[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

[fulhamster]

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.

If you arrive at the airport with a 1 year Non-O visa you will get a stamp in your passport showing that you can stay for 90 days. You are supposed to convert your Non-O to a 1 year Retirement (over 50) or marriage visa by that date, it will cost 1900 baht and starts from the date you entered the country. You then have to do the 90 day reporting (free) and when your retirement visa expires you take the forms and paperwork with 1900 baht and you get your retirement visa extended for a further year,

If you need to leave the country get a re-entry visa first, so that your 1 year visa is still valid when you return, otherwise you're a tourist with only 30 days.

[Plakapong]

I'm learning something new all the time, thanks for the input folks.

[elway69]

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

Mike, i get mine in Pattaya every year

Must be a different type of O visa.
I'm talking about the extended stay/visiting family/friends visa.

[alan1946]

I had a 1 year multi-entry o visa, and then i had to go back to the uk to get another 1.I cant believe rob jones got another 1 in thailand when that expired.He must have changed it to the over 50s retirement visa.

[john42]

Going down this road soon.... :veryangry: .... more paperwork.

[mike_asia]

I went through the pain of extending my Philippines visa.
You set your passport on the desk, smile, and come back in 3 days with an extension