Can I use my guardian visa in an old passport upon returning to Thailand and when should I transfer it to my new passport?

Oct 19, 2023
a year ago
Visca *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
Good afternoon, may I ask for help?

I have a guardian visa which will be expired on September 2024. Next month, I will go to my home country (Indonesia) and renew my passport there.

When I return to Thailand, can I show my guardian visa in my old passport to the Immigration officer at the Bangkok airport?

And another question, to transfer my visa to my new passport, can I do this when I extend my guardian visa (around September 2024) or should be immediately?

Thank you in advance ๐Ÿ™
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The user inquires about returning to Thailand with an old passport containing a guardian visa while renewing their passport in Indonesia. They are advised to show both the old and new passports to the Immigration officer upon their return. Additionally, they ask about transferring the guardian visa to the new passport upon extension in September 2024 or if it should be done immediately. The consensus from comments suggests that the transfer should be completed as soon as they return to Thailand instead of waiting for the visa extension.
Brad ********
Solid advice. I used both passports to leave Thailand, but, I had to go to immigration in Mukdahan, I live in Korat, I was told they can do it at the border, but with the amount of Laotian workers queuing for their visas, the border immigration officials suggested I pay for a taxi & it'll be transferred immediately, only took an extra hour and it was free.

I was thankful that the Thai immigration officer suggested I go to immigration in Mukdahan to transfer my current visa to my new passport. A taxi fare from the border to immigration is a pittance compared to the time it takes them to do it at the border crossing. All in all, very easy to do.
Tod *********
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜?

You show both passports when you enter the country and they will stamp you in on the new one

๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ (๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ) ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†?

You go to your immigration office once you get back to where you stay in thailand and transfer the stamps over, you cannot wait until your next extension application in Sept 2024 to do it
Visca *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Tod ********
thank you very much ๐Ÿ™
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