Visa question

[onvacation]

A friend of mine has a retirement visa. He already has a flight out of Bangkok in March. His retirement visa expires in April.

He wants to go to Vietnam in March for 10 days and then come back a night before his flight to Europe.

He is not coming back to live in Thailand so he wants to let his retirement visa expires.

Can he leave Thailand for 10 days and then re enter Thailand to catch a flight to Europe without a reentry permit using his 30 days free visa?

Thanks

[Mario2008]

Yes he can and would be the simplest and cheapest solution.

[ubonjoe]

If he does not have a valid re-entry permit he will get a 30 day visa exempt entry without any problem.