Should I renew my passport before applying for an extension of my Non-O Retirement Visa in Thailand?

I just got mine in 5 days. Same for a friend. You can expedite the mailing time but you probably don’t need to.

Depending on your travel plans, you might be prevented from boarding the plane with less than 6 months on your passport. It happened to me.

Apply for a New US Passport on line. Once you submit the details, Photo taken with your phone (took me 7 tries) and $130 visa/MC etc., it took only 5 days to be approved and was delivered to my US address within 10 days. BUT, as soon as you submit the request online and it's approved, your current passport cannot be used for international travel. At least that is what the site says. I had somewhat the same situation. Current Passport expires June 2027, Non-O extension normally expires annually in Aug but this one is good only till June. In any case, new passport is on it's way to my Thai Address and once it arrives I guess I'll go immigration and ask them to move immigration details to new passport.

New passport my friend or new Non O Visa, its your choice. @

So apply while you’re traveling online.

I’m a Canadian, so what would I know.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻?

Yep, you will only get the extension issued for the validity of the passport..

Get a new passport BEFORE you apply for the extension OR you're going to get an extension issued until only June 2027 and then have to re-apply for a new year extension then