What should I do if my Non-O visa is invalid after returning without a re-entry permit?

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@Gary **********

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@Ga**

when you got the first 90 day Non-O visa did you get it at Chaengwattana OR did you go to a thai consulate and get it?

There are a couple ways you can go about getting back on track with FIRST a 90 day Non-O visa and then a yearly extension of stay based on marriage to a thai (which is what you had)

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Here is the easiest way to do it:

You can go to the thai consulates in Vientiane or Savannakhet Lao OR Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and get a 90 day single entry Non-O visa based on marriage to a thai without any proof of funds.

You'd get stamped in for 90 days when you enter on that visa.

When you have 45 days or less left on that stamp you go back out to Chaengwattana and apply for a NEW yearly extension.

It would get the 30 day under consideration stamp (just like you got before) then you would go back on that date and get the year extension inked into your passport.

okay there's a couple ways you can rectify this situation AND believe me you're NOT the first person to get a year extension, leave the country without a re-entry permit and lose it.

What you NEED to remember is yearly extensions (which is what you had) are sold without a re-entry permit, <- because you're already HERE in thailand when you get them. You have to buy the re-entry permit either at the immigration office OR at the airport when you fly out.

Gary...Where did you get your Non O ?

Inside Thailand or at a Thai Consulate/Embassy outside Thailand?

Are you married to a Thai?

And/or have a Thai child?

OR depending on WHY you want the non-O visa (marriage, raising half thai children, over 50) you could go to a thai consulate in a nearby country and BUY a new Non-O visa..

Visit your local immigration office and ask if they can convert your exempt visa entry to a Non O and Extension of Stay...

Get their list of requirements.

And hopefully it can be done without the need to go outside Thailand to get the Non O.

And that you still meet the financial requirements for the new Extension of Stay.

Exiting the Kingdom without Re-entry permit means your Non-O is no longer valid. You have to start from scratch.

Yeah, you can't "reactivate it", it's lost and gone now.

you need to start ALL over from scratch, Applying for a 90 day non-O visa based on what ever you got one for then waiting while it goes under consideration, then going back and getting the Non-O visa and a new 90 day stamp inked into your passport AND then waiting until you can apply for a year extension

I think you didn't have a non-O at all, but were on a yearly extension instead.