Can I leave Thailand on a single-entry retirement visa and then apply for a multi-entry visa after my extension?

@Paul ******

I told you what a re-entry permit it is. It keeps the stamp you have from being cancelled when you leave Thailand. If you leave Thailand without a re-entry permit your visa or extension will be cancelled. A re-entry permit does not give you any extra time in Thailand. It is not an extension. It just keeps your existing stamp alive.

If your extension stamp in your passport ends July 15th and you leave Thailand with a re-entry permit and return on June 1st, you'll be stamped back in on your existing stamp until July 15th. If you leave without a re-entry permit then you have nothing anymore as everything is cancelled. If you leave with a re-entry permit but don't come back by the time your stamp runs out then you also have nothing because you didn't return before your extension expired to apply for a new extension.

It is NOT a multiple entry visa. It is a re-entry permit, either single re-entry or multiple re-entry.

@Paul ******

You can't believe everything on thai immigration you read on Google as they change and Google can be why behind .

@Paul ******

put on a shirt dude

@Paul ******

a visa, a multiple entry visa, an extension, and a re-entry permit are different things. Anytime you wish to leave the country you either have to ensure that you have a multiple entry visa or if you have a single entry visa you'll need to buy a reentry permit to keep that visa alive. extensions do not come with reentry permits so once you get an extension then you immediately buy a reentry permit either single or multiple if you plan to leave the country and return and keep your extension alive.

@Paul ******

You're making hard work of this. Read again what Brandon has said. Keep in mind there is no "renewal", it is called an "extension of stay". There is no multiple entry extension of stay. You simply buy a re-entry permit, either single or multiple, which will allow you to re-enter on this extension

@Paul ******

a person tries to help you and you give them a bad time?

You deserve no help at all and you are not the kind of person Thailand likes

Go somewhere else than Thailand you ungrateful clown

@Paul ******

watch yourself

Obviously you don’t know Thai Culture

You can go to jail for insulting someone online pal

I’m telling, you don’t have the mentality to live in Thailand

Go someplace else

@Paul ******

i read it out of interest and I thought it was clear, and good of him to respond at length.

I think you need to re read it and try to comprehend what he’s kindly explaining.

@Paul ******

Put simple this says you can apply for a NEW multiple entry visa. It does not say you can change the visa or extension your on. If your on Non O or extension you can Apply for NEW Non OA multiple entry visa which overrides the Non O. To make it clear the OA must be applied for in your home country.

@Wayne ********

no you can't. You can only get a Non-OA visa in your home country

@John *********

I put it in there just in case as yes he is very confused from to much google

@John *********

I know that but I am confirming he can apply for a new multiple entry. I didn't say where he had to apply he can sort that out.

@Paul ******

google isn't correct for that answer. It's mixing up multiple entry visa and reentry permit.

@Paul ******

maybe this helps with the right question asked

@Paul ******

in this case don’t belive your information from internet.

Read the information from Brandon ,who dedicate his time to help people. He know the rules.