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Do I need to transfer my Non-O visa to my new passport or carry both passports?

Non-O Visa Visa Transfer Thailand Immigration Passports Visa Regulations Expat Guidance

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Hi. Got my new Non-O multiple entry visa a couple of months ago, good for one year, from Ho Chi Minh but that passport is now full. Have applied for a new one and should have it next week. Do I need to get to Immigration and transfer the visa into my new passport or do I have to carry my old and new passports together when entering and exiting the Kingdom? Thanks.

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If you have obtained a new passport and have a valid Non-O multiple entry visa in your old passport, you will need to carry both passports when entering and exiting Thailand. The Thai immigration office does not transfer visas to new passports, so you cannot move your visa. Instead, you'll use your old passport with the visa for immigration procedures, while your new passport will be used for stamping upon entry.

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News Flash : The immigration office doesn't transfer VISAS to new passports (only extension/re-entry permit stamps) :O

In reality you should have gotten a new passport BEFORE you got a year long multi-entry visa stuck into the old one :/

Now you have to travel with BOTH passports; the old one with the still valid visa in it and the new one that they'll stamp you in and out on for the next year that visa is valid for.

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Tod *********

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It's not a problem and people do it all the time, Most people just rubber band the spines together so they are "stuck" to each other when they have valid visas in an old passport but are stamping in and out on the new one.

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Should have maybe, but had 5 pages left then but thanks for the reply.

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