Can I extend my multi-entry visa in Thailand now, a week after entering?

Sep 24, 2018
6 years ago
Dan ********
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Hi, we are in our second entrance on our multi entrance visa, we arrived to Chiang Mai a week ago and planning on travelling on, can we do our 30 days extension of the visa now (a week after we entered the country) so we don't need to return here in 2 months or do we need wait? Thanks :)
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The user is inquiring about the possibility of extending their multi-entry visa 30 days now, a week after their arrival in Thailand. Responses clarify that they can extend their tourist visa in any province, not needing to return to Chiang Mai. It's typically required to wait 15 days before the expiry for extensions in certain locations, with different provinces having varied rules about extension timings.
Robert *******
In Phuket, Chang Mai and Bangkok you can apply for a 30 day Extension of Stay 45 days before, in Jomtien Pattaya it is 15 days before and all other Immigration Offices allow this 30 days before till your last day of Admitted to Stay.
Ivan ************
I believe Chiang Mai is 45 days before your "admitted until" stamp. So you will have to wait 15 days from entry if you got a 60 day stamp. You can extend a METV entry in any province, if you are travelling somewhere else in Thailand, you don't have to come back to Chiang Mai to extend it. It's only non-immigrant visas you NEED to extend in a particular place, tourist visas you can extend anywhere.

Different provinces have different rules as to how early you can extend, the shortest I think you have to wait until 15 days before expiry. You need to check this for the specific office you want to use before you go there.
Robert *******
I do not understand what you try to ask. Where do you stay and where do you like to travel to?
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