A complex scenario - Need help

[jankan88]

Hi,

 

I will try to make my question as clear as possible.

 

I have a passport which expire 1st of June, 2017

I have a Non-B visa which expire May 9, 2017
I will make a new passport before May 9

But I will not renew the Non-B visa

But I want to enter the country again (thailand) on a regular 30 day tourist visa.

Can I:

 

Make a new passport

Leave the country with both passports (lets say I do this on the 9th of May when the visa expires)

Come back only using the new passport and get my 30 days

 

OR

 

Do I need to move the Non-B visa in my current passport to the new passport before leaving the country?

If something still is unclear, please let me know :)

 

Thanks

[ubonjoe]

What do you actually have now? Do you have a 90 day entry from a non-b visa or do you have an extension of stay issued by immigration.

Immigration does not transfer visas. They will transfer a entry or extension of stay stamp and do a annotation of the visa you used for entry.

If you have an extension of stay you will need to have it transferred to your new passport.

 

[jankan88]

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

What do you actually have now? Do you have a 90 day entry from a non-b visa or do you have an extension of stay issued by immigration.

Immigration does not transfer visas. They will transfer a entry or extension of stay stamp and do a annotation of the visa you used for entry.

If you have an extension of stay you will need to have it transferred to your new passport.

 

I have an extension of stay at the moment which I got 1 year ago.

 

Ok, so I make a new passport, go to immigration and transfer the extension to the new passport, leave the country with only the new passport on the 9th and come back with a 30 day TV?

[ubonjoe]

3 minutes ago, jankan88 said:

Ok, so I make a new passport, go to immigration and transfer the extension to the new passport, leave the country with only the new passport on the 9th and come back with a 30 day TV?

Yes but there is no 30 day tourist visa. You would a 30 day visa exempt entry.

[jankan88]

15 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Yes but there is no 30 day tourist visa. You would a 30 day visa exempt entry.

Is that just the new name for it or? Ive been on Non-B visas for so long, that I dont know the name/terms for tourist visas.

What I want to make sure of is, that when I leave the country, the Non-B gets canceled and when I re-enter I get the same kind of stamp as any other tourist would get (im swedish).

 

The non-b is multiple entry, thats why I though by leaving on the 9th (when the visa/extension expires), the visa WILL be canceled.

[BritTim]

9 minutes ago, jankan88 said:

Is that just the new name for it or? Ive been on Non-B visas for so long, that I dont know the name/terms for tourist visas.

What I want to make sure of is, that when I leave the country, the Non-B gets canceled and when I re-enter I get the same kind of stamp as any other tourist would get (im swedish).

 

The non-b is multiple entry, thats why I though by leaving on the 9th (when the visa/extension expires), the visa WILL be canceled.

A "visa" is generally issued at a consulate outside Thailand. Tourist visas can be single entry or multiple entry. A single entry tourist visa (SETV) is easy to get from consulates close to Thailand and allows a single 60-day stay in Thailand. Some nationalities can get a tourist "visa on arrival" (which cost money) when they fly into Thailand. However, those from most developed countries are allowed to enter free for 30 days without a visa instead (thus the term "visa exempt entry"). To complete the definition of important terms: when you enter Thailand, you are given a "permission to stay" with a "permitted to stay until" date. The permission to stay can often be "extended" (i.e. a new later permission to stay until date given) at an immigration office inside Thailand.

[jankan88]

19 minutes ago, BritTim said:

A "visa" is generally issued at a consulate outside Thailand. Tourist visas can be single entry or multiple entry. A single entry tourist visa (SETV) is easy to get from consulates close to Thailand and allows a single 60-day stay in Thailand. Some nationalities can get a tourist "visa on arrival" (which cost money) when they fly into Thailand. However, those from most developed countries are allowed to enter free for 30 days without a visa instead (thus the term "visa exempt entry"). To complete the definition of important terms: when you enter Thailand, you are given a "permission to stay" with a "permitted to stay until" date. The permission to stay can often be "extended" (i.e. a new later permission to stay until date given) at an immigration office inside Thailand.

Thank you very much for that. All clear now :)