have to get a move on.It takes a long time. It used to be done via Hong Kong to London then to you in Thailand but I think it is direct to London now.

[thaiexpat21]

If you have not got a new passport yet you will have to get a move on.It takes a long time. It used to be done via Hong Kong to London then to you in Thailand but I think it is direct to London now.

Still via HK AFAIK !

[mattincm]

Why does every discussion of this type degenerate into a bickering "it's not a visa it's an extension of stay" argument. The man asked a fairly straightforward question. How about a straightforward answer from those who claim to know. Pretty well everyone knows that the term spouse/retirement visa/extension of stay is used interchangeably, rightly or wrongly. The replies to some of these questions only serve to confuse the issue and result in the OP often being more confused than he/she was originally.

A simple answer taking into account my above comments would be more worthwhile and less time consuming for all concerned.

Life would indeed be easier if people acknowledged that retirement,marriage, family, work etc "visas" simply do not exist!

Agreed Mudcrab - Extension of stay / Visa, who really cares?

As for life being easier... Someone must have some serious issues if they truly believe that peoples acknowledgement of this will make their life easier.

[OJAS]

If you have not got a new passport yet you will have to get a move on.It takes a long time. It used to be done via Hong Kong to London then to you in Thailand but I think it is direct to London now.

Still via HK AFAIK !

All this assumes, of course, that the OP is British. He hasn't stated his nationality, though.

[chrisjohn66]

well first sorry for the late reply I had to get my passport details.

Thanks a lot for really good information.

I leave Thailand for Baku on 18th December 2013 and my retirement extension is due on 10th January 2014.

Hence with the 30 day window I should be able to extend it just before I depart for Baku.

Note my schedule is 5 weeks work in Baku, 3 weeks off (no work) in Thailand.

I just hope the immigration will transfer my retirement visa/extension to my new passport without me having to destroy the old passport as this has my original Baku visa on.

As mentioned they were a bit ify about this previously and you are limited to how much you can tell them the rules.

Ah well wait and see

From my experience it will go fantastically smoothly or be a real hassle

Again thanks for the info

[lopburi3]

Immigration has no authority to do anything with your old passport - that is between you and your government. All they can do is stamp normal Thai information into it. Your old passport will be fine - it is just used to view and to transfer the information into your new passport and returned.

[jpinx]

In a similar situation with transferring a set of special visa conditions (not for Thailand admittedly) the immigration officer transferred the information, stamps, etc into the new passport and then defaced just those entries in the old passport.