Non immigrant 'o' visa.

[lufc74]

Hi,

I've just got a 1 yr non immigrant O visa, being married to a thai. I've had this before, and have always left every 3 months for the usual passport stamp. I've been told I can actually go to phuket town and get a stamp there, every 3 months, rather than leaving the country. Any truth in this?

Thanks in advance.

[stevenl]

Depends on whether you have a visa extension or a visa. A visa you obtain outside of Thailand, and obliges you to leave the country every 3 months, a visa extension you obtain from an immigration office inside Thailand and obliges you to report every 90 days.

[LivinginKata]

Correct, must be an extension stamp to save leaving across an international border every 90 days, and only make a 90 day report at immigration. If only a multi entry non immigrant O then you need to leave Thailand every 90 days.