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Can I leave Thailand on a non-O visa after transferring 800k baht and return for a one-year extension?

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Sep 28, 2025

10 days ago

Jim *********

ORIGINAL POSTER

I was reading a post about non O retirement similar to my question but can't find it now.

If I travel to Thailand on non- O 0ver 50 in February open a bank account a and transfer 800k baht. Can I leave and apply for exit visa. Return on my same Non-O in mid June for 6 weeks and in that period when the 800k is seasoned apply for one year extension. 

Second question if extension approved can I get a multi entry extension.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user is inquiring about the process of using a Non-O visa for retirement in Thailand, specifically regarding the transfer of 800k baht to open a bank account, the implications of leaving Thailand before applying for a visa extension, and the possibility of obtaining a multi-entry extension. Community responses clarify that one cannot simply leave and return to apply for an extension due to the 90-day limit on the initial Non-O visa, and emphasize the need for a re-entry permit and adherence to specific timelines.

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Kim *********

you have 3 questions - not 2.

9 days ago

Kim *********

@Coyle **************

very enlightening - no to what? There are 2 questions he says. But there are actually 3.

9 days ago

Coyle ***************

No!

10 days ago

Brandon ************

First of all, there's no such thing as an exit visa. There's a re-entry permit, which you would need to purchase if you don't want your permission to stay stamp in your passport to become invalid when you leave Thailand.

A re-entry permit does not give you any extra time. When you leave, the date on your permission to stay stamp remains the same, and you would need to be back before it expires in order to apply for an extension.

So if you arrive in February with a 90-day non-O visa, your entry stamp will give you permission to stay until May. If you leave between February and May with a re-entry permit, you would still need to be back by May to apply for your extension or your stamp will expire.

You can either apply for another non-O when you're on your trip, and then wait 45-60 days after arriving again in June to apply for the 1-year extension. Or you can arrive the second time as a tourist using visa exempt, and then apply to convert to non-O visa at your immigration office since you'll already have a funded bank account.

10 days ago

Brad ************

@Brandon ***********

Is the reentry permit purchased at the airport? How much?

9 days ago

Malissa *********

@Brad ***********

I got my multi re entry at Blu port immigration in August.

9 days ago

Brandon ************

@Brad ***********

at the airport it's 1200 baht for single re-entry and 4000 for multiple re-entry. But some airports might not sell the multiple re-entry.

9 days ago

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Brandon ************

Jim *********

ORIGINAL POSTER

@Brandon ***********

thank you Brandon for clarifying it. Can be confusing for first timers .

10 days ago

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Jim *********

Graham ******

No because the initial Non-O is just 90 days so you'll need a new Non-O for June, get that extended and purchase a multi-entry re-entry permit for 3800B

10 days ago

Jim *********

ORIGINAL POSTER

Thanks Greg. Very clear

9 days ago

Jim *********

ORIGINAL POSTER

@Graham *****

do you mean I would have to return inside the 90 days on exit visa to be eligible

10 days ago

Graham ******

@Jim ********

A Non-O is 90 days, there are more than 90 days between February and June, a re-entry permit (not a visa) does not extend your 90 days just keeps the date live when you re-enter

10 days ago

Jim *********

ORIGINAL POSTER

@Graham *****

I misunderstood the process. Someone had said to me the 90 day visa paused when I applied for re entry permit. I see now from a few replies that not the way. Brandon has given a good suggestion I will follow that.

10 days ago

Greg ***********

@Jim ********

First, let’s get savvy on all those wrong wordings:

*** when you enter on a single-entry 90 Days Non-Imm-O Visa, you will receive a 90-days stay permit.

The stamp in your passport says “admitted until” and a date in blue ink showing the expiry of this stay permit as being 90 days ahead of the day you enter.

The visa itself becomes invalid or “used”. Now you are in Thailand on a stay permit, not “on a visa”

*** for this 90-days stay permit you can buy a “re-entry permit”

A re-entry permit will allow you to exit and re-enter Thailand whilst keeping your 90 days stay permit alive.

ATTENTION: the re-entry permit only keeps your initial stay permit alive.

So, if you entered February 10th, you received an “admitted stay” until May 8th. The re-entry permit you buy for this stay permit expires on the same date – May 8th

***if you stay abroad after May 8th, you initial 90-days stay stay permit will expire, and you will need to restart from scratch

9 days ago

Terry ********

@Jim ********

The 90 Day O Visa is SINGLE ENTRY. You cannot exit and return.

10 days ago

Nongnuch ********

@Terry *******

this is not true. He can buy a re-entry permit for the first 90-days stay permit and exit Thailand. He then just needs to return before the initial 90-days stay permit stamp expires (because the re-entry permit does not keep his stay permit alive any longer than he got stamped in initially)

10 days ago

Terry ********

@Nongnuch *******

I was not aware of that assuming that a single entry visa meant what it says. I will check this.

10 days ago

Nongnuch ********

@Terry *******

the visa itself becomes invalid upon entry, because it is a single entry visa, as far as this goes, you are right. However, for any stay permit issued you can buy a re-entry permit. So this means, when you enter on a 90-days single entry Non-O visa, you get stamped a 90-days stay permit, the visa expires, and for this stay permit you can buy a re-entry permit

10 days ago

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Nongnuch ********

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