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Is the re-entry permit valid for the calendar year or through the end of the current visa?

Re-entry Permit Visa Validity Thai Visa Rules Non-O Visa Immigration Regulations Stay Permit Visa Expiry Dates

Feb 18, 2025

a year ago

Merlyn ******

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is the re-entry permit for calendar year or through end of current visa?

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The validity of a re-entry permit in Thailand depends on the type of visa held. Generally, a re-entry permit remains valid as long as the associated stay permit stamp is valid, not the visa itself. For example, with an OA visa, the re-entry permit can last for one year from entry, but it is crucial to understand that the expiry dates of the visa and the stay permit are different.

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Vin *********

Depends on the visa.

My OA, re-entry is good for 1 year upon entry. That would be 365 days past my visa if I re-entered on the last day of my visa.

a year ago

Gregor **********

@Vin ********

That’s not really 100% how a Non-Imm-O/A visa works

The visa has a validity of ONE YEAR from the date it is issued.

The visa comes with a multi re-entry permit included, which is valid for the duration of the visa validity

*** when you enter, you will get stamped in for 365 days

Now, given you waited 4 weeks after the visa got issued, before you flew to Thailand, the remaining visa validity will be 11 months from the day you entered, and the remaining validity of the multi re-entry permit will also be only 11 months.

*** if you fail to exit and re-enter before the visa validity expires, you can only stay until the date that you got stamped upon the entry

You only get stamped into the “second year stay permit” of a Non-O/A visa, if you exit and re-enter before the visa expires, but you won’t have a re-entry permit any more after the expiry of the visa validity

a year ago

Vin *********

@Gregor *********

Precisly what I said.

a year ago

Gregor **********

@Vin ********

Vin Burnett

You are wrong when you wrote

“it depends. My OA, re-entry is good for 1 year upon entry. That would be 365 days past my visa if I re-entered on the last day of my visa”

This part of your post is wrong: “re-entry is good for 1 year upon entry. That would be 365 days past my visa”

No, the re-entry is NOT good for one year

It is only good for the time left of your visa validity, which can never correspond to the same day of you have entered Thailand

a year ago

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Gregor **********

Lloyd ********

@Vin ********

Totally different, the op is asking about re-entry permit, not multiple entry visas.

a year ago

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Lloyd ********

Michael ***************

Neither - you can enter untill before your "Visa" ((Extension) ends

a year ago

Bob **********

Visa

a year ago

Gregor **********

the expiry of a visa validity and the expiry of a stay permit stamp are TWO completely different dates! If you buy a re-entry permit, it will expire on the same date as your stay permit. It will NOT expire on the date the visa validity expires

a year ago

Tod *********

a re-entry permit lasts as long as the stamp you're currently here on does.

a year ago

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Tod *********

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