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Can I use a Re-Entry permit from my old Non O visa to re-enter Thailand after obtaining a new Non O visa?

Josh *********
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A Non O valid until March 1 has a valid, unused Re-Entry permit for this Non O. A new Non O (valid from March 1) has been issued, but there is no Re-Entry permit for it. Is it correct to assume that a departure and re-entry made from February 10-15 can be made using the Re-Entry permit for the current Non O?
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The user inquires if they can use a valid Re-Entry permit from an expiring Non-O visa while holding a newly issued Non-O visa. Responses suggest uncertainty, emphasizing the potential risks involved in using an old re-entry permit after obtaining a new visa.
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Nick ************
Nick ************
Not worth risking a whole load of bother for 1000 baht.
Tod *********
Tod *********
Doubtful EITHER of those are actually Non-O visas 😮

And instead it sounds like you have a year extension that is valid until March 1st 2025 AND a re-entry permit valid until the same time.

Then it sounds like you already got a new yearly extension good until March 1st 2026.

That is a good question and I never had an instance that I can remember where someone got a new yearly extension

BUT

used the still valid re-entry permit from the previous years extension to exit/re-enter the country before that re-entry permit would expire..

It would most likely work 😕 Seeing as you are entering the country on or before the expiration of the still currently valid re-entry permit

AND

you'd get stamped in until March 1st 2026, the current expiration of your new extension.

I sure would ask the officer at passport control though BEFORE I stamped out

All it would take is for the officer to interpret that once you get a new yearly extension anything you got on the previous one is void to run you right off the rails 😮 If that was the case, it'd cancel your extension when you leave.
Tod *********
Tod *********
that is the question I don't know the answer to 🙂 and I think erring on the side of caution and getting a new re-entry permit which would be thai'd 😮 err tied to the current extension would be the way to go
David *******
David *******
@Tod ********
Absolutely
David *******
David *******
@Tod ********
A re-entry stamp is only valid until visa

(Extention of Stay) expires

So if the ext of stay expires 1 march then it follows the re entry expires same date

If he looks at the stamp it shows expiry date
Tod *********
Tod *********
@David ******
I personally wouldn't want to chance it then find out when I stamp in the officer says, "Nope can't use that re-entry permit to get stamped in on your new extension"

That would mean you lose everything and start all over from a 60 day free stamp🙁

For 1000baht I'd just get a new re-entry permit
David *******
David *******
@Tod ********
No Todd

The re entry expires with the old Extention

I’m talking what I was told at Jomtien immigration

As you often point out Todd

Each immigration has its own rules but I really don’t see the unused re entry being carried over to a new year
Tod *********
Tod *********
@David ******
the re-entry stamp is VALID until the extension it was issued on,

What I am not sure about is that IF they got a new extension for another year but were exiting/re-entering during the time the OLD re-entry permit was still valid would they get stamped in for the expiration of their new extension or not

As long as you ENTER the country before a re-entry permit expires you can use it. I could not find anything that says it couldn't be used on a new extension as long as you entered before the re-entry permit expired
Graham ******
Graham ******
@Tod ********
Isn't the danger that the re-entry permit would just allow re-entry up to "Valid Until" date which would have been what it was originally issued for?
Josh *********
Josh *********
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Hi Tod, it's a retirement visa issued inside Thailand. The exit would be by land, so I imagine the safe thing would be to obtain a new re-entry stamp at immigration or the airport before embarking on the trip?
James ********
James ********
@Josh ********
yes, wise advice to get a NEW re-entry permit before you leave Thailand.✅
Peter ****************
Peter ****************
@Josh ********
No, it is a year extension from 1 march 2025 to 1 march 2026, a so called extension of stay. This is no visa anymore. I would not take the risk with the former re-entry permit. If it goes wrong, you have to start all over.

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