How can I stay in Thailand until I receive my new passport and apply for a long-term visa?

11-12 weeks for the passport to arrive and can be up to 3 weeks for the appointment to put in the passport (10 days wait for me when I did it in March) so don't forget to add that on too. Or I do believe that their are quicker appointments for a fee.

Thailand has no rule about requiring 6 months on your passport to enter the country. You only need 6 months to apply for a visa.

If you want to do a border run, you'll need to check the requirements of the country you plan to go to though, and make sure they don't have a 6 month requirement or they won't let you in and to do a border or visa run you must stamp into another country.

Aha

@Jo**

, THAT's a "good one" indeed. Did not think about that. 🙄

I don't think Thailand enforces the 6 month rule, your problem is going to be which other country doesn't so you can do a border run.

@Craig *********

, not sure about a border hop out/in Thailand again in e.g. Laos for 45 days from tomorrow on with passport not valid for more than 6 months. Ask in Thai visa advice group to be sure.

I think you are between a rock and a hard place. Your current extension runs out in 30 days and you won’t be able to conduct a visa run due to your lack of passport. It would therefore appear you will be around eight weeks overstayed before you can try and rectify the situation, either with a visa run or application for your Ed Visa. Even if the embassy would give you an emergency travel document, I doubt it can be used for a border bounce. You could try and dodge the fine by producing your passport dispatch/receipt paperwork, but as usual everything in Thailand comes down to the person/office you speak to, not the legislation itself. Worst case scenario: your overstay might invalidate your Ed visa application.

My husband had less than a year on his passport and he used all the pages on his passport for visa stamps . Officer found one spot for Visa run from Malaysia . We went to US Embassy yesterday and they gave him an emergency passport in 2 hrs . He used that to get a Non O visa . Us Embassy said 2 to 4 weeks for his passport to come in from the US .

I don't know if this is right but i read a lot of comment before, you have to exit in LAOS i think