Is it possible to renew visa with only 5 months on your passport left or does it have to have 12 months.

A visa no.

An extension of stay from immigration yes but it will only be valid for as long as your passport validity instead of one year.

The extension of stay will be good for one year, but the "permitted to stay" will valid to the expiration date of your passport. When/if you get your new passport and take the old and new passports to Immigration to transfer the stamps over to the new passport, your "permitted to stay" date will be adjusted to the one year mark.

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The extension of stay will be good for one year, but the "permitted to stay" will valid to the expiration date of your passport. When/if you get your new passport and take the old and new passports to Immigration to transfer the stamps over to the new passport, your "permitted to stay" date will be adjusted to the one year mark.

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That is no longer correct info. Immigration changed the rules in August of this year.

You now only get a permit to stay date equal to your passport validity and have to do a new extension by that date.

The extension of stay will be good for one year, but the "permitted to stay" will valid to the expiration date of your passport. When/if you get your new passport and take the old and new passports to Immigration to transfer the stamps over to the new passport, your "permitted to stay" date will be adjusted to the one year mark.

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As per new policy announced a few months ago the permission to stay will only be valid till expiry of the passport. When you get a new passport, you now have to apply and pay for a new extension starting the date the old passport expired.

The permitted to stay date is not adjusted to the 1 year mark anymore.

THANKS GUYS FOR THE INFO , MUCH APPRECIATED.

The extension of stay will be good for one year, but the "permitted to stay" will valid to the expiration date of your passport. When/if you get your new passport and take the old and new passports to Immigration to transfer the stamps over to the new passport, your "permitted to stay" date will be adjusted to the one year mark.

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As per new policy announced a few months ago the permission to stay will only be valid till expiry of the passport. When you get a new passport, you now have to apply and pay for a new extension starting the date the old passport expired.

The permitted to stay date is not adjusted to the 1 year mark anymore.

If I get a new passport (while the old one is still valid), can i still transfer the (former) extension of stay to the new passport for free? How about reentry permits?

Thanks for that info guys, I was not aware. My passport was last renewed in 2010.

So now, when you get the new extension of stay in the new passport, is it good for one year?

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