What is the best approach for handling visa and passport issues when my current US passport is expiring and I am in Thailand?

and I think on that note, that

@Ba***

understands the two options available to them.

Good Luck (y)

Okay you have TWO choices;

Do nothing here; stamp out on your old passport, get a new passport while you're in the US and then return to thailand showing BOTH passports when you stamp in. <- the immigration office at the airport MIGHT or might not move your current extension and re-entry permit to the new passport (they don't have to though) OR they might just stamp you in on the new one and tell you to go to the immigration office and get the stamps transferred there.

OR

You can get a new passport here in thailand from the US consulate, take both passports and the letter from the consulate that you got a new passport to the immigration office, get the extension stamp and re-entry permit transferred to the new passport and then exit the country using only the new passport.

That's the only two ways it can work.. Personally I'd say get the new passport HERE in thailand, transfer the stamps at the immigration office and THEN exit the country on the new passport so you're not screwing around with two passports when you stamp into the country AND you're not wondering if the people at passport control at the airport are going to move your extension & re-entry permit stamps when you show up with both passports stamping in..

I had until August on my extension but since I went home for Songkhran I got a new passport in the States and got an O-A in LA so I’m good for almost two years just another option

It takes 10 days to receive a new passport...

I would say, get the new passport here BEFORE you travel, go to the immigration office and transfer your valid stamps and re-entry permit then exit /re-enter on the new passport

It's faster and cheaper I believe to get the new US passport here in thailand (you get the passport with more pages for the same price as the one with less pages when you apply overseas)

Okay, the way it works IS

If your passport expires within the year that your next extension will be you will ONLY get an extension valid until the passport expires..NOT for the full year..