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How can I stay in Thailand until late June if my retirement visa expires in mid-April?
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Feb 24, 2026
2 months ago
Cheng *****
ORIGINAL POSTERMy retirement visa will end at mid April, but my rental will end at late June. I don’t plan to continue renew the retirement visa and not willing to leave Thailand until late June. Any way can stay until late June without leaving the country?
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user is facing a situation where their retirement visa will expire in mid-April, but their rental lease extends until late June. They are seeking options to remain in Thailand beyond the visa expiration without leaving the country. Comments indicate that the user will need to either secure a visa extension or leave Thailand before their visa expires. Suggestions include obtaining a tourist visa upon exiting and re-entering the country, or facing the potential consequences of overstaying their visa.
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Graham ******
You either extend again or, willing or not, leave the country or risk facing the consequences
Pui *****
Since you have a HK passport, why not take the cheap flight to HKG (typically about 2000 baht each way) and back to reenter with either a tourist visa or visa exempt entry?
Grandpappa **********
Of course you can stay, you just pay the fines when you leave. You just have to be careful not to go to jail.
Pui *****
Grandpappa Tuomisto I can't believe you would seriously advise someone to go on a 2.5 month overstay.
Andy **********
Grandpappa Tuomisto Seriously stupid and bad asvice.
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Sean *************
Leave the country just before your retirement visa expires and apply for a 60 day tourist visa (while still outside of the country). Enter on the tourist visa, and if needed you can get a 30 extension at immigration
Frankie *******
Go to Laos n come bck
Bazaar******
No is the easy answer
Mike ************
Leave and come back on tourist exemption before it reverts to 30 days
Graham ******
Mike Hauckizard not all passports get visa exempt entry
Mike ************
Graham Seal then leave before expiry or pay the per day overstay
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CoolBun*******
In a word
NO
But I bet you will be leaving Thailand before late June.
NO
But I bet you will be leaving Thailand before late June.
Brandon ************
Your rental has no bearing on your permission to stay. What you are or are not willing to do also has no bearing on your permission to stay.
You either get an extension, or you leave Thailand. If you fail to do that, you will go on overstay, and if you are caught by police for any reason while on overstay, you will be banned for 5 years.
Without knowing what passport you hold, it's impossible to tell you what options you might have.
You either get an extension, or you leave Thailand. If you fail to do that, you will go on overstay, and if you are caught by police for any reason while on overstay, you will be banned for 5 years.
Without knowing what passport you hold, it's impossible to tell you what options you might have.
Cheng *****
ORIGINAL POSTERI hold Hong Kong passport, what options I have?
Angelo ***********
Cheng Nic For less than 90 days a ban - not even a month - is extremely unlikely. Banning might happen for overstays longer than 90 days.
Anyway, why not just make a trip outside country and come back after a week - you have to stay outside a few days - and get a 30 or 60 days visa exemt entry stamp?
Anyway, why not just make a trip outside country and come back after a week - you have to stay outside a few days - and get a 30 or 60 days visa exemt entry stamp?
Brandon ************
@Angelo **********
ONE day will get you a 5 year ban, if you are caught by police for any reason while on overstay. It's NEVER a good idea to go on overstay.90 days is only when turning yourself in at the airport on the way out.
John **********
@Angelo **********
that all depends. Even a one day overstay can lead to a ban if the local authorities have reason to check your passportReply to
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Brandon ************
@Cheng ****
you do a border bounce. Leave and return same day. Can even use a company that specializes in border bounces to make it easier. You'll get a 60 day visa exempt stamp since you have a HK passport.Reply to
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