oa visa how long can I stay

[Travill]

Hello, I arrived on here on 1 agust , my visa expires in 19 july 2017.

How long can I stay in Thailand  by using visa runs?

 

[ubonjoe]

You can stay for almost 2 years if you leave and re-enter on or before the enter before date on your visa to get another one year entry. After that date you would need a re-entry permit to keep that last entry valid if you want to travel.

You could stay in the country up to the admitted until date on the entry stamp you got on the 1st of August which should be the 31st of July.

[Travill]

Thanks for your answer ,  so if I understand you properly,  I can do  like 7 visa runs until july 2018 ?

I just have to be careful to also leave before my visa stamps expire so I get another year?

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, Travill said:

Thanks for your answer ,  so if I understand you properly,  I can do  like 7 visa runs until july 2018 ?

I just have to be careful to also leave before my visa stamps expire so I get another year?

Your OA visa if that is what you have allows unlimited one year entries up to the enter before date on it. You do not have to leave until the end of those entries.

[PoorSucker]

Check your entry stamp, it should be one year.

You get one year each time you enter the county during the validity of your visa.

If you do an entry last day of your visa validity you will get a bonus year, during that year you need a re-entry permit if you leave the country.

 

Remember to do a 90 day report at your local immigration office if you stay longer than 90 days in the country.

[Travill]

Hello, I got a non immigrant O M visa, My entry stamp got me only 3 months,

so I already did one visa run and my next visa run is in january 2017.

so can I do like 7 visa runs  on O M visa ?

 

[ubonjoe]

9 minutes ago, Travill said:

Hello, I got a non immigrant O M visa, My entry stamp got me only 3 months,

so I already did one visa run and my next visa run is in january 2017.

so can I do like 7 visa runs  on O M visa ?

 

You wrote you had a OA visa.

You can do as many entries as you want to up to the enter before date on your visa. You can get almost 15 months of total stay if you do a entry on or before the enter before date.

[Travill]

thanks for good respond

sorry that I got lost  in the visa jungle

Yea, I have O M visa

[elviajero]

• Try to make your last entry, using the visa, just before July 19th. You'll get a final permit to stay for 90 days.
• If you're a spouse or parent of a Thai you could extend that (or any) stay by 60 days giving you almost 17 months.

[JXCutter]

There is a lot of confusion regarding Thai visas, especially the O-A visa.  That confusion is the result of the fact that visas for Thailand do not do the same thing that visas for other countries do.  All my other visas, and I have quite a few, on the face in one form or another denotes how long I can be in the country.  Thai visas don't do that, they denote the immigration status you will  have when you enter.  That status is what determines how much time you can be in Thailand.  O-A's are given each and every time they enter before the "Enter Before" date one year.  I have not had any direct involvement with "O-M" visas.  Differnt Non-IM visas are granted different amounts of time to be in Thailand.  If you will review Police Order No. 327/2557, Section 2.1 through Section 2.32 and find the conditions for which a Non-IM "M" visa is granted it will denote the length of time you will be "Admitted Unti" upon your arrival. One thing that is also confusing.  If you have an Admitted Until date and you plan to leave and re-enter Thailand before that date you must have the approrioate amount of authorized entries on your original visa AND re-enter before the "Enter Before" date.  If you have only a single entry visa or used up your authorized entries or if you will be returning after the "Enter Before" date you will need to acquire a Re-Entry permit in Thailand or your visa status will be voided when you re-enter. 

[BritTim]

I do not think the OP, by O M, meant some sub-class of a a Non Imm O visa (any more than a Non Imm O-A long stay visa). I think he meant a Non Imm O multiple entry visa.

[Travill]

in my passport stands Non immigrant 'O' M ,and the M is under no of  entry.  so you are right brittim

[TheMysteriousMrTesla]

So, pray tell, why did you post that you had an O-A visa, it's not like A and M are next to each other on the keyboard.

 

[hgma]

Clear case based on own vision.

 

Friend with Multiple (M)O-A retirement made in Thai embassy holland

expired last month, went to immigration and was advised to cross the border in order to acquire a new one year O-A.

He went came back with stamp permission to stay untill one year of entry date.....every 3 month report@ immigration without needing to get out of the country.

No paperwork, no proof of anything just cross the boder at expiry date.

Treu story!!

 

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, hgma said:

Clear case based on own vision.

 

Friend with Multiple (M)O-A retirement made in Thai embassy holland

expired last month, went to immigration and was advised to cross the border in order to acquire a new one year O-A.

He went came back with stamp permission to stay untill one year of entry date.....every 3 month report@ immigration without needing to get out of the country.

No paperwork, no proof of anything just cross the boder at expiry date.

Treu story!!

 

 

With a Non Imm O-A visa, as long as you re-enter Thailand before the expiry date, you receive a full one-year entry. Thus, if the enter before date is 27 October 2016 and you enter Thailand on 25 October 2016 you receive a permission to stay until 24 October 2017. The following year, you will need either a new visa or an extension of stay because the visa will have expired.

