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How many pages does a Retirement Visa take up in a passport in Thailand?
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Apr 26, 2025
a year ago
Derek **********
ORIGINAL POSTERFor those with Retirement Visas,
How many pages does it take up?
I have my 1st Retirement Visa and it takes up a ungodly amount of pages... if this happens every year i am screwed because my passport does not have that many pages.
How many pages does it take up?
I have my 1st Retirement Visa and it takes up a ungodly amount of pages... if this happens every year i am screwed because my passport does not have that many pages.
TLDR : Answer Summary
The number of pages used for a Retirement Visa in Thailand varies. Generally, it can take up to two pages for the initial visa and possibly half a page for annual extensions, leading to an overall requirement of around 2 to 3 pages in a passport during the entire process. Some experiences suggest it may only require a quarter to half a page depending on the type of visa and renewal methods used, such as e-visas.
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- Go to the Retirement Visa Section for information on requirements, including age restrictions, financial requirements, and necessary documentation.
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Tod *********
And it seems like this post went right off the rails (as I thought it might 😕 )
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Santos ********
2 pages. I had to have my passport renewed after that!
Peter **********
For me, a quarter page for the non o e-visa stamp plus half page for the 1 year extension
Tod *********
And just so people know, THIS is what it looks like to go from a free entry/tourist visa entry stamp to a Non-O visa, that usually takes TWO pages (dunno why offices stamp that 90 day Non-O admitted until stamp on it's own page)
Tod *********
this is another 'conversion' to an in country Non-O visa then a year extension AND a re-entry permit. in this case the office put that 90 day Non-O stamp sideways on the page with the Non-O visa (meaning that Non-O visa took up one page AND then the year extension w/re-entry permit took up another <- good page utilization by immmigrations 😛 (y)
Tod *********
One thing I was point out on the above set of stamps
ALL the dates are the same date, the Non-O issue date, the year extension issue date, and the re-entry issue date (all the stamps are dated Mar 6th as an issue date)
This cannot be done "in real life" <- by you pushing your own paper, 😮
It can ONLY be done with an agent 😕
In "real life"; you APPLY for the initial 90 day Non-O, wait 2 weeks, go back get it inked in, wait about 2 months then go apply for the year retirement extension, and then buy the re-entry permit, the issue date on the stamps would be 'spread out' (especially the Non-O and year extension 🙂 )
ANY immigration officer in the country looking at these stamps know they are "agent gotten" (by 'alternate means' 😛 )
sorry about that explanation, 🙁
ALL the dates are the same date, the Non-O issue date, the year extension issue date, and the re-entry issue date (all the stamps are dated Mar 6th as an issue date)
This cannot be done "in real life" <- by you pushing your own paper, 😮
It can ONLY be done with an agent 😕
In "real life"; you APPLY for the initial 90 day Non-O, wait 2 weeks, go back get it inked in, wait about 2 months then go apply for the year retirement extension, and then buy the re-entry permit, the issue date on the stamps would be 'spread out' (especially the Non-O and year extension 🙂 )
ANY immigration officer in the country looking at these stamps know they are "agent gotten" (by 'alternate means' 😛 )
sorry about that explanation, 🙁
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John **********
Are you referring to a visa or an extension of stay? Initial visa is maybe 1.5 pages, extension of stay 0.5 pages
Rob *******
After you get it, renew your passport then transfer the extension stamp to the new passport. No big deal!
Michel *****
@Derek *********
: "I have my 1st Retirement Visa and it takes up a ungodly amount of pages." ... please elaborate ...Tod *********
@Michel ****
I elaborated for everyone, They are talking about the initial conversion from a free stamp/tourist visa to first a 90 day Non-O visa and then a year extension (w/re-entry permit) and that's usually three pages.
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Vin *********
Not even 1 page in passport. Just entry stamp
Tod *********
@Vin ********
actually I believe they are asking about an in country extension of stayVin *********
@Tod ********
okay. They simply asked about first visa, so I responded to that as I have one.One stamp in and done for a year.
Tod *********
@Vin ********
yep, they were talking about the first YEAR getting a Non-O visa, and a year extension in country and how many pages it takes upwhereas
You have a visa you bought outside the country and when you come in you just get an "entry stamp" like everyone who enters thailand
Vin *********
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Tod *********
hardly took up an 'ungodly amount of pages' 😛 I sense some hyperbole 😉
to go from a free stamp to 90 day Non-O and then a year extension usually takes THREE total pages, the Non-O visa, the 90 day stamp FROM the Non-O (which some offices put on it's own page) and then a half page for the year extension.
Now that you have an extension just getting a new one only takes a half page stamp for the year extension and then another half page stamp for the re-entry permit (if they orient it side ways on the same page as your extension
to go from a free stamp to 90 day Non-O and then a year extension usually takes THREE total pages, the Non-O visa, the 90 day stamp FROM the Non-O (which some offices put on it's own page) and then a half page for the year extension.
Now that you have an extension just getting a new one only takes a half page stamp for the year extension and then another half page stamp for the re-entry permit (if they orient it side ways on the same page as your extension
Derek **********
ORIGINAL POSTER4 pages is alot when your passport only has 28 pages.
Steve *********
@Derek *********
You might want to allow half a page for a Reentry stamp too unless you don’t intend leaving Thailand after you get your extension.Tod *********
@Derek *********
well IF you didn't let this last one lapse <- (meaning you'd start all over from zero 😮 ) and are just applying for a new year extension it's a half pageReply to
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Lloyd ********
Evisa, no pages, half page stamp. In country visa, one page. Extension half a page.
Derek **********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Lloyd *******
, where did you get your Retirement visa?Lloyd ********
@Derek *********
I don't have one :-)Derek **********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Lloyd *******
i was asking only people with Retirement VisasLloyd ********
@Derek *********
See where it says 'moderator' after my name? That could possibly mean I know a bit about the subject.Lloyd ********
@Derek *********
LOL, serious? Do you think no-one else can know the answer? Do you think retirement visas/extensions are a different size/shape to the rest? Very rude!Derek **********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Lloyd *******
, If i was an Immigration expert, i wouldn't be in this group asking questions.Lloyd ********
@Derek *********
I was talking about me! And the fact that you think only people with retirement visas/extensions could know the answer!Justin ************
@Derek *********
if you were a more pleasant and humble person you’d have all the info you need.Tod *********
@Derek *********
you're really asking people "how much space does a 'yearly extension of stay' take up?', <- that isn't a "retirement visa", it isn't a visa at all, it's exactly what the stamp in your passport says, a yearly extension of stayReply to
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