What should I do with my Thai visa after my passport expires in 2026?

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Nov 15, 2024

a month ago

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admin please turn on commenting. thanks everyone for your help, really appreciate😊. Now what happens after 2026, do I carry both passports or is there a process to transfer the visa.

Hi, anyone who knows thai, please help me translate the following text, written on the visa I got. Thanks in advance 🙂

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The discussion revolves around handling a Thai visa when a passport is set to expire on April 3, 2026. It is clarified that after obtaining a new passport, both the old and new passports should be used for entering Thailand until the visa in the old passport expires. There's also a request for translation of text on the visa, and the community provides insights on its content.

Ellie *******

Once you get a new passport, you bring both old and new passports to enter Thailand every time until the visa itself expires, you will be stamped in for the same as visa states.

Even if your visa is longer than 12 2026, you will be stamped in until passport validity only with this current passport.

a month ago

Divyanshu ******

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@Ellie ******

thanks Ellie, so in summary visa is still valid till 2029 and I just need to carry both passports and I'm good to go, no need to go to immigration and get it transferred or something like that.

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@Mike *******

... in most cases, GT won't translate hand written words, which is also the case here ... well on my phone it doesn't!

a month ago

Kevin *******

Passport expires 3 April 2026

a month ago

Joanna ********

a month ago

Michael ********

I think it says “travel document” then something then 3 April 2026

The cursive is a bit hard for me to read to the left of 3 april, im not even sure if it isn’t just numbers.

Also im not sure if it even says travel document, the first word is “book,” and im fairly certain the next phrase is เดินทาง, which would mean it means passport or travel document.

a month ago

Tod *********

@Michael *******

says exactly what I wrote in thai and english 😛

หนังสือเดินทางหมดอายุ 3 เม.ย. 2026

หนังสือเดินทาง <- that is a compound real thai word for passport, (although most colloquial thai uses the english word passport พาสปอร์ต spelled in thai) 😛

wหมดอายุ means expires

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3 เม.ย. 2026 is april 3 2026

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Tod *********

หนังสือเดินทางหมดอายุ 3 เม.ย. 2026

passport expires April 3, 2026

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Tod *********

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