re-entry permit

[simon_cook 22]

Can someone tell me how long you are allowed to be out of the country on a re-entry permit if you have a 1 year marriage extension on non imm 0 visa and if you leave the country without one does your 1 year extension end?

Also if it did end for this reason(being in Engalnd for 15 weeks)do you think there will be any problem getting another 1 year extension in future?(will i need a back up of multiple entry non imm o insted of single entry just incase extension not granted)

 

Thanks

[MM 6,562]

Can someone tell me how long you are allowed to be out of the country on a re-entry permit if you have a 1 year marriage extension on non imm 0 visa and if you leave the country without one does your 1 year extension end?

Also if it did end for this reason(being in Engalnd for 15 weeks)do you think there will be any problem getting another 1 year extension in future?(will i need a back up of multiple entry non imm o insted of single entry just incase extension not granted)

 

Thanks

 

For your first paragraph question, your reentry permit expires on the day of your extension expiration. If you leave without a reentry permit, you come back as a 30 day tourist.

 

As to the second part, I don't know, but I'd guess you have to do it all over again.

[2 slices short 10]

For your first paragraph question, your reentry permit expires on the day of your extension expiration. If you leave without a reentry permit, you come back as a 30 day tourist.

 

As to the second part, I don't know, but I'd guess you have to do it all over again.

 

Good guess. The extension will expire if you dont have a re-entry permit BEFORE leaving

 

Cheers : Admiral Ken

[joekicker 53]

Also if it did end for this reason(being in Engalnd for 15 weeks)do you think there will be any problem getting another 1 year extension in future?(will i need a back up of multiple entry non imm o insted of single entry just incase extension not granted)

 

If you return to the country before your visa expires, then everything's fine. There is no limit on how long you can be out IF you have a re-entry. As MM says, the re-entry expires the day your visa expires. Come back before that, and it is as if you didn't leave. Come back the day after, and you're a 30-day tourist as said. 15 weeks or 51 weeks are fine IF the visa is still valid.

 

EVERYTHING here depends on the date your visa expires.

 

A multiple re-entry visa lasts ONLY as long as your current visa.

 

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[MM 6,562]

Good guess. The extension will expire if you dont have a re-entry permit BEFORE leaving

 

Cheers : Admiral Ken

If the visa expires before you leave the country, you can't get a reentry permit on that extension, but that's not the question.

 

Anyway, if you leave before the extension expiration and return before the extension expiration without a reentry permit, it is voided on the return date to Thailand, and certainly not BEFORE you leave! I'm not even sure how you think they could be cancelling/voiding visas BEFORE you leave? What if you miss your flight?

[2 slices short 10]

If the visa expires before you leave the country, you can't get a reentry permit on that extension, but that's not the question.

 

Anyway, if you leave before the extension expiration and return before the extension expiration without a reentry permit, it is voided on the return date to Thailand, and certainly not BEFORE you leave! I'm not even sure how you think they could be cancelling/voiding visas BEFORE you leave? What if you miss your flight?

 

OK I've worded it badly. You need to obtain the re-entry permit BEFORE leaving.

If you leave without a re-entry permit your extension expires as soon as you've left.

 

Of course the extension won't expire before you leave the country, but you cannot obtain a re-entry permit after you leave ie you need to obtain it "BEFORE leaving".

 

The recommended course of action is to apply for a multiple re-entry permit when you get your extension renewed, that way you can leave and return freely until such time as your extension expires.

 

Joe, the correct terms are "visa extension" and "re-entry permit". Neither of them is a visa. The extension extends the validity of the original visa.

 

This may help http://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand/re-ent...it-thailand.php

The link details the Bangkok office but you can obtain the permit at Soi 5 Jomtien.

 

Cheers : Admiral Ken

[MM 6,562]

Ok, sounds like we are all on the same hymn sheet now.

[joekicker 53]

Joe, the correct terms are "visa extension" and "re-entry permit". Neither of them is a visa. The extension extends the validity of the original visa.

 

Yes. Appreciate the correction. If we're going to be correct here, might as well be really correct.

 

The visa is what you get from a Thai consul(ate). Everything else isn't a visa.

 

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[maipenrai 476]

I'm glad to see some info regarding visa entries here - I just had a discussion regarding this with a couple of friends whom I believe don't have the right idea.

 

I just received, for the first time, a 60 day tourist visa with two entries. The way I interpret this is that the first entry is for when I arrive in Thailand, and then I am entitled to another entry any time within that original 60 day term, after which I have to leave the country; then if I wish to have another 60 day visa, I have to re-apply at a consulate outside of Thailand - or simply fly back to Thailand and receive the regular 30 day visa, or come back overland and receive 14 days.

 

Now I have two friends who have been going there for years with 60 day visas, but they never leave the country - they stay for their two months and then go home. They seem to think, however, that if I go out of the country again with my original 60 day visa, I will be granted another 60 day visa upon my return. I think they've got it all mixed up - after all, my Aussie niece was over here last year with a multiple entry visa, and she used it to go in and out of the USA, but it was still only good for the original term of the visa - same sort of idea in Thailand, methinks - the visa is good for the original stated term even if it has more than one entry allowed.

