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How can I transfer my retirement visa to a new province in Thailand?

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I am on a retirement visa. I got it in a province I no longer live in. I want to move it to where I am actually living so it is easier to deal with when it comes time to renew. So my questions are.

1. What does it take to move the visa?. Is it possible?

2. I am applying for another 1 year extension before it expires in May. Can I do it then?

3. Do I need to let it expire and get another one?.

Trying to find an easy way to do this. Thanks in advance for the help.
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The process of moving your retirement visa within Thailand involves filing a TM28 (Change of Address) and TM30 (Notification of Foreigner in Residence) at the local immigration office of your new residence. You can apply for another one-year extension up to 30-45 days before your current extension expires, and you do not need to let your current visa expire to change your registered address.
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I presented this question when renewing my non-o visa extension for one year this month. because my current TM30 was in Chiang rai, I had to have a TM30 for Chiang Mai which is where my original visa was issued. they said that if I have a long-term contract for leasing a property in Chiang Rai that I will be able to work with the Chiang rai immigration office in the future.
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๐Ÿญ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ?. ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ?

First off I would wager you're not here on any visa ๐Ÿ˜ฎ The stamp in your passport most likely says "extension of stay permitted until" and has a date. <- that is NOT a visa, that's a yearly extension.

You register that YOU moved, <- go to the immigration office file a TM28 (Change of address form) and a TM30 (notification of foreigner in residence)

๐Ÿฎ. ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป?

At most offices you can apply for a new extension when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp (some offices allow you to do it when you have 45 days or less) So when you go to the immigration office in the area where you now live to file the change of address and the TM30 get the hand out from them listing the requirements for a yearly extension based on retirement so you know what that office requires

๐Ÿฏ. ๐——๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ?.

Nope, you're not moving anything other than YOUR ADDRESS, and by doing that (filing a change of address and a TM30) you're registering that you are in an area served by the immigration office so you can use them for your 90 day reporting and for your next yearly extension.

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