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How do I transfer my visa to a new passport while on a retirement extension in Thailand?
Oct 11, 2025
7 months ago
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTERTransferring visa to new passport.
Im on a 12month ext of stay based on my retirement visa. Is it just the current 12 month extension of stay visa that needs to be transferred, or the Non Immigrant O and all the previous ext of stays?
Many thanks
Im on a 12month ext of stay based on my retirement visa. Is it just the current 12 month extension of stay visa that needs to be transferred, or the Non Immigrant O and all the previous ext of stays?
Many thanks
TLDR : Answer Summary
To transfer a retirement visa extension to a new passport in Thailand, you need to bring both your old and new passports to the immigration office that issued your extension. Only the current extension of stay stamp and any associated re-entry permits will be transferred, not the original visa on paper since it is no longer valid. Immigration may ask for updated bank statements as part of the process. It typically takes two pages in the new passport for the stamps.
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Gregor **********
Immigration will only transfer their own stamps. This means, they will transfer the existing "extension of stay" stamp and any re-entry permit you might have bought for it. . . . . . If you are about to re-enter Thailand, the "admitted until" stamp will go into the new passport, but you will have to show both passports and the "extension stamp" you are on, in order to get stamped in correctly until the expiry date of the existing extension. The visa itself was on a piece of paper, the visa you used before is already invalid. You are in Thailand on an "extended stay permit", not on a visa
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Gregor *********
my non immigrant o was issued inside Thailand and is a stamp in my passport not a piece of paper issued by a Thai embassy.Gregor **********
@Stephen *******
well, and you are already on the "1-year Extension of Stay based on Retirement", then this 90-days Non-Immigrant visa from Chiang Mai in your passport is already invalid. I do not think that Immigration in Pattaya is going to transfer the 90-days visa stamp to your new passport, they normally only transfer valid stamps, which would be the extension stampReply to
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Dca *****
as it would be Retirement Extension Stamps to be transferred, some Thai Immigration Offices may request to see an updated bank book or fresh bank statement....
Graham ******
@Dca ****
Always a good idea to do a small deposit or withdrawal and update the bank book on the way to ImmigrationTod *********
@Dca ****
I think bangkok is the only office that requires that I have not heard of it from other offices at all
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Dca *****
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6Graeme *******
Plus just completed my next 12 month application for visa extension and both passports required by immigration.
Tod *********
@Graeme ******
you don't need both passports if you moved the stamps BEFORE you applied for the extension with your new passportGraeme *******
@Tod ********
well they (immigration) said when you apply bring both , so I obviously will, agree can't see the reason, but it's Thailand.Reply to
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John **********
@Graeme ******
yes I had to take both passports and relevant photocopies of both for the next extension as wellTod *********
@John *********
that doesn't even make sense, that's exactly WHY people move their stamps to the new passport, the stamp transfer notes how you originally entered, how long you've been on extensions, your most recent entry to thailand and the current extensionJohn **********
@Tod ********
nevertheless that's what they wanted. The day they moved my stamps they stated that when I come for my extension they would want to see both passports and copies of all stamps in both. Just moving stamps was a long process as the new style UK passport went through additional checks to ensure it was legitimate, it took so long I went off for a long lunch and they still hadn't finished when I returned. Seemingly there was an issue with forged UK passports at the time, I don't know if that's still the case or not.Tod *********
@John *********
this was chaengwattana?John **********
@Tod ********
nope I use the immigration office in AranyaprathetLloyd ********
@Tod ********
I only know of one person here that was asked for previous passports, and that was because he was an a/hole and they wanted to mess him about.Reply to
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Tod *********
You take BOTH passports to the immigration office that issued your extension and they will move all the relevant stamps,
It takes about 2 pages in your new passport.
Once they do that you only need to use the new one for anything going forward
It takes about 2 pages in your new passport.
Once they do that you only need to use the new one for anything going forward
Stephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTERThanks Tod. My current ext of stay was issued in Pattaya where I now live. My non o and 3 previous ext of stays were issued in chiang mai. Do you think Pattaya imm will transfer required visas to new passport or do I need to go to chiang mai also?
Tod *********
@Stephen *******
if your current extension is from the immigration office where you live (like you said it is) then you just go to the immigration office there to move the stamps, No need to go back to where ever you started the Non-O first extension processStephen ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Tod ********
thanks for clarifying everything 🙏🏻Reply to
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Colin **********
@Tod ********
immigration sometimes charge 300thb. Or soTod *********
@Colin *********
that is immigration office specific and with over 80 offices in the country there's no telling what your office doesColin **********
@Tod ********
indeed, thats why i said "sometimes" I've seen posts where it says free and some with a chargeTod *********
@Colin *********
At Chaengwattana it is definitely free, BUT if you're moving stamps and you have an extension based on retirement, you need to update your bank book and give them a copy to get the stamps moved 😮Reply to
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