rampagetrooper Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I have a double entry tourist visa. I have entered Thailand with my first entry. Then I did the extension of stay for 30 days. I will leave and reenter Thailand on my second entry end of this month.My friend wants to do a tourist visa in Vientiane next month. I am thinking about joining him there for leisure. Because I don't want my 60 days from my second entry cancelled I would do that on a re-entry permit.Now my question: If I get a new tourist visa in Vientiane can I enter Thailand on my re-entry permit and save this new visa for the next time I enter Thailand? (of course this got to be before the visa expires) Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 It will depend upon what the immigration officer on entry would do. You could put the re-entry permit number on the arrival card and they might use it instead of the visa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampagetrooper Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 It will depend upon what the immigration officer on entry would do. You could put the re-entry permit number on the arrival card and they might use it instead of the visa. Thank you. Is it a bad idea to ask him to use the re-entry permit? I do nothing sneaky or illegal, right? So I guess I might just can point it out to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singerman Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 It will depend upon what the immigration officer on entry would do. You could put the re-entry permit number on the arrival card and they might use it instead of the visa. Thank you. Is it a bad idea to ask him to use the re-entry permit? I do nothing sneaky or illegal, right? So I guess I might just can point it out to him. You will be doing nothing "wrong" but it is the immigration officers decision as to whether the re-entry permit or the visa is used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post elviajero Posted December 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2015 One other thing to consider is that Embassies don't like to issue new visas when there is an existing valid visa. Your tourist visa will be (used) invalid but the re-entery permit keeps the stay granted on entry with that visa alive. So it may be that the embassy cancel the re-entry permit when issuing the new visa. I've no fact or experience to back that up. It's just a thought. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbaz Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 It has been my understanding over a few years that the issuing of any new visa automatically cancels any existing visa or permission to stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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