 

Somebody please tell me that I am right and they are wrong....

[jacko 8,822]

Can someone tell me how long you are allowed to be out of the country on a re-entry permit if you have a 1 year marriage extension on non imm 0 visa and if you leave the country without one does your 1 year extension end?

Also if it did end for this reason(being in Engalnd for 15 weeks)do you think there will be any problem getting another 1 year extension in future?(will i need a back up of multiple entry non imm o insted of single entry just incase extension not granted)

 

Thanks

Until the extension expires... it says so on it.

If you leave without an exit-reentry permit, the extension is cancelled. You would need to get a new non-Imm O unless that had some time and entries left on it.

 

Getting another extension should be as much effort as the first one was. Same hoops to jump through. I do not see why the extension should not be granted on a single Non-Imm (I just did mine again, straightforward)... but I would be tempted to get a multi non-Imm (if you can afford the trips out of the country every 90 days), as you could go 15 months before having to go through those hoops.

Edited December 4, 2010 by jacko

[simon_cook 22]

When returning on re-entry permit,what visa number do you write on your TM 6 landing card if you have a 1 year marriage extension?

 

Thanks

[CheshireTom 1,377]

When returning on re-entry permit,what visa number do you write on your TM 6 landing card if you have a 1 year marriage extension?

 

Thanks

 

The re-entry permit number - and make sure you check your passport before leaving the desk to ensure that you have been stamped in correctly.

[Shilo 371]

This is an old thread but I thought that I might just bump it up rather then starting a new one...

 

Anyway, I'm just looking for some current info on reentry passes. My understanding is that you can buy a one and done or an annual pass that can be used as often as you like for one year. I also seem to remember that the one and done pass cost about 1000 baht and the annual multi-use pass was around 3000. So first question is: are these prices still about right?

 

And secondly, I'm on a one year retirement visa that starts in mid-June so I am about half way through my current term. Should I buy a multi-use annual pass and assume that it will be good for one full year? Or should I just get single passes till next June and then buy a multi-use pass when I reup my visa?

 

Thanks

[CheshireTom 1,377]

This is an old thread but I thought that I might just bump it up rather then starting a new one...

 

Anyway, I'm just looking for some current info on reentry passes. My understanding is that you can buy a one and done or an annual pass that can be used as often as you like for one year. I also seem to remember that the one and done pass cost about 1000 baht and the annual multi-use pass was around 3000. So first question is: are these prices still about right?

 

And secondly, I'm on a one year retirement visa that starts in mid-June so I am about half way through my current term. Should I buy a multi-use annual pass and assume that it will be good for one full year? Or should I just get single passes till next June and then buy a multi-use pass when I reup my visa?

 

Thanks

 

A multi-entry costs 3.8k Baht and is valid for the same period of time as your current extension of stay. Best to get a single (or a couple of singles, as needed), and get a multiple along with your next extension of stay.

[atlas2 4,329]

I always get a multi-entry when I renew my visa.

 

It's job done for me. I don't usually leave more than 3 times a year so it doesn't make financial sense at all but it's just one precious page of my passport used up and nothing to worry about when, as a couple of weeks ago, i needed to arrange a quick trip to the UK for a mate's wife's funeral.

[Shilo 371]

Maybe one more question: How long is a single reentry permit good for? If I was to pick up one next week... how soon would I have to take a trip before it would expire?

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Maybe one more question: How long is a single reentry permit good for? If I was to pick up one next week... how soon would I have to take a trip before it would expire?

 

The re-entry permit will have the same validity as your current extension of stay. I don't use Jomtien but I understand they can be a bit picky if your "planned departure date" is more than a couple of weeks away.

[davethailand 91]

 

The re-entry permit number - and make sure you check your passport before leaving the desk to ensure that you have been stamped in correctly.

+1

[jacko 8,822]

Maybe one more question: How long is a single reentry permit good for? If I was to pick up one next week... how soon would I have to take a trip before it would expire?

It is good for the duration of the retirement extension.

The two items are linked.

 

Hence the idea of obtaining one as soon as you have renewed your extension works best.

Your questions are answered further up the thread.

Edited November 14, 2013 by jacko

[cbrib 354]

One thing to note. If your visa expires while you are out of the country you will be entering on a 30 day passport stamp! I'm not sure how this works for all visas but this is how it went for me on a Non "O" marriage visa.

 

Being as my visa expired i couldn't renew it, i had to obtain a new one. You can not go from passport stamp to Non "O": marriage visa in the Jomtien office, it has to be done in Bangkok. You will have to go to Bangkok twice, once to apply for the visa then again to pick it up. Immigration in Bangkok is way out in Chaeng Wattana. Pain in the A**

 

In Bangkok i had to obtain a 90 day Non "O". Once that was 30 days from expiring i could then start the application for a Non "O" marriage visa in Jomtien