somchai jones Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Hi, just a quick question After getting the non O immigrant 90 day visa, what is the earliest you can apply for the year extension (for being over 50). i.e. how long before the initial 90 days expire can you apply to extend the visa? Thanks for any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviajero Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Within the last 30 days of the 90 is standard but many offices will let you apply within 45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuket Man Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 30 or 45 days early depending on where you apply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchai jones Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks for the advice. It would be Hua Hin or Taa Yang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formaleins Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 45 Days at Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLouisBlues Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I assume the latest date is the day before expiry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, SaintLouisBlues said: I assume the latest date is the day before expiry? You could do it on the date it expires. Of course not advisable but possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebadenhop Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Hi Joe, Is one not allowed to be a few days late to extend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone88 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Last year my friend arrived on an 0 A visa but only stays for 3 weeks at a time and returns again 2 weeks later. I took him to immigration in Jomtien and explained this to them ( he had only been here 5 days) With a very small bit of persuasion They said no problem and let him do the 1 year extension then and there as he had brought all the necessary forms and required documents with him. Picked it up at 3pm same afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, charliebadenhop said: Hi Joe, Is one not allowed to be a few days late to extend? Not without paying a overstay fine of 500 baht a day. Most offices would do the extension with a few days of overstay after you pay the fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebadenhop Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 thanks Joe. What if one is out of the country when the extension is supposed to take place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, charliebadenhop said: What if one is out of the country when the extension is supposed to take place? You have to start all over again by getting a new non-o visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Cyclone88 said: Last year my friend arrived on an 0 A visa but only stays for 3 weeks at a time and returns again 2 weeks later. I took him to immigration in Jomtien and explained this to them ( he had only been here 5 days) With a very small bit of persuasion They said no problem and let him do the 1 year extension then and there as he had brought all the necessary forms and required documents with him. Picked it up at 3pm same afternoon. Not clear what you felt persuasion was needed to accomplish. If he had a non-imm O-A he would get a new one year permission to stay each time he entered the country before the visa expired and, with the aid of a re-entry permit during the second year, he could have stayed up to two years (even if he was in and out of the country) before needing to apply for an extension of stay. I hope you didn't persuade him to get an extension of stay soon after he first arrived. That would have wasted some of the benefits of getting the O-A in the first place. Edited February 17, 2017 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 41 minutes ago, Suradit69 said: I hope you didn't persuade him to get an extension of stay soon after he first arrived. That would have wasted some of the benefits of getting the O-A in the first place. I find it surprising that Jomtien would have willingly processed his extension application in such circumstances (instead of telling him to go away and only apply for an extension when he was within 45 days of the latest permission to stay granted under his OA visa expiring). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebadenhop Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thanks Joe. A friend of mine will be in this situation soon. Not being able to come back until his extension would be about 3 weeks overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 32 minutes ago, charliebadenhop said: Thanks Joe. A friend of mine will be in this situation soon. Not being able to come back until his extension would be about 3 weeks overdue. If possible he should get a single entry non-o visa so he can apply for a new extension when he returns. He will only get a 30 day visa exempt entry unless he gets the non-o or a tourist visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMBob Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 21 hours ago, somchai jones said: Thanks for the advice. It would be Hua Hin or Taa Yang. Unless they've changed their rules from 5-6 years back, Hua Hin Immigration refused to allow me to renew prior to 30 days before expiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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