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Can I leave Thailand after submitting my non-immigrant O visa extension application?

Ramon *********
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I will extend my non-immigrant O (Thai wife) visa next week, but in a different province.

As far as I remember it takes a while until I receive the visa. Can I still leave Thailand after the application documents have been handed over to the immigration, as I have to go back to Europe for 2 weeks? I'm asking because they'll probably come to do a home visit...
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The poster intends to extend their non-immigrant O visa while residing in a different province and is concerned about traveling back to Europe during the application process. Respondents clarify that if they already have a year extension of stay, they can leave the country during the application period, provided they obtain a re-entry permit and that their current visa does not expire while they are away. They also emphasize the importance of filing a TM30 and possibly a TM27 at the new immigration office.
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James ********
James ********
Are you and your Thai wife still living together at the SAME address in Thailand ?
Paul *********
Paul *********
If you are already on an extension of stay, then you can travel outside of the country during the "under consideration" period, PROVIDED the original expiry date of the current extension of stay remains valid and you re-enter the country (with re-entry permit) before the extension expiry date passes.
Tod *********
Tod *********
Hopefully you went to the new immigration office and filed a TM30 (notification of foreigner in residence) and if needed a TM27 (change of address form) after you moved there ..

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Hopefully you're actually on a year extension already NOT just a 90 day Non-O visa you got in country from another province.

I say that because IF you got a Non-O visa inside the country from one immigration office you need to live there/stay there until you get the first year extension.

Most immigration offices will not issue a year extension on a 90 day Non-O visa gotten from a different province.. The process has to be started and completed at the same office usually.

Now if you're already on a year extension of stay, are just applying for a new year you should be okay, as long as you have a TM30 (& maybe a TM27) filed.

I would say you and your thai wife need to go to the immigration office where you live now, get the hand out listing the requirements, and if it's the first yearly extension from the Non-O see if you can even apply for the extension there.

When you apply for the yearly extension based on marriage to a thai, most offices give you a 30 day under consideration stamp (usually it is added to the current expiration you have now as it's the first month of the new yearly extension)

Should you need to travel out of the country during that time you'd have to buy a re-entry permit (which is valid only for that u/c stamp's validity)

You will have to coordinate your trip and any possible home visit with them when you apply for the yearly extension

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