Extend my stay on O-A visa

[tim522]

Hi, I am British, entered Thailand on a Non O-A Long stay visa and would like to extend my stay over my current one year period stamp. This will be my first extension and I am concerned on how and where to do this.

I currently live in Krasang Buri rum however have no way of proving my address as I am not married, my name is not on the rent agreement, my partner, son and daughter address is different to mine (on her mothers/Grand mother house book), is this going to be a problem and if so how can I overcome this? Also do I extend my stay at the immigration office in Kroat? If so how do I find the immigration office? And if not where do I extend and how do I find the immigration office? Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

[Lite Beer]

You should have a Multi Entry which means just before your permission to stay ends you leave and re enter to get another 12 months.

Have a look at your Visa in your passport.

[Sophon]

You should have a Multi Entry which means just before your permission to stay ends you leave and re enter to get another 12 months.

Have a look at your Visa in your passport.

But he has to make sure he not only leaves before his permission to stay ends but also re-enters before the "Enter before" date on his Non OA visa (I know you know this, but you didn't mention it in your reply). If his visa is already expired, then his only choice would be to do an extension at the local immigration office.

To answer some of the OP's questions. Is your partners name on the rental agreement, if so copy of rental agreement together with copy of your partners ID-card will probably suffice? It might help if your partner comes with you to the immigration office. You will have to go to the immigration office that covers the area where you live, and that isn't necessarily the closest one. I'm sure other posters will be along telling you which immigration office you have to use.

Sophon

[OJAS]

Out of curiosity, at which immigration office have you been submitting your 90-day address reports since your arrival here, and what (if any) address evidence did they need for your first report at least?

[tim522]

You should have a Multi Entry which means just before your permission to stay ends you leave and re enter to get another 12 months.

Have a look at your Visa in your passport.

But he has to make sure he not only leaves before his permission to stay ends but also re-enters before the "Enter before" date on his Non OA visa (I know you know this, but you didn't mention it in your reply). If his visa is already expired, then his only choice would be to do an extension at the local immigration office.

To answer some of the OP's questions. Is your partners name on the rental agreement, if so copy of rental agreement together with copy of your partners ID-card will probably suffice? It might help if your partner comes with you to the immigration office. You will have to go to the immigration office that covers the area where you live, and that isn't necessarily the closest one. I'm sure other posters will be along telling you which immigration office you have to use.

Sophon

Thanks for your replies. I leave and return regularly so have only ever done one 90 day report and sent it to Bangkok. This was the incorrect immigration office as they returned a list of immigration regulations and numbers to me with my tm47 however didn't indicate the correct route for the future. Yes my partners is on the rent agreement however her id clearly states her mothers address.

Edited December 17, 2014 by ubonjoe
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[tim522]

Thanks for your replies. I leave and return regularly so have only ever done one 90 day report and sent it to Bangkok. This was the incorrect immigration office as they returned a list of immigration regulations and numbers to me with my tm47 however didn't indicate the correct route for the future. Yes my partners is on the rent agreement however her id clearly states her mothers address.

[Sophon]

Thanks for your replies. I leave and return regularly so have only ever done one 90 day report and sent it to Bangkok. This was the incorrect immigration office as they returned a list of immigration regulations and numbers to me with my tm47 however didn't indicate the correct route for the future. Yes my partners is on the rent agreement however her id clearly states her mothers address.

It's not a problem that your partners ID shows her mothers address, many Thai people are registered on their family house register but live somewhere else. The rent agreement will show where she actually lives.

Sophon

[tim522]

Thanks for your replies. I leave and return regularly so have only ever done one 90 day report and sent it to Bangkok. This was the incorrect immigration office as they returned a list of immigration regulations and numbers to me with my tm47 however didn't indicate the correct route for the future. Yes my partners is on the rent agreement however her id clearly states her mothers address.

It's not a problem that your partners ID shows her mothers address, many Thai people are registered on their family house register but live somewhere else. The rent agreement will show where she actually lives.

Sophon

That sounds good, Thanks

Just got to find out where to go now?

[Diplomatico]

Thanks for your replies. I leave and return regularly so have only ever done one 90 day report and sent it to Bangkok. This was the incorrect immigration office as they returned a list of immigration regulations and numbers to me with my tm47 however didn't indicate the correct route for the future. Yes my partners is on the rent agreement however her id clearly states her mothers address.

It's not a problem that your partners ID shows her mothers address, many Thai people are registered on their family house register but live somewhere else. The rent agreement will show where she actually lives.

Sophon

That sounds good, Thanks

Just got to find out where to go now?

This was mentioned previously but.....if you are on the first year of a Non-Immigrant O-A visa, you can just leave and re-enter the country just prior to the "enter before date" on your visa. This will get you stamped in for another year from the date you re-enter the country. If you did that, you wouldn't have to visit Thai Immigration to extend for another year. (After doing this, however, you'd need to obtain a re-entry permit prior to leaving the country again.)