Obtain 30 day visa in Thailand?

[Pigman]

My wife and I are here on O-A Retirement visas, which expire in late December. We are moving from Thailand in late January, thus need to extend our stay for about 4 weeks. Our options appear to be:

• Renew our O-A visa for another year
• Fly out of the country on the day our O-A expires and fly back next day
• Get a 30 day visa from the local IO, even though we've not left the country.

Is the third option feasible, or are we better off gritting our teeth and queueing all day at Immigration to extend the O-A for one last time?

Thanks.

[MrBrilliant]

I'd say hop on the train for Penang and 'do a run' as it were. It also makes for a nifty few day getaway too.....

[wayned]

The most that you would get is 7 days and you would have to stand in line to get that and it would cost 1900 baht, the same as the retirement extension. If you have all of the documents I would opt for the 1 year extension.

[nowretired]

1. An O/A visa cannot be renewed in Thailand these visas are only obtainable from your country of origin

2. Only a 7 day extension can be obtained from immigration.

Your best option is to leave Thailand by air or via a land border. On return you will if receive a 30 day visa exempt entry which can be extended by 30 days at an immigration office.

Edited August 26, 2015 by nowretired