[Plakapong]

Thanks for the advice folks, I guess the little visa shoppe thing by the cafe outside immigration will do all the biz for me for a few baht. Got my latest bills but won't need them now till end of December :)

[mike_asia]

elway69, on 12 October 2011 - 06:19 PM, said:

Rob.
Can you re-new your non-immigrant O in Thailand.

No. Visas are only issued outside Thailand. But you can extend it based on retirement

[mike_asia]

Plakapong, on 12 October 2011 - 06:35 PM, said:

Thanks for the advice folks, I guess the little visa shoppe thing by the cafe outside immigration will do all the biz for me for a few baht. Got my latest bills but won't need them now till end of December :)

Use the one in the far back they have Filipinos working there

[Rob Jones]

elway69, on 12 October 2011 - 06:19 PM, said:

Rob.
Can you re-new your non-immigrant O in Thailand.

Yes, from Pattaya immigration, they do it all there for you. In fact, I have never renewed it anywhere but in Thailand, it costs a little bit under 2000 baht (I think)

But you need a reason to be here, like a job

[Rob Jones]

mike_asia, on 12 October 2011 - 06:54 PM, said:

No. Visas are only issued outside Thailand. But you can extend it based on retirement

Mike, i get mine in Pattaya every year

[mike_asia]

Rob Jones, on 12 October 2011 - 07:01 PM, said:

Mike, i get mine in Pattaya every year

They stamp a new visa that says non O ? Or extend your existing one?

[Rob Jones]

mike_asia, on 12 October 2011 - 07:02 PM, said:

They stamp a new visa that says non O ? Or extend your existing one?

Extend my existing one that they gave me a long time ago.

[mike_asia]

Rob Jones, on 12 October 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

Extend my existing one that they gave me a long time ago.

Trying to understand this. So the first time u walked in there they issued you a fresh non o ?

[Rob Jones]

mike_asia, on 12 October 2011 - 07:16 PM, said:

Trying to understand this. So the first time u walked in there they issued you a fresh non o ?

Let me get back to you tomorrow on this.

The 'O' bit is bothering me.

Its non immigrant visa but let me check more details, I don't have it to hand right now

[Plakapong]

I think with the O visa you need to obtain a new one once your 12 months extention for retirement has expired, normally only obtainable at a Thai Embassy or Consulate. I think you could get it done in Malaysia before, Penang perhaps but that was knocked on the head a while back.

[mike_asia]

Plakapong, on 12 October 2011 - 08:07 PM, said:

I think with the O visa you need to obtain a new one once your 12 months extention for retirement has expired, normally only obtainable at a Thai Embassy or Consulate. I think you could get it done in Malaysia before, Penang perhaps but that was knocked on the head a while back.

Penang tightened up for dudes without a real reason to be in Thailand.

[landy2a]

I received a Non Immigrant O visa in Australia over 5 years ago.

I have extended it each year for a further 12 months.

This was done in the Thai immigration office by filling in the appropiate forms and by proving I had 800,000 Baht in the bank or by supplying a Stat Dec signed by the Australian Embassy in BKK stating my income was in excess of 65,000 baht per calendar month.

The stamp reads-

UDON THANI IMMIGRATION
APPLICATION TO STAY IS PERMITTED UP TO DATE............
APPLICANT MUST LEAVE THE KINGDOM WITHIN THE DATE
SPECIFIED HEREIN, OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED



SIGNED...........

IMMIGRATION OFFICER
DATE........


NOTICE
TO KEEP YOUR STAY PERMITTED RE-ENTRY PERMIT
MUST BE MADE BEFORE LEAVING THAILAND
NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENCEMUST BE
MADE EVERY 90 DAYS.

A further stamp in red stating RETIREMENT is overstamped on the permission to stay stamp.

[Rob Jones]

mike_asia, on 12 October 2011 - 07:16 PM, said:

Trying to understand this. So the first time u walked in there they issued you a fresh non o ?

No.

First time I got my visa from outside of the Thailand but every year its renewed in Thailand