Retirement - Extension to stay for 1 year and the Multiple Exit/Re-entry permit.
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I was given a Retirement extension to stay last year which took me up to 25th June 2018.
I also was given a multiple exit/re-entry with went up to 25th June 2018.
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Then this year (in early June) I was given a new Retirement Extension to stay dated up to 25th June 2019.
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I then went to Dubai June 19th 2018 and returned June 20th .
Immigration at the airport stamped me in with a note that I could stay until June 25th 2018!
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I went to my local immigration to ask what was going on.
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They told me that the multiple exit/re-entry permit was for my previous Retirement extension of stay (ending June 25th 2018) and that because I did not have a new multiple exit/re-entry that my new Retirement extension had to be cancelled!
HORRORS!
After almost 90 minutes they then said because I had returned before June 25th 2018 that it would be OK.
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I then applied for a new Multiple exit/re-entry permit and when I got my passport back I had a new 90 day report notification in it!.
TLDR : Answer Summary
A user details their experience with retirement visa extensions and multiple exit/re-entry permits in Thailand. After receiving a new retirement extension valid until June 2019, the user faced confusion upon returning from Dubai regarding the validity of their multiple exit/re-entry permit, which was tied to their previous extension. Local immigration clarified that their new extension required a new re-entry permit, but ultimately, the user was allowed to stay due to their return date being prior to the expiration of their original extension.
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