Answered2 years ago

Can I obtain a re-entry permit in my new passport while traveling with an old passport containing my visa?

NON-B Visa Re-entry Permit Immigration Procedures Koh Samui Passport Transfer Thailand Visa Rules

Petra ***********

asked Apr 27, 2025

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I live in Koh Samui. My old passport has my non b visa in but doesn’t have space for a re-entry stamp. 

My new passport is ready to be collected in Bangkok and then I want to fly home to Europe. 

- Can I get a re-entry permit into my new passport at BKK on my way out and travel with two passports (visa in old passport and reentry in new passport)?

- Or can I go to an immigration in Bangkok and transfer the visa to my new passport, or do I need to return to koh samui for this? 

I’d like to avoid having to travel back to Koh Samui to sort this out.

Answer summary

The user inquires about traveling with two passports, one containing a non-B visa and the other newly issued, specifically whether they can obtain a re-entry permit at Bangkok airport or transfer their visa without returning to Koh Samui. The comments suggest that if the non-B visa is tied to an extension stamp, they must visit the issuing immigration office (likely in Koh Samui) with both passports to move the visa to the new passport before obtaining a re-entry permit.

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Ally ************

If you contact the office holding the new passport and explain your predicament.. maybe they will agree to deliver the new passport to you by courier (eg. signed for secure package) upon payment of a small fee.. which would resolve your dilemma

a year ago

John **********

Could you authorise someone to collect the passport on your behalf and mail it to you via EMS?

2 years ago

Bill *********

@John *********

I think the old passport needs to be presented too - they need to cancel it (cut the corner off lol).

a year ago

Tod *********

@John *********

good thought (y)

2 years ago

Tod *********

I am doubtful your old passport has a Non-B VISA in it and it's far more likely if you looked at the stamp it would say "extension of stay permitted until" and have a date..

If you do have the stamp I mentioned you need to go to the immigration office <- the one that issued the extension with BOTH passports and get the extension stamp moved to the new one, THEN you can buy a re-entry permit and leave.

Sadly if you got the extension stamp FROM the Koh Samui immigration office the fact that you would like to avoid going back there doesn't factor into it 🙁 You move stamps at the office that issued it

2 years ago

Petra ***********

@Tod ********

thanks Tod, yes sorry it’s the original visa sticker I have in there and then the extension of stay stamp. This is all in my old passport. But there’s no space for the re-entry permit so I got a new passport. I have to collect the new passport in person in Bangkok, but my visa extension was issued in samui 😕

So I can’t do the transfer of extension stamp to the new passport in Bangkok? And I can’t get the re-entry in the new passport without transferring the extension of stay to the new passport?

Thanks!

2 years ago

Tod *********

𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

IF you were still on the original 90 days from the Non-B you could

BUT

You're not, you're on an extension of stay, and you move the stamps to the new passport BEFORE you leave the country on extensions

2 years ago

Tod *********

@Petra **********

𝗦𝗼 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗸?

Correct you get the stamps transferred at the office that issued it so if that's Samui Immigrations that's where you go

2 years ago