A Question I haven't seen answered before...

[evadgib]

Hi All,

I'm venturing home shortly and will be back just one week before i renew my annual extn (Retd). In anticipation of any unforeseen probs in UK I'm considering renewing before I go & am aware this can be done up to 45 days early. My question relates to re entry permits. Can I simply apply at the same time as I renew my extn without any probs or should I do it at my next 90 day report in a few days time & still be able to use it before my current year is up but AFTER I have renewed?

I hope I explained myself clearly

If there is a template for re entry permit applications (Single entry) I'd appreciate that too please.

Thank you.

[nong38]

If you just want a re entry permit, do it a week or so before you go back to the UK, costs 1000bts, its stamped into your passport and the numbers on this are what you use on the arrival card when you come back to Thailand. The Immigration officer at BKK will stamp it for you with a 90 day extension, then when you are back go into your local Immigration Office to let them know you are back, if your close to the Retirement Visa Annual renewal you might want to do it all in one go.

Hope I have understood you and that this helps.

[partington]

If you just want a re entry permit, do it a week or so before you go back to the UK, costs 1000bts, its stamped into your passport and the numbers on this are what you use on the arrival card when you come back to Thailand. The Immigration officer at BKK will stamp it for you with a 90 day extension, then when you are back go into your local Immigration Office to let them know you are back, if your close to the Retirement Visa Annual renewal you might want to do it all in one go.

Hope I have understood you and that this helps.

This is factually incorrect. If you get a re-entry permit you are not stamped in for 90 days, but only until the expiry of your current permission to stay, whatever that is. If your permission to stay expires in two days you are stamped in for two days.

If you reapply for and get another extension 30-45 days before you leave, this will give you another year permission to stay, starting from the end of your current permission to stay and any re-entry permit you get after the one year extension is granted should be valid until the last day of that new permission to stay.

[elviajero]

As long as you don't apply at one of the offices that are putting retirement extensions under 30 consideration the new extension will be granted the day you apply. Once you have the new permission to stay in your passport you can apply for a re-entry permit which will be valid until the new extension expiry date.

If you apply for a re-entry permit before you renew your extension then the expiry date will be the same as your current permission to stay.

[nong38]

If you just want a re entry permit, do it a week or so before you go back to the UK, costs 1000bts, its stamped into your passport and the numbers on this are what you use on the arrival card when you come back to Thailand. The Immigration officer at BKK will stamp it for you with a 90 day extension, then when you are back go into your local Immigration Office to let them know you are back, if your close to the Retirement Visa Annual renewal you might want to do it all in one go.

Hope I have understood you and that this helps.

This is factually incorrect. If you get a re-entry permit you are not stamped in for 90 days, but only until the expiry of your current permission to stay, whatever that is. If your permission to stay expires in two days you are stamped in for two days.

If you reapply for and get another extension 30-45 days before you leave, this will give you another year permission to stay, starting from the end of your current permission to stay and any re-entry permit you get after the one year extension is granted should be valid until the last day of that new permission to stay.

For me when I return, I get 90 days but then I have more than 90 days before my new Retirement visa application, I stand corrected.

[SpokaneAl]

If you just want a re entry permit, do it a week or so before you go back to the UK, costs 1000bts, its stamped into your passport and the numbers on this are what you use on the arrival card when you come back to Thailand. The Immigration officer at BKK will stamp it for you with a 90 day extension, then when you are back go into your local Immigration Office to let them know you are back, if your close to the Retirement Visa Annual renewal you might want to do it all in one go.

Hope I have understood you and that this helps.

This is factually incorrect. If you get a re-entry permit you are not stamped in for 90 days, but only until the expiry of your current permission to stay, whatever that is. If your permission to stay expires in two days you are stamped in for two days.

If you reapply for and get another extension 30-45 days before you leave, this will give you another year permission to stay, starting from the end of your current permission to stay and any re-entry permit you get after the one year extension is granted should be valid until the last day of that new permission to stay.

For me when I return, I get 90 days but then I have more than 90 days before my new Retirement visa application, I stand corrected.

It sounds a bit like you may still be misunderstanding. The re-entry permit will allow you to stay until your current extension of stay (not retirement visa) expires.

[DogNo1]

I think that the misunderstanding is about what the OP has. It is not a retirement visa, it is an extension of stay for the purpose of retirement. Another round of confusion and misunderstanding created by using the worng terminology! Also a misperception about the ninety-day report. Partington is correct about the new extension of stay and re-entry permit. The extension of stay is valid for one year. Ninety-day reports must be made when spending 90 days in-country. They have no association with extensions of stay.

[evadgib]

So the consensus is that I renew my extension based on retirement & apply for re entry permit at the same time?

Thanks to all who replied

[partington]

If you just want a re entry permit, do it a week or so before you go back to the UK, costs 1000bts, its stamped into your passport and the numbers on this are what you use on the arrival card when you come back to Thailand. The Immigration officer at BKK will stamp it for you with a 90 day extension, then when you are back go into your local Immigration Office to let them know you are back, if your close to the Retirement Visa Annual renewal you might want to do it all in one go.

Hope I have understood you and that this helps.

This is factually incorrect. If you get a re-entry permit you are not stamped in for 90 days, but only until the expiry of your current permission to stay, whatever that is. If your permission to stay expires in two days you are stamped in for two days.

If you reapply for and get another extension 30-45 days before you leave, this will give you another year permission to stay, starting from the end of your current permission to stay and any re-entry permit you get after the one year extension is granted should be valid until the last day of that new permission to stay.

For me when I return, I get 90 days but then I have more than 90 days before my new Retirement visa application, I stand corrected.

I think you are confusing the need to do 90-day reports with the period of permission to stay that you have been given. 90 day reports are nothing to do with your visa, or keeping your permission to stay active or allowing you to stay longer than 90 days. They simply satisfy your legal obligation to report your address to the authorities every time you have stayed in Thailand for 90 consecutive days, for whatever reason.

Not doing a 90-day report does not affect how long you are allowed to stay. If you have been given a permission to stay until a date that is one year from entering the country, this permission is not affected in any way by failing to do a 90-day report. If you don't do a 90-day report you are guilty of the offence of not doing a 90-day report, and can be fined for it, but it is nothing to do with allowing you to stay more than 90 days.

You must do 90-day reports because you have been given permission to stay more than 90 days by your extension. You are not allowed to stay more than 90 days because you do the reports.

[DogNo1]

Yes, apply for the re-entry permit just after you receive a new extension of stay on the same day.

[ubonjoe]

So the consensus is that I renew my extension based on retirement & apply for re entry permit at the same time?

Thanks to all who replied

Yes you can. As soon as you have the extension stamp you can apply for the re-entry permit.