Can I renew my non-imm O-A visa before it expires, and when does the new visa start?

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May 19, 2021

3 years ago

Michael ********

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I would appreciate if anyone in our group can offer advice  on this.

I have a non -imm O-A 12 month visa expiring in Jan 22. Can I or more importantly, should I renew well before expiry date and does the new visa start from the renewal date or at the expiry date of the old one?

Thanks in advance

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The community confirms that you can renew your non-imm O-A visa before its expiration. It's advisable to apply for the renewal when you have 30-45 days left on your current visa. Importantly, the new visa will typically start from the expiration date of the old visa rather than the renewal application date.

Michael ********

ORIGINAL POSTER

Thank you everyone ❤️

3 years ago

Bob **********

It starts at the expiration date I believe you can apply 30-45 days before

3 years ago

Allan *********

I got my first non imm O (marriage) earlier this year after my initial 90 day plus 60 extension. Applied early on the basis that it would take a month to be approved by Bangkok. When I got it back I'd lost a month as it was dated from when I made the application, NOT the expiry date.

3 years ago

Kool *******

@Allan ********

your very first type O based on marriage/Thai wife extension is dated on the day you applied, as there is no 60 day extension for any type of non-O visa. You most likely got a 60 day extension based on visiting family, or a covid-19 unable to travel extension. Next year when you get your second extension it will be dated from the end date of this one. That is just how it works. If you had started the process immediately after you entered on your 90 day visa, and completed everything before the 90 days ended then it would have started at the end of your 90 days, but when you got that 60 day extension it was a whole different thing completely, so essentially you got a brand new extension and it started when you applied.

3 years ago

Allan *********

David Broadfoot needed to season the money for 2 months. No idea if there was a reason given for the 60 extension following my original 90 visa. We explained I would be applying for the non imm O but needed more time to show money in the bank.

3 years ago

Robert *******

@Allan ********

because it was your first one

3 years ago

Tod *********

@Robert ******

even the first extension shouldn't have cut time off the Non-O 90 day stamp. it should have been a year (minus a day) from that date

3 years ago

Allan *********

@Tod ********

yep, lost a month! Korat immigration.

3 years ago

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Allan *********

Tod *********

Which while anecdotally interesting has abso-tively, posi-lutely NOTHING at all to do with a person on a year entry stamp from an O-A (Long Stay) visa applying for a yearly extension :/

you sure that's right

@Al***

? Your year extension should have been dated one day short of the date your 90 day Non-O visa expired.

That 30 day under consideration stamp is the first MONTH of the new year extension and should have been added to the expiration date you had on the 90 day Non-O stamp.

the date you applied for the extension has nothing to do with it, it's the date your year extension runs out that matters

3 years ago

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Tod *********

If your entry stamp from the O-A visa (the little stamp you got when you came in which lets you stay here) expires Jan 22 you can apply for a yearly extension of stay when you have 30 days or less left on it at MOST immigration offices. Some (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Buriram, Phuket) allow you to apply for an extension when you have 45 days or less on your stamp.

Your new extension will start from the date you current entry stamp expires (this has nothing to do with the visa STICKER expiration date, it's the entry stamp that lets you stay here)

Of course you'll need to meet the proof of funds AND have the mandatory 40K/400K out/in patient health insurance from one of the 15 approved thai insurance carriers who offer O-A insurance

3 years ago

Sammy *******

@Tod ********

chiang mai allows the 45 days prior.

3 years ago

Tod *********

you won't get ANY visa at all. What you'll get is a year "extension of stay" and as I said it will start on the date your current entry stamp runs out.

3 years ago

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Tod *********

Brian ***********

We renewed ours a month early last year and the new visa started from the expiry date of the old one 🙂

3 years ago

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Brian ***********

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