What should a friend do to return to Thailand after leaving without a reentry stamp on a retirement visa?

I apologize to each and every one of you for my blunt, terse, coarse, direct, to the point approach at handing out free entry/visa/extension advice on the group.

Just because it's not the answer you want to hear doesn't mean it's not the real answer

and

just because I don't sugar coat it or hold your hands while I tell you the bad news, doesn't mean I'm not sincere in what I'm saying..

hate the message if you want to, don't hate on the messenger 😉

Remember what Jack Nicholson playing Colonel Nathan R. Jessup in the movie A Few Good Men said,

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸?

Sorry, I was going on the premise that he wanted to get back in and BACK ON his "retirement visa"..

Now that he lost the visa he had what is it that 'your friend' wants to do?

Has to start the whole process again

Start over again

Gis retirenent visa is now expired. He must start the whole process again.

We normally don't let these "a friend blah-blah-blah" posts on 😮 because as a rule YOU might not know critical info about your friend so people could give good answers 😕

BUT

He burned his "retirement visa" when he left without a re-entry permit 🙁

SO

for him to get back in

IF he comes from a country that gets in to thailand free on a 30 day entry stamp he can come in "visa exempt" get 30 days and then get his act together to start the whole process all over again from zero

Whereas if he doesn't come from a country that gets in 'free stamp' he can BUY a single entry tourist visa from the thai consulate in his country before he wings his way back here and then get his act together to start the whole process all over again from zero

This is the "whole process"

- Applying for the 90 day Non-O visa for 2000baht

**waiting 2 weeks for it's approval,

- going back to get the visa inked in,

** waiting 2 months for the time to run down to 30 days or less, - going back to get the year extension for 1900baht

THEN

getting a re-entry permit so he doesn't run himself off the rails again by leaving without one