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How can I extend my retirement visa in Thailand, and do I need notarization or a medical check?

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Dec 11, 2017
7 years ago
Frances ********
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Hi Guys,

I want to get an extension on my retirement visa.

I know I need to get my passport and marriage certificate notarized, but do I have to get it done by my embassy, or can I get it done by a solicitor here in Thailand? Also, will I need to get a medical done as well?

Advice welcome. Thank you.
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The user is seeking advice on extending a retirement visa in Thailand. They inquire about the necessity of notarizing their passport and marriage certificate and whether this can be done by a solicitor in Thailand or must be done through their embassy. Furthermore, they ask if a medical examination is required for the extension. Community responses indicate that notarization is not needed for the extension application and a medical certificate is also not a requirement. It's recommended that the user contact the UK Embassy in Bangkok for specific notarization queries.
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Frances ********
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. Can I make a donation somewhere? PayPal?
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Frances ********
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You're Batman! 😍❤
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Frances ********
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Thank you very much indeed.
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Tod *********
Thank you for the offer
@Pep***
, but I just give visa advice to help people :)

Hopefully you understand yours and your husbands visas better now if he exits/re-enters one last time just before the enter before date on his visa he shouldn't need to apply for an extension until about the beginning of June 2018. You should be set until March 2019 :)

Good Luck (y)
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Tod *********
BUT when you exit/re-enter just before your "enter before" date you will get a whole NEW year of stay on your "admitted until stamp. You will not need to apply for an extension until Mar 2019.. :)
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Tod *********
Your husband needs to exit/re-enter the country on or before that date, he'll get stamped in for another 90 days which will until be AFTER the visa expires. So just before March 9th he needs to exit/re-enter one last time, that will get him another 90 days and it will take him to 15 months of stay on that one visa. <- That's what most people get out of them if they exit/-re-enter at the right time.

AFTER that last 90 days is winding down your husband will need to get a yearly extension based on being married to someone who lives here on a long term visa (you).
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Tod *********
Plus if your husband has a year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type O visa as long as he enters on or just before the "enter before" date on that visa he'd get stamped in for ANOTHER 90 days too.
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Frances ********
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Tod *********
@Pep***
, And his current admitted until stamp (the most recent one he got when he entered the country) allows him to stay until when?
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Frances ********
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Issue date on hubby's is 10 March 2017. Enter before is 9 March 2018. Category O. No. Of Entry is M.
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Tod *********
What is the date of issued, the enter before date and the number of entries on the Non-O visa your husband has in his passport?
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@Pep***
, as long as your husband enters the country on or before the "enter before" date he'd get stamped in for another 90 days. Guaranteed (y)
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Frances ********
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But when we left after 90 days, would he be allowed back in?
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Tod *********
Just a question
@Pep***
, what is the "enter before" date on your Non-Immigrant Type O-A visa? That visa is good for almost 2 years in thailand if you play the dates right when you exit/re-enter the country
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Frances ********
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I bet you're a lot of fun,
@T**
. 😄😉
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Tod *********
You're fine Pepper, the visa and extension rules for thailand are a slippery slope.

It's something I undertook learning 5 or 6 years ago as a "hobby" ;)
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Frances ********
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You're right,
@T**
. I was confusing my own o-a visa rules with my husband's O one. He has to leave but I don't.

If I had ever got an extension before, I doubt I would have all these questions.
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Tod *********
David, Because they were exiting the country every 90 days. Pepper was on a Non-OA and her husband could ONLY be on a Non-O. I just guessed (evidently correctly) that he was on a year-long, multi-entry Non-O.

Neither of them have ever gotten an extension of stay yet.
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Tod *********
Pepper, your husband doesn't have the option of reporting to the immigration office on that visa. He has the choice of exiting/re-entering the country OR applying for a year extension.
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Frances ********
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Hubby can stay 90 days before reporting to immigration in person or by post, unless he leaves and returns.
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Frances ********
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Yes. Same.
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Tod *********
@Pep***
, His visa has the same date of issue and enter before date as yours right?
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Frances ********
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With regards my husband's O visa, he will need to renew his Visa before March 2018?
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Frances ********
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That's amazing! You've made it all sound so much more simple than Immigration. 😊
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@Pep***
, Don't confuse your "admitted until" stamp that lets you stay in thailand (which is a year every time you enter the country for the validity of the visa) with when the visa expires.

IF you exit and re-enter the country on or just before March 9 2018 (the expiration date of the visa) you would get an "admitted until" stamp for another WHOLE year or March 2019 !!
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Frances ********
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Oh yes! Brilliant! You've been so helpful. So my husband, on his O he will need to reapply for an extension at the end date of his Visa? Also, what if I leave the country? Will my visa expire?
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Tod *********
Look at your last entry stamp from when you exited and re-entered the country. It should have stamped in in for a whole new year from the date you entered thailand.
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@Pep***
, nope, he gets stamped in for 90 days because he has a year-long, multi-entry Non-O where he can only stay 90 days at a time.
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Frances ********
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My husband has on O. Is it the same for him? We've been leaving every 3 months.
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@Pep***
, and you were stamped in until the 14th of April 2018 right?

If you exit and re-enter the country just prior to the "enter before" date on your visa you will get stamped in for a whole new calendar year.
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Frances ********
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Really? I had no idea!
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Frances ********
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I entered on 15th April 2017
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Tod *********
And it has an "M" under the number of entries right?

If that's the case you don't have to get a new extension of stay, all you have to do is exit re-enter the country and you will be stamped in for a completely NEW calendar year.
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Frances ********
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Yes.
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Tod *********
And that's on the visa itself right? The one that looks like this?
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Frances ********
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Tod *********
Who said you needed to get your passport or marriage certificate notarized for an extension of stay based on retirement? There is no requirement like that.

There is also no medical certificate requirement for a retirement extension.
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Frances ********
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Thanks
@T**
. Much appreciated. 😊
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@Pep***
, nope, you are confusing what you needed to get your original Non-O-A visa outside of thailand at a thai consulate with what you need to get a yearly extension of stay inside of thailand at the immigration office.
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Frances ********
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Oh right. Got it. Thank you. Will I also need a criminal record check and medical check to renew?
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Robert *******
Well we know that websites from Thai Embassies are not always up to date, so the best option is to contact the UK Embassy in Bangkok and just ask.
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Tod *********
@Pep***
, Oh, if they accept that it's just gonna be a standard affidavit that you write out and get notarized.

It's the same thing the US consulate does because they won't notarize marriage certificates as real either.
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Frances ********
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The guy in immigration showed me a form confirming that <name> <passport number> was married and the spouse was <name and passport number>
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Tod *********
That's gonna be a problem because on the UK consulate in Bangkok's website they say they can't do that

"We cannot administer an affirmation to confirm your marital status if you are already married"
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Frances ********
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When I went to the immigration office in Hua Hin, he said I needed to go to my embassy to get my marriage certificate notarized. I am on an O-A visa and my husband is on an O visa. We are both from the UK.
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