Answereda year ago
What should I do with my DTV Visa when my passport is about to expire?
I have DTV Visa and soon my passport expires. What next? Do they somehow can change passport number on DTV? I heard that I should have 2 passports (old and new) but what if I will lost my passport?
Answer summary
If you hold a DTV Visa and your passport is about to expire, you need to obtain a new passport and then visit immigration with both your old and new passports. The immigration officials will assist you in transferring your visa from the expired passport to the new one. It's crucial to keep both passports safe, as losing the old passport can complicate the transfer process. Additionally, make photocopies of both passports for backup.
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John **********
Just in case you lose your old passport take a photocopy (and a photo) of the data page which might help
Steve *******
Keep both passports, make some copies
Kurt *************
Go to immigration and show both to get it transfered
Steve *******
@Kurt ************
That's not possible, it's an e-visaStuart *********
@Kurt ************
immigration can’t transfer a visa that’s been issued by a different government department. You carry both passports for the duration of the visa.Kurt *************
@Stuart ********
weird since others have done it. Maybe comtact the right department then.Kurt *************
@Greg **********
so how? The e visa is connected to the passport number. They must have a way to transfer it to a new passport if lost or destroyed
Greg ***********
@Kurt ************
a visa sticker or a visa pdf document will NEVER get "transferred" by the Thai Immigration. They do NOT have the right to do that, by lawSteve *******
@Kurt ************
You can only transfer an extension of stay, you can't transfer a visa.Stuart *********
@Kurt ************
You’re asking if things in Thailand “make sense”. Been here a while?Kurt *************
@Stuart ********
doesnt make sense not beeing able to transfer. Where you have this info from? What if passport is lost or destroyed??Stuart *********
@Kurt ************
Ok. People in other groups may have been confused with entry stamps transferred to a new passport but a visa itself can’t be transferred.Kurt *************
@Stuart ********
i saw people saying it in another visa group. Never seen what your saying. Visa is connected to passport number, and would be weird of not possible to transfer. People loose them or get wet and destroyed. So must be a wayStuart *********
@Kurt ************
I’ve not seen any instance of anyone having a visa transferred. Obviously would love to see proof of that.
Heinz ***********
What if you lose your new passport?
Sean **********
Receive the new passport and take both to Immigration. They will move the visa to the new passport.
Note: if your passport expires normally your visa will expire with it. Get a visa transferred before this happens.
Note: if your passport expires normally your visa will expire with it. Get a visa transferred before this happens.
Brandon ************
@Sean *********
there is no visa to move. The visa is on a pdf document sent by the embassy and that document has a passport number on it. That's why you need both the old and new passport.Sean **********
@Brandon ***********
ok, then I suppose that is the only method.Greg ***********
your visa is a piece of printed paper. Your passports only contain "admitted stay" entry stamps. Keep both passports. Fresh entries will always get stamped into the new passport, but you need to show them the paper visa document
Garrett ***********
@Greg **********
Your passport number changes with a new passport
Bob **********
Carry both
Brandon ************
Don't lose the old passport.
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