[hgma]

1 hour ago, BritTim said:

 

With a Non Imm O-A visa, as long as you re-enter Thailand before the expiry date, you receive a full one-year entry. Thus, if the enter before date is 27 October 2016 and you enter Thailand on 25 October 2016 you receive a permission to stay until 24 October 2017. The following year, you will need either a new visa or an extension of stay because the visa will have expired.

 

Again

He acquired OA (M) last year in october......stayed a full year with 90 day reporting, 2 day's before the visa expired he crossed the border back into Thailand, entry stamp allows ANOTHER 1 full year without extension or new visa paperwork.

We both were very surprised, but he very happy.

[BritTim]

21 minutes ago, hgma said:

Again

He acquired OA (M) last year in october......stayed a full year with 90 day reporting, 2 day's before the visa expired he crossed the border back into Thailand, entry stamp allows ANOTHER 1 full year without extension or new visa paperwork.

We both were very surprised, but he very happy.

 

Why your surprise?

Visa issue date October 2015, expiry date October 2016

Entered October 2016 just before visa expiry date, received one year permission to stay

 

Presumably, you and your friend do not understand the difference between the visa expiry date and the length of the permission to stay you are given on entry.

[hgma]

20 hours ago, BritTim said:

 

Why your surprise?

Visa issue date October 2015, expiry date October 2016

Entered October 2016 just before visa expiry date, received one year permission to stay

 

Presumably, you and your friend do not understand the difference between the visa expiry date and the length of the permission to stay you are given on entry.

 

 

Retirement visa, 0ne year  valid (i stay in Thailand one year)just before the expiry/renewal date i submit  a package of inormation in order to be granted an extension of stay.........if i want to leave the country i  get myself a re-entry permit..........not so difficult is it?

Now O-A

1 year Multiple,( again i stay a full year in Thailand already) just before the renewal/expiry date i cross the border

to leave the country, WITHOUT RE-ENTRY permit and come back with ANOTHER 1 year permission to stay in Thailand.

WITHOUT...paperwork&proof of income.....just like that

thats why we were surprised,and how many time can this go on?, somone wrote 2 years......easy to understand if your at immigration, not a globetrotter like me

have a nice day anyway

[Phuket Man]

20 hours ago, hgma said:

Again

He acquired OA (M) last year in october......stayed a full year with 90 day reporting, 2 day's before the visa expired he crossed the border back into Thailand, entry stamp allows ANOTHER 1 full year without extension or new visa paperwork.

We both were very surprised, but he very happy.

 

Why surprised?

That is what this visa is intended for.

He applied for it. He must have known this surely.

[BritTim]

2 hours ago, hgma said:

Retirement visa, 0ne year  valid (i stay in Thailand one year)just before the expiry/renewal date i submit  a package of inormation in order to be granted an extension of stay.........if i want to leave the country i  get myself a re-entry permit..........not so difficult is it?

Now O-A

1 year Multiple,( again i stay a full year in Thailand already) just before the renewal/expiry date i cross the border

to leave the country, WITHOUT RE-ENTRY permit and come back with ANOTHER 1 year permission to stay in Thailand.

WITHOUT...paperwork&proof of income.....just like that

thats why we were surprised,and how many time can this go on?, somone wrote 2 years......easy to understand if your at immigration, not a globetrotter like me

have a nice day anyway

 

By "retirement visa" at the top of your post, I assume you mean an extension of permission to stay granted at an immigration office inside Thailand. The problem is that many people do not understand that a "permission to stay" and a "visa" are completely different things.

 

There are two types of visas you can use that make an extension of stay unnecessary (depending on how they are used) for some period of time. An O-A visa allows unlimited entries into Thailand for a one year period after it is issued. Each entry allows a one-year stay. Thus, with appropriate management, you can get almost two years of use out of it by entering Thailand just before the expiry date. The other visa some go for (because it is easier to get) is a multiple entry Non O. This allows unlimited entries into Thailand for a one year period after it is issued, but only for 90 days each time. Thus, the maximum length of time you can get out of the visa is about 15 months, assuming you re-enter Thailand just before its expiry.

[hgma]

3 minutes ago, BritTim said:

 

By "retirement visa" at the top of your post, I assume you mean an extension of permission to stay granted at an immigration office inside Thailand. The problem is that many people do not understand that a "permission to stay" and a "visa" are completely different things.

 

There are two types of visas you can use that make an extension of stay unnecessary (depending on how they are used) for some period of time. An O-A visa allows unlimited entries into Thailand for a one year period after it is issued. Each entry allows a one-year stay. Thus, with appropriate management, you can get almost two years of use out of it by entering Thailand just before the expiry date. The other visa some go for (because it is easier to get) is a multiple entry Non O. This allows unlimited entries into Thailand for a one year period after it is issued, but only for 90 days each time. Thus, the maximum length of time you can get out of the visa is about 15 months, assuming you re-enter Thailand just before its expiry.

CLARIFIED

Thank you Brit tim