About to get a 2 year visa extension but only 2 pages left in passport?

[eskatonia]

I've jumped all the hoops for BOI and qualify to get a two year extension (available to certain types of technology companies) .  Problem is my current passport only has two pages left unstamped.  Is it true they really will not copy a visa (or extension) to a new passport?  I've already got the 90 day non B , so maybe too late?  If I understand correctly then I will have to carry around both passports to show the original visa, the two year extension and then any entry, exit and re-entry stamps will be in the new passport?  Is that really the only solution?  I imagine having to do that makes it all more complicated and time consuming at immigration.  I'd much rather have everything clean in the new passport if possible?

[elviajero]

• They never transfer visas to new passports. The original visa is used and of no further use. 
• They will make a note in the new passport about the original visa and transfer the extension stamp to the new passport.
• Anytime you exit/re-enter the country during the two years you need to buy a re-entry permit. Single entry is 1,000 baht; Multiple entry is 3,800 baht.
• You don't need to carry both passports.

[eskatonia]

Ah ok, it's just been my experience in the past that whenever I show them an extension stamp at immigration they inevitably go back through the passport and find the original visa it was based on to check everything.  

 

So even better I can apply for a new passport now and get the extension in the new passport to start up then?

[elviajero]

A requirement for the extension is to enter the country with a non immigrant visa and that is why they make a note in the new passport about the original visa. But a (single entry) Thai visas job is done at the border, and it is the permission to stay on entry that you are extending.

 

It really doesn't make much difference as the original visa will stay in the old passport. The important thing is your permission to stay is in, or transferred to, your new passport.

[moe666]

1 hour ago, elviajero said:

A requirement for the extension is to enter the country with a non immigrant visa and that is why they make a note in the new passport about the original visa. But a (single entry) Thai visas job is done at the border, and it is the permission to stay on entry that you are extending.

 

It really doesn't make much difference as the original visa will stay in the old passport. The important thing is your permission to stay is in, or transferred to, your new passport.

they transfered my old non-o a couple of years ago

[elviajero]

21 minutes ago, moe666 said:

they transfered my old non-o a couple of years ago

They never transfer visas. What they would have done is put a stamp in your new passport with the details of the visa used to enter the country with.